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[RedFury]

7 hours ago, Pat Calhoun said:

'The Citadel of Darkness' is a masterpiece sword-and-sorcery novelette.

Added to my "to read" list!  Thanks Pat.

[RedFury]

So I just read Hodgson's The House on the Borderland for the first time (another new Arkham House acquisition).  Holy cr@p, this is a great story!  How did I not know how good this was?  How was a cosmic story of this magnitude written more than 100 years ago?  Wow!

[Pat Calhoun]

'Holy cr@p, this is a great story!' +2 = me & HP

Edited September 27, 2018 by Pat Calhoun

[OtherEric]

A trio of Weird Tales in today.  First up, July 1934.  Brundage cover, and "Through the Gates of the Silver Key" by H. P. Lovecraft and E. Hoffmann Price.  I've wanted to get at least one of the Randolph Carter stories into my collection for a while now; so super happy to get this one.

[OtherEric]

Second is the May 1937 issue.  Brundage again, and "The Horror in the Burying Ground" by Hazel Heald & H. P. Lovecraft, first publication.

[OtherEric]

And, finally, the June-July 1939 issue.  This one is just full of good stuff; including both a poem and part two of "Almuric" by Robert E. Howard; a poem and two stories by Lovecraft; and an amazing Finlay cover.

[RedFury]

1 hour ago, OtherEric said:

And, finally, the June-July 1939 issue.  This one is just full of good stuff; including both a poem and part two of "Almuric" by Robert E. Howard; a poem and two stories by Lovecraft; and an amazing Finlay cover.

Nice!  That's one I'm missing.  A 160-pager.
In March 1939, Weird Tales switched from a 128 to 160 page format.   The experiment only lasted 5 issues, and they skipped a month in there too, maybe because they couldn't fill the issue.

Edited September 29, 2018 by RedFury

[OtherEric]

52 minutes ago, RedFury said:

Nice!  That's one I'm missing.  A 160-pager.
In March 1939, Weird Tales switched from a 128 to 160 page format.   The experiment only lasted 5 issues, and they skipped a month in there too, maybe because they couldn't fill the issue.

This was  the last of the 1939 160 pagers I needed.  It actually ran 6 issues, starting in February.  They dropped the price when they dropped the page count from 25 to 15 cents.

[RedFury]

Oh, yeah, I forgot that one because I'm missing it too, haha.  Here's the 4 160-pagers I do have:

[Inaflash]

On 9/26/2018 at 7:41 PM, RedFury said:

So I just read Hodgson's The House on the Borderland for the first time (another new Arkham House acquisition).  Holy cr@p, this is a great story!  How did I not know how good this was?  How was a cosmic story of this magnitude written more than 100 years ago?  Wow!

Yeah, my dad told me about the book many years ago. Read it and loved it. Nice looking dust jacket.

Ken

[lpsunburst]

While at the Baltimore Comic Con this weekend I picked up these from Bedrock and Flying Donut, thanks guys!

[RedFury]

Finally found a nice copy of Ka-Zar #1 from 1936.  It's a pretty tough book, especially in grade.  This one fills a big hole in my collection!

[OtherEric]

3 hours ago, RedFury said:

Finally found a nice copy of Ka-Zar #1 from 1936.  It's a pretty tough book, especially in grade.  This one fills a big hole in my collection!

Slightly annoyed the boards will only let me “like” this once, it deserves more!

[RedFury]

Amazing Detective Tales, complete 5 issue run, Jun-Oct 1930.  Has there ever been a better assortment of covers on a small run like this?  Art for the June, July, and September issues by John Ruger, August by Earle Bergey, and October by Howard V. Brown.

[OtherEric]

On 10/4/2018 at 6:41 AM, RedFury said:

Amazing Detective Tales, complete 5 issue run, Jun-Oct 1930.  Has there ever been a better assortment of covers on a small run like this?  Art for the June, July, and September issues by John Ruger, August by Earle Bergey, and October by Howard V. Brown.

Never seen any of those before, you're right when you say it's an impressive set of covers for a short run like that.

Is this a bedsheet?  I'm guessing since it's from Gernsback in 1930; but that's just a guess.

[RedFury]

4 hours ago, OtherEric said:

Never seen any of those before, you're right when you say it's an impressive set of covers for a short run like that.

Is this a bedsheet?  I'm guessing since it's from Gernsback in 1930; but that's just a guess.

Yep, all are bedsheet sized, and they're the larger sized ones that Gernsback did in this era (the bedsheets got slightly bigger in 1928 or so, the earlier 1926-27 ones are a little smaller).

[htp]

On 10/4/2018 at 6:41 AM, RedFury said:

Amazing Detective Tales, complete 5 issue run, Jun-Oct 1930.  Has there ever been a better assortment of covers on a small run like this?  Art for the June, July, and September issues by John Ruger, August by Earle Bergey, and October by Howard V. Brown.

What a nice set, really don't see too many of these.

I've been looking for the October issue myself. Any other CAS fans here?

[RedFury]

28 minutes ago, htp said:

What a nice set, really don't see too many of these.

I've been looking for the October issue myself. Any other CAS fans here?

Thanks!

I haven't gotten around to reading any CA Smith yet.  Any suggestions?

[htp]

16 minutes ago, RedFury said:

Thanks!

I haven't gotten around to reading any CA Smith yet.  Any suggestions?

I have to admit to being pretty ignorant about his Weird Tales contributions. I just don't have enough of those. I do have most/all of his Wonder Stories though. Of the top of my head, I'd suggest (all in Wonder)

The Eternal World - March 1932

Master of the Asteroid - October 1932

Dweller in the Martian Depths - March 1933

The City of the Singing Flame - July 1931 (and the sequel Beyond the Singing Flame - November 1931)

The Light from Beyond - April 1933

They're all pretty short reads, so not a big investment if anything. Some of those from my collection (in need of upgrades...):

They all have nice interior illustrations too.

[Pat Calhoun]

So many great CAS yarns: 'The Ice Demon', 'The Enchantress of Sylaire'...he is also a superb artist, sculptor, and poet - the best of the WT poets. (art on verse is his too)