Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp comic books
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Published Mar 1950 by Best Books.$63.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
Spring 1950. "Trespass!" 1st published science fiction by Gordon R. Dickson (done in collaboration with Poul Anderson). Stories by Edmond Hamilton, Festus Pragnell, J. Harvey Haggard, Anthony Rud, Raymond Z. Gallun, Carter Sprague, Stanley G. Weinbaum, John Russell Fearn, and Robert Arthur. One Virgil Finlay illustration. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Sep 1950 by Best Books.$44.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
Fall 1950. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Stanton A. Coblentz, Eando Binder, Garth Bentley, Paul Ernst, Millard Verne Gordon, William Morrison, and Carter Sprague. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Jan 1951 by Best Books.$27.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$19.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
$3.50
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Back cover detached 15%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Winter 1951. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories: "Enslaved Brains" by Eando Binder, "The Amazing Planet" by Clark Ashton Smith, "The Reign of the Reptiles" by A. Connell, "Invisible" by Eric Frank Russell, "Museum" by Frank Belknap Long, "The Cosmic Cocktail" by Siegfried Wagener, and "When Flame Globes Dance" by Milton Lesser. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 162 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Apr 1951 by Best Books.$70.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Volume 2, Issue 2 - Spring, 1951. Earle K. Bergey cover. Stories by J.W. Walsh, Francis Flagg and Forrest J. Ackerman, Captain S.P. Meek, Arthur K. Barnes, Carter Sprague, and Damon Knight. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 148 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Oct 1951 by Best Books.$7.49
Fall, 1951. Stories by John Scott Campbell, Wilbur S. Peacock, Edmond Hamilton, Gordon A. Giles, Raymond Z. Gallun, Chad Oliver, William Morrison, and Mack Reynolds. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Jan 1952 by Best Books.$9.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
- Paper: Cream
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
Volume 3, Issue 2 - Winter, 1952. Stories by David H. Keller, Wesley Arnold, Gordon A. Giles, H.B. Fyfe, L. Sprague De Camp, Mack Reynolds, and Robert Moore Williams. Virgil Finlay illustration. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 148 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Sep 1952 by Best Books.$27.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$11.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
$11.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$9.00
View scans- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
Fall 1952. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories: "A Million Years To Conquer" by Henry Kuttner, "Second Chance" by W. Kubilius & Fletcher Pratt, "Orphan of Space" by Don Wilcox, "The Hunters" by Alfred Coppel, "Greenhorn" by Harry Stine, "The Question" by Ralph Carghill, and "Science Can Wait" by Ray Cummings. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Mar 1953 by Best Books.Auction opens January 4
- Cover oxidation.
$196.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
- Paper: White
- Label #4474815003
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
- Water damage.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Volume 5, Issue 2 - March, 1953. Alex Schomburg cover. Stories: "Shadow Over Mars" by Leigh Brackett, "The Best Laid Scheme" by L. Sprague de Camp, "Baby Face" by Henry Kuttner, "Hero" by Horace L. Gold, "The War of the Weeds" by Carl Jacobi, "Death Ship" by Richard Matheson, and "Too Bad You Died" by Joseph Slotkin. Softcover Pulp, 6.75" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Jul 1953 by Best Books.
- Trimmed
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
July 1953. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories by Philip K. Dick, Murray Leinster, L. Sprague de Camp, Frederic Brown, Joel Townsley Rogers, Cleve Cartmill, Colin G. Jameson Sr. and Jr., Sam Merwin Jr., and Richard Matheson. Virgil Finlay (2) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Jan 1954 by Best Books.
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.
- Paper: Off white
$7.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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.
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Published Apr 1954 by Best Books.$2.50
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Spring 1954. Cover by Jack Coggins. Stories by Murray Leinster, Arthur Leo Zagat, Tom Wilson, Walter H. Mulstay, R.J. McGregor, Alfred Coppel, and William L. Bade. Virgil Finlay (2) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Jan 1955 by Best Books.$3.80
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Book length crease on front cover. Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$9.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
Winter 1955. Alex Schomburg cover. Stories by Murray Leinster, Jack Vance, Kelvin Kent, Bryce Walton, and Winston Marks. Virgil Finlay (2) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.25.
