Auctions: comic books 1938-1955

Superman (1939 1st Series) 84 CGC 0.5 Restored

Restored: C1

Paper: Off white

Restoration Includes: Small Amount of Glue on Spine of Cover. 7th Wrap Missing

Label #4358958006

Cover art by Win Mortimer. Superman's Other Life, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Al Plastino; Superman travels back in time and creates a new life for himself as a disc jockey. Jerry Jitterbug humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. A Doghouse For Superman, script by Bill Woolfolk, art by Al Plastino; Superman briefly becomes an alien's pet! Listen To the Cricket text article by Barry Havens. Lois Lane, Policewoman starring Superman, Cracker Moreau, and Silver Skene, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 90 FR/GD 1.5

5 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover loose at both staples. Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

Cover art by Win Mortimer. Superman's Last Job starring Superman and Red Evans, script by Jerry Coleman, art by Al Plastino. Superman's Secret Past, script by Edmond Hamilton, art by Al Plastino; Superman returns to Smallville. The Man Who Caught a Sub text story by Jack Miller. The Titanic Thefts starring Superman and Lex Luthor, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Superboy stars in a one-page public service announcement, Don't Give Fire a Place to Start. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 94 CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white

Label #4358958010

Cover art by Win Mortimer. Three Dooms For Metropolis starring Superman and The Hermit, script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Little Pete humor two-pager by Henry Boltinoff. The Men Without a World starring Superman and three Blanthians (aliens from Blanth), script by Jerry Coleman, art by Al Plastino. The Night Climbers text story. Clark Kent's Hillbilly Bride, script by Bill Woolfolk, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Clark is set to marry a mountain girl named Marybelle. 44 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 97 GD- 1.8

3" cumulative spine split. 1" spine split through all wraps. Cover detached at one staple. Oxidation.

Cover art by Al Plastino. The Amazing Professor Memory, script by Bill Finger, art by Al Plastino; Superman takes the place of Professor Memory when the mob is after him for accidentally learning the serial numbers on some stolen bills. Varsity Vic humor page by Henry Boltinoff. The Big Game Hunt of Metropolis, script by Otto Binder, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley; The Swindle Syndicate dupe Jimmy Olsen with free passes to Jack Borden's Big Game Hunt in an attempt to stop Clark Kent from figuring out who their leader is. Superboy's Last Day in Smallville!, script by Jerry Coleman, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. Fearless Fosdick stars in a quarter-page Wildroot Cream-Oil ad with art by Al Capp. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 98 CGC 2.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4376221004

Cover art by Al Plastino. Superman's Secret Life starring Superman, Rags Stephens, and Harry Chadwick, script by France Herron, art by Al Plastino. Clark Kent, Outlaw, script by Bill Finger, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye; Superman battles The Big Guy. Club For Adventurers text story by Joe Mallon. The Amazing Superman Newsreel, art by Al Plastino. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Superman (1939 1st Series) 101 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4376221005

Cover art by Al Plastino. Luthor's Amazing Rebus starring Superman and Lex Luthor, pencils by Wayne Boring, inks by Stan Kaye. The Meek Man's Club starring Superman, art by Al Plastino. The Rainbow Doom, art by Al Plastino; Superman accidentally turns Lois Lane into glass. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Supersnipe Comics Vol. 1 (1942) 10 VG 4.0

Edited by William DeGrouchy. Cover by George Marcoux. Stories by George Marcoux, Ed Gruskin, Robert McKay, Bruce Elliott, Jack Binder. Featuring the adventures of Supersnipe, Wing Woo Woo, Little Nemo, Rex King, and Ulysses Q. Wacky. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Supersnipe Comics Vol. 3 (1946) 11 GD+ 2.5

Edited by William DeGrouchy. Cover by George Marcoux. Stories by George Marcoux and Clare Dwiggins. Supersnipe in "Catastrophe at the Carnival," plus Bobby Crusoe (chapter four), Ulysses Q. Wacky in "Streamlined Time," Dotty, and a two-page Supersnipe's Diary text story. 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Tales from the Crypt (1950 E.C. Comics) 31 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation. Pieces of margin cut out of back page, does not affect panel egde.

