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  • Item #62560119
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    Captain Future (1940-1944 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 3 #2 CGC 4.5

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #4463816002

    Starts Mar 17

    "The Lost World of Time" a book-length novel by Edmond Hamilton, plus "Long, Long Ago" a short story by Frank Belknap Long.

    Volume 3, Issue 2 - Fall, 1941. Cover by George J. Rozen. Stories by Edmond Hamilton ("The Lost World of Time"), Laurence Manning, Frank Belknap Long, and William Morrison. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #62560120
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    Captain Future (1940-1944 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 4 #2 CGC 6.5

    Paper: White

    Label #4463816003

    Starts Apr 28

    Volume 4, Issue 2 - Summer, 1942. Stories by Edmond Hamilton ("The Comet Kings"), Jack Williamson, Williamson Morrison, and Manly Wade Wellman. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #62491772
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    Exciting Western (1940-1953 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #3 CGC 3.5

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #4540221001

    Starts Apr 5
  • Item #62491775
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    Popular Western (1934-1953 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 39 #2 CGC 2.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #4540221002

    Starts Apr 5
  • Item #61552687
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    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 8 #2 GD/VG 3.0

    Water damage. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Apr 5

    Sept 1942. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories by William Morrison, Louis Tucker, Owen Fox Jerome, and Frank Johnson. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #62560125
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    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 19 #1 CGC 6.5

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #4484742003

    Starts Mar 17

    Volume 19, Issue 1 - March, 1949. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Murray Leinster, Robert Moore Williams, Clifford D. Simak, Ray Bradbury, L. Ron Hubbard (under the pseudonym Rene LaFayette), Jack Vance, and Noel Loomis. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 164 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #62490988
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    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 20 #3 CGC 2.5

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #4540221003

    Starts Apr 5

    Volume 20, Issue 3 - January, 1950. Cover by Earle Bergey. Stories by A.E. Van Vogt, Edmond Hamilton, Kelvin Kent, William Morrison, L. Ron Hubbard (under pseudonym Rene LaFayette), Margaret St. Clair, J.W. Groves, and John D. MacDonald. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 166 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #62370723
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    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 21 #1 VG 4.0 (R)

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    Starts Apr 5

    Volume 21, Issue 1 - March, 1950. Stories by Norman A. Daniels, Ward Hawkins, Raymond F. Jones, Ted Powell, and Matt Lee. Four Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #61221877
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    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 22 #1 CGC 5.0

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #4426188004

    Starts Apr 5

    Volume 22, Issue 1 - September, 1950. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Raymond F. Jones, Edmond Hamilton (Captain Future story "The Harpers of Titan"), Arthur K. Barnes and Henry Kuttner, Jack Vance, Mack Reynolds, and Matt Lee. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #62132773
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    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 22 #1 CGC 5.0

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #4498304001

    Starts Jul 5

    Volume 22, Issue 1 - September, 1950. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Raymond F. Jones, Edmond Hamilton (Captain Future story "The Harpers of Titan"), Arthur K. Barnes and Henry Kuttner, Jack Vance, Mack Reynolds, and Matt Lee. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #60806076
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    Strange Stories (1939-1941 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #2 CGC 5.0

    Paper: Light tan to off white

    Label #4392596023

    Starts Apr 5

    Volume 1, Issue 2 - April, 1939. 6.75" x 9.75", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.