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Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp comic books 1952

  • Vol. 3 #2
    Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 3 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 3, Issue 2 - Winter, 1952. Stories by David H. Keller, Wesley Arnold, Gordon A. Giles, H.B. Fyfe, L. Sprague De Camp, Mack Reynolds, and Robert Moore Williams. Virgil Finlay illustration. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 148 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 3 #3
    Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 3 #3


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

    Two stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum, "Dawn of Flame" a novelette and "The Black Flame" a complete novel.

    Volume 3, Issue 3 - Spring, 1952. Alex Schomburg Cover. Two stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum ("Dawn of Flame" and "The Black Flame"), plus stories by J.W. Groves, Sam Merwin Jr., Laurence Manning. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 148 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 4 #1
    Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 4 #1


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    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Summer 1952. Stories by A.E. Van Vogt (reprinting his classic "Slan"), Daniel Keyes, Leigh Brackett, Raymond Z. Gallun, Mari Wolf, and Larry Clinton. Virgil Finlay (3) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. Schomburg cover. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 4 #2
    Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 4 #2


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

    Fall 1952. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories: "A Million Years To Conquer" by Henry Kuttner, "Second Chance" by W. Kubilius & Fletcher Pratt, "Orphan of Space" by Don Wilcox, "The Hunters" by Alfred Coppel, "Greenhorn" by Harry Stine, "The Question" by Ralph Carghill, and "Science Can Wait" by Ray Cummings. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 4 #3
    Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 4 #3


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

    Nov 1952. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Joseph J. Millard, Kendall Foster Crossen, Robert Donald Locke, Rog Phillips, Alan E. Nourse, Paul Lawrence Payne, and Walter M. Miller. Virgil Finlay (2) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.