Cover by Jack Davis. "Survival...or Death!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Davis; Two men aboard a cargo ship are bored until they get the idea to build a rat trap and ask the Captain to have a barrel built with a platform in the middle of it and a run off down the center. "The Thing In the 'Glades!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Al Williamson; A man's wife dies in childbirth giving him a deformed retarded son with stunted legs, and he becomes a hermit in his cabin in the Glades. "Soft!" text story. "Kamen's Kalamity!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels (draws himself), Johnny Craig (draws himself), and Jack Davis (draws himself); Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein tell this auto-biographical tale of hiring Jack Kamen to draw horror stories, first telling Kamen that his work is too sweet. "Buried Treasure!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); In 1667 Germany a fat Duke lords it over his starving peasants, but when he imposes a tax on the peasants for "dirtying his carriage' with the blood of a young child he rode down in the street, Johann conceives the plot of stealing some of the Duke's jewels in order to pay the tax. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Terror Illustrated (1955) 1 CGC 7.0

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4378731004

Cover by Reed Crandall. Stories by John Larner, Jack Oleck, and Al Feldstein (credited as Alfred E. Neuman). Art by Reed Crandall, Joe Orlando, George Evans, Graham Ingels, and Johnny Craig. Part of EC's Picto-Fiction line, published in response to the Comics Code, featuring horror tales in text stories copiously illustrated by EC's lineup of artists. A carnival barker plots to get away with murder by faking his own death, but he fakes it a little too well. Villagers learn the horrifying secret of the basket that Vincent always carries on his shoulder. A gorilla's paw purchased in a strange little shop grants wishes, but at a terrible price. Some stories are credited to Alfred E. Neuman, a name soon to be irrevocably connected to MAD Magazine. Lush cover by Reed Crandall. The Sucker; Sure-Fire Scheme; Rest In Peace; The Basket; The Gorillas Paw. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 60 pages, B&W with single-color accents. Cover price $0.25.

Three Dimension Adventures Superman 3-D (1953 DC) 1953A FR/GD 1.5 3D Glasses Included

Chew. Includes 3-D glasses.

Copy with original 3-D glasses. Three Dimension Adventures (of Superman) 1953 original edition. Stories include "The Man Who Stole the Sun," "The Origin of Superman," and "The Man Who Bossed Superman!" NOTE: There is a 1990s era reprint edition of this comic. 36 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Jan 1941 VG 4.0

1/2" Spine split from bottom. Cover separating from book. Staple rust/migration.

British Edition. January 1941. Stories include: The Next to Die by Gerald Verner, Sign of a Killer by Benton Braden, Packing House Murders by Ted Coughlan, Bouncing Concrete by H.H. Stinson, The King Comes Home by Fredric Brown, and Double Dead by C.S. Montanye. 6 1/2" X 9 1/4". 68 pages. B&W.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Apr 1942 FN 6.0

Staple rust/migration.

British Edition. April 1942. Stories include: Make Mine Death by Fenton W. Earnshaw, King Cotton Killings by Thomas Lamar, The Name is Murder by Riley Brown,Double Steal by Benton Braden, The Talking Corpse by Claude Rister, Too Many Cadavers by John S. Endicott, and They Aren't Allowed to Win by Henry Hasse. 6 1/8" X 8 3/4". 68 pages. B&W.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition May 1944 VG/FN 5.0

British Edition. May 1944. Stories include: "Detour to Death" by James P. Webb, "Murder in Mink" by C. S. Montanye, "Code for Killing" by Hal K. Wells, "Death is Where You Find It" by William H. Bushman, "Rehearsal for the Chair" by J. Lane Lanklater, and "Cancel the Camouflage" by Bill Morgan. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Jul 1945 VG+ 4.5

Staple rust/migration.

