Comic books December 1939
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Tags: Superman$1,895.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #4309412001
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Start Superman covers - Cover art by Joe Shuster. Superman story (in which Clark Kent is credited as a Daily Star reporter), script by Jerry Siegel, art Joe Shuster. Pep Morgan story, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Guardineer (as Gene Baxter). Chuck Dawson story, art by Homer Fleming. Clip Carson story, script by Bill Finger, art by Bob Kane. The Zombies starring Tex Thomson, art by Bernard Baily. Three Aces story, art by Bert Christman (as Christopher). The Gorilla King starring Zatara Master Magician, script by Gardner F. Fox, art by Fred Guardineer. 68 Pages, Full Color. Full page ad for 1939 New York World's Fair. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Dec 1939 by Butterick Publishing Company.$72.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$15.00
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- Front cover detached 5%. No Back Cover. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Published Dec 1939 by Chesterfield.$135.00
View scans- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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Published Dec 1939 by Ziff Davis Publishing.Auction opens July 6$17.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Volume 1, Issue 1 - December, 1939. Pulp magazine with a focus on aerial war combat fiction stories. 6.5" x 9", 178 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Tags: Air Trails (1932-1955) (part Vol. 13 #3), Pulp AdventurePublished Dec 1939 by Street & Smith.$60.00
View scans- Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.
$20.00
View scans- Spine split 70%.
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Amazing Stories (1926-Present Experimenter) Pulp Vol. 13 #12Published Dec 1939 by Experimenter Publications.$18.00
View scans- Paper: Light tan to Cream
- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
December 1939. Cover by Robert Fuqua. Stories by Henry Gade, Manly Wade Wellman, Ralph Milne Farley, Nelson S. Bond, Don Wilcox, and Frances Garfield. Illustrations by Julian S. Krupa, Robert Fuqua, and H.R. Hammond. 7" x 10"; black and white with color cover; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Dec 1939 by William T. Dewart.$43.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Water damage: Slight.
$18.00
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$12.00
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- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$13.00
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$13.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$9.00
View scans- 1 1/2" cumulative spine split.
$5.80
View scans- Paper: Light tan to Cream
- Front cover detached 90%. Back cover detached 60%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$2.50
View scan- Full length spine split. Back cover missing.
Volume 295, Issue 2 - December 2, 1939. 6.75" x 9.75", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Dec 1939 by William T. Dewart.$19.00
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- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$15.00
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- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
$19.00
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- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$13.00
View scans- 1" Spine split from bottom.
$15.50
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- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$2.50
View scan- 2 1/4" Cumulative spine split.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Dec 1939 by William T. Dewart.$35.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Water damage: Slight.
$39.00
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- Water damage: Slight.
- Staple rust.
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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- Water damage: Moderate.
- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Dec 1939 by William T. Dewart.$36.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$13.00
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- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$34.00
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- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$34.00
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- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
- 3" Spine split from bottom. Water damage.
Volume 295, Issue 5 - December 23, 1939. 6.5" x 9.5", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Dec 1939 by William T. Dewart.$24.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$19.00
View scans$11.00
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- Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
$10.00
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- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
$30.00
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- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
"Always Send a Reaper" a complete short novel by E. Hofffman Price.
Volume 295, Issue 6 - December 30, 1939. 6.75" x 9.75", 134 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Dec 1939 by Street & Smith.$21.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
December, 1939. Volume 24, Issue 4. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.
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Avenger (1939-1942 Street & Smith) Pulp Vol. 1 #4Published Dec 1939 by Street & Smith.$56.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Dec 1939 by McCall Company.$39.00
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$37.00
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- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
$31.00
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- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$29.00
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- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
Volume 70, Issue 2 - December, 1939. 6.5" x 10", 194 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Click (1938-1944 Click Inc.) Magazine Vol. 2 #11Published Dec 1939 by Click Inc..$33.00
View scans- Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Dec 1939 by Popular Publications.$6.00
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- Back cover detached 10%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Tags: Pulp Adventure$41.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
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Published Dec 1939 by Better Publications.$45.00
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- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%.
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Published Dec 1939 by International Society of Junior Magicians.
