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Speaking of old processes, the black circle overprint was used by Marvel back in 1939. In the case of Marvel 1, it was not the price that got the black slug, it was the month. The indicia was blacked out as well.

from the old Comic Buyer's Guide

I picked up this bound volume of 1925 pulps. This title became Detective Fiction Weekly.

Nice mini-run starting with #2! Here's my #1.

Submariner's forearm ready for action

Prince of the Sea

I picked up this interesting Reader’s Digest knockoff cover-dated September 1939 published by Martin Goodman, one month ahead of Marvel Comics #1. The phrase “Timely Topics Condensed” is used throughout the publication.

new arrivals

where's the time machine when you need it?

This was a fond non-comic purchase. This was Halloween 1964 (notice I am holding the Aurora Godzilla and King Kong models). I wanted to find that costume again and I wound up buying the two below. I think the costume I wore was the 1st version (the one on the left). It was pretty scary with the bloody fangs. There may have been parent complaints because it was too violent which lead to the more toned down version to the right. I suppose we'll never know for certain what happened here.

new ones

Got this very interesting package today. This is a Weird Tales rejection slip from 1947 and the rejected manuscript for The Headless Goddess by a Mr. Will Heddens as well as a typed critique of GODDESS from Laurence R D'Orsay of California. It appears that D'Orsay was hired to critique and offer suggestions to aspiring authors (likely not just pulp writers). This could have been a paid-for service that Mr. Heddens contracted for back in 1931. Laurence "Rex" D'Orsay also published his own fiction and non-fiction in diverse magazines under the pen name Laurence R. D'Orsay and or Laurence Thalmore for Weird Tales, The Writer's Monthly and Writer's Digest. D'Orsay was employed at Weird Tales when he critiqued Mr. Hedden's manuscript. Mr. Hedden's manuscript was sent to Weird Tales on Jan 10, 1947 and there’s a smaller penciled note that states Street & Smith June 1939 (no rejection slip from that company was included but it can be assumed that the manuscript was sent to Street & Smith and rejected there as well). All in all, it appears that Mr. Heddens spent a considerable amount of years offering this manuscript up to the pulps. If anyone knows whether this story was ever published, please let me know. In the meantime here is the critique which gives insight on the type of style and stories that readers were expecting in the 1930’s:

Happy to have gotten this one today. I had to return a different copy which looked really nice but was missing 30 pages. This one is only a Fair+ but at least it's complete.

some new ones. The Tarzan is Dec 9, 1922 (part 1 of Tarzan and the Golden Lion), the werewolf girl is March 1933 (1st Robert Bloch story), and green troll guy is March 1927

I got this slightly better copy today.

Great catch! I've had that book for years but overlooked the ad. Like Comedy 9 & 10, Comedy 11 had some inventory stories with fantasy elements, probably intended for Daring Mystery before it got cancelled. Here's some additional pages.

playing with collages

I picked up this Fall 1928 quarterly today. It has double the pages than the regular editions, very thick and cost 50 cents.

Nice ones sunburst! Got this one finally, although not in the best of shape. March 1929, 1st Buck Rogers cover.

This arrived today

I was wondering about the mature look. Maybe the artist considered it was 12 years since his first appearance in 1912 so he drew him older. I can't find any other cover like that. They went back to a youthful Tarzan a couple years later in The Blue Book series. This came today. Not a pulp but a cool Paul cover. July 1932.