British Edition. July 1945. Stories include: The Dead Don't Cry (A Michael Shayne Novel) by Brett Halliday, Publicity for the Corpse by C.S. Montanye. Pay Off-Death by Ted Coughlan, Off the Arm by John L. Benton, The Old Inn by Walter Wilson, Cop-Shy by O.Dennis, and Hobnails by Mary H. Shannon. 6 1/8" X 8 3/4". 68 pages. B&W.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Nov 1945 VG+ 4.5

British Edition. November 1945. Stories include: "Murder in the Sky" by G. Wayman Jones, "The Dead Reach Far" by R. Sprague Hall, "The Flaw" by Edward Ronns, "On a Steep Side Street" by C.S. Montanye, "You Can Always Duck" by G. T. Flemming-Roberts, and "Diamonds Flushed" by Benton Braden. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Jan 1946 VG 4.0

Water damage with staple rust/migration. Interior residue.

British Edition. January 1946. Stories include: Murder's Mandate by W.T. Ballard, "Look Homeward, Killer" by Ken Lewis, Death of a Dead Man by Wayland Rice, One Shot Trick by Benton Braden, Ordeal by Oswald by Hal K. Wells, Dead Man's Nerve by Jack Bradley, and Lead for the Editor by Sam Merwin Jr. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Mar 1946 VG/FN 5.0

British Edition. March 1946 - Volume 3, Issue #6. Stories include: "Fly Home, Pigeon" by C. S. Montanye, "I'm Nobody's Body" by William Rough, "Murder Without Music" by Robert Martin, "Penny Blacks from Heaven" by Hal K. Wells, "Death Bait" by Paul Chadwick, "Danger Signal" by Larry Sternig, and "Footsteps on the Roof" by John L. Benton. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Jul 1946 FN- 5.5

British Edition. July 1946. Stories include: Too Many are Dead by William Rough, The Corpse Walked Away by H. Ralph Goller. Today's lesson is Death by Richard Brister, Murder of a Memory by John L. Benton, A Spot of Murder by J. Lane Linklater, and Money music by C.S. Montanye. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Dec 1946 VG/FN 5.0

Water spotting with staple rust/migration.

British Edition. December 1946. Stories include: Don't Forget your Gun by William Chamberlain, The Corpse from Reno by John L. Benton. Blood on Her Hands by Talmage Powell, Murder Comes in Threes by H.C. Butler, and "Please, I Killed Him" by Wayland Rice. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Mar 1947 VG 4.0

Lateral spine tear.

British Edition. March 1947 - Volume 3, Issue #11. Stories include: "Sixteen Pounds of Murder" by Carl G. Hodges, "The Triangular Blade" by Carter Sprague, "Meet the Killer" by John L. Benton, "Drive To Death" by J. Lane Lanklater, "Slay, Fiddle, Slay" by H. C. Butler, and "The Quick and the Dead" by Eric A. Provost. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Jun 1947 VG+ 4.5

Cover separating from book.

British Edition. June 1947. Stories include: The Man from Alcatraz by John L. Benton, Murder - Off the Record by C.S. Montanye. Die for a Smoke by Allan K. Echols, Tatooed Blonde by Hal K. Wells, Secretarial Shakedown by Benton Braden, and Another Job for Homicide by C.K.M. Scanlon. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Oct 1947 VG/FN 5.0

British Edition. October 1947. Stories include: Until You Hang by Edward Ronns, Death at Both Ends by J. Lane Linklater, Murder Breeds Murder by Carl G. Hodges, Atom Boy by Ray Cummings, and Written in Blood by F.R. Read. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Nov 1947 VG/FN 5.0

British Edition. November 1947 - Volume 4, Issue #3. Stories include: "This Corpse On Me" by Carroll John Daly, "The Egg in the Bier" by A. J. Collins, "Killing Takes Confidence" by Curtiss T. Gardner, "No Delay, No Rest" by David X. Manners, and "Dead Man Overhead" by Hal K. Wells. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Feb 1948 FN- 5.5

British Edition. February 1948. Stories include: Merry Month of Mayhem by C.S. Montanye, Murder in my Bones by Carl G. Hodges, The Three Strange Men by J. Lane Linklater, Drop that Corpse by Tom Betts, Easy Money by Frank Morris, and The Killer Takes His Pick by Curtiss T. Gardner. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.

