The Fiction comic books issue 3

Volume 3, Issue 1 - January 1924. Edited by Edwin Baird. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

Volume 3, Issue 2 - February 1924. Edited by Edwin Baird. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

Volume 3, Issue 3 - March 1924. Edited by Edwin Baird. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 9-in. x 11 3/4-in.; 96 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

Volume 3, Issue 4 - April 1924. Edited by Edwin Baird. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

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February 1952. Cover by Chesley Bonestell. Fantasy and science fiction stories by H. B. Fyfe, L. Sprague DeCamp & Fletcher Pratt, Jan Struther, L. Major Reynolds, R. Bretnor, Mildred Clingerman, John R. Pierce (as J. J. Coupling), Walter B. Gibson (as Edward S. Sullivan), John Wyndham, W. B. Ready, Ray Bradbury, Kenneth H. Cassens, Edward Everett Hale, James Thurber, and Margaret St. Clair (as Idris Seabright). Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 132 pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

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April 1952. Cover by George Salter. "SRL Ad" by Richard Matheson, plus other fantasy and science fiction stories by Alan E. Nourse, Erick Linklater, Alfred Coppel, Anthony Boucher, C. A. Barnett, Kay Rogers, Robert Graves, John W. Jakes, F. Marion Crawford, H. Nearing Jr, and Ron Goulart. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 132 pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

June 1952. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Fantasy and science fiction stories by Richard Wilson, Margaret St. Clair (as Idris Seabright), Manly Wade Wellman, Hannibal Coons, Clifton Dance, R. Bretnor, Ralph Robin, Elmer Roessner, Kris Neville, Harold Lynch Jr, Agatha Christie (1933 reprint), Mack Reynolds, and Sam Merwin Jr. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 132 pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

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August 1952. Cover by George Gibbons. Fantasy and science fiction stories by Alfred Bester, L. Sprague De Camp & Fletcher Pratt, L. P. Hartley, G. Gordon Dewey, Anthony Boucher, Richard Ashby, Kem Bennett, August Derleth, Gordon R. Dickson, Dan Kelly & Cleve Cartmill, Garen Drussai, Mildred Clingerman. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 132 pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

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Volume 3, Issue 5 - September 1952. Fantasy and Science fiction stories by Ralph Robin, H.B. Hickey, Kenneth R. Deardorf, Alfred Coppel, H. Nearing Jr., Harry Lawton, Marion Gross, Arthur Porges, Peter Cartur and Charlotte Armstrong. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 132 pages, Text. Cover price $0.35.

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October 1952. Cover by Chesley Bonestell. Fantasy and science fiction stories by Michael Shaara, L. Sprague DeCamp & Fletcher Pratt, J. T. McIntosh, P. G. Wodehouse, Anthony Boucher, Miriam Allen DeFord, Leslie Charteris, Margaret St. Clair (as Idris Seabright), Doris P. Buck, Zenna Henderson, and Jack Finney. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 132 pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

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November 1952. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Fantasy and science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick, Mildred Clingerman, Donald A. Wollheim (as David Grinnel), Evelyn E. Smith, Ward Moore, Charles T. Webb, Vance Randolph, and Ray Bradbury. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 132 pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

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December 1952. Cover by Chesley Bonestell. Fantasy and science fiction stories by Wilson Tucker, Esther Carlson, Charles L. Harness, Jack Finney, Richard Goggin, H. Nearing Jr, C. M. Kornbluth, Gerald Heard, Anthony Boucher, and Ron Goulart. Softcover. 5.5-in. x 7.5-in. 132 pages, black and white (all text). Cover price $0.35.

