Matthew42383

I'm too lazy to get dates, but here are the issues that are most sought after for whatever reason. Most are pricy. Weird Tales Issue 1 Weird Tales Issue 2 Weird Tales Spear and Fang Weird Tales Ghost Table issue Weird Tales First Conan Weird Tales Batwoman Cover Doc Savage 1 Shadow 1 Shadow 2 Eyes Cover Shadow Creeping Death All Story October 1912 First Tarzan Amazing Stories First Issue New Story Issue First Return Tarzan Amazing Stories First Buck Rogers Amazing Stories Second Buck Rogers Amazing Stories War of the Worlds Cover Amazing Stories 3rd Issue Center of the Earth Cover Fantastic Adventures 2nd Issue ERB written nowhere else Several All Story ERB Covers (Mucker, warlord of mars, etc) Astounding King Kong-ish Cover Astounding 1 Adventure Early POV Cover (Farmer) Argosy issue from 1895 First pulp ever Any WT Bedsheet Astounding 4 HPL Issues from 1936 Zeppelin Gorilla and the Gas Bags First Terror Tales First Horror Stories First Spider First Operator 5 The Four “Spicy” Ashcan’s First Planet Stories First Jungle Stories Lone Ranger Ashcan Lone Ranger First Issue Ghost stories 1 Ghost stories REH issue Weird Tales 1924 Triplesized Houdini Issue Harlem 1 (only black oriented pulp) First G-8, and several early g-8 zombies/werewolves/etc in biplanes covers Oriental Stories Nipple Cover First Captain Future Marvel First Kirby Human Torch interior First Kazar (includes first kazar and first app of some comic that also appeared in action comics) And a bunch of WT REH and BM RC Serials Saucy Romantic ADV 1 First Domino Wu Fang/Yen sin/Doc Death sets New York stories Famous Early motorcycle issue Film Fun Famous Early motorcycle issue Tales of magic and mystery HPL Issue Stage and Screen Bathtub Issue Thrill book shadow cover Saucy Movie Tales Shark Cover Saucy Movie Tales Fireman Cover Magic carpet First Red Sonja Sheena Queen of Jungle First Sheena

Recently added best offer to all the lots. Tons of great rare stuff is available.

There weren't that many in the pulps. But Love story had two more mid march issues from 1940 and 1941 as well that had a Paddy's Cover.

Complete Sets of many different pulp magazines for sale. Such as: The Lone Ranger (All 8 issues in super high grade as well as the only 2 copies of the First Appearance in the world) Weird Tales (Near complete with 277 of the 279 issues, most issues in mid or high grade) Doc Savage & The Avenger (All 205 issues) Amazing Stories & Fantastic Adventures (the first Sci-Fi pulp and it's sister publication; 413 issues total all in high grade) Operator 5 (All 48 issues) The Mysterious Wu Fang & Dr Yen Sin (All 10 issues all in high grade) Oriental Stories & Magic Carpet (All 14 issues of Weird Tales Sister publication all in high grade) Captain Future & Startling Stories (All 117 issues all in high grade recently made popular again by a poster on the wall of the show "Big Bang Theory") Thrilling Wonder Stories (All 112 Issues all in high grade) Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror (All 7 issues all in high grade) Marvel Tales & Stories & Science Stories (All 15 issues all in high grade) Tales of Magic and Mystery (All 5 issues) Planet Stories (All 71 issues all in high grade) Jungle Stories with Ki-Gor and Sheena (All 60 issues all in high grade) Doctor Death (All 3 issues all in high grade) Jack Dempsey's Fight Magazine (All 3 issues all in high grade) Captain Satan (All 5 issues) The Scorpion & The Octopus (Both Issues) Easy Money (All 5 issues all in high grade) Ka-Zar (All 3 issues) all in high grade Pirate Stories & High Seas Adventures (All 10 issues all in high grade) And many many more early pulp magazines. Please check it out in the links in the first post.

Keep showing pictures of pretty girls on pulps and I might have to stop selling my pulp collection. To think 95% of those painting ended up in the trash. So sad.

