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Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp comic books 1943

  • Vol. 23 #3
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 23 #3


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • 4 1/2" crease on back cover. Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Feb 1943. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Manly Wade Wellman, Ray Cummings, Kelvon Kent, N.J. Westwood, Ray Bradbury, and Robert Arthur. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 24 #1
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 24 #1


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Cover wrap is 25% detached from spine. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 24, Issue 1 - April, 1943. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Nelson S. Bond, Joseph J. Millard, Malcolm Jameson, Frank Belknap Long, and William Morrison. Dr. Seuss illustration (small "Buy War Savings Bonds & Stamps" ad). 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 24 #2
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 24 #2


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

    June 1943. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Joel Townsley Rogers, Frank Belknap Long, N.R. de Mexico, D.D. Sharp, Kelvin Kent, Thaedra Alden, Ray Cummings, and Wilm Carver. Virgil Finlay illustration. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 24 #3
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 24 #3


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    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Off white
    • 6" crease on front cover. Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 24, Issue 3 - August, 1943. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Ross Rocklynne, Bolling Branham, Anthony Boucher, George Edwards, Ray Cummings, Owen Fox Jerome, and Cleve Cartmill. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 25 #1
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 25 #1


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

    Fall 1943. Cover by Earle Bergey. Stories by "Daymare" by Frederic Brown and "Promotion to Satellite" by Ray Bradbury, plus more stories by Robert M. Williams, Nelson S. Bond, James Henry Carlisle III, Manly Wade Wellman, and William Morrison. Illustrations by ??. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.