Pulp comic books issue 1

April 1926. Amazing Stories is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. 1st issue of the series reprints Austin Hall, G.A. England, and Jules Verne. 8" x 11", black and white with color cover. Cover price $0.25.

May, 1926. Alien butterfly cover by Frank Paul. Stories by H.G. Wells ("The Crystal Egg"), Jules Verne ("A Trip to the Center of the Earth" and the conclusion of "Off On a Comet"), Edgar Allan Poe ("Mesmeric Revelation") (misspelled "Allen" on the cover), Charles C. Winn, and G. Peyton Wertenbaker. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. 8-in. x 11-in.; black and white with color cover; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $430.00 View scans Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

June, 1926. Stories by H.G. Wells ("The Star"), Jules Verne ("A Trip to the Center of the Earth" part 2), Otis Adelbert Kline ("The Malignant Entity"), G. Peyton Wertenbaker ("The Coming of the Ice"), and more. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. 8-in. x 11-in.; black and white with color cover; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

July 1926. Frank Paul cover for "The Eggs from Lake Tanganyika" by Curt Siodmak. Stories by H. G. Wells ("The Man Who Could Work Miracles"), Jules Verne ("A Trip to the Center of the Earth") and Garrett P. Serviss ("The Moon Metal"), and more. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. 8-in. x 11-in.; black and white with color cover; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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August 1926. Stories by H.G. Wells ("The Empire of the Ants"), Jules Verne ("Doctor Ox's Experiment"), Garrett P. Serviss, Jacque Morgan, M.H. Hasta, Albert B. Stuart, and G. McLeod Winsor. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. 8-in. x 11-in.; black and white with color cover; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VF- 7.5 $1,020.00 View scans Back cover detached 5%.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $685.00 View scans Tape on interior cover and pages. Oxidation. Interior page detached but present. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

September 1926. Stories by H.G. Wells ("In the Abyss"), Jules Verne ("The Purchase of the North Pole"), Garrett P. Serviss ("A Columbus of Space"), and many more. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. 8-in. x 11-in.; black and white with color cover; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $198.95 View scans 2" Cumulative spine split. Tape on interior cover and pages. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

October 1926. Cover art by Frank R. Paul. Stories by H.G. Wells ("The Island of Dr. Moreau" part 1), Jules Verne ("The Purchase of the North Pole" part 2, conclusion), A. Hyatt Verill, Alexander Snyder, and Garrett P. Serviss. 8-in. x 11-in.; black and white with color cover; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

November 1926. Stories by H. G. Wells ("The Island of Dr. Moreau"), Jules Verne ("A Drama in the Air"), and Garrett P. Serviss ("The Second Deluge"), and many more. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. 8-in. x 11-in.; black and white with color cover; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

December 1926. Cover art by Frank R. Paul. Stories by H. G. Wells ("The First Men on the Moon"), Garrett P. Serviss ("The Second Deluge"), A. Hyatt Verrill "Through the Crater's Rim", and many more. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. 8-in. x 11-in.; black and white with color cover; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $198.95 View scans Interior page detaching but present. Tape on interior cover and pages. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

January 1927. Cover art by Frank R. Paul. Stories by H.G. Wells ("The First Men in the Moon" part 2), Murray Leinster ("The Red Dust"), A. Hyatt Verrill, Dr. Miles J. Breuer ("The Man with the Strange Head -- Breuer's first published work), and Garrett P. Serviss. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. 8-in. x 11-in.; black and white with color cover; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $535.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%.

February 1927. "Land that Time Forgot" cover by Frank R. Paul. Stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs ("The Land That Time Forgot" part 1), H.G. Wells ("The First Men in the Moon" part 3, conclusion), Capt. H.G. Bishop, W. Alexander, Edwin Balmer and William B. MacHarg, Ammianus Marcellinus, and Garrett P. Serviss. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. 8-in. x 11-in., black and white with color cover; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fair $99.00 View scans Back cover detached 90%.

Edgar Rice Burroughs's Land That Time Forgot 2/3

March, 1927. Cover art from "The Green Splotches" by T.S. Stribling. Stories by H. G. Wells ("Under the Knife"), Edgar Rice Burroughs ("The Land That Time Forgot"), and many more. 8-in. x 11-in.; black and white with color cover; 96 newsprint pages. Edited by Hugo Gernsback. Cover price $0.25.

Sept-Oct 1939. 1st issue. Text Cover. Sci-Fi/Fantasy stories by A. Merritt "The Moon Pool", Manly Wade Wellman "Space Station No.1", Todd Robbins, Robert Neal Leath, Ray Cummings, Donald Wandrei, and J.U. Giesy. Uncredited illustrations. 7-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $16.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%.

