Marvel Science Stories #1 1938 1st Marvel Red Circle Timely Comics Avengers FN+ For Sale

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Marvel Science Stories #1 1938 1st Marvel Red Circle Timely Comics Avengers FN+:
$17500.00

Marvel Science Stories #1 1938

1st App The "Marvel" Name

Red Circle Timely Comics

1st Use of "Avengers" Name

HISTORIC KEY ISSUE!!!

VERY RARE!!!

MARVEL SCIENCE STORIES #1

SPRING 1938

RED CIRCLE

(TIMELY/MARVEL COMICS)

1st APPEARANCE

THE MARVEL NAME & LOGO

1st USE OF AVENGERS

AVENGERS OF SPACE

NORMAN SAUNDERS COVER

FRANK R. PAUL ART

(COVER ARTIST FOR MARVEL COMICS #1)

PRE-DATES MARVEL COMICS #1

WHICH WAS PUBLISHED OCT 1939

FEATURED:This is publisher Martin Goodman's 1st use of the Marvel name pre-dating Marvel Comics #1 (Oct 1939) and the 1st use of Avengers. The cover story is the "Avengers of Space".

COVER STORY: "Avengers of Space" - By Henry Kuttner

The strangest destiny ever encountered by man awaited Terry Shawn and his Eagle crew - for theirs was the bizarre job of raging through the void to avenge Earth's destruction by spaceships of another planet!

COVER ART: Norman Saunders Painting

INTERIOR ART/ILLUSTRATIONS:Three interior illustrations by Frank R. Paul (whose painting for the cover of Marvel Comics #1 featured the Human Torch).

PUBLISHED BY:Postal Publications, Chicago, Il - Red Circle Magazine Group - NY (Martin Goodman/Timely/Atlas/Marvel) 1005 RKO Building, Radio City, New York

DATE: Spring 1938

COA:Yes

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:

Extremely rare! Mega key issue! Martin Goodman published Marvel Science Stories in 1938 prior to Marvel Comics #1. It was the 1st use of the Marvel name as we know it today and 1st use of the name Avengers. This issue will no doubt increase in value very rapidly once the history and significance of Marvel Science Stories #1 becomes well known.

After the publication of Marvel Science Stories #1, the publisher made reference to the "New Marvel" indicating a new beginning and focus on science fiction under the "Marvel" name. The "Marvel" logo used on Marvel Science Stories became the logo used on the first "Marvel" comic book, Marvel Mystery Comics the following year!

The introduction of the Timely-Marvel comic book line fulfilled the promise made in the editors response article published after the release of Marvel Science Stories #1:

A quote from the promotional article published after the release of MARVEL SCIENCE STORIES #1:

"So- Now the editors of MARVEL know what the majority of you prefer in science fiction, and they are going to give it to you henceforward in quantity. YOU are an associate editor of MARVEL as it is today--YOU helped edit the current issue of MARVEL...

HISTORY:Marvel Science Stories was an American pulp magazine that ran for a total of fifteen issues in two separate runs, both edited by Robert O. Erisman. The publisher for the first run was Postal Publications, and the second run was published by Western Publishing; both companies were owned by Abraham and Martin Goodman.

There were nine issues in the first sequence, in one volume of six numbers and a second volume of three numbers. All issues in the first run were in pulp format and were priced at 15 cents. The first four issues were 128 pages; the next five were 112 pages. The title was Marvel Science Stories for five issues, then Marvel Tales for two issues, and then Marvel Stories for the last two issues of the first run. The publisher for the first series was listed as Postal Publications of Chicago for the first four issues, and as Western Publishing of New York and Chicago; in both cases the owner was Martin and Abraham Goodman. The intended schedule was bimonthly but this was never achieved. The second incarnation of the magazine lasted for six issues on a more regular quarterly schedule, starting in November 1950. The price was 25 cents and the page count was 128 pages for all six issues; the first two issues and last issue of this sequence were in pulp format, and the three from May 1951 to November 1951 were in digest format. The title returned to Marvel Science Stories for the first three issues of this series, and changed to Marvel Science Fiction for the last three issues. The publisher was listed as Stadium Publishing of New York; as with the first series, Martin and Abraham Goodman were the owners.

Contributors to the first run included Henry Kuttner, Arthur J. Burks and Jack Williamson; the second run published stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Jack Vance, and L. Sprague de Camp, among others.