Thrilling Detective (1939 Atlas Publishing) British Reprint Edition Mar 1948 VG/FN 5.0

British Edition. March 1948. Stories include: Center of the Stage (A Ralph Burnham Novel) by Thomson Burtis, Make Mine Murder by C.S. Montayne, "Nice, Like a Cobra" by Robert Martin, Death Bait by Bill Anson, Death Starts The Year by Johnston McCulley. 6 1/8" X 8 7/8". 68 pages. B&W.

Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 38 #2 GD/VG 3.0 (R)

Trimmed

TRIMMED.

June, 1951. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Jack Vance, H.B. Fyfe, Carter Sprague, William Campbell Gault, Roger Dee, and Charles L. Harness. Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 39 #2 VG 4.0

1.5" Cumulative spine split (taped).

Volume 39, Issue 2 - December, 1951. Stories by Fletcher Pratt, E. Hoffmann Price, Walter M. Miller Jr., Sam Merwin Jr., Anthony Boucher, Stanton A. Soblentz, and Murray Leinster. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Tillie the Toiler Large Feature Comic (1941) 30 GD/VG 3.0

3" Cumulative spine split. Water damage. Cover oxidation.

Large Feature Comic: Tillie the Toiler (1941). This comic was published by Dell Publishing Co. Cover price $0.10.

Tom Mix (1940 Ralston-Purina) 7 GD+ 2.5

Miscut/wrapped. Second half of book folded.

Cover by Fred Meagher. Stories and art by Charles Biro, August Froehlich, Stan Schendel, and Fred Meagher. When movie cowboy Tom Mix's radio show hit it big, sponsor Ralston Purina offered Tom Mix Comics by mail for two boxtops of any Ralston cereal. The art, often uncredited, is exceptionally nice in this series. Tom must protect the experimental XP-80 plane from saboteur Doctor Goliath, in a story that contains an impressive splash page of a train explosion, and another scene of Tom lassoing a plane in flight (!). Miserly Uncle Amos decides the Fumble family's pet pig would be a cheap source of bacon, but luckily he's a lousy shot, in a story with art by comics legend Charles Biro. Outlaws trap Jane and Pop Johnson in a burning cabin, but luckily, she's got her Tom Mix Straight Shooter telegraph set. Plus activities pages and magic tricks. And a page praising "Clean, High-Grade" Tom Mix Comics, and emphasizing that they have no "blood-curdling horror, gangster heros, glorification of war " or "cheap, badly drawn illustrations, to debase young readers' conceptions of form and proportion." (!) An early salvo in the comics culture wars. Action-packed cover by Fred Meagher has a little bit of everything. The Train That Vanished from the Face of the Earth; The Fumble Family with Amos Q. Snood; My Favorite Magic Tricks; Sure as Shootin'; Great Straight Shooters: Teddy Roosevelt; Jane's Page; Jane of Dream Castle; Stubby and His Straight Shooter Pals; Teepee of the Plains Indians; Tom Mix and the Cry for Help! 32 pages, Full Color.

Uncanny Stories (1941 Manvis Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 GD 2.0

Tape on interior cover.

Vol. 1 #1 - April 1941. Novels: "Coming of the Giant Germs" by Ray Cummings, "Beyond Hell" by R. DeWitt Miller. Short stories: "Man From the Wrong Time-Track" by Denis Plimmer, "Speed Will be My Bride" by David H. Keller, "Meet My Brother - Mr. Ghost" by Wayne Overholser. Novelette: "The Earth-Stealers" by Frederic Kummer. 7-in. x 10-in. 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Vault of Horror (1950 E.C. Comics) 34 GD/VG 3.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Color touch. Cover oxidation. Slight glue along spine.

