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Comic books July 1951

  • Issue #8
    Weird Fantasy (1951 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 8
    • 1/2" Spine split from top.
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • RESTORATION. Staples replaced and reinforced with tape. Rust migration. Water damage. Slight mold.
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    Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Wally Wood, Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Jack Kamen, George Roussos, Wally Wood and Al Feldstein. EC's influential New Trend series is considered one of the greatest science-fiction titles of all time. Two scientist brothers seeking the ancient ancestors of humanity find unexpected answers in a time warp and a mysterious lost world on the Moon. A scientist's assistant and his cheating wife plot to use his experimental new teleporter to commit the perfect murder. In the distant future, humans learn a horrifying secret about the cute little monkey-like Mokos, with charming art by Wally Wood. The Origin of the Species; It Didnt Matter; The Slave Ship; The Enemies of the Colony. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #8
    Weird Science (1950 E.C.) 8
    • Interior is complete. Full-length spine split (taped). Staples added (not manufacturing). Cover oxidation. Tape on interior cover.
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    Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by George Roussos, Jack Kamen, Wally Wood and Al Feldstein. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. An astronaut floating in space recalls the murderous events that got him there, in a rare science fiction tale from artist George Roussos, featuring a classic EC twist ending. Explorers from Earth seeking new worlds to colonize discover their crew members mysteriously missing, with art by Wally Wood. Classic Al Feldstein rocket/alien cover. Seeds of Jupiter!; The Escape; Invasion!; Beyond Repair; The Probers. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 43 #5
    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 43 #5


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • 1 1/4" Cumulative spine split.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Extensive.

    Volume 43, Issue 5 - July 1951. Cover by Charles A. Kennedy. Featuring the novella The Skull of Barnaby Shattuck by Merle Constiner, Short Stories including Flame Birds of Angala by E. Everett Evans, Chinook by Mary Elizabeth Counselman, A Knocking in the Wall by August Derleth, The Little Red Owl by Margaret St. Clairy, Date in the City Room by Talbot Johns, The Priceless Polescu by David Eynon, and Amok! by Harold Lawlor. Also features the poetry of Clarence Edwin Flynn and Dorothy Quick. Softcover, 100 pages, Text only (with B&W illustrations) Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #8
    Western Fighters Vol. 3 (1950) 8

    Outlaws, gunfighters, and tales of the Old West - some true, and others merely legends. A hot-tempered young gunfighter kills the wrong man and dooms his boom town called Saturday Night, Nevada. A US Cavalry deserter falls in with a gang of gun-runners, but a stray salute gives the game away. An outlaw buys Ripper, a horse that's just as wild and dangerous as he is, but Ripper has his own priorities. Saturday Night, Nevada; The Southpaw and the Bracelet; The Mark of the Quitter; Brown Saddle Fire; Just One Bullet; The Wooden Enemy; Buckskin Benson and Muskrat. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 5 #1
    Whisper (1946 Whisper, Inc.^) Magazine Vol. 5 #1


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    • Staple rust. Rust migration. Foxing. Soiling. Weak spine.

    Volume 5, Issue 1 - July, 1951. Painted cover by Peter Driben. Men's interest magazine with articles, pin-ups, and glamour photos. 8.5" x 11.5", 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Issue #1
    White Princess of the Jungle (1951) 1
    • 5 1/2" cumulative spine split. Cover and centerfold detached at single staple. Heavy residue throughout.
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    Art by Louis Ravielli and Charles Sultan. Cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler. In the tradition of Sheena and Tarzan, redheaded, blue-eyed jungle queen Taanda rides a trained zebra and fights for the people of her adopted tribe, the Tauruti. White hunters enter Taandas jungle and soon regret it; The native tribes are threatened by strange swamp beasts; Slavers target Taandas tribe, but before she can save them, she must wrestle an enraged gorilla. Also featuring a dramatic contents page by Louis Ravielli on the inside front cover. Death at the Animal Pit!; Terror-Fangs at Tauruti Kraal!; The Trek of the Swamp Beasts!; Tenderfoot Mary; Capt'n Courage. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #637
    Wide World (UK Edition 1898 George Newnes Ltd) Pulp 637


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    Issue 637 - July, 1951. The true adventure magazine for men. A collection of true stories from all over the world. 6.5" x 9.5", B&W.

  • Vol. 14 #10
    Woman's Day (1937-1970 Stores Publishing, Co.) Magazine Vol. 14 #10
  • Issue #48
    Wonder Woman (1942 1st Series DC) 48
    • Writing on a few interior pages, cover detached at one staple and coming loose at the other, heavy tape to cover with some on first page.
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    • INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, affects art and story. Full length spine split (taped, torn around tape), tape on interior back cover.
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    Cover pencils by Irwin Hasen, inks by Bernard Sachs. "Wonder Woman Vs. Robot Woman," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Elektro builds a Wonder Woman robot and uses it for crime. "The Treasure of Captain Storm," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter. "Giants on the Earth," script by Julius Schwartz, art by Raymond Perry. Wonder Women of History: two-page Anne Dacier bio by Julius Schwartz, art by John Giunta. "The Theft of the Robot Plane," script by Robert Kanigher, art by Harry G. Peter; Criminals gain control of Wonder Woman's Robot plane by taping her voice commands. Peg humor page by Henry Boltinoff. 52 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Vol. 5 #5
    Zane Grey's Western Magazine (1946-1954 Dell) Pulp Vol. 5 #5