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Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp comic books 1942-1944

  • Vol. 3 #6
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 3 #6


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Restored (see item notes)
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Color touch. Book length crease on front cover. Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 3, Issue 6 - February, 1942. Published by Frank A. Munsey. 6.75" x 9.75", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 4 #1
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 4 #1


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

    "Radio Planet and the Ant Men" by Ralph Milne Farley.

    April 1942. Stories: "The Radio Planet" by Ralph Milne Farley, and "An Unnatural Feud" by Norman Douglas. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9 1/2, 128 Pages, B&W. Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 4 #2
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 4 #2


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    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Book length crease on front cover. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    "Burn, Witch, Burn!" a complete book length novel by Abraham Merritt, plus Crime of the Year 2000: No.2" a short story by Ray Cummings.

    Volume 4, Issue 2 - June, 1942. Cover by Virgil Finlay. 6.5" x 9.5". 146 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 4 #3
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 4 #3


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    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • 2" cumulative spine split, 3"tear in first page.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Volume 4, Issue 3 - July, 1942. Cover by Virgil Finlay. Fantasy stories "Polaris - of the Snows" by Charles B. Stilson and "Serapion" by Francis Stevens. Interior artwork by Virgil Finlay and Frank R. Paul. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9 1/2, 148 Pages, B&W. Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 4 #4
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    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • 5 1/2" crease on front cover. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 90%. Back cover detached 70%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

    "Creep, Shadow!" a complete book-lenght by novel by A. Merritt.

    Volume 4, Issue 4 - August, 1942. Cover by Virgil Finlay. Fantasy stories "Creep, Shadow!" by Abraham Merritt, "A Roman Resurrection" by Lee Meriwether, and "The Outcast" by E. F. Benson. Interior artwork by Virgil Finlay and Frank R. Paul. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9 1/2, 146 Pages, B&W. Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.25.

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  • Vol. 4 #5
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 4 #5


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    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    "A Brand New World" a book length novel by Ray Cummings.

    September 1942. Cover by Virgil Finlay. Fantasy stories "A Brand New World" by Ray Cummings, "Wild Wullie, the Waster" by Tod Robbins, and "The Horla" by Guy de Maupassant. Interior artwork by Virgil Finlay and Frank R. Paul. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9 1/2, 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 4 #6
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 4 #6


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    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Book length creasing on back cover. Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Back cover detached 60%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 4, Issue 6 - October, 1942. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "The Elixir of Hate" by George Allan England and "Into the Infinite" by Austin Hall. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay and Frank R. Paul. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9 1/2, 130 Pages, B&W. Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 5 #1
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 5 #1


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    • Paper: Off white
    • 1 1/2" Spine split from top of book. Foxing. Soiling.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Front cover detached 60%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    "The Demoiselle D'Ys" a short story by Robert Chambers.

    Volume 5, Issue 1 - November, 1942. Cover by Virgil Finlay. "The Mouthpiece of Zitu" by J. U. Giesy, "Into the Infinite" (part 2 of 4) by Austin Hall, and "The Demoiselle D'Ys" by Robert Chambers. Illustrations by Frank R. Paul and Virgil Finlay. 6.75-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 146 newsprint pages. Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 5 #2
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 5 #2


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    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream
    • Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

    "The Golden City" a book-length novel by Ralph Milney Farley.

    Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 5 #3
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 5 #3


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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 10%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
  • Vol. 5 #4
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 5 #4


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Slight.

    "The Iron Star" a book-length novel by John Taine, plus "Doorway into Time" a novelette by C.L. Moore, and "The Yellow Sign" a novelette Robert W. Chambers.

    Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 5 #5
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 5 #5


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Cover coming loose from spine.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Volume 5, Issue 5 - December, 1943. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. "King of the Gray Spaces" by Ray Bradbury, and other stories by J. Leslie Mitchell, William Hope Hodgson, and Robert W. Chambers. Illustrations by Hannes Bok. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 148 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

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    $10 Famous Fantastic Mysteries 1943 Science Fiction Magazine cbx2

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  • Vol. 5 #6
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 5 #6


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    March 1944. Cover and illustrations by Lawrence. "The Man Who Was Thursday (A Nightmare)" by G. K. Chesterton and "The Ghost Pirates" by William Hope Hodgson. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in.; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 6 #1
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 6 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front and back covers have been detached and reattached with clear tape. Book length crease on front cover. Front and Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    "The Greatest Adventure" a book length novel by John Taine, plus "The Wendigo" a novelette by Algernon Blackwood.

    Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 6 #2
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 6 #2


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate.

    "The Novel of the White Powder" a short novel by Arthur Machen.

    Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 6 #3
    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 6 #3


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate.
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Book length crease on back cover. Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 60%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.