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Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp comic books 1944-1946

  • Vol. 25 #2
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 25 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight.
    • Near complete spine split. Water damage. Oxidation and chipping.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Winter 1944. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories by Ross Rocklynne, Robert Arthur, Henry Kuttner, Ford Smith, Scott Morgan, John Foster West, and Kelvin Kent. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. Dr. Seuss illustration? (Small "Buy United States War Savings Bonds & Stamps" ad.) 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 25 #3
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 25 #3


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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 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Water damage.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Spring, 1944. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Charles W. Harbaugh, Leigh Brackett, Ford Smith, Joseph Farrell, Ruth Washburn, Manly Wade Wellman, and Ray Cummings. Dr. Seuss illustration? (Small "Buy United States War Savings Bonds & Stamps" ad.) 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 116 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 26 #1
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 26 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Summer 1944. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 26 #2
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 26 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream

    Fall 1944. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Murray Leinster, Paul MacNamara, Frank Belknap Long, Alfred G. Kuehn, Richard Tooker, Ray Cummings, and John Russell Fearn. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 26 #3
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 26 #3


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    • Paper: Light tan
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Winter 1945. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Fredric Brown, Arthur K. Barnes, Frank Belknap Long, Fox B. Holden, Ford Smith, Leslie Northern, Wilm Carver, and Murray Leinster. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 27 #1
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 27 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Spring 1945. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Jerry Shelton, Ross Rocklynne, Henry Kuttner, Arthur G. Strangland, Frederic Arnold Kummer Jr., Polton Cross, and Sam Merwin Jr. Virgil Finlay illustration. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 27 #2
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 27 #2


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • 2" Spine split from top. Lateral spine tear.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Summer 1945. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. "The World Thinker" -- 1st published story by Jack Vance. Other stories by Murray Leinster, Frank Belknap Long, Edmond Hamilton, Leslie Northern, and Henry Kuttner. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 27 #3
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 27 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 27, Issue 3 - Fall, 1945. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Ed Weston, Polton Cross, Stanton A. Coblentz, John Russell, and George Whitley. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 98 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 28 #1
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 28 #1


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Winter 1946. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Frank Belknap Long, Edmond Hamilton, Murray Leinster, Arthur K. Barnes, Stanley Whiteside, and Larry Sternig. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 28 #2
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 28 #2


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Spring 1946. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Jerry Shelton, Edmond Hamilton, Manly Wade Wellman, Noel Loomis, Samuel Mines, Wilm Carver, Ray Bradbury, and Murray Leinster. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 28 #3
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 28 #3


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

    Volume 28, Issue 3 - Summer, 1946. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Murray Leinster, Stanton A. Coblentz, Ross Rocklynne, Polton Cross, Noel Loomis, and Charles F. Ksanda. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Jun 1946 Canadian
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Jun 1946 Canadian


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate. Foreign edition: Canada.
    • Front and back cover detached.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Canadian Edition with Canada Savings Bonds text at bottom of front cover. Summer 1946. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Murray Leinster, Stanton A. Coblentz, Ross Rocklynne, Polton Cross, Noel Loomis, and Charles F. Ksanda. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 29 #1
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 29 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 60%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 29, Issue 1 - Fall, 1946. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Murray Leinster, Keith Hammond, John Russell Fearn, Ross Rocklynne, Brett Sterling, Henry Kuttner, and Ray Cummings. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 116 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 29 #2
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 29 #2


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Foxing. Soiling. Chew.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Back cover detached 20%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate.

    FEATURED: Take a look! This issue is packed with great writers, including Buddy's favorite science fiction writer, Jack Vance.

    Volume 29, Issue 2 - December, 1946. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. "I Am Eden" by Henry Kuttner and "The End" by Murray Leinster. Other stories by Jack Vance, Arthur Leo Zagat, L. Sprague de Camp, Fletcher Pratt, and Alexander Samalman. Illustrations by Marchioni. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 114 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.