Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp comic books 1949-1951

Auction Item: CGC 5.0 View scans Auction opens April 4 Paper: Off white to white Label #4416200007

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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.

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.

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"Morning Star" a book-length novel by H. Rider Haggard,plus "Strange Occurrence in Clerkenwell" a short story by Arthur Machen. Olaf Stapledon is profiled in the "Masters of Fantasy" column.

Volume 11, Issue 3 - February, 1950. 6.75" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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"Guardian Angel" and early short story by Arthur C. Clarke.

Volume 11, Issue 4 - April, 1950. 6.75" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 11, Issue 5 - June, 1950. 7" x 9", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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This issue features to classic book length novels, "Donovan's Brain" novel by Kurt Siodmak, and "the Time Machine" by H. G. Wells

Vol. 11, No. 6 - August 1950. "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells, and other short stories. 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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Vol. 12, No. 1 - October 1950. "The Woman Who Couldn't Die" by Arthur Stringer, "The Weigher of Souls" by Andre Maurois, and "Nor Moon by Night" by Peter Cartur. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 9 1/4-in., 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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"Brood of The Witch Queen" by Sax Rohmer

Vol. 12, No. 2 - January 1951. Stories: "Brood of the Witch-Queen" by Sax Rohmer, and "The Disintegration Machine" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 8 1/2, 112 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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"The Music of Eric Zann" by H.P. Lovecraft

March 1951. Stories: "The Threshold of Fear" by Arthur J. Rees, "The Music of Erich Zann" by H.P. Lovecraft, "The Dancing-Partner" by Jerome K. Jerome, and "Golden Apple" by C.H. Liddell. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 8 1/2, 112 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 12, Issue 4 - May, 1951. "The Slayer of Souls" by Robert W. Chambers and "Lukundoo" by Edward Lucas White. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 8 1/2, 112 Pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 12, Issue 5 - July, 1951. 6.5" x 8.5", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 12, Issue 6 - October, 1951. 6.75" x 9", 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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"The Gray Mahatma" a novelette by Talbert Mundy, "Pickman's Model" a short story by H.P. Lovecraft, plus "--and He Built a Crooked House--" a short story by Robert A. Heinlein.

December 1951. Science fiction reprints: "The Gray Mahatma" by Talbot Mundy, "And He Built a Crooked House" by Robert Heinlein, "The Book" by Margaret Irwin, "Pickman's Model" by H.P. Lovecraft, and "He Didn't Want Soup" by Paul Ernst. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Lawrence Stevens, Hannes Bok, and Gene Fawcette. Lawrence cover. 6.75-in. x 9-in.; black and white; 114 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.