October 1951. Cover by Richard Arbib. Stories: "The C-Chute" by Isaac Asimov, "Ambition" by William L. Bade, "Pleasant Dreams" by Ralph Robin, "Spacemen Die at Home" by Edward W. Ludwig, "The Celestial Hammerlock" by Donald Colvin, and "The Puppet Masters"(Part 2) by Robert A. Heinlein. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Vol. 3 #2, Nov. 1951 - "Puppet Masters" conclusion by Robert Heinlein. Interior illustrations by Emsh, Sibley, Fawcette, Stone. 5.5" x 7.25", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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December 1951. Cover by Emsh. Stories: "World Without Children" by Damon Knight, "With These Hands" by C. M. Kornbluth, "Pillar to Post" by John Wyndham, "A Pail of Air" by Fritz Leiber, "Winner Lose All" by Jack Vance, and "Not a Creature Was Stirring. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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January 1952. Cover by Don Sibley. Stories: "The Demolished Man"(Part 1) by Alfred Bester, "The Girls from Earth" by Frank M. Robinson, "Hallucination Orbit" by J. T. M'Intosh, "Dead End" by Wallace Macfarlane, "The Furious Rose" by Dean Evans, and "The Addicts" by William Morrison. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.;160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 3, No. 5 - February , 1952. 5.5" x 7.5", 158 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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Vol. 3, No. 6 - March , 1952. 5.5" x 7.5", 158 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

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March 1954. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 120 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

April 1954. Science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick, Robert Sheckley, Winston Marks, Walter Miller Jr., Gene L. Henderson, Louis Trimble, and Morton Klass. Two Kelly Freas illustrations. Wrap-around cover by Ken Fagg. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 120 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

May 1954. Science fiction stories by Philip K. Dick, Winston Marks, Walter Miller Jr., Con Pederson, Richard Stockham, Charles E. Fritch, Arthur Dekker Savage, and Richard Matheson. Four Kelly Freas illustrations. Wrap-around cover by Ed Valigursky. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 120 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

June 1954. Science fiction stories by Raymond F. Jones, Mari Wolf, Lester del Rey, Richard Stockham, George H. Smith, Alan E. Nourse, and Edward W. Ludwig. Two Kelly Freas illustrations. Wrap-around cover by Ken Fagg. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 120 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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July 1954. Science fiction stories by James Blish, James Gunn, Robert F. Young, Ed M. Clinton Jr., Russ Winterbotham, E.G. von Wald, Kenneth O'Hara, and Theodore R. Cogswell. Kelly Freas illustration. Cover by Ken Fagg. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 120 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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Aug 1954. Science fiction stories by Raymond F. Jones, Robert Sheckley, Richard Matheson, Poul Anderson and Theodore Cogswell, William F. Nolan, and Philip K. Dick. Virgil Finlay (3) and Kelly Freas illustration. Cover by Ken Fagg. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; black and white; 120 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Cover art by Charles Sultan. "Crocodiles of Death River," art by Ken Jackson; Kaänga overthrows a fraudulent witch doctor. Untitled story; The Red Panther prevents the sacrifice of a white miner to a native god. Untitled story, art by R. L. Golden (as Robert Lewis); A group of white criminals take over a village in Tabu's jungle to use as a haven from the law; Tabu kills them and restores the villagers' freedom. Untitled story, art by C. A. Winter; Exploring the ruins of Camilla's city, Jon and Ruth are taken captive by Camilla's men; Camilla again asks Jon to marry her; When he refuses, Camilla has Ruth thrown in a magic pool that ages her prematurely. "The Crawling Death" text story by Pete Wentworth. Untitled story, script by Pierre La Rue, art by Rafael Astarita; Terry and his men subdue a murderous, renegade tribe. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer (as Roy L. Smith); Ogg and Tawn rescue Wambi and Tarro when they are captured by hunters seeking animals for a circus. Untitled story, script by Courtney Thomason; Roy helps his friends the Wasangoras protect their cattle from raiders. Untitled story, art by William M. Allison; Simba temporarily adopts a lost child who then saves the pride from huntersp; Simba reunites the boy with his father and saves the father's safari from a rhinoceros. Untitled story, script and art by Fletcher Hanks (as Barclay Flagg); Fantomah prevents the looting of a sacred jungle city by transforming the looters into hideous insect men and ordering them to return to civilization. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

"Man-nth" and novelette by long-time DC comics writer Gardner Fox.

Cover by H.L. Parkhurst. Stories Emmet McDowell, Gardner Fox and Bryce Walton. Illustrations by Murphy and Kiemle. 7-in. x 10-in.; 128 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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"Defense Mech" a short story by Ray Bradbury, "Engines of the Gods" a novel by Gardner Fox, plus "What Hath Me?" a novelette by Henry Kuttner.

