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Scrooge, that's sweet! Looks like Ernie Chan inks. I think the SSOC pages really look great as OA since they were intended to be B&W - lots of great cross-hatching and washes. One of these days I'm going to build up a warchest and wait for a good Buscema/Alcala page to come along.

Great book!

This chick's crotch appears to be normal, but Conan sure does look lame.

Here's a couple of older ones. In the late 30's Tip Top Comics ran a monthly cartooning contest in which readers would send in their own cartoons and comic strips. The winners would have their work published in Tip Top each month. Two of the winners from those monthly contests, then only 13 or 14 years old, went on to greatness. (bottom and bottom left respectively) Tip Top Comics 32 (Dec. 1938) Tip Top Comics 36, April 1939

This is Conan too. "Gods of the North" = "The Frost Giant's Daughter." This is the first professional publication of the story. It was originally rejected by Weird Tales in 1932, then REH gave it to a fanzine to publish in 1934. "Hawks over Shem" was a non-Conan story ("Hawks over Egypt") that L. Sprague de Camp re-wrote as a Conan story. I see you have "minority Report" by D ick too. Man, Bill you've got some cool books.

Awesome collection of SF pulps, Bill!!

I love it. But this is why I think you are drunk all the time. I take multi-vitamins & drink 4-5 cups of coffee a day. The same with me, don`t need alcohol. (thumbs u Yeah, after the my crazy excesses of the early 90's, the last decade of more-or-less sobriety has been a refreshing change of pace. No more purple lotus for me. Tupenny seems to have been channeling Phylos the Thibetan or some other Edwardian period occult entity. If you'd like to experience REH's take on the concept of man's conciousness existing in an infinite number of times and spaces simultaneously, you can check out The Valley of the Worm on Project Gutenberg Australia: The Valley of the Worm

Thanks - I'm really excited to have found one - fanzines from the 30's are pretty damn rare. Yes, Roy Thomas turned TGoF into a Conan story for CtB 9.

The Star R over was apparently a favorite of Howard's and his James Allison yarns were basically an homage. Allison is a modern day Texan, bed-ridden and dying of an unspecified disease, who is able to remember all of his past lives. The three finished Allison yarns, "Marchers of Valhalla", "The Valley of the Worm", and "The Garden of Fear" are about his incarnations as Aesir warriors during the years between the fall of Conan's Hyborian Age and the beginning of recorded history. It has been suggested that the character of Allison is (conscious or unconscious) metaphor for REH himself - trapped in a small town in Texas. Of the three Allison yarns, only TVotW was accepted by Farnsworth Wright and published in Weird Tales. TGoF was then given to Crawford to publish in this fanzine. MoV wouldn't be published until many years later. Edit: Thats weird. Why can't you say "r over"?

Posted this the pulp thread, but I thought I'd cross-post it here too. Just pick up a pretty rare Howard item. This a copy of Marvel Tales vol. 1, no. 2, a digest-sized fanzine published in 1934 by William Crawford. It contains the first appearance of "The Garden of Fear" by REH, as well as a Frank Belknap Long story, "The Dark Beasts." This copy is interesting because the issue was printed with a 15 cent price on the cover, but it has some of government (tax?) stamp on it with 25 cents stamped over that. Maybe this one was sold in Canada? Anyway it's pretty cool and I'm excited to have found one.

Allright, here's my contribution. No half-naked ladies, sadly, but I did just pick up a pretty rare Howard item. This a copy of Marvel Tales vol. 1, no. 2, a digest-sized fanzine published in 1934 by William Crawford. It contains the first appearance of "The Garden of Fear" by REH, as well as a Frank Belknap Long story, "The Dark Beasts." This copy is interesting because the issue was printed with a 15 cent price on the cover, but it has some of government (tax?) stamp on it with 25 cents stamped over that. Maybe this one was sold in Canada? Anyway it's pretty cool and I'm excited to have found one.

Three great ones Matt, but I love this one the best Hard not to love that one Bill! I think her face is one of the best she drew. I have to say drew now because I just found out all these Brundage covers are all done with pastel, not paint. I with Bill - I think this is my favorite too. Great pickups, shiver! There have been some great books posted in here lately!

Wow Dwight! That is really cool!

Great cover and a Leig Brackett story! Looks like you're off to great start, Jon!

Finlay seems to have a thing for women on fire. Great books, Bill! There are quite of few of those I've never seen.

Which one was this? The Red Nails cover or the two chicks wrestling where one of them is wearing the monokini?

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OMG Bill, that is beautiful! That back cover is blinding! For those that don't collect these, pulps from this era in this kind of condition are very, very rare! That is just stunning. You should post this in the pulp thread in the Gold forum.

Too late. Bronzilla's already cleaned me out.

That is really cool! And I'm loving all the Finlay covers! The pulp thread has been on fire lately. (thumbs u

That's a great book!

Great Brundage cover!

Congrats Billy! What a great run!

Gorgeous!