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    Shock (1948 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #2 FN 6.0

    Starts Apr 6

    Featuring "Blood Of The Vixen" written by John D. MacDonald; "Downbeat Dirge" written by Robert Turner; "Satan's Angel" written by Scott O'Hara. Cover price $0.15.

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    Super Mystery Comics (1940) Vol. 7 #5 FR/GD 1.5

    Cover coming loose at one staple. Water saturation. Tracing on front cover. Cover oxidation. Staple rust, rust migration.

    Starts Apr 6

    In order of appearance: "Bert and Sue, 'Murder on the Menu'", reprinted with CCA alterations as "Too Many Suspects" in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #48; "The Unknown" art by Sid Greene; "Mack Martin, Investigator" reprinted with CCA alterations as "Clue of the Counterfeit Package" in Crime Must Pay The Penalty (1948) #48; "Hurry-Up Harrigan, Police Reporter, 'The Airtight Alibi!'"; and "Mr. Risk". "Secrets Behind the Bloodstains" text article, reprinted in Baffling Mysteries (1952) #25. 52 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

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

    Starts Jul 6

    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.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 40 #4 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Apr 6

    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.