Official organ of the International Society of Junior Magicians, containing news and tips. 16 pages on newsprint.
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Published Dec 1939 by Ace Magazines.$19.00
View scans- Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
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Published Dec 1939 by Frank A. Munsey.$65.00
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- Paper: Off white
- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$44.00
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- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$50.00
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- Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
Dec 1939. Text Cover. Sci-Fi/Fantasy stories by A. Merritt ("Conquest of the Moon Pool" - part 2 of 6"), Ralphe Milne Farley, Waldemar Kaempffert, Homer Eon Flint, Philip Fisher, and Edison Tesla Marshall. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay and Frank R. Paul. 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.15.
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$77.00
View scans- Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.
$30.00
View scans- Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
$28.00
View scans- Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
$28.00
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$27.00
View scans- 100% Spine split detaching front and back covers from book.
Issue #608 - December 1939. Cover by Enoch Bolles. Humorous captions paired with movie stills and models. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/4-in., 50 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Dec 1939 by Magazine Publishers.$13.00
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Bedsheet Format Cover price $0.15.
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Published Dec 1939 by Popular Publications.$33.00
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- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Dec 1939 by Standard Publishing.$35.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Spine stress. 1" Spine split from top of book. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling.
Volume 17, Issue 3 - December, 1939. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Dec 1939 by Amalgamated Press.$18.00
View scans- Spine split 10%. Staple rust: Extensive.
$12.00
View scans- Spine split 10%. Cover Detached. Staple rust: Extensive.
UK story magazine published by Amalgamated Press between 1907-1939, predominantly featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school St. Jim's. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W
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Published Dec 1939 by Amalgamated Press.$12.00
View scans- Staple rust: Extensive.
UK story magazine published by Amalgamated Press between 1907-1939, predominantly featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school St. Jim's. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W
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Published Dec 1939 by Amalgamated Press.$36.00
View scans- Staple rust: Extensive.
UK story magazine published by Amalgamated Press between 1907-1939, predominantly featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school St. Jim's. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W
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Published Dec 1939 by Amalgamated Press.$36.00
View scans- Spine split 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Extensive.
UK story magazine published by Amalgamated Press between 1907-1939, predominantly featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school St. Jim's. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W
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Published Dec 1939 by Amalgamated Press.$22.00
View scans- Staple rust: Extensive.
UK story magazine published by Amalgamated Press between 1907-1939, predominantly featuring the activities of boys at the fictional school St. Jim's. 6.75" x 9.5", 36 pages, B&W
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Glamour of Hollywood (1939 Conde Nast) Vol. 2 #3Published Dec 1939 by Conde Nast.$43.00
View scansVol. 2 #3 - Dec. 1939. Magazine that uses Hollywood stars for fashion, beauty tips and advice. High quality, full color photographs of Errol Flynn and Hedy Lamarr. 8 3/4-in. x 11 3/4-in., 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.
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Hollywood (1928-1943 Fawcett) Magazine Vol. 28 #12$17.00
View scansVol. 28 #12 - Dec. 1939. Movie magazine with news, gossip, reviews and articles. Articles about Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Marlene Dietrich, Sabu from Thief of Bagdad, Rosalind Russell, John Garfield, Shirley Temple and Clark Gable and Carole Lombard. Standout full-page movie ads include Another Thin Man and Drums Along the Mohawk starring Henry Fonda. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 66 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.
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Liberty (1924-1950 Coloroto/Macfadden) Magazine Vol. 16 #49Published Dec 1939 by McCormick-Patterson.$8.00
View scans- Spine split 70%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
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Liberty (1924-1950 Coloroto/Macfadden) Magazine Vol. 16 #50Published Dec 1939 by McCormick-Patterson.
Volume 16, Issue 50 - December 16, 1939. 8.5" x 11.5", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.
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Liberty (1924-1950 Coloroto/Macfadden) Magazine Vol. 16 #51Published Dec 1939 by McCormick-Patterson.$12.00
View scans- Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.
Volume 16, Issue 51 - December 23, 1939. Santa Claus painted cover by Stephen Voorhies. 8.5" x 11.5", 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.05.
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Published Dec 1939 by Clair Maxwell.
