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[Frisco Larson]

Marvel Stories Nov 1940, on the stands with Marvel Mystery #13 (among others, I don't have the info on hand). When previously discussed, I'm not sure if any notice was given to which artists are responsible for this issues interior artwork. It IS listed in the table of contents! That would be (to my knowledge) their only known Golden Age rendering of the Human Torch, if they in fact were responsible for the ad! Interestingly as well, I saw only one other ad for Marvel Mystery in this issue and it is a small one.

[Grottu]

On 7/13/2023 at 10:53 AM, Robot Man said:

My wife found that for me.

We were at a flea market and as always, she was way in front of me. As I walked up the isle she was waving it at me. Couldn’t believe my eyes. She had no idea what it was but knows what I like.

It was just laying on the table all by it’s self. I quickly paid his full asking price and walked away on air. She’s a keeper! 

Hah, you should hang on to her! I got mine through a somewhat lucky break. Was scrolling thru some of my "saved search" results on eBay one night, and saw it had only been listed for auction, with a low starting bid, less than an hour. BUT it also had a "make offer" option (I'll never understand why you'd do that if you're auctioning something, but whatever). Anyway, I made an offer, and to my astonishment it was auto-accepted and payment went thru immediately. Moral of the story: always make an offer!

[Jack Linguini]

On 6/29/2023 at 1:57 PM, Primetime said:

Schomburg cover - Sept, 1953. 

Boy those Martians got a sweet deal on those silky ladies.

[Primetime]

Continuing my young journey into pulps with my favorite Timely artist, Alex Schomburg. 
 

Startling Stories (Sept., 1939) - 1st Schomburg Sci-Fi pulp cover 🚀 Pretty corny, cool image of 13, big headed aliens 👽 robbing a graveyard 🪦 There was a cash prize contest asking fans to send in letters explaining the cover (note: the deadline date of Sept 7, 1939 - that would have been the same time period that the NOV printing of Marvel Comics 1 was being printed/released and just after the OCT copies had sold out.)

Here’s a photo of the Startling next to Schomburg’s 1st cover work for Timely - Daring Mystery Comics 1 - which was released a few short months after in late October, 1939. 

[Sarg]

On 7/25/2023 at 2:37 AM, Primetime said:

Continuing my young journey into pulps with my favorite Timely artist, Alex Schomburg. 
 

Startling Stories (Sept., 1939) - 1st Schomburg Sci-Fi pulp cover 🚀 Pretty corny, cool image of 13, big headed aliens 👽 robbing a graveyard 🪦 There was a cash prize contest asking fans to send in letters explaining the cover (note: the deadline date of Sept 7, 1939 - that would have been the same time period that the NOV printing of Marvel Comics 1 was being printed/released and just after the OCT copies had sold out.)

Here’s a photo of the Startling next to Schomburg’s 1st cover work for Timely - Daring Mystery Comics 1 - which was released a few short months after in late October, 1939. 

Would you believe ... GRAVE ROBBERS FROM OUTER SPACE?

 

[Ameri]

These two arrived today. The Argosy is March 1912 and the All-Story Weekly is March 1920 and has part 2 of Tarzan and the Valley of Luna.

[ThothAmon]

[Ameri]

[Primetime]

On 7/28/2023 at 6:35 PM, Ameri said:

Old man Tarzan 

[Ameri]

I was wondering about the mature look. Maybe the artist considered it was 12 years since his first appearance in 1912 so he drew him older. I can't find any other cover like that. They went back to a youthful Tarzan a couple years later in The Blue Book series. This came today. Not a pulp but a cool Paul cover. July 1932. 

[Primetime]

This Goodman pulp arrived today -

Uncanny Stories (April, 1941)   

The interior stories are filled with several Kirby, Simon (1), and Schomburg (2) sketches. Even the box art at the bottom of the Table of Contents page is Kirby. Could this be one of the few/only pulps with Kirby and Schomburg signed interior art? 
@Ameri

I believe the cover is by JW Scott. Such a wild cover and those giant germs look like a host of alien 👾 octopus creatures 🐙🐙🐙

 

[comicjack]

Half pulp half magazine done by August Schomburg brother of Alex even the wife approved of this one.This came from Red Fury at Pulpfest thanks for this one 

Edited August 7, 2023 by comicjack

[Robot Man]

Been trying to find this one for sometime. Just got in this pretty copy.

[OtherEric]

Two books in today.  The Weird Tales is the last one I needed for their serialization of Herbert West: Reanimator, and it also has stories by Leiber, Bloch, and Smith.  The Shadow is one where nobody is terribly interested in the Shadow story itself, since it's one of the Bruce Elliot ones.  But long stories by Cornell Woolrich and John D. MacDonald make this one I'm really looking forward to reading!

[frozentundraguy]

Just in yesterday the August 1935 issue of Wonder Stories. The book has nearly impossible gloss for a nearly 90 year old book, without the flaking and overhang tears that are prevalent among vintage pulp magazines. Also of note is a story by Stanley Weinbaum featuring the pompous genius Professor van Manderpootz and his latest invention. I also read "The Reign of the reptiles" by A. Connell, which is a jarring trip to the remote past where men are the creation of giant reptiles.

 

[Ameri]

some new ones. The Tarzan is Dec 9, 1922 (part 1 of Tarzan and the Golden Lion), the werewolf girl is March 1933 (1st Robert Bloch story), and green troll guy is March 1927 

[Primetime]

Got these in yesterday. I’ve been looking for the Ka-zar (October,1936) all summer and finally found one at Pulp Fest. There is a nice arrival date of “7-29” on the “K” in the logo. 

The Marvel Tales (December,1939) cover is really impactful in hand. Both covers done by JW Scott.
 

Since I’m a Timely fan, it is noted that the MT was released the same month as Marvel Mystery Comics 2 and Daring Mystery Comics 1 - October, 1939. There is a partial date stamp on the “L” of the logo of the MT that reads “OCT 18 AM” 

🦁 🪽 

Edited August 15, 2023 by Primetime

[Jack Linguini]

A recent pickup. I been getting these mostly from @Randall Dowling. But I think this was a local pickup.

A really nice 2 page Earl Norem inkwash illo. I made a combo of the 2 pages :


 

[Jack Linguini]

Another cool. Local pickup. Real detective from August 1941. Nice hand colored photo lithography. This is 9x12"+ :

[Jack Linguini]

Here's some interior pages from Real Detective 1941 :