Darwination

The WWW is the crazy one to me. I love Baumhofer, and it's striking as hell, but it's got a giant chip out of the corner and big tear on the right side and multiple pieces of tape at the spine. WWW might be my favorite western pulp, and I think it deserves recognition, but I can't help but feel this is a book I could find in a five dollar box somewhere. If I only knew where Late era Fiction House has been collectible for a while (and is fairly common) but I think it's just going to do better and better with all the GGA, bondage, heroines and the like. In fact, I'm surprised that Senorita Scorpion didn't do even better. The Masked Rider did well! It was an interesting auction with all sorts of oddball titles, was kind of funny to see bidders not know how to handle the romances. The high prices (historically) for some of those lots was nice to see. The Ace-High you've pictured is totally frickin iconic, but I thought this one was even better. I liked this kind of spooky Parkhurst, too.

Yeah, looking at the ish now, it says both. I think people tend to check such claims anyways - I know I do. Price: $600 (pending) Condition: CGC 3.0 GVG Census Rank: 2nd Highest Graded Census Highlight: One of the Top 2 Graded Overall! Page Quality: Cream to Off-White Pages Type of Holder: Universal Degree Of Restoration: Unrestored Pedigree or Highlight: One of only 2 Graded by CGC! Really, I was just hoping to smoke out some super sweet copy one of these mooks around here likely is holding so I could see it in high grade. Looks like a 7.5 and 7.0 are the top two of the ten in the census I did see a 7.0 of #17 sell there in the last auction, too, a fun cover ($3,734):

I pulled out Monster Mania #3 tonight I was thinking I have a killer copy. Then I look on ebay and there are a TON of nice copies Issue 2 has a Frazetta cover. https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/k5202rgb8dswizp/Monster_Mania_03_1967-04.Renaissance_Productions_%28DM-IA%29.cbr/file https://archive.org/details/monster-mania-03-1967-04.-renaissance-productions-dm-ia

Four issues a year from 59-71, incredible. Looks like they used the same cover in 67, too. I'd never looked at one of these late-era editions (love what I've read from the 40s and 50s tho), and it's neat to see the same features from way back when. Upon closer examination, it's the exact same stories from back then I looked up a scanned issue from August 67 issue which had a Kinstler illo (I'd being working on one of his 50 images just tonight) so I knew they were recycling before I even checked the Fictionmags index. Ranch Romances & Adventures [v223 #3, May 1971] ed. Anne Keffer (Popular Library, Inc., 50¢, 98pp, small pulp) 5 · Our Air Mail · [The Readers] · lc 7 · The Bounty Trail · Kenneth L. Sinclair · ss Ranch Romances 1st December 1952 21 · Top Hand · William S. Annett · ss Ranch Romances 1st December 1952 28 · Gunsmoke Girl · Walker A. Tompkins · na Ranch Romances 1st December 1952 52 · Next Stop—Texas · Cy Kees · ss Ranch Romances 1st December 1952 58 · Spawned by the Frontier · Ferris Weddle · ts Ranch Romances 1st December 1952 61 · Win Money · [uncredited] · cn 62 · Empty Saddle, Empty Heart · Hascal Giles · ss Ranch Romances 2nd May 1952 67 · Palo Duro’s Secrets · Jeanne Claytor · ts Ranch Romances 2nd May 1952 70 · Adamless Eden · Seth Ranger · ss Ranch Romances 2nd September 1952 74 · Birth of Courage · John Griffith · ss Ranch Romances 2nd May 1952, as by Cy Kees Wonder what the circulation was in the last years. It really does have great appeal to both sexes. I like a little love interest thrown in with the other western elements, just like the ladies probably like a little action mixed in with their love Here's the Kinstler I worked with tonight -

An interesting pulp auction at Heritage today with westerns and romances. This result had to be a little surprising in spite of the never-ending love of skeletons and skulls. Book description: Wild West Weekly - October 14th, 1933 (Street & Smith) Condition: VG-. Classic skull cover by Walter M. Baumhofer. Piece out of cover, tape repairs, and spine tears. Bookery's Guide to Pulps Second Edition VG value = $10. From the Jack and Joanie Kump Pulp Collection. Comes with COA from Heritage Auctions. Result: also a strong showing for a Lariat we were showing around here: The Lone Ranger did well, somebody might have picked up the full run of those. I didn't tag any of the romance/girlies I was after, but what else is new Hard to know what to make out of some of the results, especially with the romances...

Man, the staples and cuts and spine folds are all over the place on the St. Johns, geez

I'm just looking him up right now, too, Jimbo https://www.victorkalin.com/ This is the family site (daughter?). Absolutely love it when families do this for artists, sharing great info. The links section is really good to all the blog posts out there, etc. I've got this one he did for Impulse.

Yeah, the Green Light for Death cover struck me right away. It's Victor Kalin. I went looking for a nice copy - no dice. I never catch the marketplace stuff here at the right times I also really like the Never Come Morning.

oof, a handful more while I'm giving Greenwood his due credit or lack thereof May need some beer goggles for these girlies (and the grade I'm willing to get em in). Greenwood did manage a couple iconic covers, I just don't own them

Cross post of a couple Reginald Greenwood covers since I had them out for the last post in the Love pulps thread.

I saw that one in the HA Pulp Summit, a unique Love Story cover for sure. Is Greenwood mentioned on the contents page as the artist? I know him only from the girlie pulps, and checking at Galactic Central just now, am surprised to see no other attributions outside of the girlies except for some interior illos in Love Story all in 1931 (eight years previous to this one). A couple of my copies of Greenwood covers (AFAIK he only worked on Henry Marcus pubs (50 dollars a cover?) in the mid-30s.

Depicting the lead story involving the prospect of kissing cousins, infidelity, pregnancy, and blackmail. Johnny's just no good. There's a confusing change in hair color of the heroine (red on the cover and splash, blonde everywhere else). I'd guess it's a Dana Dutch script, but it's not listed as such at the GCD. https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=17306

Got excited when I saw a 3.0 at Comiclink of the issue saying one of 2 graded copies. But no, 10 copies in census.

That Rangeland Romances is fantastic.

It's the sort of job you get stuck with when you run away with a truck driver.

I looked through this entire thread last night, what sickos all you people are Really, though, some amazing pulps, and the grades some of you find them in (Detective35!) is absolutely mind-boggling.

Rough around the edges, just like this dame Watch out, boys, don't end up with a Merry Widow -

Woof, Mort did the best one, for suresies.