Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp comic books 1947-1949

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Feb 1947. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "The Star Rover" by Jack London, "The Angry Street--A Bad Dream" by G. K. Chesterton, and "The Spectre Spiders" by W. James Wintle. Interior illustrations by Virgil Finlay and Lawrence. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 8, Issue 4 - April, 1947. Cover by Lawrence. "Allan and the Ice-Gods" by H. Rider Haggard, "Passeur" by Robert W. Chambers, "Prison In Time" by V. E. Thiessen. Interior illustrations by Virgil Finlay and Lawrence. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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June 1947. Cover by Finlay. "The People of the Ruins" by Edward Shanks, and "Caterpillars" by E. F. Benson. Interior illustrations Lawrence. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

Volume 8, Issue 6 - August, 1947. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "Minimum Man, or, Time to Be Gone" by Andrew Marvell, and "Boomerang" by George Whitley. Interior Illustrations by Lawrence, Bok, and Austin. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; 134 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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"The Day of the Deepies" a short story by Murray Leinster.

Volume 9, Issue 1 - October, 1947. "The City of Wonder" by E. Charles Vivian, "The Day of the Deepies" by Murray Leinster, and other short stories. Interior illustrations by Finlay, Bok, and Napoli. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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"The Horror of the Heights" a book-length novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Volume 9, Issue 2 - December, 1947. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "The Man Who Went Back" by Warwick Deeping, "Atlantis' Exile" by Cyril Hume and "The Horror of Heights" by A. Conan Doyle. Interior illustrations by Virgil Finlay and Lawrence. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 9, Issue 3 - February, 1948. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "The Peacemaker" by C. S. Forester, "Planet of Sand" by Murray Leinster, and "The Lonesome Place" by August Derleth. Illustrations by Lawrence. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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April 1948. Cover by Lawrence. "City of the Dead" by Augusta Groner, "The Messenger" by Robert W. Chambers. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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"The Shadow and the Flash" by Jack London.

Vol. 9, No. 5. June 1948. 7" x 9.25". 130 pages. Cover by Virgil Finlay. Text with occasional B&W illustrations. Cover price $0.25.

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"The Night Before the End of the World" a short story by Murray Leister.

Aug 1948. Cover by Lawrence. "The Purple Sapphire" by John Taine and "The Night Before the End of the World" by Murray Leinster. Interior illustrations by Virgil Finlay and Leydanfrost. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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"The Woman" a short story by Ray Bradbury, and "That Low" a short story by Theodore Sturgeon, plus "The Human Angle" another short story by William Tenn. Also, in the "Master of Fantasy" column Edgar Rice Burroughs this profiled.

Volume 10, Issue 1 - October, 1948. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. "The Women" by Ray Bradbury, plus other science fiction and fantasy reprints by C. T. Stoneham, William Tenn, and Theodore Sturgeon. Interior illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Ronald Clyne, Neil Austin, Lawrence Stevens. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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Arthur Machen is profiled in the 'Masters of Fantasy' column.

Volume 10, Issue 2 - December, 1948. Cover by Lawrence. "Nordenholt's Million" by J. J. Connington and "Let Clarence Do It" by Edward S. Sullivan. Interior illustrations by Virgil Finlay and Lawrence. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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"The Scarlet Plague" a novelette by Jack London.

Volume 10, Issue 3 - February, 1949. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. Stories by Inez Haynes Gillmore and Jack London. Illustrations by Lawrence Stevens and Leydenfrost. Book-length novel: "Angel Island" by Inez Haynes Gillmore - Five desperate, earthbound men...an isle where Love and Death were neighbors...a day when wings fought free of fetters to make a strange new world. Novelette: "The Scarlet Plague" by Jack London - Across a sick world it had crept, leaving man and his works destroyed. Now, in the twilight of history, only one remembered -- a blurred and faded picture of the death of our times. Also: The Readers' Viewpoint; In the Next Issue; Masters of Fantasy by Neil Austin - M.P. Shiel, High Priest of Phantasy; and The Lawrence Portfolio. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 130 newsprint pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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John Taine is profiled in the "Masters of Fantasy" column.

Volume 10, Issue 4 - April, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Lord Dunday is profiled in the "Masters of Fantasy" column.

Volume 10, Issue 5 - June, 1949. 6.75" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Clark Ashton Smith is profiled in the 'Masters of Fantasy' column.

Volume 10, Issue 6 - August, 1949. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. Stories by E. Charles Vivian and Margaret St. Clair. Illustrations by Lawrence Stevens and Hannes Bok. Book-length novel: "The Valley of Silent Men" by E. Charles Vivian - It was a nightmare place of devilish beauty -- and horror, brooded over by the slow-death poison of a plant that was seeded in hell! And into its silent menace one man must go, to save its self-willed prisoners from its fatal lure. Short story: "The Counter Charm" by Margaret St. Clair - The bug-eyed monster in the life of Unearthly Tales' editor was a real-life nuisance -- at first. That was bad enough. But when it chased him right into the pages of his own magazine -- that was very bad! Also: In the Next Issue; Masters of Fantasy - Clark Ashton Smith, the Star-Treader; The Three by Burnham Eaton; and The Readers' Viewpoint. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 134 newsprint pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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Master of Fantasy article: Ray Bradbury--the October Man.

Volume 11, Issue 1 - October, 1949. Cover by Lawrence. "The Starkenden Quest" by Gilbert Collins. Interior illustrations by Virgil Finlay. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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Master of Fantasy article: Edgar Allan Poe--The Pit and the Pendulum--His Century.

Volume 11, Issue 2 - December, 1949. Cover by Lawrence Stephens. "Odgen's Strange Story" by Edison Marshal, "No-Man's-Land" by John Buchan, "What Was It?" by Fitz-James O'Brien, and "Jamieson" by Margaret St. Clair. Interior illustrations by Lawrence, Leydenfrost, Finlay. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.