I'm selling one of the best rare pulp magazine collections, as well as the highest graded, most complete Small Press Sci-Fi Hardcover Collection in the world. The pulps are listed individually by issue or complete set. The Small Press is listed together as its a virtually complete very high grade representation of all Golden Age Sci-Fi Small Press Hardcovers. I'm Matthew42383 on ebay if you want to search by seller. or you can follow this link to the "personal collection" part of my ebay store. http://stores.ebay.com/matthew42383/My-Personal-Collection-/_i.html?_fsub=17300405017&_sid=143577387&_sop=3&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14 Some of the rarest pulps and highest graded pulp magazines sets in the world are available right now. Stuff that may only have a few copies of left in the world. Stuff that shows up for sale once a decade. Stuff that has never been seen publicly for sale before. It's a lifetime collection of a very hard core collector who paid attention to condition, and rarity while collecting. Some of these pulps are so rare they make rare golden age comics look like they fall off trees. Please take a few minutes and check the collection out. There's never been a better time to find some very rare golden age books then there is now.

Ranch Romances August 1958 is probably the last pulp from the pulp era by most metrics.

Unfortunately at a time when the world had a lot more drab colors, putting stuff like that on you pulp was a way to ensure failure. Probably helped it to last for only 3 issues. Further, if you didn't have girls, violence or crazy stuff going on, no one cared. Boys and young men bought most of this stuff. If it didn't quickly grab their attention, it was a doomed title. The first 13 issues of Weird Tales had horrible covers a lot like this. Almost looks like they were drawn by a child. They are probably my favorite pulp covers by far though.

You see it occasionally on pulps that went unsold at the newsstand. They would put that star punch in them and send them back to the distributor to be destroyed. Obviously some never made it. Usually though, they would just send them back untouched or rip off the top couple of inches from their covers and send those. (look up the true gang life pictures on galactic central to get an idea of what that looked like) Further I believe (this isn't provably fact), some sellers would use the stamp to indicate the pulp was sold and not stolen in a large building where shops were located and a person wouldn't leave with their purchase for some time (think a place like a train station or airport). I remember when I was buying books around 1990 from a small time seller that sold through elementary schools they would put a small symbol type ink stamp inside the book at checkout to do the same. Although I was 7, I remember because I threw a fit at the time. "You ruined my book" I believe this was the same sort of behavior they sometimes had 50 years earlier. Basically with just about everything involving pulp magazines it was a sort of fly by the seat of your pants enterprise creating and distributing these.

And I quote "An average copy 300ish."

A mint perfect copy with perfect overhangs and pure white paper 2000. A copy your dog chewed on 100. An average copy 300ish.

Here's the other pics. On a side note, my entire vintage pulp magazine and small press collection is for sale along with my store stock. If you do a search online, it's the big one.

Been busy buying the last three weeks. This is part of what I was up to below. Some long time sets I've been wanting to complete. I bought two of them outright and finally got the missing issues to complete my sets of the other eight below. A couple are rare titles. Most are scarce titles but really rare to see complete sets.

Both. (Useless answer huh?) It's about as "rare" as the others. Try putting a set together like this and youll get 80% of the set together in a year or two assuming you don't give a mess about condition. The last 20% could easily take you 5 or 10 years beyond that. Not because the issues you still need are any rarer, it's just the way it is sometimes. They are only equally as likely to come up for sale over long sample periods, say 100 year time frames. In the mean time, with some scarce issues, you are basically doing the equivalent of rolling a 20 sided die, and not having it come up number 14, 60 times in a row. On a side note, that seems to be a scan of a cover proof, not an actual copy of the pulp. Part of your collection?

maybe snappy tec 1 and snappy romances 1 as well. I had something like 500 1925-1955 girls pulps and slicks all go up for sale at 10 a day for over a month. not exactly sure which ones of these in particular. I remember one of the ones was the actual copy that was pictured in bookery's in the center though. White cover with a star on it.

I had duplicates of two of them Ryan. They actually sold at the same auction those other things you bought ended in. I cant really let any of the ones pictured above go unless it's in trade for something I really want. I have a long list, but they are pretty much all very rare pulps that are on it. Suicide stories 1. Issues of wild game stories. Artist and models 2. Stuff like that.

Mmm. Lunch. Speak of the devil....

I have bigger pics of all of them Xalt. But this website forces me to reformat them all to 200,000 pixels or less. If there are any of the 25 pics I put up that you especially want a much higher def pic of, let me know which one(s) and pm your private email and I'll send them right to you.