- Tears on two interior pages.
December 4, 1939. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: the Pope; Army tests at Wright Field; John Barrymore; Marx Brothers; cigarette smoking by women; Columbia University research laboratories; Chursh of Aphrodite in New York; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 108 pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Dec 1939 by Clair Maxwell.
- Rusty staples.
December 18, 1939. Classic weekly news/photo magazine. In this issue: Canada at war; David O. Selznick; the eye; porpoises; Green Bay Packers; Linda Darnell; knitting for British fighters; war toys; and more. 10.5-in. x 13.75-in.; partial color; 92 pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Lone Eagle (1933-1941 Standard) Pulp Vol. 19 #3Published Dec 1939 by Better Publications.$6.00
View scans- Paper: Light tan to Cream
- Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 90%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
$7.00
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- No Back Cover. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
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Mechanix Illustrated (1928 Fawcett) Vol. 23 #2$43.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 10%.
$3.00
View scans- Front cover detached 15%.
Volume 23, Issue 2 - December, 1939. Mechanical science and technology magazine. Features include an article on stop-motion animation, dresses made from milk, darkroom tricks and much more. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 146 pages, BW/spot color. Cover price $0.10.
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Tags: Disney Ducks & MicePublished Dec 1939 by K.K./Western.$225.00
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Published Dec 1939 by Air Age Inc..
Volume 21, Issue 6 - December, 1939. Articles, schematics and photos on the latest available flying models. 8.5" x 11.5", 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.
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$48.00
View scans- Staple rust: Slight.
$32.00
View scans- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
Volume 14, Issue 68 - December, 1939. Cover with Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert. New films in story form plus the usual movie magazine content. 8.5" x 11", 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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- Conserved
- Paper: Off white
- Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case
- Conservation includes: cover reinforced. 10th -12th wraps married.
- Label #2054014001
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Cover by Lou Fine. Stories by Dick Briefer, Fred Schwab, and Will Eisner. Art by Walter Frame, Dick Briefer, Fred Schwab, Munson Paddock, George Tuska, Klaus Nordling, Arthur Peddy, Charles Nicholas, Art Franklin, Bob Powell, and John Lindermayer. An anthology of Golden Age adventure comics from Fox Feature, including the original Blue Beetle. A mysterious superhuman causes Rex Dexter to age rapidly and menaces him with bizarre monsters, in another one-of-a-kind story by Dick Briefer; Early adventures of The Blue Beetle and The Green Mask likely written by Will Eisner; Zanzibar, who looks like Mandrake the Magician in a blue fez, battles the Walrus Men at the South Pole. The Will of John D. Lovingston; The Robot Solar System; Come! Come!; River Lily and the Purr of Death; The World Race; Big-Shot Krard's Dope Ring; The Case of Oil; Mr. Death; Ki-Mung, Bloodthirsty Buccaneer; A Trap for the Blue Beetle; Inspector Bancroft of Scotland Yard Smashes a Spy Ring; Ki-Mung, Bloodthirsty Buccaneer; Tiger Hunt; Super Sleuths; Marooned at the South Pole. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published 1939 (est.) by Arcadia House.$19.00
View scans"Liar Dice" by J. S. Mosher. Cover price $0.25.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Dec 1939 by Standard Publishing.$32.00
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$32.00
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Volume 29, Issue 2 - December, 1939. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Vol. 82 #6
Published Dec 1939 by Bernarr Macfadden.$9.30
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Published Dec 1939 by Ziff Davis Publishing.$14.50
View scans- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%.
Vol. 5 #6 - December 1939. Tips and tricks of making better photographs. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 212 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Dec 1939 by Frank A. Munsey.$2.50
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Back cover detached 30%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Dec 1939 by Standard Publishing.$34.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
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Tags: Pulp AdventurePublished Dec 1939 by Columbia Publications.$128.00
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- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$64.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Multiple interior pages have been torn. Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Volume 1, Issue 5 - December 1939. Science Fiction and adventure stories pulp magazine. This issue features "Planet of the Knob Heads" by Stanton A. Coblentz. 7-in. x 10-in., 130 pages, Text Cover price $0.15.