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Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp comic books 1937-1939

  • Vol. 9 #1
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 9 #1


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Feb 1937. Stories by Frank Belknap Long Jr., John Russell Fearn, Donald Wandrei, Paul Ernst, Jack Williamson, J. Harvey Haggard, John Scott Campbell, and Carl Jacobi. "Zarnak" comic story by Max Plaisted. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 9 #2
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 9 #2


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Front cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 9, Issue 2 - April, 1937. Stories by Ray Cummings, Arthur Leo Zagat, Dr. Arch Carr, Neil R. Jones, Eando Binder, Paul Ernst, Simpson Stokes, and Edmond Hamilton. "Zarnak" comic story by Max Plaisted. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 9 #3
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 9 #3


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    • Water damage.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    June 1937. Stories by Anthony Rud, John Russell Fearn, Eando Binder, Arthur Leo Zagat, Raymond Z. Gallun, Richard Tooker, J. Harvey Haggard, Arthur K. Barnes, and Frank Belknap Long Jr. "Zarnak" comic story by Max Plaisted. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 10 #1
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 10 #1


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

    August 1937. Stories by Eando Binder, John W. Campbell Jr., Paul Ernst, Otis Adelbert Kline, Edmond Hamilton, J. Harvey Haggard, Gordon A. Giles, and S.K. Bernfeld. "Zarnak" comic story by Max Plaisted. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 10 #2
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 10 #2


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Oct 1937. Stories by Arthur Leo Zagat, John W. Campbell Jr., Ray Cummings, Arthur K. Barnes, Eando Binder, Edmond Hamilton, Gordon A. Giles, and Henry Kuttner. "Zarnak" comic story by Max Plaisted. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 10 #3
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 10 #3


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Dec 1937. Stories by Paul Ernst, Ralph Milne Farley, Willy Ley, John W. Campbell Jr., Raymond Z. Gallun, Robert Moore Williams, Edmond Hamilton, and Will Garth. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 11 #1
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 11 #1


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    • Cover oxidation.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Feb 1938. Stories by Eando Binder, Manly Wade Wellman, Max C. Sheridan, Frank Belknap Long Jr., Gordon A. Giles, Alexander Samalman, and D.L. James. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 11 #2
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 11 #2


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Trimmed. 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: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    April 1938. Cover by H. W. Wesso. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Clark Ashton Smith, Jack Williamson, John Russell Fearn, Edmond Hamilton, Clyde Wilson, Manly Wade Wellman, and Will Garth. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 11 #3
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 11 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    June 1938. Stories by Paul Ernst, Arthur K. Barnes, Edmond Hamilton, John Victor Peterson, Robert Moore Williams, Polton Cross, J. Harvey Haggard, Will Garth, and Mort Weisinger. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 12 #1
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 12 #1


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • 2 1/4" Cumulative spine split.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Interior page detached (all pages are present). Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    FEATURED: "Doom World" a novelette by Henry Kuttner, plus 3 short stories, "The Thing from Mars" by Ray Cummings, "Song of the Shadow Death" by Robert Moore Williams, and "Catalyst Planet" by Ray Cummings.

    Volume 12, Issue 1 - August, 1938. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Frederic Arnold Kummer Jr., Arthur Leo Zagat, Paul Chadwick, Raymond A. Palmer, Ray Cummings, Gordon A. Giles, and Robert Moore Williams. Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 12 #2
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 12 #2


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

    Volume 12, Issue 2 - October, 1938. Stories by Arthur J. Burks, Arthur K. Barnes, John W. Campbell Jr., Carl Jacobi, Oscar J. Friend, Frank Belknap Long Jr., Ray Cummings, and Manly Wade Wellman. Alex Schomburg illustration. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 12 #3
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 12 #3


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

    Dec 1938. Stories by Stanley G. and Helen Weinbaum, Clifford D. Simak, Henry Kuttner, Eando Binder, Will Garth, Ray Cummings, and Edmond Hamilton. Alex Schomburg illustration. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 13 #1
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 13 #1


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Soiling. Water damage.
    • 3 1/4" Cumulative spine split.
    • 3" Cumulative spine split.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 13, Issue 1 - February, 1939. Stories by Max Sheridan, Arthur J. Burks, Frederic Arnold Kummer Jr., Gordon A. Giles, Polton Cross, Hal K. Wells, Carl Jacobi, and Myer Krulfeld. Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 13 #2
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 13 #2


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 70%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 13, Issue 2 - April, 1939. Cover by Howard V. Brown. "The Broken Axion" 1st published story by Alfred Bester. Other stories by Clifford Simak, Eando Binder, Ward Hawkins, Frank Belknap Long Jr., Roscoe Clark, Henry Kuttner, and Ray Cummings. Virgil Finlay illustration. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 13 #3
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 13 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Spine stress. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Soiling.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • 4 1/2" crease on back cover. Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front and Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

    June 1939. 10th Anniversary Issue. Stories by John Taine, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Jack Williamson, David H. Keller, Edward Elmer Smith, Eando Binder, John C. Burroughs and Hulbert Burroughs, and Otis Adelbert Kline. Virgil Finlay (3) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 14 #1
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 14 #1


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Staple rust. Rust migration. 3" Spine split from top of book. Foxing. Soiling.

    Aug 1939. Stories by Otis Adelbert Kline, Stanton A. Coblentz, Robert Moore Williams, Frank Belknap Long Jr., Lyle D. Gunn, Graph Waldeyer, Kelvin Kent, and Ray Cummings. Virgil Finlay (4) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 14 #2
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 14 #2


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    • Staple rust. Rust migration. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

    Oct 1939. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Stories by John W. Campbell Jr., Sam Merwin Jr., Arthur K. Barnes and Henry Kuttner, Gordon A. Giles, Oscar J. Friend, Charles F. Ksanda, and H.L. Gold. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 14 #3
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 14 #3


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    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Interior page detached (all pages are present). Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Dec 1939. Stories by Eando Binder, Henry Kuttner, Frederic Arnold Kummer Jr., Manly Wade Wellman, Kelvin Kent, Oscar J. Friend, Ray Cummings, and Alfred Bester. Virgil Finlay illustration. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.