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Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp comic books 1938

  • 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.