Martin Goodman (born Moe Goodman; January 18, 1908 ? June 6, 1992)was an American publisher of pulp magazines, paperback books, men's adventure magazines, and comic books, launching the company that would become Marvel Comics.

Red Circle - Goodman, whose business strategy involved using several corporate names for various publishing ventures, sometimes attempted branding his line with the logo "Red Circle," which comics historian Les Daniels calls "a halfhearted attempt to establish an identity for what was usually described loosely as 'the Goodman group' ... a red disk surrounded by a black ring that bore the phrase 'A Red Circle Magazine.' But it appeared only intermittently, when someone remembered to put it on a pulp magazine or comic book cover. Historian Jess Nevins, conversely, writes that, "Timely Publications [was how] Goodman's group [of companies] had become known; before this, it was known as 'Red Circle' because of the logo that Goodman had put on his pulp magazines. ... " The Grand Comics Database identifies 21 Goodman comic books from 1944 to 1959 with Red Circle, Inc. branding, and one 1948 comic under Red Circle Magazines Corp.

Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber December 28, 1922 ? November 12, 2018) was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer.

Lee, formally hired by Timely editor Joe Simon became an assistant in 1939 at the new Timely Comics division of pulp magazine and comic-book publisher Martin Goodman's company. Timely, by the 1960s, would evolve into Marvel Comics.

His duties were prosaic at first. "In those days [the artists] dipped the pen in ink, [so] I had to make sure the inkwells were filled", Lee recalled in 2009. "I went down and got them their lunch, I did proofreading, I erased the pencils from the finished pages for them". Marshaling his childhood ambition to be a writer, young Stanley Lieber made his comic-book debut with the text filler "Captain America Foils the Traitor's Revenge" in Captain America Comics #3 (cover-dated May 1941), using the pseudonym Stan Lee (a play on his first name, "Stanley"), which years later he would adopt as his legal name. Lee later explained in his autobiography and numerous other sources that because of the low social status of comic books, he was so embarrassed that he used a pen name so that nobody would associate his real name with comics when he some day wrote the Great American Novel. This initial story also introduced Captain America's trademark ricocheting shield-toss.

When Simon and his creative partner Jack Kirby left late in 1941, following a dispute with Goodman, the 30 year old publisher installed Lee, just under 19 years old as interim editor. The youngster showed a knack for the business that led him to remain as the comic-book division's editor-in-chief, as well as art director for much of that time, until 1972, when he would succeed Goodman as publisher.

He rose through the ranks of a family-run business to become Marvel Comics' primary creative leader for decades, leading its expansion from a small division of a publishing house to a multimedia corporation that dominated the comics industry.

In collaboration with others at Marvel, particularly co-writer/artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko?he co-created numerous popular fictional characters, including superheroes Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Ant-Man, the Wasp, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Scarlet Witch, the Black Widow and Captain Marvel.

CONDITION: Approximately FN+

Extremely nice! Nice Glossy Covers! Bright colors! Has a light reading crease along left side common among pulp magazines. Spine complete. light edge wear, no tape, no restoration. Very clean back cover. This pulp is in original untrimmed condition. Any photo glare or shadow is due to the high gloss reflection & camera flash. See Photos, Pulp Magazine Grading Chart below.

SECURE PROTECTED SHIPPING: In a Mylar sleeve with over sized thick cardboard.

COMBINED SHIPPING: We combine shipping on multiple sales to help you save on postage. Please contact us for shipping costs.

BOOKERY'S PULP MAGAZINE GRADING GUIDE:

VERY FINE (Highest Grade for Pulp Magazines)

The highest grade used to describe pulp or pulp-related publication condition. A "Very Fine" is in the same condition as the day it arrived at the newsstand, regardless of the issue's age. The only allowable flaws would be a few very small tears on the overhang of the covers but the tears can not go beyond the overhang. There should be no tears if the pulp was originally published with trimmed covers. Pages must be as white as when the issue was published.

FINE

A fine copy may not be newsstand fresh but it should be close. The spine should be near 100% with only the most minor of edge flakes allowed. The book should have nearly all of it's original cover brightness, and the pulp overhang should display only those tiny tears or bends as would likely have occurred the day it was placed on the news rack. One or two very small tears may be present, or a small (less than a half inch) corner crease or two. No tape or edge trimming permitted. Pages may not be their original white but should be creamy or only slightly yellowed.

