FoggyNelson Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 On 9/1/2023 at 10:54 PM, lpsunburst said: Nice Ant Man prototype cover‼️👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted September 13, 2023 Share Posted September 13, 2023 (edited) Leo Morey, Amazing Stories v09n04 (1934-08) Edited September 13, 2023 by Darwination pmpknface, OtherEric, Pat Calhoun and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ameri Posted September 21, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2023 crazy stuff Darwination, Turnando, asimovpulps and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primetime Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 On 9/21/2023 at 4:56 PM, Ameri said: crazy stuff I read the AS annuals are tougher to come by… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted September 22, 2023 Share Posted September 22, 2023 On 9/21/2023 at 7:57 PM, Primetime said: I read the AS annuals are tougher to come by… Annual, singular. I don't think it's particularly rarer than the regular issues, but with the Burroughs cover & story it's one of the most in demand issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Were Amazing Stories covers cut better than most other pulps? I was looking at a bunch of copies of the August 1928 Amazing Stories ("the Buck Rogers cover that is not really a Buck Rogers cover") in the Heritage archives and the edges seem to be uniformly pretty clean, with almost none of the overhang and resulting heavily chipped edges that's so common in many other pulp titles. Was there better quality control of the printing process or was there just rampant (and undisclosed) trimming of the book because it's so popular? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 On 3/2/2024 at 2:19 AM, tth2 said: Were Amazing Stories covers cut better than most other pulps? I was looking at a bunch of copies of the August 1928 Amazing Stories ("the Buck Rogers cover that is not really a Buck Rogers cover") in the Heritage archives and the edges seem to be uniformly pretty clean, with almost none of the overhang and resulting heavily chipped edges that's so common in many other pulp titles. Was there better quality control of the printing process or was there just rampant (and undisclosed) trimming of the book because it's so popular? I find they don't have the overhang issue like the others do better cutting i think tth2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 On 3/1/2024 at 11:19 PM, tth2 said: Were Amazing Stories covers cut better than most other pulps? I was looking at a bunch of copies of the August 1928 Amazing Stories ("the Buck Rogers cover that is not really a Buck Rogers cover") in the Heritage archives and the edges seem to be uniformly pretty clean, with almost none of the overhang and resulting heavily chipped edges that's so common in many other pulp titles. Was there better quality control of the printing process or was there just rampant (and undisclosed) trimming of the book because it's so popular? The bedsheet issues of Amazing Stories were all factory trimmed, as far as I know. The very few I have: pmpknface, tth2 and jimjum12 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 On 3/3/2024 at 1:18 AM, OtherEric said: The bedsheet issues of Amazing Stories were all factory trimmed, as far as I know. The very few I have: Thanks, but do you have a scan that shows the edges? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tth2 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 On 3/3/2024 at 1:18 AM, OtherEric said: The bedsheet issues of Amazing Stories were all factory trimmed, as far as I know. Is there a difference between "factory trimmed" and "printed with proper quality control"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 (edited) On 3/2/2024 at 11:15 PM, tth2 said: Is there a difference between "factory trimmed" and "printed with proper quality control"? Actually, from what I was told, the untrimmed pulp is an effort in cost savings so that the price and product could maintain a low cost, cavalier affordability. As a HG enthusiast, you might occasionally find a factory trimmed pulp like Weird Tales or Amazing Stories to meet your standards. Definitely needle in a haystack challenging. Glue waves would be the other restraining factor. GOD BLESS .... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) Edited March 3 by jimjum12 tth2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedFury Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 On 3/2/2024 at 12:18 PM, OtherEric said: The bedsheet issues of Amazing Stories were all factory trimmed, as far as I know. The very few I have: The previous owner knew what was really important about this issue, the first appearance of The Skylark of Space series. jimjum12 and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 On 3/4/2024 at 7:56 AM, RedFury said: The previous owner knew what was really important about this issue, the first appearance of The Skylark of Space series. The thing is, no less an authority than Isaac Asimov identified the book as one of the three times in SF where a new writer appeared and suddenly they were clearly the best SF writer and all the others were trying to catch up. (The other two were Stanley G. Weinbaum and Robert Heinlein.) The first E. E. "Doc" Smith story and classic cover would probably make this one of the top 10 SF pulps even if the Nowlan story wasn't there. Darwination, RedFury, tth2 and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Calhoun Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 (edited) I don't own one (or the Amazing) but I'd far prefer a Aug 1928 WT: re space opera it features the first half of 'Crashing Suns' by Edmond Hamilton, the first story in his 'Interstellar Patrol' series. As the title implies, Hamilton's yarn goes far beyond a little space chase. REH too (Solomon Kane!), and the first sale for a young Tennessee Williams... Edited March 4 by Pat Calhoun Darwination and OtherEric 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RedFury Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 On 3/4/2024 at 2:21 PM, Pat Calhoun said: I don't own one (or the Amazing) but I'd far prefer a Aug 1928 WT: re space opera it features the first half of 'Crashing Suns' by Edmond Hamilton, the first story in his 'Interstellar Patrol' series. As the title implies, Hamilton's yarn goes far beyond a little space chase. REH too (Solomon Kane!), and the first sale for a young Tennessee Williams... It's funny how hugely important sci-fi works are overshadowed by other things in both those issues. I have copy of the Aug 1928 Weird Tales signed by Tennessee Williams. OtherEric, Darwination, Pat Calhoun and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted March 4 Popular Post Share Posted March 4 1928 was clearly a stunning year in pop culture. Just those two August issues are huge, and that’s before we add Cthulhu, Tigger, and Mickey Mouse PopKulture, tth2, Darwination and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 On 3/4/2024 at 1:41 PM, RedFury said: It's funny how hugely important sci-fi works are overshadowed by other things in both those issues. I have copy of the Aug 1928 Weird Tales signed by Tennessee Williams. Incredible. Thanks for the pics of this. RedFury and jimjum12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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comicjack Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 On 4/3/2024 at 11:34 AM, Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ said: Just in. Very underrated cover i love it also Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjum12 Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 Muti post alert. GOD BLESS ... -jimbo(a friend of jesus) OtherEric, johnenock and pmpknface 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
