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I meant 'just' in that it wasn't a story, not trying to downplay the actual poem. I actually just ordered a couple more Weird Tales from 1939, one of which has another Howard poem. Looking forward to seeing those.

"Everyone is showing their Howards." Like everybody even has Howards to show in the first place! OK, I've gotten one in the past few months. Just verse, though:

Just got this this week; unlike other books I've seen with the Four Star brand this one was actually printed & published in Canada even if Superior hadn't officially taken over the title:

What a neat item! I know I recognize the art, but I'm not sure who it is. It's not Mayer, but other than that I'm not sure. (I am sure once somebody says who it is I'll go "of course, why couldn't I remember the name", but that's a separate issue. :-) )

Just picked up a set of the Popped Wheat giveaways, not posting all of them because I'm sure everybody has seen them dozens of times. But here's one just to give this post some color: These books are famously some of the most common books of the era, of course. But does anybody happen to know exactly why there are so many of them around in high grade? I'm guessing a warehouse find, but I've never heard the story.

*slow clap* Congratulations!

May dig out a few more pulps once others have hit the thread, but this looks like the last of what's handy:

And one of the classics:

Right, pulps it is:

Actually had been meaning to post these since ECCC, just never got around to it; and this seems like a good thread for them. Only two issues of an unusual pulp-comic hybrid:

Let's see what I've got lurking in the bucket off hand... Of course, the pulps are where the theme really thrives: Nut sure I have a lot of comics I could add, but I've got plenty of pulps...

It's definitely not high grade, just a solid reader. But I'm very happy to finally add a copy to my collection:

You said it. I've shown this one before, it's obviously trashed. But I've had it for over 20 years, and it's one of the first two precode keys I ever got. And to this day I remember the sheer weight of history I felt in my hand when I first got to read it. As wonderful as reading a reprint or a scan is- and thanks to the internet and the current age of reprints, I've gotten to read more golden age comics that I ever would have believed possible when I first got that Mad- there is NOTHING that compares to having the original book in your hand, and the ability to read the exact same book somebody bought off the rack new back when it came out.

Oh, nice one. THREE John D. MacDonald stories in there, I would dearly love to find a copy!

Your copy of #1 is nicer than mine. Grr. Actually, all of your copies look amazing. I'm particularly envious of your copy of "The Army of the Dead", that seems to be one of the highest demand issues outside of the Purple Invasion and I still don't have it. Somewhere further back in this thread I posted the entire Purple Invasion series; I really do need to upgrade a couple of them even by my low standards but I do have the entire run from the start of the Purple Invasion onward. All of the 11 issues I'm still missing are in that fairly narrow band from v2 n4 to v7 n1. You mention the similarity to James Bond. It's not quite his very first line, but in the very first chapter of the very first issue he actually says "My name is Christopher -- James Christopher." I've actually wondered if Ian Fleming ever saw the series; there was at least one issue of a UK edition for sure.

Got a couple of Op 5's in the mail today, here's one of them: The 4th issue, which was the earliest issue I still needed. 37 down, 11 to go, and I've got the first 7 issues out of the way.

A nice pickup, my copy is in decided need of upgrade... although for reading it's fine other that the obvious flaw: I need to take some exception to your statement, though. If you are saying that Sniffles is not one of your favorite LTMM characters in the cartoons, no argument there. I'm always amazed the character actually had a dozen cartoons, because I can never remember anything about them. But in the comic book, the Sniffles and Mary Jane/ Mary Jane and Sniffles feature is miles and away the best thing in the book most issues. Something about the WB insanity just never quite made it to the comics pages on a regular basis. The Mary Jane & Sniffles feature, while not very much like either the rest of the comic or the WB cartoons, is just one of my all time favorite comic series. It's the major reason I'm trying for the full run of the LT/MM comics. (The other would be the handful of Walt Kelly issues.)

I have the reprint of the 2nd one, which is unfortunately in black and white but it's better than nothing. Of course, the comic pages in the issues are by none other than Sheldon Mayer... In short, you have no idea how much I envy you those two books!

I've also gotten a couple small batches of pre-war Astoundings; this isn't all the covers but it's some highlights: Part 1 of "Gray Lensman:", the cover is the only place they use the Grey spelling: This one was mislabeled, but I'm OK with it: It's actually the British edition. Still want to get the US version, but it's an interesting point of comparison: Just a striking cover image, the issue has part 1 of "Slan" Part 2 of "Slan", but the best known story in this issue is "Farewell to the Master". If that doesn't sound familiar, they renamed it "The Day the Earth Stood Still" when they made it a movie. And Heinlein reaches the point where he's writing so much he needs to start using a second name, in just 10 months he has 8 standalone stories, 2 3-part serials, and 3 names:

Picked this up with my tax return. I'll crack it sooner rather than later, but a nice one to have: Sorry for the poor scan, my scanner isn't quite big enough for the slab.

The art shows up on a poster in The Big Bang Theory; so a lot of people would recognize the image even if they don't know the source.

Been a good few weeks for me pulp-wise, assuming everything I won shows up. Here's a start: Oddly enough, that may be the best known pulp cover art these days... even if most people probably don't know where it originally came from!