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Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	10	9.9	9.8	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.0	0.5
1. Horror Stories 1 (January 1935, Popular) John Newton Howitt cover Amos Sewell art	Universal	8	4.44													1	1	1	2		2	1
2. Horror Stories 2 (February 1935, Popular) Cover by Rudolph W. Zirm Ray Cummings, Hugh B. Cave stories Amos Sewell art	Universal	4	4.75													1		1		2
3. Horror Stories 2 (February 1935, Popular)	Restored	1	3.00																			1
4. Horror Stories 3 (March 1935, Popular) Cover by Charles L. Wrenn Norvell W. Page, Hugh B. Cave stories Amos Sewell art	Universal	5	5.30											1	1			1		2
5. Horror Stories 4 (June 1935, Popular) Cover by John Newton Howitt	Universal	6	5.67								1					1	1	2		1
6. Horror Stories 5 (July 1935, Popular) John Newton Howitt cover Ray Cummings story Amos Sewell & Paul Orban art	Universal	6	5.92								1				1	1	1	1		1
7. Horror Stories 6 (August 1935, Popular) Cover by John Newton Howitt Hugh B. Cave story	Universal	2	5.50													1		1
8. Horror Stories 6 (August 1935, Popular)	Restored	1	4.50																1
9. Horror Stories 7 (September 1935, Popular) Cover by John Newton Howitt Hugh B. Cave story	Universal	4	6.25										1		2				1
10. Horror Stories 8 (October 1935, Popular) Cover by John Newton Howitt Hugh B. Cave, Norvell W. Page stories	Universal	4	5.25												2				1		1
11. Horror Stories 9 (November 1935, Popular) Cover by John Newton Howitt	Universal	6	5.42									1			1		1	1		1	1
12. Horror Stories 10 (December 1935, Popular) Cover by John Newton Howitt	Universal	3	6.33											1	1		1
13. Horror Stories 11 (February/March 1936, Popular) Cover by John Newton Howitt	Universal	3	6.17												1	2
14. Horror Stories 12 (April/May 1936, Popular) Cover by John Newton Howitt Ray Cummings story Amos Sewell art	Universal	8	4.94												1		2	1	2	2
15. Horror Stories 13 (June/July 1936, Popular) John Newton Howitt cover John Knox & Arthur J Burks story Pete Castanza & Amos Sewell art	Universal	6	6.50								1			1	2	1			1
16. Horror Stories 14 (Aug/Sept 1936, Popular) Cover by John Drew Ray Cummings story Amos Sewell art	Universal	4	6.38											1	2		1
17. Horror Stories 15 (Oct/Nov 1936, Popular) Cover by John Newton Howitt Hugh B. Cave story Amos Sewell art	Universal	2	6.00													2
18. Horror Stories 15 (Oct/Nov 1936, Popular)	Restored	1	8.50								1
19. Horror Stories 17 (February/March 1937, Popular) John Drew cover Ray Cummings story Amos Sewell art	Universal	7	5.71											2	1	1		2			1
Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	10	9.9	9.8	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.0	0.5
20. Horror Stories 18 (April/May 1937, Popular) Cover by John Drew Norvell W. Page story Ralph Carlson & Monroe Eisenberg art	Universal	5	6.50										1		2	2
21. Horror Stories 18 (April/May 1937, Popular)	Restored	1	1.00																								1
22. Horror Stories 19 (June/July 1937, Popular) Cover by William F. Soare Ray Cummings story	Universal	5	5.60										1			2		1			1
23. Horror Stories 19 (June/July 1937, Popular)	Restored	1	2.50																				1
24. Horror Stories 20 (Aug/Sept 1937, Popular) Cover by John Newton Howitt	Universal	5	5.50												1		3		1
25. Horror Stories 21 (Oct/Nov 1937, Popular)	Universal	5	5.30								1				1		1					2
26. Horror Stories 16 (Dec/Jan 1937, Popular) Cover by David Berger Ray Cummings story	Universal	5	5.60												2		2			1
27. Horror Stories 16 (Dec/Jan 1937, Popular)	Restored	1	4.00																	1
28. Horror Stories 23 (February/March 1938, Popular) Classic cover. Ray Cummings, Norvell W. Page stories	Universal	5	5.30											1	1	1				1		1
