Fantastic Universe (1953-1960 King Size/Great American) comic books 1938-1955
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Published Jun 1953 by King-Size Publications.$22.00
View scans- Back cover detached 5%.
$14.50
Science fiction stories. Cover price $0.50.
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Vol. 1 #3
Published Oct 1953 by King-Size Publications.$26.00
View scans- Front cover detached 5%.
$15.50
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Vol. 1 #4
Published Jan 1954 by King-Size Publications.$21.00
Jan 1954. Science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick, Poul Anderson, Philip Jose Farmer, Walt Sheldon, John Wyndham, Dal Stivens, John Victor Peterson, Robert Abernathy, Charles E. Fritch, Albert Hernhuter, Frank Belknap Long, and Robert Moore Williams. No interior illustrations. Cover by Joe Richards. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.
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Published Mar 1954 by King-Size Publications.$50.00
View scans- 1/2" Spine split from top. Staple rust. Rust migration.
March 1954. Science fiction stories by Algis Budrys, Frank Belknap Long, Eando Binder, Jim Brown, Roger Dee, John and Dorothy de Courcy, Mann Rubin, L. Major Reynolds, John Foster West, J.V. Peterson and E.S. Straub, M.C. Pease, and Walt Sheldon. No interior illustrations. Cover by Clarence Doore. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.
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Published May 1954 by King-Size Publications.$10.00
View scans- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
May 1954. Science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick, Philip Jose Farmer, Jack Williamson, Frank Belknap Long, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Richard Matheson, Sam Merwin Jr., Frederic Max, Carl Jacobi, Robert Bloch, Evan Hunter, Jacques Jean Ferrat, and C.H. Liddell. No interior illustrations. Cover by Clarence Doore. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.
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Published Sep 1954 by King-Size Publications.$37.00
View scans$5.00
Sept 1954. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Science fiction stories by Lester del Rey, Frank Belknap Long, Marion Zimmer Bradley, John Jakes, Mel Hunter, William Campbell Gault, Roger Dee, Marcia Kamien, Evelyn Goldstein, Richard E. Smith, Ray Cummings, and Robert Frazier. No interior illustrations. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.
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Vol. 2 #3
Published Oct 1954 by King-Size Publications.$9.80
Oct 1954. Cover by Bart Lief. Science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick "Souvenir", Frank Belknap Long, Philip Jose Farmer, Robert Sheckley, Evan Hunter, George Whitley, Norman Arkawy, Charles E. Fritch, Gerda Rhoads, Carl Jacobi, Arthur T. Harris, and Gene Cross. No interior illustrations. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.
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Vol. 2 #4
Published Nov 1954 by King-Size Publications.$4.90
$4.90
Nov 1954. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Science fiction stories by Algis Budrys, Robert Sheckley, Theodore R. Cogswell, Henry Hasse, Hal K. Wells, Robert F. Young, Len Guttridge, Evelyn Goldstein, Frank Belknap Long, David Lewis Eynon, Richard R. Smith, Frank Doty, and Robert Frazier. No interior illustrations. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.
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Vol. 2 #5
Published Dec 1954 by King-Size Publications.$9.80
Dec 1954. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Science fiction stories by Harlan Ellison ("Hal Ellson") - "Down With the Tyrants", Poul Anderson, Richard Matheson "The Doll that Does Everything", Irving E. Coxe Jr., John Wyndham, Roger Dee, Theodore Pratt, Evelyn E. Smith, Dal Stivens, John Christopher, Ed M. Clinton Jr., Ralph Williams, and Winston Marks. No interior illustrations. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.
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Vol. 3 #1
Published Feb 1955 by King-Size Publications.$6.00
$4.90
$2.50
Feb 1955. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Science fiction stories by Robert Moore Williams, Frank Belknap Long, James E. Gunn, Arthur Sellings, Charles E. Fritch, F.R. Bryning, Robert Sheckley, Winston Marks, Theodore R. Cogswell, Dorothy Madle, Norman Arkawy, and Sherwood Springer. No interior illustrations. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.
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Published Mar 1955 by King-Size Publications.$32.00
March 1955. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Science fiction stories by Jack Vance, Algis Budrys, Marion Zimmer Bradley "Exiles of Tomorrow", Russ Winterbotham, Ivan Janvier, F.B. Bryning, Bryce Walton, Evelyn E. Smith, Lee Priestley, Jacques Jean Ferrat, Irving E. Cox Jr, and James Blish. No interior illustrations. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.
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Vol. 3 #4
Published May 1955 by King-Size Publications.$4.90
$4.90
$4.90
- 1 3/4" Cumulative spine split. Water damage. Staple rust. Rust migration.
May 1955. Cover by Mel Hunter. Science fiction stories by Jacques Jean Ferrat, Joe Archibald, F.B. Bryning, John A. Sentry, Thomas J. O'Hara, R.E. Banks, Richard R. Smith, Ivan Janvier, Manly Wade Wellman, Dal Stivens, Evan Hunter, Max Dancey, and Sam merwin Jr. No interior illustrations. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.
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Vol. 3 #5
Published Jun 1955 by King-Size Publications.$4.90
$4.90
$2.50
- 4" Cumulative spine split.
June 1955. Cover by Kelly Freas. Science fiction stories by Theodore Sturgeon, Lester del Rey, Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Robert F. Young, Alice Eleanor Jones, Robert Epstein, Evelyn E. Smith, Stuart McIver, F.B. Bryning, William Morrison, and Robert Sheckley. No interior illustrations. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.
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Published Aug 1955 by King-Size Publications.$4.00
$4.90
$4.90
Aug 1955. Cover by Kelly Freas. Science fiction stories by Ed M. Clinton Jr., Dal Stivens, Mack Reynolds, Garnett Radcliffe, Curtis W. Casewit, Richard R. Smith, Evelyn E. Smith, Arthur Sellings, Alan E. Nourse, Norman Arkaway and Stanley Harris, Charles E. Fritch, and J. Harvey Haggard. No interior illustrations. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.
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Published Sep 1955 by King-Size Publications.$9.80
$9.80
$4.90
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Published Oct 1955 by King-Size Publications.$13.00
View scans$33.00
View scans$8.00
View scans- 1 1/4" Cumulative spine split.
Oct 1955. Science fiction stories by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp (Conan in "Hawks Over Shem"), Frederik Pohl, Sam Merwin Jr., Bryce Walton, Ruth Sterling, Craig Rice, Matt Carter, Tom Godwin, and Evelyn E. Smith. No interior illustrations. Cover by Kelly Freas. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.
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Published Nov 1955 by King-Size Publications.$4.90
$4.90
- 1 3/4" Cumulative spine split.
$4.90
- 2" Spine split from bottom. Water damage. Staple rust.
Nov 1955. Cover by Mel Hunter. Science fiction stories by Theodore Sturgeon, Richard Stockham, Robert F. Young, Sam Merwin Jr., Ethel G. Lewis, F.B. Bryning, Leonard Lockhard, Charles W. Price Jr., Dal Stivens, and John Wyndham. No interior illustrations. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.
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Published Dec 1955 by King-Size Publications.$77.00
View scans- Staple rust: Slight.
$37.00
View scans$8.00
View scan$8.00
View scans- Staple rust: Extensive.
Dec 1955. Cover by Mel Hunter. Science fiction stories by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp ("Conan, Man of Destiny"), Arthur Porges, Ed M. Clinton Jr., Robert F. Young, Winston Marks, Richard R. Smith, Arthur Sellings, F.B. Bryning, Norman Arkawy, and Evelyn E. Smith. No interior illustrations. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.
