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Mass Market Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. ----------paperbacks. 4 BOOKS, the entire 4 Dr. Death series issued by Corinth Regency in 1966, reprinting the 1930's pulp magazine. There were only 3 issues of the Dr. Death pulp magazine, published in 1935. The first 3 books of this offering reprint the lead novels from the 3 magazines, while the 4th book reprints the various short stories which were also included in the magazines. Comments on each book follow (my highest rating is near fine, as no used book is perfect). # 1 has a faint reading crease, a tiny corner crease, a trace of edgewear, and is VG+ to near fine. # 2 has only modest marks and is near fine. # 3 has a faint reading crease and is near fine. The scarce # 4 has a reading crease, edgewear, a little browning to the page edges, a price stamp to the top pages edge, and is VG to VG+. An attractive series, uniform in appearance, with Robert Bonfils front cover art. Robert Bonfils (front covers) (illustratore).…

First Edition. Quarto (25.25cm); original pictorial wrappers; 128pp; illus. Light wear, a few tiny tears and creases to the untrimmed edges, some trivial dust-soil to rear panel, with text lightly tanned though still supple; a bright, Near Fine example.Debut issue of this short lived single-character pulp magazine, which evolved from a super villain character in Dell's All Detective Magazine. "The new magazine featured an entirely different Doctor Death from the villain in All Detective. Dr. Rance Mandarin was a mad scientist who felt that the material benefits of civilization were destroying mankind. Mandarin was a master of supernatural powers and worked to destroy civilization and send mankind back into a new Stone Age. Doctor Death used black magic, zombies, fire elementals, Egyptian magic and more to battle the forces of law and order. His nemesis was James Holm, a criminologist with a good grasp of magic; John Ricks, Police Chief of New York, a typical pulp stereotype of the hard-boiled old-fashioned inspector, and Mandarin's assistant, Nina Ferarra" (Tymn & Ashley, p.186). The magazine ran for just three issues a creative blend of crime and the supernatural. An uncommonly well-preserved copy. 8958.…