29. Horror Stories 23 (February/March 1938, Popular)	Restored	1	2.50																				1
30. Horror Stories 24 (April/May 1938, Popular) Classic cover by John Drew	Universal	5	4.96									1				1		1		1					1
31. Horror Stories 25 (June/July 1938, Popular)	Universal	4	5.75										1		1			1		1
32. Horror Stories 26 (Aug/Sept 1938, Popular) Cover by John Drew Ray Cummings story	Universal	3	6.33								1					1			1
33. Horror Stories 27 (Oct/Nov 1938, Popular) Ray Cummings story	Universal	2	5.25														1	1
34. Horror Stories 22 (Dec/Jan 1938, Popular) Classic Cover by John Drew	Universal	6	5.08											1		1	1	1		1		1
35. Horror Stories 22 (Dec/Jan 1938, Popular)	Restored	1	4.50																1
36. Horror Stories 28 (Dec/Jan 1939, Popular)	Universal	6	4.00															1	1	3			1
37. Horror Stories 29 (February/March 1939, Popular) Cover by John Drew Ray Cummings story	Universal	4	5.88								1						2			1
38. Horror Stories 30 (April/May 1939, Popular) Classic cover Ray Cummings story	Universal	2	3.50																	1		1
39. Horror Stories 30 (April/May 1939, Popular)	Restored	1	3.50																		1
Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	10	9.9	9.8	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.0	0.5
40. Horror Stories 31 (June/July 1939, Popular)	Universal	4	4.50													1			1	1	1
41. Horror Stories 31 (June/July 1939, Popular)	Restored	1	3.00																			1
42. Horror Stories 32 (Aug/Sept 1939, Popular) Ray Cummings & Cornell Woolrich stories	Universal	4	5.88							1					1					2
43. Horror Stories 33 (Oct/Nov 1939, Popular) Cover by John Drew Ray Cummings story	Universal	3	6.50							1					1					1
44. Horror Stories 34 (Dec/Jan 1940, Popular) Cover by John Drew	Universal	3	4.33														1			1	1
45. Horror Stories 34 (Dec/Jan 1940, Popular)	Restored	1	2.00																					1
46. Horror Stories 35 (March 1940, Popular) Cover by John Drew	Universal	1	2.50																				1
47. Horror Stories 35 (March 1940, Popular)	Restored	2	2.25																				1	1
48. Horror Stories 36 (May 1940, Popular) Classic cover by John Drew Ray Cummings story	Universal	4	4.33														1	2							1
49. Horror Stories 36 (May 1940, Popular)	Restored	1	4.00																	1
50. Horror Stories 36 (May 1940, Popular)	Qualified	1	6.00													1
51. Horror Stories 37 (August 1940, Popular) Cover by John Drew	Universal	6	4.75													1	1	1	1	1	1
52. Horror Stories 38 (October 1940, Popular) Cover by John Drew Ray Cummings story	Universal	4	5.25										1		1			1						1
53. Horror Stories 39 (December 1940, Popular)	Restored	2	3.00																		1		1
54. Horror Stories 40 (February 1941, Popular) Ray Cummings story	Universal	2	4.75												1							1
55. Horror Stories 41 (April 1941, Popular) Last issue. Ray Cummings story	Universal	3	3.50																	1	1	1
56. Horror Stories 34 U.K. Edition (1950, Popular) Cover by John Drew	Universal	2	5.50												1				1
57. Alien Books' Horror Pulp Stories 1 Variant Cover C (10/23, no publisher listed) Leo Lujan cover	Universal	1	9.80			1

Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	9.8	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.0
42 BOOKS	Universal	177	5.36	1 0.6%	0 0.6%	0 0.6%	0 0.6%	2 1.7%	6 5.1%	2 6.2%	5 9.0%	8 13.6%	28 29.4%	21 41.2%	21 53%	21 65%	13 72%	26 87%	10 93%	8 97%	2 98%	1 99%	2 100%	0 100%	0 100%
14 BOOKS	Restored	16	3.34	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	1 6.3%	0 6.3%	0 6.3%	0 6.3%	0 6.3%	0 6.3%	0 6.3%	0 6.3%	2 18.8%	2 31.3%	2 43.8%	2 56%	4 81%	2 94%	0 94%	0 94%	1 100%
1 BOOK	Qualified	1	6.00	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	1 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%	0 100%

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