*Pulp Fiction: We add six issues of the British version of Super Science Stories to our Pulp Fiction category this week. The original American series was published from 1940 to 1943 and from 1949 to 1951. The British issues are abridged versions of US issues from both the first and second series. The titles corresponded to the titles on the US magazine from which the stories were taken, so all were titled Super Science Stories except for the April 1953 issue, which was titled Super Science Novels Magazine. There were two British series, the first unnumbered from 1949-1950 and the second, numbered, from 1950-1953; all issues here are from the second. Despite not being one of the most famous of US Pulps, it did feature many famous writers, as shown in these examples, where Kuttner, Anderson, Asimov, Cummings and many others are included. Some great traditional pulp covers are also in evidence, with much art by Virgil Finlay. More details can be found in our catalogue.
PICTURED: SUPER SCIENCE STORIES (ALL UK VERSIONS)
SEPTEMBER 1950 #1 VG £15
APRIL 1951 #3 VG £12
JUNE 1952 #8 GD/VG £10
JULY 1952 #9 VG £12
NOVEMBER 1952 #11 VG £12
APRIL 1953 #13 VG £12