OtherEric

That's for certain. The fact that the pages were printed but not bound in 1928 means that even now there's some debate on if the September 1937 Weird Tales is better considered the first publication of the story since it was released earlier even if it was printed much later.

Which story? I'm guessing from the date it's "The Picture in the House", which is normally quoted as being written on that date. The National Amateur issue with the story came out in 1921 but was misdated July 1919. The New Annotated HP Lovecraft, which is normally very good about tracking down the original illustrations that went with a story, doesn't show any from the original publication (or either of the Weird Tales reprinting, for that matter.) If I've got the wrong story, none of that will help, of course; and nothing is ever as good as checking the primary source.

In today. Not as iconic as “If you don’t buy this magazine, we’ll kill this dog” but still a classic NatLamp cover:

Wow. I think I've shared enough items throughout the pulp threads to show I've got a respectable collection... but I am completely out of my league compared to people like you or @RedFury or so many others here. Just amazing.

August 1930 Weird Tales, featuring "The Electric Executioner", a revision Lovecraft did for Adolphe De Castro. This one is unusual in that the original story Lovecraft revised for De Castro, "The Automatic Executioner", was actually published in addition to the revision, back in 1893. I only got the book recently and haven't read the story yet, it's on my to do pile:

That is a question people have been trying to answer for quite a while now. We know for certain the files to produce the illustrated book had to be submitted earlier, because it has the early version of Yoda. But that could have just reflected a longer production time due to the different format, and which one actually hit the stands first is still a subject of debate. At least, that's my current understanding. If my info is out of date somebody will surely correct me.

I've been able to find references to the Beware After Dark version being from a different typescript than the Weird Tales version; but there seems to be some debate which version is preferable.

My local store texted me yesterday and told me I should drop by today. They were right:-

Another Lovecraft book from 1929, this features the second publication of "The Call of Cthulhu" ever. It is also, I believe, only the second time a Lovecraft story was anthologized in the US, after "The Horror at Red Hook" in the US edition of "Not at Night!" Given how much "The Call of Cthulhu" is considered, if not Lovecraft's best story, his signature work, it's surprising that this is the only time it was reprinted in anything other than a Lovecraft or Mythos specific collection in English until the 70's, as near as I can tell. Unlike most of Lovecraft's better known works and quite a few of his lesser ones, it was never reprinted in Weird Tales, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Avon Fantasy Reader, or any other magazine that I know of.

Marvel has actually reprinted 3 of the 4 stories from the #19, as well... Tomb of Darkness #20 has "The Kiss of Death!", Tomb of Darkness #22 has "The Madman's Music" (the non-Venus story in #19), and Weird Wonder Tales #16 has "The Box of Doom!"

While we're on the subject of Venus, how much demand is there for the #6 with the first Marvel Loki? Unlike the first Thor appearance in #11, which doesn't resemble the later version at all, the Loki in Venus is at least a little like the latter version if you squint. (Also, the Venus version of Thor first shows up in #11, not #12, no matter what a lot of websites claim.)

I had pretty much resigned myself to never getting this one a couple years ago, but it's still frustrating. I wish they would release the Venus Masterworks #2, at least... Oh, well, I will just need to content myself with these:

Found at a retro store last weekend, for $19.99 it was worth getting even if I already had a copy:

I don't have anything by Lovecraft from 1928, so let's jump to 1929. My oldest issue of Weird Tales, this features the first publication of "The Curse of Yig". The story was the first revision Lovecraft did for Zealia Bishop, published here as by Zealia Brown Reed. The story was reprinted in hardcover in the UK in 1931 as the lead story in "Switch on the Light", making it one of the first Lovecraft stories to appear in hardcover. I'm not sure if it's the first of Lovecraft's revisions to be collected, but off the top of my head I'm not aware of any others. Most sources have the story as published as being mostly actually written by Lovecraft.

My problem with a Lovecraft thread is deciding where to start. Let's go in chronological order from my earliest books. Amazing Stories, September 1927. First publication of "The Colour Out of Space", which Lovecraft said was his personal favorite of his own stories. He got so annoyed with Hugo Gernsback that he never sold anything to him again. I personally think this issue is harder to find than the August 1928 Amazing Stories with the first Buck Rogers, but it's one of the easier Lovecraft books to find from the 1920's overall.

Luxury!

My favorite is two different signings, decades apart. Sometime in the late 80's- early 90's, Gil Kane was at a local show. I got a handful of books signed; the one that stands out there was the Strange Adventures #184. He started flipping through the book, slowly. After a couple minutes, I asked him if something was the matter. He said "I just haven't seen this story in years, my boy!" He also signed a beat-up Spider-Man #96 that was, at the time, one of the only Marvel books by him I had. Decades later, the late 2000's. I finally get a chance to meet Stan Lee, and decide to have the Spider-Man #96 signed as well. Having plenty of time to think about what to say, I shake Stan's hand and thank him for having entertained me all my life. Without missing a beat, Stan replies, with his trademark twinkle in his eye, "You know I did it all just for you, right?" (It doesn't hurt that the book is cover-dated the month I was born.)

A friend offered me $100 for it, but he really didn’t expect me to accept. I thought about it, though; a same day profit of 400% is always worth considering.

No jokes. I won’t get fooled again!

It’s not improbable, even if likely is a slightly strong word. Since the numbers are somewhat scattered at the best of times, and not directly correlated to months, there’s no reason they wouldn’t start with the next number when they started stamping again.

Maybe I'm losing track, but had we established the UK DC's were newsstand returns at this point? The books at this point may have actually shown up later but, given the less regular distribution, we just can't tell after the fact.

Nice, the one I found last week was $5. Still happy to get it

I agree with that in general. Although I would actually put the CCA as marking the exact cutoff for Adventure Comics... with Johnny Quick having their last appearance in Adventure #207, and Krypto first appearing in Adventure #210, the first CCA approved issue, the CCA is too good a tiebreaker not to use.

I would honestly say the GA for Looney Tunes ran until the title ended in 1962. There just isn't a dramatic shift in the style or the storytelling throughout the 50's, there IS a massive shift when the titles go to Gold Key The borderless panel look is just completely different and feels like a massive shift.