Cover by H.L. Parkhurst. Science fiction novels "Engines of the God" by Gardner. F. Fox and "The Blue Venus" by Emmet McDowell. Novelette "What Hath Me?" by Henry Kuttner. Shorts "Survival" by Basil Wells, "Defense Mech" by Ray Bradbury, "Electron Eat Electron" by Noel Loomis, and "Crisis on Titan" by James R. Adams. Illustrations by H. W. Kiemle, Joseph Doolin, Hollingsworth, Chester Martin, Petrizzo, Guy Gifford, and C. A. Murphy. 7-in. x 10-in.; 128 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

March-May 1946. Cover by C. Martin. Stories: "Lorelei of the Red Mist" by Leigh Brackett and Ray Bradbury, "Captives of the Weir-Wind" by Ross Rocklynne, "The Shadow-Gods" by Vaseleos Garson, "The Pumpkin Eater" by Carlton Smith, "Space-Lane of No-Return" by George A. Whittington, "Prisoner of the Brain-Mistress" by Bryce Walton, and "The Million Year Picnic" by Ray Bradbury. Illustrations by Moore, Doolin, Leidenfrost, C. Martin, Murphy. 7-in. x 10-in.; 128 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

"The Creatures That Time Forgot" a novel by Ray Bradbury.

Cover by Chester Martin. Science fiction novels "Dread-Flame of M'Tonak" by Henry Hasse and "The Creatures that Forgot Time" by Ray Bradbury. Shorts "Enter the Nebula" by Carl Jacobi, "The Derelict" by William J. Matthews, "Total Recall" by Larry Sternig, "Through the Asteroids - To Hell!" by Lery Yerxa, and "Six Tuesdays" by Ross Rocklynne. Illustrations by Leidenfrost, Murphy Anderson, Chester Martin, H. W. Kiemle, and Moore.. 7-in. x 10-in.; 128 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

"The Man the Sun-Gods Made" a novel by DC Comic writer Gardner F. Fox.

Cover by Chester Martin. Science fiction novels "The Man teh Sun-Gods Made" by Gardner F. Fox and "The Seven Jewels of Chamar" by Raymond F. Jones. Shorts "Love Among the Robots" by Emmett McDowell, "Tepondicon" by Carl Jacobi, "Space Bat" by Carl Selwyn, "Fog of the Forgotten" by Basil Wells, "Example" by Tom Pace, "Savage Galahad" by Bryce Walton, and "Breath of Beelzebub" by Larry Sternig. Illustrations by H. W. Keimle and Leidenfrost. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

"Rocket Summer" a short story by Ray Bradbury, plus "Swords of the Seven Sons" a novel by Gardner F. Fox.

Cover by Allen Anderson. Stories by Gardner F. Fox, Ray Bradbury, and Bryce Walton. Illustrations by Vincent Napoli, H. B. Vestal, and H. G. Wells Memorial by Walter Galli. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

"Vassals of the Lode-Star" a novel by DC Comic writer Gardner F. Fox.

Summer 1947. Cover by Allen Anderson. Stories by Gardner F. Fox "Vassals of the Lode-Star", Albert De Pina, Raymond F. Jones, Bryce Walton, Chester S. Geier, Vaseleos Garson, and James R. Adams. Illustrations by Vincent Napoli, H. B. Vestal, and H. W. Kiemle. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

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"Zero Hour" a short story by Ray Bradbury.

Fall, 1947. "Zero Hour" by Ray Bradbury, plus other stories by Emmett McDowell, Erik Fennel, John Barrett, V. E. Thiessen, A. A. O. Gilmore, Bryce Walton, Vaseleos Garson, William Oberfield, and J. Harvey Haggard. Illustrations by Vincent Napoli, Herman Vestal, M. Elkan, Hardison, H. W. Kiemle. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Poor $9.00 View scans Paper: Tan to Cream No Back Cover, Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Winter 1947. Cover by Allen Anderson. "Black Priestess of Varda" by Erik Fennel, plus other stories by Carl Selwyn, Kenneth Putnam, Robert Abernathy, Vaseloes Garson, Basil Wells, Henry Guth, and John Foster West. Illustrations by Aiden McWilliams, Herman Vestal, Martin, Astarita, Sharp. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

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"Jonah of the Jove-Run" a short story by Ray Bradbury.