21. Here is a complete set of Golden Fleece in Very High Grade. The issues are generally only of the uncommon variety, but getting a complete set in this condition takes some work. I had to buy around 45 issues of these books before I got them to perfect/almost perfect condition. Three of the books have Robert E Howard pirate related stories again. 22. Complete Set of South Sea Stories in very high grade. Issue number 2 has a L Ron Hubbard Story. Other then that I can't personally see much that is special with these. But they are very sought after for whatever reason, and I put this set together with an eye towards condition, and a whole lot of frustration in the process. 23. Here are a couple of small press books for Fantasy Press. The alternate dustjacket to Beyond this horizon as well as First Lensman. The first is one of approximately 10 copies that were made however the bibliography on small press books guesses 100. The second book is one of between 3 and 5 copies that were made and saved from the dustbin in the 50's. This copy is one of only 2 publicly known to exist, the other having sold at Heritage a few years back. 24. Here's a copy of Shasta's Cloak of Aesir limited edition. The one on the left is the regular issue. In very high grade it's only worth a few hundred. The one on the right is supposed to be a one of a kind alternate version of the dustjacket. Notice the coloring, and the "a" in the title especially. Melvin Korshak made this copy especially for the famous artist Gerry De La Ree (I'm sure I'm spelling that wrong). There is an inscription inside saying as much. That artist was well known for his Arkham House covers. He was also a close friend of all the other Dinosaurs and fanboy of all things fiction. Both are also signed by the author John Campbell. There is no record of this variant in any of the bibliographies. 25. Another really rare item, although ugly. This is the only book Gnome press put out in paperback form (not including the 4 Armed Forces Editions made for the army at the time). In the early 60's the publisher Martin Greenberg was having trouble selling some of his massive overstock on the 80 or so Gnome Press books. As an experiment he made 6 copies of vortex blaster (using the first edition sheets) bound in grey paper in attempt to make a cheaper version. He would sell it at 1.00 instead of the 3.00 he charged for the hardcover versions. After costs, the difference in price on his end turned out to be almost nothing so he scrapped the idea. There were only 6 ever made back in the early 60's. Here are the only two publicly known to still exist. One is signed and inscribed by Marty Greenberg.

16. Complete set of Dan Dunn. Lasted for two issues. The number 2 is about 5 times as rare as the number 1. I'd say they are uncommon, and rare respectively. Hard to get a complete set in any grade because of this. 17. Red Mask/Red Hood. Another complete title that lasted only 3 issues with a name change attempt to rebrand it. Only complete set I know of in any condition (although I'm sure there is more). These are in fine condition, and a little bit less rare than some of the other stuff I've been showing you. Along with another issue of a later pulp, these 3 issues are the only appearance anywhere of this superhero. 18. Complete set of eerie. There were 4 main shudder pulps (Weird, Horror, Terror, & Ghost). Other than that all the other shudder pulps only lasted for a few issues each. This is one of the harder to get shudder sets in any condition. 19. Complete set of Sinister Stories. I might as well copy and paste the description from number 18. These books used reprint material from horror/terror. 20. Complete Set of all 7 issues of Strange Tales. Most sought after of the short runs of Macabre pulps, mostly because of the Robert E Howard Stories inside. This run is about a Fine Minus Average.

11, 12, & 13. Danger Trails was an early action fiction sort of pulp. It ran for 50+ issues starting in the 1920's having two name changes (Adventure Trails and Wide World Adventures) before it folded. It never did too well in it's entire publication run. Usually one copy of one of the issues pops up for sale every one year or so. The majority of these books have only a handful of copies still existent. The grades on these vary from good to fine, but with something this rare you have to make concessions. This is almost sure to be the largest collection of this title in the world. 14. Stage and screen stories is a very rare girly pulp. It's believed to have gone for either 5, 6, 7, or 8 issues, but bibliographers still haven't been able to figure it out. Here is 4 of the 5 issues that are absolutely sure to be known to exist (possibly issues 2, 4, 5, and 6) . The bathtub lady issue is by far the most common (if rare can ever be common), and the most sought after. 15. These are 7 issues from two different girls titles (Snappy detectives, and Snappy Romances). Both went for only a handful of issues, and had several name changes each. These are bedsheet sized and staplebound. Also among the rarest of all girly pulps. All in high grade again.

