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Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine comic books 1947

  • Vol. 9 #1
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 9 #1


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Spine stress. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Soiling. Sticker. 1" Spine split at top of book.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 9, Issue 1 - January, 1947. Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Princess of the Sea" by Don Wilcox. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 180 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 9 #2
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 9 #2


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

    "Man of Two Worlds" a novelette by Robert Moore Williams, plus another short, "The Princess and Her Pig" by Richard S. Shaver (of "Shaver Mystery" fame).

    Volume 9, Issue 2 - March, 1947. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Stories include "Forever is too Long" by Chester S. Geier, "You Can't Scare Me" by Charles F. Myers, "Not as Plotted" by Guy Archette, "Hickson's Strange Adventure" by E. K. Jarvis, "Man of Two Worlds" by Robert Moore Williams, and "The Princess and Her Pig" by Richard S. Shaver. Illustrations by Malcolm Smith, Brady, Robert Fuqua, Church, Hinton, and Rod Ruth. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 178 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 9 #3
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 9 #3


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

    "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" a short story by Ray Bradbury and illustrated by Virgil Finlay. This was Bradbury's only appearance in Fantastic Adventures.

    May 1947. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Stories include "The Tale of the Red Dwarf" by Richard S. Shaver, "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" by Ray Bradbury, "Meet My Mummy" by Elroy Arno, Painting of the Prophet" by David Wright O'Brien, "When the Spirit Moves Me" by Lee Francis, "The Emperor's Eye" by Leroy Yerxa, and "Shades of Henry Morgan" by H.B. Hickey. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Henry Sharp, Magarian, Gray, Brady, and J. Allen St. John. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 176 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 9 #4
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 9 #4


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 9, Issue 4 - July, 1947. Cover by Harold W. McCauley. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Goddess of the Golden Flame" by William P. McGivern. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 180 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 9 #5
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 9 #5


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 9, Issue 5 - September, 1947. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "The Secret of Elena's Tomb" by Karl Tanzler Von Cosel. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 178 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 9 #6
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 9 #6


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Moisture damage.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 80%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 9, Issue 6 - October 1947. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Witch of the Andes" by Richard S. Shaver. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 180 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 9 #7
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 9 #7


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    • Paper: Off white
    • 1" Spine split from bottom.
    • 3" Cumulative spine split.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 9, Issue 7 - November 1947. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "The Lamp of Vengeance" by Berkeley Livingston. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 178 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 9 #8
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 9 #8


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

    December 1947. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Stories include "Toka Fights the Beg Cats" by J.W. Pelkie, "The Devil to Pay" by John and Dorothy de Courey, "The Hands of Ali Jinnah" by Dwight V. Swain, "The Gift" by Berkeley Livingston, "Perfume for a Princess" by Elroy Arno, and "The Warder and the Wampum" by Geoff St. Reynard. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Robert Gibson Jones, henry Sharp, Robert Fuqua, Arnold Kohn, and Rod Ruth. Back cover by James B. Settles. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 176 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.