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Weird Tales, Aug 1928 1st appearance Solomon Kane by Robert E. Howard Solomon Kane cover story Also 1st published work by Tennessee Williams! VG+ with light trimming (very common) $1000

Magic Carpet, Jan 1934 1st appearance Red Sonya by Robert E. Howard (later converted to Red Sonja by Roy Thomas) Brundage cover VF, $4000

Phantom Detective #1, Feb 1933 1st appearance Phantom Detective This hero pulp ran 170 issues from 1933-1953. This 1st issue pre-dates Doc Savage #1 by one month. Good condition. Piece out top right of cover, first page glued to inside front cover for reinforcement (just ads, does not affect story or table of contents). $1000

Amazing Stories, Oct 1928 Classic lion vs. robot cover, one of the best cover in the run! VF, $1750

Amazing Stories, Aug 1928 1st appearance of Buck Rogers F/VF, but with coupon missing. An otherwise beautiful copy that would be much higher priced with the coupon. The coupon missing is very common in this issue. $2750

Amazing Stories, Sep 1927 1st appearance The Colour Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft, his personal favorite of his stories. Fine, $1800

1st appearance of Cthulhu! Weird Tales, Feb 1928 The Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft G/VG, $6500 firm

Next up, a lot of 3 Operator #5s, all part of the Purple Invasion series (the War and Peace of the pulps). $750 for the lot of 3 SOLD Aug-Sep 1936 (Purple Invasion #2), Fine Mar-Apr 1937 (Purple Invasion #7), Fine (torture wheel cover) Jul-Aug 1937 (Purple Invasion #9), VG+

I have some nice pulps for sale. wins it. Payment by Paypal or check. Prices include free shipping in the US. Outside the US is possible but will cost more. Returns accepted within 14 days. ========================================================================================= First up, a lot of 15 Doc Savage pulps from 1934-37 (years 2-5). Nice solid mid-grade copies, clean with great colors! $3850 for the lot of 15 Doc Savages Feb 1934, VG/F Mar 1934, F May 1934, G/VG Jun 1934, G/VG Jul 1934, VG+ Aug 1934, VG Sep 1934, VG Oct 1934, VG+ Nov 1934, G/VG Dec 1934, VG+ Apr 1935, VG light trim Dec 1935, G (piece out of bc) Jul 1936, VG+ Aug 1936, VG+

I may even have missed some. That was just off the top of my head.

Ah, the good ol' days! I miss them. Yeah, I used to wonder why no one else was going after this stuff. I feel like competition was light for years. Different story now.

The high-grade Batwoman Weird Tales sold for $12,100 with buyer's premium. That's all I've heard.

Wolves and women were a common cover theme.

Yes, a little high. But honestly, pulp grading is the wild west right now, and has been for years.

He ain't here to play!

Agreed, except for Sunday, which was pretty busy early on. Several people commented they had never seen so many people there on Sunday.

Very nice report! I love the personal touches and how you identify everyone. But you missed both me and John Gunnison, two of the biggest pulp walls there.

Yes, it's just a printing defect.

Well, the 1st issue of Popular from 1903 is the first pulp with a four color cover, so yes, you're right, Populars from this era were ahead of their time.

Amazing items in the auctions, Doug. The hits just keep coming. Wow!

Well, at least two!

I only took some pics of my setup today. I'll try to take some more of the room tomorrow.

And...it predates the Dynamic Science, which I thought was the first pulp Hitler cover.

Cool, I never noticed that one before.

Weird Tales, Jul 1941 OK, obviously not a Hitler cover (but that is a self-portrait of Hannes Bok), but this book is important for the story "I Killed Hitler" by Ralph Milne Farley (Roger Sherman Hoar). It's the very first story about travelling back in time to kill young Hitler. Note the date of publication, July 1941, well before Pearl Harbor. And it was probably on the newsstands in May, certainly by June, which means it was probably written in late 1940 or early 1941. Oh, and there's also a story called "The Shadow over Innsmouth" (pt 2) by some guy called Lovecraft.