Cover by Johnny Craig. E.C. Fan-Addict Club promo. "Star Light, Star Bright!", script and art by Johnny Craig; As falls in sheets, Hartley stands over the open coffin as he nervously and sickeningly watches people run up to the corpse and do terrible things to it. "While the Cat's Away...", art by Jack Davis; John and Frank work their little travel agency scam for almost a year; they book trips for wealthy clients, then clean out their homes of valuables while they are away. "Sudden Death!" text story. "Smoke Wrings," art by Reed Crandall; Nervously, Hubert waited to see Miss Jackson about the Llama Cigarette account, and when he did get to see her, he proffered ideas to her concerning new revolutionary billboard ads using live steam; someone gets scalded to death. "Where There's a Will...", art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); The relatives of Harold Farber are gathered in his house, awaiting his certain death while Dr. Crotty and lawyer Walker go upstairs to see the old man, and tell him what vultures they really are. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Venus (1948 Marvel) 11 CBCS 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #22-478CA56-011

"The End of the World!" Venus manages to help a scientist with his love life and save the Earth from falling into the Sun. "Beyond the 3rd Dimension." A scientist dies, taking the secrets of dimensional travel with him. Also includes: "The Plot!" and "Perilous Patrol." With this issue, the title changes format, with "Stories of the Supernatural" appearing on the cover. Cover price $0.10.

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 79 VG+ 4.5

52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Weird Comics (1940) 13 CBCS 2.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #23-211F269-003

Edited by Victor Fox. Stories and art by Louis Cazeneuve, James J. Royal, Bert Whitman, Spencer Allen, and Robert Webb. An anthology of science fiction, horror and adventure comics from Fox. This is as pulpy as it gets. Miss Tilbury, the pretty co-worker who always belittles The Dart's civilian identity, is abducted by the criminals who have taken her cousin Roland; The Beast escapes prison and steals a powerful new gas weapon, and only the Eagle and Buddy can stop him; Marga and Ted seek vanished explorers and find a lost plateau in the jungle, where she kills an attacking panther using just her teeth. Dart; Sorceress of Zoom; Dr. Mortal; Eagle; Buffalo War; Marga the Panther Woman; Dynamo; Blast Bennett. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Weird Fantasy (1951 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 11 GD+ 2.5

Water damage. Cover oxidation.

Cover art by Al Feldstein. "The Two-Century Journey!", script by Al Feldstein (script and plot) and William Gaines (plot), art by Wally Wood; A generation ship leaves earth to travel to another planet; On the way they discover that people age very slowly in space, which creates a population problem on the ship. "Shrinking From Abuse!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Kamen; Hugo Masterson has created a formula to shrink tissue in order to possibly cure cancer, but he accidentally injects himself and is then injested by his wife. Shock SuspenStories ad. "Desire!" text story. "The 10th At Noon," script by Al Feldstein (script and plot) and William Gaines (plot), art by Wally Wood; Two scientists invent a time machine that can send a camera into the future and snap a picture, and, by doing so, they discover the end of the world is coming. "The Thing In the Jar," script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando; Scientists discover what has been killing everything in Mr. Dorsey's pond. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Weird Mysteries (1952 Gillmore) 3 CGC 3.5

Paper: Off white to white

Slab: See item notes

Minor side edge crack(s), less than 1".

Label #4270380001

Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Charles Stern, Tony Mortellaro and Ross Andru. Pre-Code tales of horror from Stanley Morse Publications. A surgeon's lifelong rival beats him to a prestigious position, so he cuts off his hand, in a story by future Marvel artist Ross Andru (and possibly his longtime inker Mike Esposito). Paul inherits his uncle's castle, and also his family legacy of monster-making. A subway worker discovers giant ants beneath the city. While the Iron Was Hot; Hand of Fate; Your Name on It; The Disbeliever; The Castle of Fear. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 32 #4 GD 2.0

4" cumulative spine split. Oxidation. Tape on interior cover and pages.

Volume 32, Issue 4 - October 1938. Edited by Farnsworth Wright. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 32 #6 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Volume 32, Issue 6 - December 1938. Edited by Farnsworth Wright. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 34 #6 GD/VG 3.0

First page detached and taped in place.

