Pulp comic books issue 1

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Vol. 1, No. 3 - June 1941. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 1, No. 1 - October 1936. 6.75" x 9.75", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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1st printing.

Edited by Ed Hulse. Introduction by Richard A. Lupoff. Cover by George Gross, Barye Phillips, and Rudolph Belarski. Back Cover by James Bama and Victor Kalin.

Judge these books by their covers! Get immersed in the definitive visual history of pulp fiction paperbacks from 1940 to 1970.

The Art of Pulp Fiction: An Illustrated History of Vintage Paperbacks chronicles the history of pocket-sized paperbound books designed for mass-market consumption, specifically concentrating on the period from 1940 to 1970. These three decades saw paperbacks eclipse cheap pulp magazines and expensive clothbound books as the most popular delivery vehicle for escapist fiction. To catch the eyes of potential buyers they were adorned with covers that were invariably vibrant, frequently garish, and occasionally lurid. Today the early paperbacks-like the earlier pulps, inexpensively produced and considered disposable by casual readers-are treasured collector's items.

Award-winning editor Ed Hulse (The Art of the Pulps and The Blood 'n' Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction) comprehensively covers the pulp-fiction paperback's heyday. Hulse writes the individual chapter introductions and the captions, while a team of genre specialists and art aficionados contribute the special features included in each chapter. These focus on particularly important authors, artists, publishers, and sub-genres.

Illustrated with more than 500 memorable covers and original cover paintings. Hulse's extensive captions, meanwhile, offer a running commentary on this significant genre, and also contain many obscure but entertaining factoids. Images used in The Art of Pulp Fiction have been sourced from the largest American paperback collections in private hands, and have been curated with rarity in mind, as well as graphic appeal. Consequently, many covers are reproduced here for the first time since the books were first issued.

With an overall Introduction by Richard A. Lupoff, novelist, essayist, pop-culture historian, and author of The Great American Paperback (2001).

Hardcover, 10-in.x 10-in., 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $49.99.

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Summer 1942. Volume 1, Number 3. This giant reissue edition contains 3 rebound volumes of Fantastic Adventures from previous months: Volume 3, Number 9 - Edgar Rice Burroughs "The Living Dead"; Volume 3, Number 10 - Robert Moore Williams "The Reformation of Joseph Reed"; Volume 4, Number 1 - David Wright O'Brien -as (John York Cabot) "The Daughter of Genghis Khan". Brand new duo-tone front and back cover art by Frank Durban and Jay Jackson. 7" x 10"' black and white; 438 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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2nd and later printings.

Written by Ed Brubaker. Art by Sean Phillips and Jacob Phillips. Cover by) Sean Phillips.

NOW AVAILABLE AS A SOFT COVER TRADE PAPERBACK

A gorgeous original graphic novel from the bestselling creators of KILL OR BE KILLED, MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES, and CRIMINAL.

Max Winters, a pulp writer in 1930s New York, finds himself drawn into a story not unlike the tales he churns out at five cents a word - tales of a Wild West outlaw dispensing justice with a six-gun. But will Max be able to do the same when pursued by bank robbers, Nazi spies, and enemies from his past?

One part thriller, one part meditation on a life of violence, PULP is unlike anything award-winning BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS have ever done before. This celebration of pulp fiction set in a world on the brink is another must-have hardcover from one of comics' most acclaimed teams.

Softcover, 80 pages, full color.

Cover price $12.99.

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May, 1952. Volume 1, Issue 1. Featuring work from Lester Del Rey and Isaac Asimov. Softcover, 5 1/2-in., x 8 1/2-in., 164 pages, Text (with chapter illustrations) Cover price $0.35.

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November, 1952. Volume 1, Issue 3. Featuring work from Lester Del Rey and Larry Shaw. Softcover, 5 1/2-in., x 7 1/2-in., 164 pages, Text (with chapter illustrations) Cover price $0.35.

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February, 1953. Volume 1, Issue 4. Featuring work from Lester Del Rey and Larry Shaw. Softcover, 5 1/2-in., x 8 1/2-in., 164 pages, Text (with chapter illustrations) Cover price $0.35.

