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[Darwination]

Manhunt v02n01 1954-01 $25    NOW $15

A cactus, palm trees in the background and domestic violence, oh, Manhunt.  Cover credited to "Michael" Michael who?

VG.  The ish presents well with square cover and full spine, but there are a couple of long vertical creases at the right side. Some sort of color touch in the M of the title (white-out?)

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[OtherEric]

Looking ahead a little, are you going to have any of the issues with John D. MacDonald stories coming up?

[Darwination]

I don't think so, Eric.  I probably only have a handful more I'm listing along with maybe another odd digest or few, and I didn't notice any JDM.

[Bookery]

On 4/27/2024 at 6:28 PM, OtherEric said:

@Bookery Do you have any idea what's up with the alternate 1st page illustration on the Manhunt #1, Kubert rather than Baker?

Nope.  This is the first I'm hearing of it.

[Comcav]

looks like these are the 3 Baker issues you have left?  I'll take them all.

Manhunt v01n02, February 1953. $35

Manhunt v01n03 March 1953 $50

Manhunt v01n04 April 1953 $50

[Darwination]

Thanks, Comcav.  Good takes, the Baker splashes in these issues are incredible as is early Manhunt in general.

I'm knee deep in chores at the moment but hope to get back and round out this thread with another four or five items a bit later.

[Darwination]

Alrighty, here we go.  I somehow got into some painting today besides the lawn amongst other *buying* distractions, heh heh, but back to it.  Four issues and a freebie left, and I'll cap the thread, all Manhunts.

Manhunt v01 n09 1953-09 $12             SOLD TO OtherEric

Good Minus.  This one's a beater but a perfectly suitable reading copy of an excellent ish.  Jeans and white T attacker being fended off via broken bottle by a barefoot blonde with with her blouse coming apart. Artist unknown - it kills me we don't have more solid IDs on some of these early Manhunts, maybe I'll get better at it with more time in the paperbacks. Edge chipping, creases, staining, grubby like the grubby little magazine it is.  Supple square pages inside but some browning and a corner stain through the first 15 pages or so.  Glue at spine but solid with good hinges.

 

Spoiler

 

Fictionwise, this is a strong issue.  Erskine Caldwell (underappreciated these days), Ray Bradbury, Evan Hunter, Fletcher Flora and more.

Brown, olive, blue, and green accent inks,

Just caught the sig here, this is a Don Rico woodcut illustrating Ray Bradbury.  Rico had a long career in the comics, studied woodcuts under Lynd Ward, and later became a writer of sleaze and SF paperbacks.  He has a second unsigned woodcut in here, too.

Tom O'Sullivan in blue, there's also art from Ray Houlihan, and I suspect a couple of unsigned Joe Kuberts.

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[OtherEric]

On 4/28/2024 at 6:34 PM, Darwination said:

Alrighty, here we go.  I somehow got into some painting today besides the lawn amongst other *buying* distractions, heh heh, but back to it.  Four issues and a freebie left, and I'll cap the thread, all Manhunts.

Manhunt v01 n09 1953-09 $12

Good Minus.  This one's a beater but a perfectly suitable reading copy of an excellent ish.  Jeans and white T attacker being fended off via broken bottle by abarefoot blonde with a  with her blouse coming apart. Artist unknown - it kills me we don't have more solid IDs on some of these early Manhunts, maybe I'll get better at it with more time in the paperbacks. Edge chipping, creases, staining, grubby like the grubby little magazine it is.  Supple square pages inside but some browning and a corner stain through the first 15 pages or so.  Glue at spine but solid with good hinges.

Fictionwise, this is a strong issue.  Erskine Caldwell (underappreciated these days), Ray Bradbury, Evan Hunter, Fletcher Flora and more.

Brown, olive, blue, and green accent inks,

Just caught the sig here, this is a Don Rico woodcut illustrating Ray Bradbury.  Rico had a long career in the comics, studied woodcuts under Lynd Ward, and later became a writer of sleaze and SF paperbacks.  He has a second unsigned woodcut in here, too.

Tom O'Sullivan in blue, there's also art from Ray Houlihan, and I suspect a couple of unsigned Joe Kuberts.

[Darwination]

Manhunt v04n11 1956-09 $16             SOLD TO JustJimN

VG+ Nice Gloss and color, cover by Tom O' Sullvan in a very neat style of another poor girl being manhandled.  Crease botton right corner, faint horizontal crease that doesn't break color, a ding in the shoulder of the assailant, spine split bottom inch front cover.  Nice square and supple pages inside with some browning.

 

Spoiler

 

Fiction in this issue from Evan Hunter, Hal Ellson,Norman Struber and more.

Illos from Raymond F. Houlihan, Tom O'Sullivan, Dick Shelton, John Richards, and a couple from Ric Estrada who also did work in the St. John comics.

 

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[Darwination]

Manhunt v04n11 1956-11 $16             SOLD TO JustJimN

Another O'Sullivan cover in a similar style with a creeping dark figure intruding on the colorful scene.  They managed to sneak in a surprising amount of nudity here. (This was before the mag was to face obscenity charges during the shortlived  time the magazine had moved to full-size from digest)

VG.  Nice color and gloss and totally solid but a faint crease at upper right, another crease at lower left, some spine roll.