VERY GOOD

Covers should be reasonably bright. Pages may be lightly tanned, yellow or off white but should be mostly supple with only a hint of edge flaking here and there. Tape may be present but in small amounts, such as the spine corners or a small interior tear. The cover may be slightly separated from the spine edges, but should not exceed an inch or two, and the overall book must be solid. A vertical reading crease near the spine is common, as are small corner creases. The overhang may be chipped or have tears but should still be present. The spine should be well over 50% intact. No pages can be missing. Although a very good pulp may have one or more of the above defects, this does not mean it should have an abundance of them, or should have an accumulation of defects as to mar the pulps general attractiveness. In particular, the main body of the cover should not be damaged so as to detract from the art.

GOOD

Typical used but not abused pulp. A number of cover creases and/or reading stress lines. Pages may be tanned but should have only minor flaking. Spine lettering may be flaked or chipped but the spine should not be completely damaged or missing. A taped spine or taped interior pages are not uncommon, as long as the tape is unobtrusive and any glue repairs have not seriously damaged the book. The overhang may be heavily chipped or trimmed altogether.

FAIR

Generally considered below collectable grade unless rare or in high demand. A "fair" copy may be missing a back cover or a title or an advertising page but all story pages must be intact. Outer pulp edges may be brittle in places, but the overall pages must be solid enough to turn without undue risk of tearing or breaking apart. Pages might be especially darkened, or exhibit damp-staining. Numerous cover stress lines or tears, heavy chipping or trimming may be present.

POOR

An incomplete copy, coverless or missing pages, or brittle or otherwise dammed beyond reasonable readability.

THANKS FOR LOOKING

COME BACK SOON

MORE AWESOME TREASURES

ARE ADDED WEEKLY!!!

WHEN sale/LISTING ENDS: Payment should be made after sale close or after a purchase from our store. Please let us know if you are offerding on multiple items or purchasing multiple items from our store for a combined invoice so we can put you on our exclusion list. This will exclude you from 's automatic non-payment cancellations.

Buyers now have more payment options (credit, debit, and gift cards; Apple Pay; Google Pay; PayPal and PayPal Credit). No separate PayPal account required.

We ship worldwide!

INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING: Worldwide - contact us for rates.

INTERNATIONAL BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to offerding or buying.

ALSO: It's illegal to falsify customs declarations or mark an item as a "gift" in order to avoid customs fees. If a buyer asks us to commit customs fraud, we will report it to .

We take great care in the value of your investments!

We spend extra time packing protectively and spend extra money on packing supplies. We also hand deliver your package to the post office and we wait in line to make sure they scan it for tracking. We maintain high standards on every level.

PACKING METHODS: All flat paper items are sent in poly sleeves with over sized backing boards to protect against postal damage. Fragile and larger items are bubble wrapped and sent in sturdy boxes with peanuts.

HANDLING TIME: TEN * 10* BUSINESS DAYS: Payments must clear first and then items will be properly packed and shipped.

We have extended our official handling time to compensate for USPS and other shipping company delays.

Orders will often be sent sooner than our official handling time.

We do ship every week.

Please contact us with any special shipping requests and we will do our best to accommodate you.

CONDITION: Grading conditions are subjective. Be your own judge when deciding the condition of items vintage or new. Ask questions concerning the item before offerding/purchasing.

ALL ITEMS: Are from a smoke fee environment.

ALL ITEMS: Sold as is - No Returns.

SALES TAX: All purchases subject to sales tax. collects all sales taxes.

response: Please leave kind positive response so we can do the same in return.

PER POLICY: We reserve the right to block unethical buyers and buyers!

We have a layaway program for our customers to make time payments on high value item(s). Contact us and let us know what item or items you are interested in. We will work with you to provide you a time payment schedule that works for your budget.

Marvel Science Stories Vol. 3 #2, February 1951 Sci-Fi Pulp Magazine

$100.00

Marvel Science Fiction Digest Vol. 3 #6 GD/VG 3.0 1952

$210.00

Marvel Science Fiction Vol.3 #4 VG/FN (Aug 1951) Van Vogt, Latham, Ley | Digest

$48.43