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Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp comic books 1950

  • Vol. 1 #1
    Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 1 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Back cover detached 25%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Back cover detached 30%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Spring 1950. "Trespass!" 1st published science fiction by Gordon R. Dickson (done in collaboration with Poul Anderson). Stories by Edmond Hamilton, Festus Pragnell, J. Harvey Haggard, Anthony Rud, Raymond Z. Gallun, Carter Sprague, Stanley G. Weinbaum, John Russell Fearn, and Robert Arthur. One Virgil Finlay illustration. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 1 #2
    Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 1 #2


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    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    "The Bore" a short story by James Blish, and "the Moon and Mr. Wick" another short story by Jack Williamson.

    Volume 1, Issue 2 - Summer, 1950. Stories by Richard Vaughan, R.F. Starzl, John Beynon Harris, Frank K. Kelly, James Blish, Raymond A. Young, and Jack Williamson. One Virgil Finlay illustration. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 1 #3
    Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 1 #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
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Light tan to off white
    • Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

    Fall 1950. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Stanton A. Coblentz, Eando Binder, Garth Bentley, Paul Ernst, Millard Verne Gordon, William Morrison, and Carter Sprague. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.