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  • Vol. 25 #9
    Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 25 #9


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 25, Issue 9 - September, 1951. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science fiction stories by Edwin Benson, Frank M. Robinson, Willard Hawkins, William P. McGivern, and Gene Hunter. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Frank Navarro, Lawrence (Mort Lawrence?), Rod Ruth, and Leo Ramon Summers. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 162 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 12 #11
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 12 #11


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    Nov 1963. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Jack Sharkey, Neal Barrett Jr., John Jakes ("Witch of the Winds" part 1 starring Brak the Barbarian), Ursula K. LeGuin, and John J. Wooster. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. Cover by Alex Schomburg. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.50.

  • Vol. 3 #3
    Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 3 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Two stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum, "Dawn of Flame" a novelette and "The Black Flame" a complete novel.

    Volume 3, Issue 3 - Spring, 1952. Alex Schomburg Cover. Two stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum ("Dawn of Flame" and "The Black Flame"), plus stories by J.W. Groves, Sam Merwin Jr., Laurence Manning. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 148 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 6 #2
    Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 6 #2


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    Volume 6, Issue 2 - September, 1953. Alex Schomburg cover. Stories by Manly Wade Wellman, L. Sprague de Camp, Otis Adelbert Kline, Roscoe Clark, Robert Moore Williams, R.W. Stockheker, Clyde B. Smith, Charles A. Stearns, and Sam Sackett. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 6 #3
    Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 6 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

    Winter 1954. Alex Ebel cover. Stories: "The Dark World" by Henry Kuttner, "The Doulbe Minds" by John W. Campbell, "Welcome, Stranger" by Monroe Schere, "The Rebels" by Gordon R. Dickson, "Mousehole" by Stuart Harbour, "Split Personality" by William Morrison. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 134 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 5 #4
    Fantastic Universe (1953-1960 King Size/Great American) Vol. 5 #4

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    May 1956. Cover by Emsh. Science fiction stories by Milton Lesser, Isaac Asimov, Richard Wilson, Algus Budrys, Edward W. Ludwig, J. Anthony Ferlaine, Henry Slewar, Ralph Bennitt, and Edmond Cooper. No interior illustrations. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 3 #6
    If Worlds of Science Fiction (1952 Pulp Digest) Vol. 3 #6

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    Aug 1954. Science fiction stories by Raymond F. Jones, Robert Sheckley, Richard Matheson, Poul Anderson and Theodore Cogswell, William F. Nolan, and Philip K. Dick. Virgil Finlay (3) and Kelly Freas illustration. Cover by Ken Fagg. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 120 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 3 #3
    Imagination (1950-1958 Greenleaf) Stories of Science and Fantasy/Science Fiction Vol. 3 #3


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    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive.

    May 1952. Cover by Malcolm Smith. Science fiction stories by Daniel F. Galouye, Fox B. Holden, Robert Sheckley, Zenna Henderson, Gordon R. Dickson, Arthur Dekker Savage, and Rog Phillips. Illustrations by Malcolm Smith, H. W. McCauley, and W. E. Terry. 5-3/8 in. x 7-5/8 in; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Issue #1SOURCE
    Kaijumax (2015) 1SOURCE
    Published Apr 2015 by Oni Press.

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    Source Comics Wraparound Variant. Story, Cover, and Art by Zander Cannon. Welcome to Kaijumax, where the worst of the worst monsters are safely locked away from the human world, whether they be villains, anti-heroes, eco-parables, or nuclear metaphors. Electrogor is ripped away from his family and struggles to determine whom to trust, which gangs to avoid, and when to take on the big man to show you aren't to be trifled with. Also: the nation of Mecha! 28 pages, full color.

  • Vol. 28 #5
    Shadow (1931-1949 Street & Smith) Pulp Vol. 28 #5


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    February 1, 1939. Stories include "Realm of Doom" by Maxwell Grant; "Slant-Eyed Kid" by Steve Fisher; "Death in Black" by Clifford Goodrich; and "Scented Death" by Milton Lowe, plus the columns "Codes" by Henry Lysing and "The Third Degree" by Dean Callahan. Edd Cartier illustrations. 7" x 10", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #11SULTRY
    War Goddess (2011 Boundless) 11SULTRY

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    Sultry Cover by Renato Camilo. (W) Mike Wolfer (A)Andres Ponce San Francisco is under attack, but there was no way that the mobilized forces of the US Army could have been prepared for the unstoppable threat opposing them on the streets of Chinatown. Not only is the dark matter villainess impervious to all firepower directed against her, she is also resurrecting the human casualties to create an attack force of undead warriors! Cover price $3.99.