Comics, Pulps, and Paperbacks: Why such a discrepancy in values? 25 25

[Surfing Alien]

On 9/17/2023 at 10:08 AM, Darwination said:

I swear this was also used as a pulp cover. It's just *killing* me I can't figure out which.

A very ineffective approach towards strangulation, by the way, but one that lends to an energetic expression -

There's a fair likelihood that this was a re-use by the editors. Goodman was as cheap if not cheaper than most publishers and it was common practice.

Although many of the pre-Atlas digests have what are obviously original compositions by Cardwell Higgins and the like, this one is kind of unique in having only one subject. The signature right next to the head would be unusual in a cutout unless this was cut out of a larger painting that just happened to have the head in a corner somewhere with the signature next to the head. 

Time may tell if enough folks have an eye out for it.

[mrwoogieman]

No pulps worth buying at the local flea last week, but I found these!

 

 

[Robot Man]

Some Dope PBs from the boxes…

[Darwination]

It Ain't Hay LMAO, never seen that before.

I may have to chase down the Woolrich PB.  So good.  A bit of slang, you get "green" when you've had a bit too much - lightweights! - (or rather imbibe after a night drinking, compounding effects).  A nice representation here.

 

Edited September 18, 2023 by Darwination

[Surfing Alien]

On 9/18/2023 at 10:35 AM, Robot Man said:

Some Dope PBs from the boxes…

Great books. My favorite genre   I have 5 of the 7 but have never seen "The Hollow Needle". Just shows you that no matter how many vintage pb's you look at, there's always something new

[Robot Man]

I’ve had these a long time. Probably never paid more than 10 bucks each. I rarely seen them anymore but pick them up if I do (usually for a lot more now)…

[OtherEric]

In today.  I'm over 2/3 of the way to the complete run, but I've got a lot of the hardest books still to go.

[jimjum12]

Not sure if any of you is looking, but Dale has a copy of the "Reform School Girl" paperback for sale on his website.

REFORM SCHOOL GIRL

 

GOD BLESS...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[Darwination]

On 9/19/2023 at 5:19 PM, Ryan. said:

 

On 9/19/2023 at 5:19 PM, Ryan. said:

 

On 9/17/2023 at 7:13 AM, Surfing Alien said:

Most of my surfing time yesterday got took up with my $10 sale thread but I was delighted to find that the postman dropped this in the box. 

I've been looking for a high grade copy of this pre-Atlas digest since finding (and posting here) a good copy a couple of years ago. A rare book. It speaks (screams? chokes?) for itself but I think it's one of Saunders sickest covers. Color strike & gloss is... er.. killer 

 

Grabbed the first image there from the latest post in the L.B. Cole thread.

I am a huge Cole fan, but damn, something has gone wrong here, and I'm not talking about the swipe

 

Edited September 19, 2023 by Darwination

[Ryan.]

On 9/19/2023 at 7:38 PM, Darwination said:

 

 

Grabbed the first image there from the latest post in the L.B. Cole thread.

I am a huge Cole fan, but damn, something has gone wrong here, and I'm not talking about the swipe

 

Woah!

[Surfing Alien]

On 9/19/2023 at 7:38 PM, Darwination said:

something has gone wrong here,

His tiny hands?

Cole swiped quite a bit. I'm sure by 1957 he didn't give a poop

Here's a late 40's swipe

1948 Signet (uncredited maybe Tony Varady)

 

1949 Croydon Cole

 

[Darwination]

It's the attacker's lop-sided eyes in that Pursued I noticed, but, damn, those are some tiny hands

That's the second issue of Pursued (a very bad digest name), and the first issue straight up reprints a Manhunt cover (albeit a good one, 1953-04)

excuse the small and crappy image, not mine, from Phil's index:

even the title is chintzy, barely different from Pursuit, a Star title that ran longer and switched over to the alternating bi monthly title switch with Hunted for a bit (Sep-1953 – Nov-1956).  I apparently don't hold a single issue of this magazine.

Check out the cover index if my description of the publication history makes no sense

http://www.philsp.com/mags/pursuit.html

There's actually a number of covers I like in there.

A sample issue (n18 1956-11) scanned by Gorgon here includes a story from August Derleth:

https://www.mediafire.com/file_premium/tjmrtdo2y7s71v9/Pursuit_Detective_Story_Magazine_n18_%281956-11.Star_Editions%29%28Gorgon776%29%28c2c%29.cbr/file

 

Edited September 20, 2023 by Darwination

[Surfing Alien]

I like all those mid 50's crime digests and grab 'em when I can.

[Darwination]

Yeah, I'd think these would be big with the paperback crowd just because of the similarity in styles with the gritty noir feel.

Looking around, it might be hard to put a complete run together of these lower tier digests - I really don't know how many copies got printed/kept.  You can easily do it for Manhunt, but it's legendary.

There's a handful of the covers I like (including yours here), but this is my fave (unfortunately another small image)

Edited September 20, 2023 by Darwination

[Darwination]

[Robot Man]

[Surfing Alien]

Is it "BB" time?

[BitterOldMan]

On 9/4/2023 at 7:38 AM, Surfing Alien said:

This is where the Warren Guide still comes in so handy, all Frazetta except "Triumphant". Later in 1963 they moved all the Tarzan books over to Ballantine, with pretty uninspired covers imho:

F-169 Tarzan and the Lost Empire
F-180 Tarzan at the Earth's Core
F-189 Tarzan the Invincible
F-193  The Son of Tarzan
F-194 Tarzan Triumphant  - Krenkel
F-203 The Beasts of Tarzan
F-204 Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar
F-205 Tarzan and the City of Gold
F-206 Jungle Tales of Tarzan
F-212 Tarzan and the Lion Man

 

You correctly listed all the Tarzan Frazetta covers. 

I forgot that I had this book.  Have so many books, did kind of remembered that I got a copy.

Edited September 21, 2023 by BitterOldMan

[Surfing Alien]

Got my books in from the @catrick339 $10 sale. Rick shipped quick and packed like a brick

Although I only got two, a Bergey hand of God cover and a John Drew cowgirl with a gun is a pretty damn nice haul  

 

[Darwination]

I'm a huge fan of Ranch Romances, a favorite pulp.  I don't know where it fits on the list of best selling pulps of all time, but I'd guess at least in the top 10 if not top 5.  It had great covers, neat features, and solid fiction that appealed to every member of the household and ran forever.  I don't have very many of them, but I check it out any time a new one gets scanned.

This Gold Medal pb turned up in my eBay emails today (in some random spot).  It's over in England so I'm not messing with the shipping, but I do like the design (via Flickr), Harry Bennett