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Title: The Phantom Slayer

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Title: The Phantom Slayer Title Record # 65408
Author: Fritz Leiber
Date: 1942-01-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1942 The Phantom Slayer [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
1947 The Inheritance [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
1961 The Inheritance
Year Language Title
1979 French
Le tueur fantôme?Le tueur fantome
1979 Italian L'eredità
2010Translated by Sigrid Langhaeuser
German Der Phantommörder
2023Translated by Sigrid Langhaeuser Previously published in 2010 under the same title as by Fritz Leiber
German Der Phantommörder [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, January 1942 1942-01-00 ed. D. McIlwraith Weird Tales  
$0.15?$: US dollar
132
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Gretta Checkmark
Weird Tales, May 1942 1942-05-00 ed. uncredited American News Co.  
C$0.20?C$: Canadian dollar
132
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Edmond Good  
The Mystery Companion 1943-00-00 ed. A. L. Furman Gold Label Books     438
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
The Mystery Companion 1943-00-00 ed. A. L. Furman Popular Library     192
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth  
Night's Black Agents 1947-00-00 Fritz Leiber, Jr. Arkham House  
$3.00?$: US dollar
x+
237
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ronald Clyne Checkmark
Tales from Nights Black Agents 1961-06-00 Fritz Leiber, Jr. Ballantine Books 508K
$0.35?$: US dollar
143
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Checkmark
Night's Black Agents 1975-00-00 Fritz Leiber, Jr. Neville Spearman 0-85978-013-9
£2.25?£: UK pound
x+
237
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll David L. Fletcher Checkmark
Weird Tales 1976-11-00 ed. Peter Haining Neville Spearman 0-85978-020-1
£3.50?£: UK pound
264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Margaret Brundage Checkmark
Night's Black Agents 1977-06-00 Fritz Leiber Sphere 0-7221-5476-3
£0.85?£: UK pound
240
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
Weird Tales Vol. 2 1978-00-00 ed. Peter Haining Sphere 0-7221-4255-2
£0.85?£: UK pound
256
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Les Edwards Checkmark
Night's Black Agents 1978-03-00 Fritz Leiber Berkley Books 0-425-03669-3
$1.75?$: US dollar
xii+
275
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
Les meilleurs récits de Weird Tales: Tome III: (1938-1942) 1979-02-20 ed. Jacques Sadoul J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Science Fiction #923) 2-277-11923-7   219
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Virgil Finlay , Hannes Bok , Margaret Brundage Checkmark
Neri araldi della notte 1979-04-00 Fritz Leiber Casa Editrice La Tribuna (Science Fiction Book Club (Italy) #55)  
Lit 2,500?Lit: Italian lira
232
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Franco Storchi  
Night's Black Agents 1980-05-00 Fritz Leiber Berkley Books 0-425-04322-3
$1.95?$: US dollar
275
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
Night's Black Agents 1980-09-00 Fritz Leiber Gregg Press 0-8398-2640-0
$14.95?$: US dollar
xv+
[7]+
275
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Weird Tales 1990-10-00 ed. Peter Haining Xanadu 1-85480-050-7
£14.99?£: UK pound
264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Harold S. De Lay Checkmark
Weird Tales 1990-11-00 ed. Peter Haining Carroll & Graf 0-88184-631-7
$21.95?$: US dollar
264
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Harold S. DeLay Checkmark
Occhi d'ombra 1991-05-00 Fritz Leiber Mondadori (Omnibus) 88-04-34851-8
Lit 25,000?Lit: Italian lira
690
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll J. K. Potter  
The Black Gondolier & Other Stories 2000-00-00 Fritz Leiber Midnight House 0-9675157-8-5
$40.00?$: US dollar
306
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Allen Koszowski Checkmark
The Black Gondolier & Other Stories 2003-00-00 Fritz Leiber e-reads.com 0-7592-5279-3
$19.95?$: US dollar
vii+
289
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Checkmark
Zart wie Babyhaut 2010-04-00 ed. Frank Festa Festa (Festa Horror TB #1523) 978-3-86552-077-7
€13.95?€: Euro
410
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Markus Mayer Checkmark
The Black Gondolier and Other Stories 2012-07-12 Fritz Leiber Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-12398-4
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Black Gondolier and Other Stories 2014-04-01 Fritz Leiber Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-1293-8
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
The Black Gondolier and Other Stories 2014-07-08 Fritz Leiber Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-4216-4
$14.99?$: US dollar
300
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Masters of the Weird Tale: Fritz Leiber 2016-06-00 Fritz Leiber Centipede Press (Masters of the Weird Tale) 978-1-61347-059-6
$275.00?$: US dollar
904
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Tom Kidd Checkmark
Weird Tales (disc 5) 2019-00-00 ed. uncredited        
unknown?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.
anth  
100 Jahre Weird Tales Jubiläumsedition: 1936 bis 1946 2023-09-26 ed. Frank Festa, Hardy Kettlitz Festa     368
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Margaret Brundage Checkmark
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