6. Harlem Stories First Issue. This is the only pulp that was made specifically for African American people. It didn't sell well and lasted for two issues. Long story short, black people of the 1930's generally couldn't read, didn't have extra spending money for novelties like this, and couldn't care less what some white guy thought about them. The only other copy I personally know of was Frank Robinson's copy that sold in 2012. His copy was in VG- condition. As Frank was known to have the highest graded of just about anything in high collection in the world, that should let you know how rare this is that he couldn't find a better copy in the 40 years he collected. This copy is in VF condition (pulp grade). Probably a 9.0 if we are talking comics. Easily the highest graded of the few remaining copies that exist. It's perfect except for two tiny millimeter size areas on the book. 7. This is the first issue of New York Stories. It one of only two pulps/slicks that have crossover interest to high end antique motorcycle collectors. (Think Jay Leno's car collection, except motorcycles instead). The other issue with interest is the December 1934 copy of film fun that usually runs 500 in high grade. But for every 50 copies of that magazine that are out there, there is one of these. This is one of only two I personally know of. The other sold on ebay in VG condition for 2000 last year. This copy is also probably the best in the world being VF. 8. Gun Molls went for 19 issues. This is the first issue. Roughly in F+/VF- condition. It's close to perfect with only a little overhang curling. Easily the rarest of all gangster style pulps, in general, one copy of any one of the 19 issues will come up for sale somewhere every 2 years or so. (What can I say, Collectors like bad girls). Also a contender for best copy still extant. Notice the main story titled Gorilla Girl (as if machine guns and scantily clad women weren't cool enough) 9. The First issue of Prison Stories. Another very high grade copy. This book closed after 6 issues I believe (without looking it up). This is the most sought after cover where they are taking a beautiful young woman to pay a visit to Ol' Sparkey. 10. This is the first issue of Artists and models, and the second issue of Strange suicides. I'd day they are both very rare issues. The suicides issue is high grade, the artist issue is low grade. Both are the only copy of either publication and/or issue I've seen up for sale in the last 5 years. Also, both are bedsheet sized.

Sorry Mr myst. I don't own that. But if you want to see a pic of that, phil has one on his website. To the rest of you, Ok, here's a few of the gems. I collect pretty much rare pulps and all scifi small presses; which pretty much came out of pulps, so here's a couple dozen pics of either/or with whatever history I know of each without bothering to do research. If you don't like reading just skip to the pics. 1 & 2. Todd keeps teasing you with the issues of Oriental and Magic one by one. Here is group shots of both the sets. Technically one series, (there was a name change after the first 9 issues) the books are actually the second sister publication to Weird Tales (the first being Detective Tales/Real Detective Tales). All issues have Brundage covers, and most have Robert E Howard stories. This set has all 14 issues in fine or very fine. This is one of only a few complete sets that exist. 3 & 4. Here's a complete set of Yen Sin and Wu Fang. These were also sister publications to each other if you can call them that. Both only lasted for a few issues before folding. They are probably the most sought after of the Hero pulps, and also the toughest to find in high grade. I'd personally grade them as uncommon to scarce in any condition, and very rare in high grade. This is probably the 2nd or 3rd highest graded set in the world 5. Dr Death went for only 3 issues. It was a rebranding of All Detective Magazine that would focus more on that character (Like Detective comics with Batman, or Battle Aces with G-8). It still didn't sell well. One of only 4 complete sets I personally know of, but I'm sure there is double or triple that out there. These are scarce, or very rare in high grade.

Thanks. I'm excited as hell to have them both. One of those things on your want list that your virtually certain you'll never own because it's so rare. Do you guys want to see some other really rare stuff, or complete sets of a bunch of scarce pulps?

Something different. Each is among the list of the first few hundred comics produced. Both are actually each half comic/half pulp. Hybrids from when different publishers were still trying to figure out what a comic book should look like. As such it can be found in both comic and pulp price guides. Don Winslow was a major Navy recruiting tool during WWII, in the same way that Captain America, Uncle Sam, or Rosy the Riveter were used for the army to varying degrees for the same purpose either directly or indirectly. The first issue is the highest graded and one of only 4 copies publicly known to exist. Recent purchase courtesy of Mark Zaid through Heritage. The second is one of only 2 copies known, neither of which have been graded. This particular copy was pictured on the 4th page of inserts inside the center of the 2005 Bookery's pulp price guide I'm sure of which most of you have copies. This one's been kicking around in one of my personal boxes for half a decade. As far as I know, only complete set of both issues in the world. I cried like a little person_without_enough_empathy when I completed the set.