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Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine comic books 1942

  • Vol. 4 #1
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 4 #1


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    • Paper: Off white

    "The House of Fire" a novelette by Robert Moore Williams.

    Volume 4, Issue 1 - January 1942. Cover by Harold W. McCauley. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "The House of Fire" by Robert Moore Williams, and "The Daughter of Ghengis Khan" by John York Cabot. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

  • Vol. 4 #2
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 4 #2


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    • 5" spine split from top of comic. Water saturation. Cover oxidation.

    Volume 4, Issue 2 - February 1942. Cover by Robert Fuqua and Harold W. McCauley. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Doorway to Hell" by Frank Patton, and "The Living Manikins" by David Wright O'Brien. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

  • Vol. 4 #3
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 4 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Heavy water damage.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    "War on Venus" a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs with a J. Allen St. John cover, plus "Later Then You Think" a short story by Henry Kuttner.

    Volume 4, Issue 3 - March, 1942. Cover by J. Allen St. John. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "War on Venus" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, "The Fantastic Twins" by John York Cabot, and a continuation of "Doorway to Hell" by Frank Patton. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 148 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

  • Vol. 4 #4
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 4 #4


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

    Robert Moore Williams, Manley Wade Wellman, and Robert Bloch.

    Volume 4, Issue 4 - April 1942. Cover by Malcolm Smith. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Oscar and the Talking Totems" by James Norman, "Dwellers of the Deep" by Don Wilcox, and stories by Robert Bloch, William P. McGivern, and Robert Moore Williams. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 244 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 4 #5
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 4 #5


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    May 1942. Cover by Malcolm Smith. Stories: "Daughter of the Snake God" by J.Y. Cabot and W.P. McGivern, "Secret of the Golden Jaguar" by Robert Moore Williams, "Holy City of Mars" by Ralph Milne and Al P. Nelson, "Mr. Pym Makes a Deal" by John Broome, "Gather 'Round The Flowing Bowler" by Robert Bloch, "Mademoiselle Butterfly" by Don Wilcox, "The Magic Flute" by David V. Reed, "The Phantom Armada" by Stanton A. Coblentz, "Brother Michel" by Nelson S. Bond, "Mrs. Corter Makes Up Her Mind" by August W. Derleth, and "Return of Joan of Arc" by David Wright O'Brien. Illustrations by Ned Hadley, Magarian, Joe Sewell, Robert Fuqua, Jay Jackson, Pemble, L. Raymond Jones, and Rod Ruth. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 244 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 4 #6
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 4 #6


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

    June 1942. Cover by Malcolm Smith. Stories by William P. McGivern & David Wright O'Brien -as (Gerald Vance & Bruce Dennis) "The Giant from Jupiter", David Wright O'Brien (as "Duncan Farnsworth"), Stanton A. Coblentz, David Wright O'Brien (as "John York Cabot"), William P. McGivern (2 stories), David Wright O'Brien (as himself), Robert Bloch "The Pied Piper Fights the Gestapo", Dwight V. Swain, Edmond Hamilton, Don Wilcox, Yale Kenny, and Miles Shelton. Illustrations by Jay Jackson, Joe Sewell, Magarian, Gordon, Robert Fuqua, Rod Ruth, and Swan Studios, Inc. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 244 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 4 #7
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 4 #7


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

    With stories by Robert Bloch, Robert Moore Williams, and August Derlith.

    Volume 4, Issue 7 - July 1942. Cover by J. Allen St. John. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Duncan's Dreadful Doll" by P.F. Costello, and "The Eagle Man" by Don Wilcox. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 244 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 4 #8
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 4 #8


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

    Edmund Hamilton, August Derleth, Robert Moore Williams, Robert Bloch, Eric Frank Russell.

    Volume 4, Issue 8 - August 1942. Cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "The Son of Death" by Robert Moore Williams, and "The Daughter of Thor" by Edmond Hamilton. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 244 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 4 #9
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 4 #9


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Robert Bloch, Stanton A. Coblentz.

    Volume 4, Issue 9 - September 1942. Cover by H. W. McCauley. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "The Bottle Imp" by Dwight V. Swain, and "Goddess of the Fifth Plane" by William P. McGivern. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 244 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 4 #10
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 4 #10


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 50%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Robert Bloch, Don Wilcox.

    Volume 4, Issue 10 - October 1942. Cover by J. Allen St. John. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "The Leopard Girl" by Don Wilcox, and "Mystery of the Lost Race" by E.K. Jarvis. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 244 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 4 #11
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 4 #11


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

    Robert Bloch, Stanton a Coblentz, Gerald Vance.

    Volume 4, Issue 11 - November 1942. Cover by H.W. McCauley. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Talu's Fan" by John York Cabot, and "When Freemen Shall Stand" by Nelson S. Bond. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 244 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 4 #12
    Fantastic Adventures (1939-1953 Ziff-Davis Publishing^) Pulp / Magazine Vol. 4 #12


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

    Volume 4, Issue 12 - December 1942. Cover by H. W. McCauley. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issue features "Lost City of Burma" by Edmond Hamilton, and "The Ghost That Haunted Hitler" by William P. McGivern. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 244 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.