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The WEIRD TALES Thread: Collecting The Unique Magazine
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On 7/11/2020 at 8:40 AM, RedFury said:

Weird Tales, Sep 1934

One of the 9 Conan story covers.  I think this is one of Brundage's best.  I just love the composition and bright colors, and especially the black, draping cloak.  :cloud9:

"The People of the Black Circle"

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One of my favourite covers as well, wish I had a copy that nice.

Does anyone know anything about the apparent variant? I've seen two versions of this, one with a red "ink stain" on the bottom left, and the more common one without. The first time I saw it I thought it was literally just an ink stain, but I've now seen a few others and it almost looks intentional (or not..?)

With "stain":

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/c0oAAOSwhSdg8vyV/s-l1600.jpg

https://comics.ha.com/itm/pulps/weird-tales-september-1934-popular-fiction-condition-fn/p/7248-24001.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

https://comics.ha.com/itm/pulps/weird-tales-robert-e-howard-the-people-of-the-black-circle-group-popular-fiction-1934-condition-average-fn-total-3-items-/a/7084-93474.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

https://comics.ha.com/itm/pulps/weird-tales-the-people-of-the-black-circle-group-of-3-popular-fiction-1934-total-3-comic-books-/a/7166-93217.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

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Got my first 2 weird tales!  I've wanted a Brundage cover and an early conan for a while, and with the grading coming down the road figured I should finally pull the trigger. 

Got these froma heritage auction, and probably paid a bit higher than I would on other platforms.  Honestly, I'm a little disappointed.  The March 33 issue was listed as VG+.  It is in decent shape, but had a severely rusty stable that was not disclosed.  I'm pretty lax when it comes to condition I like to think, but I hate rusty staples.  Even without the rusty staple, I think vg+ is a bit generous based on a lot of warping and impacts to the cover. 

The November 33 copy was listed as vg/fn.   It looks great, but at some point it was folded, so there you have to squeeze it a bit to straighten it to be able to open and read it.  

Happy to finally have some weird tales, but a bit disappointed with the rusty staples and folded book.  Figured buying from HA would be a good experience, but I'm a little on the fence.  Especially with the rusty staples.  20210909_231509.thumb.jpg.111f0bec202aeb08b6397fc2c8105d84.jpg20210909_232551.thumb.jpg.3c8d5733e11567e448c086e8fa3be11d.jpg20210909_231443.thumb.jpg.b87afc5d026b7195abce4bb9a7022c67.jpgBuying pulps is tricky :/

 

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