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Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp comic books 1944

  • Vol. 25 #2
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 25 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight.
    • Near complete spine split. Water damage. Oxidation and chipping.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Winter 1944. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories by Ross Rocklynne, Robert Arthur, Henry Kuttner, Ford Smith, Scott Morgan, John Foster West, and Kelvin Kent. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. Dr. Seuss illustration? (Small "Buy United States War Savings Bonds & Stamps" ad.) 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 25 #3
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 25 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Water damage.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Spring, 1944. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Charles W. Harbaugh, Leigh Brackett, Ford Smith, Joseph Farrell, Ruth Washburn, Manly Wade Wellman, and Ray Cummings. Dr. Seuss illustration? (Small "Buy United States War Savings Bonds & Stamps" ad.) 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 116 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 26 #1
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 26 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Summer 1944. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 26 #2
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 26 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream

    Fall 1944. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Murray Leinster, Paul MacNamara, Frank Belknap Long, Alfred G. Kuehn, Richard Tooker, Ray Cummings, and John Russell Fearn. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.