Vol. 3, No. 10 - March, 1948. 6.5" x 9.25", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Cover by Allen Anderson. "Pillar of Fire" by Ray Bradbury and other stories by Henry T. Simmons, J. W. Pelkie, Gardner F. Fox, Damon Knight, William Brittain, Bjarne Kirchhoff, John & Dorothy de Courey, and J. Haravey Haggard. Illustrations by Alden McWilliams, Donel, Meilink, Vincent Napoli, Martin, Hardison. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $22.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

"Mars is Heaven" one of Ray Bradbury's classic short stories, plus a novelette by James Blish, and a short story by Gardner F. Fox.

Cover by Allen Anderson. Stories by Ray Bradbury, William Tenn and James Blish, Illustrations by Al McWilliams, Donnel and Vestal. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Cover art by Will Eisner. Untitled story; Instead of returning to Earth, Mimi sets the controls to alter the course and they land on Pluto, out of fuel; Flint is attacked by weird half-man, half-amphibian creatures and captured. Untitled story, pencils by Alex Blum; Amazonia and her people, the last survivors of a super race that perished during the period of the last ice age, and who live in the far north reaches of the Arctic, are visited by the only survivor of an expedition. Untitled story; While cruising the universe, Red Comet gets a strange message from a ruler on Jupiter, who challenges the entire solar system to battle with his forces. Untitled story, art by Henry Kiefer; While cruising near Mercury, Spurt's Astragraph picks up the images of a young girl being roughly seized by brutal captors, and heads to the planet to investigate. The Lizard-Men of Alpha Astra text story. Untitled story; Sandra and Buzz report to Post 82 on the Moon, and discover that all communication with Post 83 has been cut off, so the pair go and investigate. Untitled story, art by Leonard Frank; The Chief of the Solar Force puts Captain Cole in charge of finding the space pirates that are attacking defenseless space transports. Untitled story, script by Herman Bolstein, art by R. Louis Golden; A strange character approaches Auro's throne and asks him of he intends to wipe out a dragon responsible for the deaths of many of Auro's people. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Volume 3, Issue 1 - May 1952. Cover by Milton Luros. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "Equations for Destiny" by John Berryman, and "Thy Days are Numbered" by Wallace West. Illustrations by Luros, Murphy, and Poulton. 7-in. x 10-in. 96 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Volume 3, Issue 2 - July 1952. Cover by A. Leslie Ross. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "Because of the Stars" by Charles Dye. Illustrations by Luros and Murphy. 7-in. x 10-in. 96 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Volume 3, Issue 3 - September 1952. Cover by Peter Poulton. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "The Gods Fear Love" by Gene Hunter, and "Final Barrier" by Alan E. Nourse. Illustrations by Luros and Murphy. 7-in. x 10-in. 96 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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Volume 3, Issue 4 - November 1952. Cover by A. Leslie Ross, Interior illustrations by Luros and Orban. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "Doomsday's Color Press" by Raymond F. Jones. 7-in. x 10-in. 96 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate.

Volume 3, Issue 5 - January 1953. Cover by Milton Luros. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "Time Stops Today" by John Wyndham. Illustrations by Milton Luros and Paul Orban. 7-in. x 10-in. 96 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Volume 3, Issue 6 - March 1953. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "Courier of Chaos" by Poul Anderson. 7-in. x 10-in. 96 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Issue #3. December 1979. Semi-prozine published and edited from New York by Andrew Porter, Science Fiction Chronicle was founded in 1978 as a department of Porter's more elaborate magazine Algol, and became a separate publication in October 1979. Each issue offered news of SF authors, publishers, awards, and other industry related items. 8.5" x 11". 16 pages. B&W. Cover price $1.00.

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January 1979 - Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 194 pages, Text (With B&W illustrations and photos). Cover price $1.25.

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February 1979 - Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 194 pages, Text (With B&W illustrations and photos). Cover price $1.25.

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March 1979 - Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 194 pages, Text (With B&W illustrations and photos). Cover price $1.25.

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Vol. 3, No. 4 - April, 1979. 5.25" x 7.5", 194 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.25.

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Vol. 3, No. 5 - May, 1979. 5.25" x 7.5", 194 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.25.