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    Weird Tales
    October 1933

    The famous and classic "Batwoman" cover by Margaret Brundage! It illustrates The Vampire Master by Hugh Davidson, who is actually Edmond Hamilton. Hamilton was mostly known for his science fiction work and used the Davidson pseudonym for his horror stories.

    There is a Conan story in this one, The Pool of the Black One. Also, there's a Cthulhu mythos story, The Festival, by H.P. Lovecraft.

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    Romance
    August-September 1937

    Cover by John Clymer

    This issue of Romance has one of my all-time favorite pulp covers.

    The word "romance" in the title is used in the more archaic sense of mystery, excitement, and adventure. The stories within are all historical adventures with just a touch of what we'd call romance.

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    Everybody's Magazine
    September 1918

    Cover art by Ernest Fuhr

    A gruesome but beautiful WWI cover, published during the war.  Inside, there's a story called "The War of 1938" where the writer not only predicts the first world war ending in November 1918, but a second one starting in 1938, off by one year.

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    OK, so what I've been doing is grabbing a pulp from my collection every day and posting it on Instagram.  I'll try to mirror those posts here as well.

    Instead of using a standard flat scan I've been taking photos of the pulps in a lighted photobox to give a more realistic and three-dimensional appearance.  I hope you enjoy them!

    Saucy Movie Tales, Mystery Adventurers, Saucy Romantic Tales

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    2 hours ago, Robot Man said:

    And then there is this... Easily the worst condition pulp I own. But is is a Saucy Movie Stories, The best part of the cover is complete and even has a Japanese war story pre WWII. Best part it was $20! I apologize and do not mean to offend you "high end" guys...:roflmao:but, was happy to snag it.

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    Oh man, I'm crying!  That's a great book with very serious problems. :cry: 

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    I'll pound you to a "Pulp" if you don't show off yours!

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    18 hours ago, OtherEric said:

    Local store pickup today.  

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    I've read Otto Binder's Lords of Creation.  It was collected in hardcover by Prime Press in 1949.  It's a Buck Rogers type story.  A scientist is intentionally frozen in suspended animation for 3,000 years.  When he awakes he finds that civilization has been destroyed by wars and reduced to barbarism.  The only remaining power group on Earth rules tyrannically from Antarctica.  The hero uses his mid-20th century scientific knowledge to organize a revolt against the tyrants.

    Let's travel to the PLANET STORIES Universe

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    6 hours ago, waaaghboss said:

    I have a question about planet stories #1.  I picked up one in an auction recently, and when I got it, it feels off.  The cover looks like it was separated and then reattached with glue.  When I open the book, the cover only opens about 1/2 an inch from the spine, and feels crackley like I'm separating dried glue.  I checked several other planets I have (albiet not from 1940), and you can open the cover far enough to see staples.  The auction listed the book as VG, and didnt notate any damage like a detached and then reglued cover.  Looking at my copy of Bookerys pulp guide, a pulp can get up to good with a detached and reglued cover, which is close to VG, but if the cover was detached and reglued, I feel like that should have been disclosed.  Anyone able to weigh in on this? 

     

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    In this picture it looks like the front cover was completely detached from the rest of the book and then glued back on.  That's why the cover won't open all the way.  A thin line of glue was run down the edge to re-attach it. 

    Usually re-gluing refers to gluing the complete wrap (front cover, spine, back cover) back to the interior of the book.  In that case, the glue is applied to the inside of the spine.

    Your case is much more severe.  The cover had been torn from the spine, and then reattached.  In my opinion this is not a VG at all, but a restored Fair to Good minus.