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March, 1953. Volume 1, Issue 5. Featuring work from Isaac Asimov, and James E. Gunn. Softcover, 5 1/2-in., x 8 1/2-in., 164 pages, Text (with chapter illustrations) Cover price $0.35.

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No. 1 - September , 1970. 5.25" x 7.5", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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Vol. 1 #1 - 1968. Cover by Jack Gaughan. All interior art by Gaughan. Fantasy Stories: "Conan and the Cenotaph" by Lin Carter and L. Sprague De Camp, "What the Vintners Buy" by Mack Reynolds, "Delenda Est" by Robert E. Howard, "As Is" by Robert Silverberg, "The Mirror of Wizardry" by John Jakes, "However" by Robert Lory, "The Man Who Liked" by Robert Hoskins, "Death is a Lonely Place" by Bill Warren and "After Armageddon" by Paris Flammonde. All stories new, including the REH short story. Also Lester Del Rey on J.R.R. Tolkien. This first issue was a trial, quarterly for the next three issues. Pulp Digest, 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in., 130 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.60.

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Issue 2, 1970. Cover and illustrations by Jack Gaughan. Fantasy Stories: "Long Live Lord Kor!" by Andre Norton, "Walker Between the Planes" by Gordon R. Dickson, "The Crayfish" by Helen Arvonen, "Oh Say, Can You See?" by Erik Van Lhin, "Unmistakably Henry" by Jean Cavrell, "Call Me Million" by Frederik Pohl, "Teddy Bear" by James E. Gunn, and "Last Night and Every Night" by James Tiptree, Jr. Softcover Pulp Digest, 5 1/4-in. x 7 5/8-in.; black and white; 192 pages. Cover price $0.75.

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Winter 1970. Cover by Jack Gaughan. Fantasy Stories: "The Tombs of Atuan" by Ursula K. Le Guin, "If A Flower Could Eclipse" by Michael Bishop, "Me-Too" by Sonya Dorman, "Death of a Peculiar Boar" by Namoi Mitchinson, "Santa Titicaca" by Connie Willis, "A Ship Will Come" by Robert F. Young, "In The Cards" by Robert Bloch, "Funny Place" by Naomi J. Kahn, and "The Man Doors Said Hello To" by James Tiptree, Jr. Softcover Pulp Digest, 5-in x 7 1/2-in, 192 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

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Spring 1971. Cover by Jack Gaughan. Fantasy Stories: "Reality Doll" by Clifford D. Simak, "The Passing of Auntie Mat" by Ross Rocklynne, "Kerman Widens Lead in Poll" by Frank S. Robinson, "The Garden" by M.L. Brannock Lunde and David Lunde, "Hunt with the Rain" by S.C. Beck, and "Ptolemaic Hijack" by Ruth Berman. Softcover Pulp Digest, 5-in x 7 1/2-in, 192 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.75.

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Volume 1, Issue 1 - January, 1938. "Bulldog of Justice" (novel) by Ralph Powers - When a clever criminal lawyer's trick allowed a convicted man to walk free from the courtroom, fighting District Attorney Jack Webster had to buck both the law and gangdom. Also: "Murder on the Cuff" by Eric Lennox - A sensational columnist had to turn detective for ten seconds; "The Masked Alibi" by John Gregory - State Trooper Hal Robberts played a long hunch on charred evidence; "Satan's Showdown" by Paul Adams - Belden's death scheme of freedom from his wife looked clever and simple enough to be faultless; "Second-Hand Suicide" (novelette) by Harry Widmer - The kid wanted bright lights and the glamour girls...he was ripe to be plucked by a vicious dealer in destinies; "Cocktails for the Corpse" by Ronald Flagg - Duke Morgan, city gunman, took a whirl at mixing murder and superstition; "Big-House Bait" by William A. Langford - A year on Straight Street had made a new man of young Joe...but his former pals had plans of big-house bait in a corpse trap; "A Date with Doom" by Chester Brant - It was Rookie Kirk's first night on the beat alone...and stark tragedy dogged his every footstep; "Death's Signature" by Cliff Howe - A killer tried to write off his crime; and "Trigger Tribunal" by Leon Dupont - Tom Fargo, parole officer, found himself to be a murderer's perfect alibi. Cover price $0.10.