 

Spoiler

 

Square supple pages inside with some browning.  Gil Brewer, Robert Turner, and other noir authors with art from Tom O' Sullivan, Richard Houlihan, Dick Shelton, Ric Estrada, and more.

Ad on the ibc for Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and Nugget on the back cover

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[Darwination]

Manhunt v09n01 1961-02 $16  NOW $12

A scorching cover on a post 1960 Manhunt.  Later in 1961, they'd go to photo cover killing the vibe (though maybe with their own charms).  Artist unidenfied here, but I think it's fantastic.

G/VG  There's still some gloss and color but some staining and grossness at upper left as well as som spots of color out at lower right.  PQ inside is really good, but there's foxiness on both inner covers and some paper loss on the back cover where there once must have been a sticker.  Solid spine but archival tape at both front and back inner hinge.

Pay rates had started to slip, and the magazine is losing it's lustre fiction-wise, but you'll still find gems in the later issues.

Green, pink, and blue shades of accent ink.  I think all the interior art is Dick Shelton.

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[Darwination]

Last one, Manhunt v01n08 1953-08, FREE to the following take     to JustJimN

 

Spoiler

 

This is a great issue but a pile of pages, no spine or binding.  It's a classic issue, but the pages are brittle so it's not good for anything but a table read or a placeholder.

James Cain, Frederic Brown, Evan Hunter, Fletcher Flora, Frank Kane, more. Illos from Kubert, O'Sullivan, Rus Anderson, and others.

A poor book murdered by brutal hands! To the next taker

That's the last one for this thread.  Not minty books, but good ones, and I managed to dig up a mystery regarding multiple printings of the first book along the way.  I'll leave em up for at least a few days to see if there's any interest and *may* move on to a differently titled thread of pulps in the meantime.  Thanks to the takers and the lookers.

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[JustJimN]

On 4/28/2024 at 6:54 PM, Darwination said:

Manhunt v04n09 1956-09 $16

VG+ Nice Gloss and color, cover by Tom O' Sullvan in a very neat style of another poor girl being manhandled.  Crease botton right corner, faint horizontal crease that doesn't break color, a ding in the shoulder of the assailant, spine split bottom inch front cover.  Nice square and supple pages inside with some browning.

Fiction in this issue from Evan Hunter, Hal Ellson,Norman Struber and more.

Illos from Raymond F. Houlihan, Tom O'Sullivan, Dick Shelton, John Richards, and a couple from Ric Estrada who also did work in the St. John comics.

 

Take.

[JustJimN]

On 4/28/2024 at 7:12 PM, Darwination said:

Manhunt v04n11 1956-11 $16

Another O'Sullivan cover in a similar style with a creeping dark figure intruding on the colorful scene.  They managed to sneak in a surprising amount of nudity here. (This was before the mag was to face obscenity charges during the shortlived  time the magazine had moved to full-size from digest)

VG.  Nice color and gloss and totally solid but a faint crease at upper right, another crease at lower left, some spine roll.

Square supple pages inside with some browning.  Gil Brewer, Robert Turner, and other noir authors with art from Tom O' Sullivan, Richard Houlihan, Dick Shelton, Ric Estrada, and more.

Ad on the ibc for Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and Nugget on the back cover

Take

[Darwination]

Thanks, JustJimN, and August 53 freebie goes to you as well.

[Darwination]

Price drop on the three remaining books, dropped one 40%, one 25%, and one by about 15% (the one I'm happiest to keep ).

I'll leave em up for a couple days then close out

[JustJimN]

On 4/27/2024 at 5:24 PM, Darwination said:

Manhunt v02n09 1954-11 $30    NOW $25

This time the girl is giving the whoopin' instead of taking it. Fear in the man's eye for once, yass. A fave cover in the series.

VG/FN.  Nice gloss and color.  Very faint spine crease. Small crease upper right corner.  Faint L written in cursive in pencil in the yellow title box.  Presents quite nicely. Some waviness but no sign moisture, just a crinkly spine bind.  Tight.  Full spine.  White inner covers, browning but supple pages.

Hal Ellson with the title story,  Various shades of blue, green, and brown accent inks.

Take.

[Darwination]

Thanks, Jim.  I love that cover.  Yours now.

[JustJimN]

On 4/30/2024 at 11:05 AM, Darwination said:

Thanks, Jim.  I love that cover.  Yours now.

[Darwination]

CLOSED!  Thanks to the buyers and lookers, I'll get invoices out this weekend.

Distractions and duties multiply as always, but I hope to do another sales thread in this pulps section for some variety of pulps very soon (prolly SF/Fantasy).

P.S.  If transactions go well, and you are so inclined, I'd appreciate feedback on the Kudos I set up here.  Seeing as how I'm new to the boards in this last year and am making first sales and buys on the boards, a good word would probably help reassure those who don't know me.  Even if I'm all over this place these days

Edited May 4 by Darwination