Volume 34, Issue 6 - December 1938. Edited by Edwin Baird. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 35 #1 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

Volume 35, Issue 1 - January 1938. Edited by Edwin Baird. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 36 #4 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

Volume 36, Issue 4 - March 1942. Cover by Hannes Bok. Part 1 of the Serialize Novel Herbert West: Reanimator: I, From the Dark by H. P. Lovecraft, the novelettes Hell on Earth by Robert Bloch, Tibetan Vengeance by Stafford Aylmer, short stories Child's Play by Alice Mary Schnirring, Death of the Kraken by David H. Keller, M.D., Here, Daemos! by August Derleth, The March of the Trees by Frank Owen, The Rat Master by Greye La Spina, The Superfluous Phantom by Malcolm Jameson, and The Treasure of Red-Ash Desert by Stanton A. Coblentz. Finally, the poems Garden at Lu by Gerald Chan Sieg, Hunger by Page Cooper, and The Wood-Wife by Leah Bodine Drake. Softcover, 128 pages, Text (with B&W illustrations) Cover price $0.15.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 36 #6 GD 2.0

5" spine split from bottom. Cover oxidation.

Volume 36, Issue 6 - July, 1942. Edited by Dorothy McIlwraith. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 39 #6 GD/VG 3.0

2" spine split from top.

Volume 39, Issue 6 - July, 1946. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Manley Wade Wellman "Shonokin Town", Seabury Quinn, Ray Bradbury "The Night", Allison V. Harding, Jim Kjelgaard, Charles King, Harold Lawlor, E. L. Wright, Stanton Coblentz, and P Schuyler Miller. Illustrations by A. R. Tilburne, Boris Dolgov, Matt Fox, Irwin J. Weill, Lee Brown Coye, and Andrew Brosnatch. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 100 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 39 #11A GD/VG 3.0

3" Cumulative spine split.

May 1947. Note: The May 1947 issue and July 1947 erroneously have the same volume and issue number. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Allison V. Harding "The Place with Many Windows", Seabury Quinn, Carl Jacobi, William Tenn, Ray Cummings, Harold Lawler, Manly Banister, and Walter Harwood. Illustrations by Andrew Brosnatch, Lee Brown Coye, Irwin J. Weill, Boris Dolgov, Fred Humiston, M. N. Beale, and John Giunta. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 40 #1 VG 4.0

.5" Spine split from bottom.

November, 1947. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Robert Bloch "The Cheaters, Allison V. Harding, Bert David Ross, Stephen Grendon, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Carl Jacobi, Seabury Quinn, and George Whitley. Illustrations by Fred Humiston, Lee Brown Coye, and Boris Dolgov. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 100 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 40 #1 GD 2.0

2.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation.

November, 1947. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Robert Bloch "The Cheaters, Allison V. Harding, Bert David Ross, Stephen Grendon, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Carl Jacobi, Seabury Quinn, and George Whitley. Illustrations by Fred Humiston, Lee Brown Coye, and Boris Dolgov. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 100 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 40 #3 VG/FN 5.0

Volume 40, Issue 3 - March, 1948. 25th Anniversary Issue. Cover by Lee Brown Coye. Horror and supernatural stories by Edmond Hamilton "The Might-Have-Been", Allison V. Harding, H. Russell Wakefield, Manly Wade Wellman, Carl Jacobi, August Derleth "The La Prello Paper", Ray Bradbury "The October Game", Robert Bloch "Catnip", Clark Ashton Smith, Theodore Sturgeon "The Professor's Tidy Bear", Seabury Quinn, Algernon Blackwood, and H. P. Lovecraft (verse). Illustrations by Lee Brown Coye, E. J. Beaumont, Boris Dolgov, and John Guinta. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 40 #4 VG 4.0

May 1948. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Allison V. Harding "City of Lost People", Harold Lawlor, C. Hall Thompson, August Derleth "Saunder's Little Friend", Ray Bradbury "Black Ferris", Roger S. Vreeland, Stanton A. Coblentz, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Peter Phillips, and Davis Grubbs -as (Dave Grubbs) "One Foot in the Grave". Illustrations by John Giunta, Lee Brown Coye, Boris Dolgov, and Fred Humiston. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 41 #3 GD/VG 3.0

3" cumulative spine split.

March 1949. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by August Derleth "The Testament of Claiborne Boyd", Theodore Sturgeon "The Martian and the Moron", Robert Bloch "The Strange Island of Dr. Nork", Allison V. Harding, Arthur J. Burks, Stanton A. Coblentz, and Thorp McClusky. Illustrations by Fred Humiston, Vincent Napoli, Boris Dolgov, and Lee Brown Coye. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.