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Vol. 1, No. 1 - December , 1948. 11" x 13.5", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Spooks And Sleuths!" Collects Classic Pulp: Horror (2019 Source Point), Classic Pulp: Detectives (2020 Source Point), Classic Pulp: Ellery Queen (2020 Source Point), and Classic Pulp: Ghosts (2021 Source Point Press).

Written by Joshua Werner and Frank Belknap Long. Art by Fred Guardineer, Edvard Moritz, and King Ward. Cover by Joshua Werner. Back Cover by Edvard Moritz and Joshua Werner.

This first volume of Classic Pulp is loaded with lost tales of ghouls and gumshoes! Curated and digitally remastered to their original colors and quality by Joshua Werner, these classic pulp comic stories are sure to shock and thrill!

Packed with exclusive bonus content. A must-have for fans of horror and mystery!

Softcover, 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

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August 1953. Fantasy Stories: "So Sweet as Magic..." by Bruce Elliott, "A Stray from Cathay" by John Wyndham, "The Other Ones" by David Alexander, "Out in the Garden" by Philip K. Dick, "Much Ado about Plenty" by Charles Fritch, "The Frost Giant's Daughter" by Robert E. Howard, "Koenigshaufen's Curve" by H.B. Fyfe, "Foxy's Hollow" by Leah Bodine Drake, "Mr. Mottle Goes Pouf" by Laurence Manning, and "Nom d'un Nom" by Randall Garrett. Softcover Pulp Digest, 5-in x 7 1/2-in, 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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November 1953. Fantasy Stories: "Web of the Worlds" by Katherine MacLean and Harry Harrison, "Capital Expenditure" by Fletcher Pratt, "Nothing To It" by William S. Corwin, "Schizoid Creator" by Clark Ashton Smith, "Medicine Dancer" by Bill Brown, "De Demon-Natur-" by Wesley Barefoot, "The Stronger Spell" by L. Sprague De Camp, and "The Apprentice Sorcerer" by Stephen Arr. Softcover Pulp Digest, 5-in x 7 1/2-in, 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 1, No. 1 - Fall 1939. 6.75" x 9.75", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Vol. 1, No. 1 - Spring 1976. Zena Henderson interview, Pournelle's Bind Your Sons To Exile. 8" x 10.75", 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

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Add to cart Very Fine $22.00

1st printing.

Written by Ed Brubaker. Art by Sean Phillips and Jacob Phillips. Cover by) Sean Phillips. Introduction by Ed Brubaker.

The ultimate behind-the-scenes art book for all BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS fans is finally here.

See from start to finish how a creative team at the top of their game makes an Eisner Award-winning graphic novel. Replicates materials from the entire process of creating PULP, from ED BRUBAKER's original notebook entries, to the initial script, to PHILLIPS' breakdowns and pencils, all the way to the final edited and polished book itself, presented in full color. See what the book started out as, what changed in the final version before print, and go deep into BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS' process.

PULP: THE PROCESS EDITION is a beautifully designed hardcover with everything a collector could want, including the full graphic novel itself, reproduced for the first time in a stunningly detailed oversized format. A must-have for any hardcore BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS fan.

Hardcover, 7-in. x 11-in., 256 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $39.99.

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The strange story of Professor Ham, and his quest to become an underground comix character. An homage to the classic art-undergrounds of the 60s and 70s. Also, Take Off Yer Skin, a sort of comics poem on the cycles of life. Story, art and covers by Mark Petlock. Mature readers. Black and white; 24 pages. Cover price $2.50. Cover price $2.00.

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Volume 1, Issue 8 - June, 1929. 6.5" x 9.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 1, No. 1 - December , 1953. 5.5" x 7.5", 164 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 1, No. 2 - February , 1954. 5.5" x 7.5", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 1, No. 3 - April , 1954. 5.5" x 7.5", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 1, No. 2 - Feb 1943. Western stories: "Frisco or Bust" by E. Hoffmann Price, "Misbranded Love Thief" by Laurence Donovan, "Once a saddle tramp" by Larry Dunn, and many more. 7" x 10"; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

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1st printing. Story and art by Teresa Wong. Beginning with her mother's stroke in 2014, Teresa Wong takes us on a moving journey through time and place to locate the beginnings of the disconnection she feels from her parents. Through a series of stories-some epic, like her mother and father's daring escapes from communes during China's Cultural Revolution, and some banal, like her quitting Chinese school to watch Saturday morning cartoons-Wong carefully examines the cultural, historical, language, and personality barriers to intimacy in her family, seeking answers to the questions "Where did I come from?" and "Where are we going?" At the same time, she discovers how storytelling can bridge distances and help make sense of a life. Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 240 pages, B&W. Cover price $21.95.