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Nov 1939. Text Cover. Sci-Fi/Fantasy stories by A. Merritt ("Conquest of the Moon Pool" - part 1 of 6"), J. P. Marshall, Garett P. Serviss, George Allan England, Austin Hall, and Leslie Burton Blades. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay. 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Published by Frank A. Munsey Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Light tan Back cover detached 10%.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $15.00 View scans Paper: Tan to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Vol. 1, No. 3 - 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.

Vol. 1, No. 4 - Jan 1940. Text Cover. Sci-Fi/Fantasy stories by A. Merritt ("Conquest of the Moon Pool" - part 3 of 6"), Garrett Smith, Francis Stevens, Ralphe Milne Farley, R. F. Starzl, Robert Wilbul Lull & Lillian M. Ainsworth, and Fred C. Smale. 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.

Add to cart Very Good $19.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $2.65 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

In this issue: A. Merritt, Eando Binder, Ralph Milne Farley

Volume 1, Issue 5 - February, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

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Volume 1, Issue 6 - March, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - March 1923. Edited by Edwin Baird. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. This issue features "Ooze" by Anthony M. Rud. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - March 1923. Corrected Edition. Edited by Edwin Baird. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. This issue features "Ooze" by Anthony M. Rud. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - April 1923. Edited by Edwin Baird. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. This issue features "The Whispering Thing" by Laurie McClintock and Culpeper Chunn. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - May 1923. April 1923. Edited by Edwin Baird. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. This issue features "The Moon Terror" by A.G. Birch. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1, Issue 4 - June 1923. April 1923. Edited by Edwin Baird. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. This issue features "The Evening Wolves: Part 1" by Paul Ellsworth Triem. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

Volume 1 Issue 1 - November 1910. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1 Issue 2 - December 1910. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1 Issue 3 - January 1911. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1 Issue 4 - February 1911. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1 Issue 5 - March 1911. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1 Issue 6 - April 1911. Cover price $0.15.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - May, 1939. Cover by Robert Fuqua. Science Fiction and Fantasy adventure stories. This issue features "The Invisible Robin Hood" by Eando Binder, "Revolt of the Robots" by Arthur Tofte, and stories by A. Hyatt Verrill, F.A. Kummer Jr. Ross Rocklynne, Murice Duclos, and Harl Vincent. 8.5" x 11.5", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - July 1939. Cover by Leo Morey. Science Fiction and Fantasy adventure stories. This issue features "The Invaders From Sirius" by Ed Earl Repp, and "The Scientists Revolt" by Raymond A. Palmer & the legendary Edgar Rice Burroughs! 7-in.x 10-in., 100 pages, B&W Cover price $0.20.

Volume 1, Issue 3 - September 1939. Cover by Harold W. McCauley. Science Fiction and Fantasy adventure stories. This issue features "City Under the Sea" by Nat Schachner, and stories by Tremaine, Kummer, Binder, and Bond! 8.5" x 11.25", 100 pages, B&W Cover price $0.20.

Volume 1, Issue 4 - November 1939. Cover by Robert Fuqua. Science Fiction and Fantasy adventure stories. This issue features "The Man From Hell" by Polton Cross, "The Purple Conspiracy" by Stanton A. Coblentz, and stories by Nelson S. Bond, Maurice Duclos, and Thornton Ayre! 7-in.x 10-in., 162 pages, B&W Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Very Good $160.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 1, Issue 1 - January, 1939. Stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum, D.D. Sharp, and Eando Binder. Columns by Otto Binder, Otis Adelbert Kline, and Mort Weisinger. Two-page Albert Einstein bio in comic form. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $19.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 1, Issue 2 - March, 1939. Stories by Eando Binder, P. Schuyler Miller, Edmond Hamilton, and Will Garth. "Thrills in Science" by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Madame Curie bio in comic form. Ten Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.15.

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May 1939. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Stories by Edmond Hamilton, Stanley G. Weinbaun, and Alexander Samalman. "Thrills in Science" by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Robert A. Millikan bio in comic form. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Stories by Kenneth Roberts, Bill Cook, Lester Dent and Harley James. Featuring a complete book-length novel: "The Man of Bronze" by Kenneth Roberts - The exploits of Doc Savage and his companions. Plus three short stories: "Outpost in Hell" by Bill Cook - With the Foreign Legion; "Snow Tricks" by Lester Dent - The Northwest Mounted; and "Tigers of the Sea" by Harley James - Pearls and the South Seas. Also: Treasure Trove - Nuggets of interest and information. Cover price $0.10.