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Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp comic books 1941

  • Vol. 19 #1
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 19 #1


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 19, Issue 1 - January, 1941. Cover by Gabriel Mayorga. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Arthur J. Burks, Raymond Z. Gallun, Alfred Bester, Kelvin Kent, Otis Adelbert Kline, Joseph J. Millard, and Frederick Engelhardt. Scientifacts column by Mort Weisinger. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 19 #2
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 19 #2


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Book length crease on front cover. Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

    Feb 1941. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Arthur K. Barnes, Alfred Bester, Kelvin Kent, Eando Binder, William Morrison, Oscar J. Friend, and Joseph J. Millard. Scientifacts column by Mort Weisinger. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 19 #3
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 19 #3


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Moisture damage.
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • 1.5" Cumulative spine split.
    • Paper: Cream
    • 7 1/2" crease on front cover. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Volume 19, Issue 3 - March, 1941. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Barry Cord, Frederic Arnold Kummer Jr., Ivan Sandrof, Robert Arthur, Arthur K. Barnes, William Morrison, and Malcolm Jameson. Scientifacts column by Mort Weisinger. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 20 #1
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 20 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Book length crease on front cover. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • 1.75" Cumulative spine split.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
    • Paper: Cream

    Volume 20, Issue 1 - April, 1941. cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Eando Binder, Clifford D. Simak, Maurice Renard, Robert Arthur, and Robert Moore Williams. Scientifacts column by Mort Weisinger. Five Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 134 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 20 #2
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 20 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • 5" crease on back cover. Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

    June 1941. Cover by Hans W. Wesso. Stories by Willard E. Hawkins, Frank Belknap Long, Ray Cummings, Henry Kuttner, Will Garth, and Harry Walton. Scientifacts column by Mort Weisinger. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 20 #3
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 20 #3


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Trimmed. Book length creasing on front and back cover. Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Light tan
    • Staple rust. 4 1/2" Spine split from top of book. Foxing. Soiling.
    • 3/4" Cumulative spine split.

    Volume 20, Issue 3 - August, 1941. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories by Edmond Hamilton, Don Tracy, William Morrison, Manly Wade Wellman, John Broome, and Harry Walton. Six Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 21 #1
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 21 #1


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    • Paper: Cream
    • 1" spine split from bottom (glued).
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream
    • Trimmed. Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Oct 1941. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories by Manly Wade Wellman, Victor Rousseau, Ross Rocklynne, Frank Belknap Long, Bill Brudy, and Richard Wilson. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 21 #2
    Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936-1955 Beacon/Better/Standard) Pulp Vol. 21 #2


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Paper: Cream
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    December, 1941. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Malcolm Jameson, Ray Cummings, William Morrison, Frank Belknap Long, and H.L. Gold. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.