▁at ▁ 2 5 ▁c ents ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁fifteen ▁years ▁of ▁its ▁life ▁except ▁for ▁the ▁o vers ized ▁May / J une / J uly ▁ 1 9 2 4 ▁issue , ▁which ▁was ▁ 5 0 ▁c ents . ▁ ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 3 9 ▁the ▁price ▁was ▁reduced ▁to ▁ 1 5 ▁c ents , ▁where ▁it ▁stayed ▁until ▁the ▁September ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁issue , ▁which ▁was ▁ 2 0 ▁c ents . ▁ ▁The ▁price ▁went ▁up ▁again ▁to ▁ 2 5 ▁c ents ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 4 9 ; ▁the ▁dig est - s ized ▁issues ▁from ▁September ▁ 1 9 5 3 ▁to ▁September ▁ 1 9 5 4 ▁were ▁ 3 5 ▁c ents . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁three ▁paper back s ▁edited ▁by ▁Lin ▁Carter ▁were ▁pr iced ▁at ▁$ 2 . 5 0 ; ▁the ▁fourth ▁was ▁$ 2 . 9 5 . ▁ ▁The ▁two ▁B eller oph on ▁issues ▁were ▁$ 2 . 5 0 ▁and ▁$ 2 . 9 5 . ▁ ▁The ▁Term inus ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁began ▁in ▁Spring ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁pr iced ▁at ▁$ 3 . 5 0 ; ▁this ▁went ▁up ▁to ▁$ 4 . 0 0 ▁with ▁the ▁Fall ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁issue , ▁and ▁to ▁$ 4 . 9 5 ▁with ▁the ▁Summer ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁issue . ▁ ▁The ▁next ▁price ▁increase ▁was ▁to ▁$ 5 . 9