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Volume 1, Issue 1 - January, 1953. Volume 1 No. 1. Cover by Leo Manso. Science Fiction and Fantasy stories by Alfred Coppel, Irving Cox, Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, Bryce Walton, John Christopher, E. Everett Evans, Milton Lesser, Charles L. Harness, Glen Malin, John Jakes, Frank Owen, and Theodore R. Cogswell. Illustrations by Everett Raymond Kinstler, John Giunta, Vincent Napoli, Gerald McCann, and Mort Lawrence. 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in.; b&w text with spot illustrations; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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March 1953. Cover by Leo Manso. Edited by Sol Cohen. Stories by Jack Vance, Irving Cox, Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, Kris Neville, John Christopher, Noah Gordon, Milton Lesser, John Jakes, and R. S. Richardson. Art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, John Giunta, Norman Nodel, Gerald McCann, and Mort Lawrence. One of Avons experiments with combining pulp magazines and comics, this is a merger of two previous Avon digest-format magazines, Avon Fantasy Reader and Avon Science Fiction Reader. DP!; The Rather Improbable History of Hiliary Kiffer; Survivor; Breaking Point; As Holy and Enchanted; Hunt the Red Roe; Crack of Doom; Book reviews; The Agent; Forever is So Long; A Night on Mars Hill; The Parasite. 5-in. x 7.5-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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2nd and later printings.

Story and art by Julie Maroh.

In this tender, bittersweet graphic novel, a young woman named Clementine discovers herself and the elusive magic of love when she meets a confident blue-haired girl named Emma: a lesbian love story for the ages that bristles with the energy of youth and rebellion and the eternal light of desire.

First published in French by Belgium's Glénat, the book has won several awards, including the Audience Prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, and the live-action, French-language film version of the book, entitled Blue Is the Warmest Color, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2013.

Softcover, 7-in. x 10-in., 160 pages, PC/B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $19.95.

Add to cart Fine $15.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing.

By Steve Niles, Liam Sharp, and Ashley Woods.

Event Horizon is 21st century pulp fiction, starting in the imaginary depths of time with "F-ing Savages," and ending in the far flung future with "Necromachia!" It showcases the talents of long-time established pros such as Ashley Wood, Steve Niles, Liam Sharp, Chris Weston, and Brian Holguin, along with such new talents as Emma Simcock-Tooth, Kev Crossley, Dave Kendall, and Lee Carter.

Event Horizon contains all the comic subcultures of fantasy, sci-fi, horror and humor, as well as presenting some amazing artist galleries and illustrated text stories.

Softcover, 120 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $19.95.

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First Issue - February, 1940. 6.5" x 9.5", 128 pages, text with B&W illustrations. Cover price $0.15.

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Vol. 1, No. 1 - April 1931. 6.5" x 9.25", 142 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

Story and Art by Pat Higgins. Two twisted tales of technological terror! The first, 'Junebug Bites Back,' is the story of an overbearing pageant mom who gets her just desserts after purchasing supplements from the dark web. In 'Terms and Conditions,' Jack and Lacey's day of distraction turns to a nightmare when they ignore the fine print. Cover price $4.99.

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2nd or Later Printings.

Explore the rollicking, rip-roaring era of pulp fiction. From its origins in the late nineteenth century, when adventure stories reigned, through almost six decades of slinking sleuths, galloping ghouls, nitty-gritty gals, and invincible warriors, the pulp magazines transported readers into new territories of the mind. Not only did these publications help popularize authors such as Dashiell Hammett, Ray Bradbury, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, they now provide a panorama of some sixty years of illustration - and social commentary. Join us in this nostalgic visual journey through the world of pulps.

Hardcover, horizontal format, 11" x 10.5", 204 pages, full color.

Cover price $39.95.