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Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 23 #5

  • Vol. 23 #5
    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 23 #5


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    • Paper: Tan to Cream
    • Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 20%.

    Volume 23, Issue 5 - May 1934. Edited by Farnsworth Wright. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. This issue includes "Queen of the Black Coast" by Robert E. Howard which introduces the pirate queen Belit, a character that had a brief impact on Conan in the pulps but would go on to have a greater impact on the Conan mythos in later years, especially in the pages of Marvel Comics when writer Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema brought her back in their adaptation of this story in Conan the Barbarian (1970-1993 Marvel) #58. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.