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Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp comic books

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    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp #Vol. 20 #3 FR 1.0
    Published Jan 1950 by Better Publications.

    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 20 #3 FR 1.0

    Full length spine split with covers detached. Oxidation.

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    Volume 20, Issue 3 - January, 1950. Cover by Earle Bergey. Stories by A.E. Van Vogt, Edmond Hamilton, Kelvin Kent, William Morrison, L. Ron Hubbard (under pseudonym Rene LaFayette), Margaret St. Clair, J.W. Groves, and John D. MacDonald. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 166 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp #Vol. 22 #1 FR 1.0
    Published Sep 1950 by Better Publications.

    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 22 #1 FR 1.0

    Near complete spine split.

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    Volume 22, Issue 1 - September, 1950. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Raymond F. Jones, Edmond Hamilton (Captain Future story "The Harpers of Titan"), Arthur K. Barnes and Henry Kuttner, Jack Vance, Mack Reynolds, and Matt Lee. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 166 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp #Vol. 22 #2 GD 2.0
    Published Nov 1950 by Better Publications.

    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 22 #2 GD 2.0

    2" Cumulative spine split. Water damage. Staple rust with migration.

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    Volume 22, Issue 2 - November, 1950. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Jack Vance, Edmond Hamilton (Captain Future in "Pardon My Iron Nerves), L. Ron Hubbard (author's final pulp story), Rog Phillips, Robert Moore Williams, and Mack Reynolds. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp #Vol. 23 #2 GD/VG 3.0
    Published May 1951 by Better Publications.

    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 23 #2 GD/VG 3.0

    Water damage.

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    Volume 23, Issue 2 - May, 1951. Cover Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Fletcher Pratt, Matt Lee, Edmond Hamilton (Captain Future story), John Wyndham, Robert Moore Williams, and Samuel Mines. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 166 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp #Vol. 24 #3 VG 4.0
    Tags: Pulp Adventure
    Published Jan 1952 by Better Publications.

    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 24 #3 VG 4.0

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    Volume 24, Issue 3 - January 1952. Cover by Earle Bergey. Stories: "Journey To Barkut" by Murray Leinster, "Lost Art" by A. Bertram Chandler, "The Great Idea" by Raymond Z. Gallun, "The Wheel" by John Wyndham, and "How Green Was My Martian" by Mack Reynolds. Softcover Pulp, 6.75" x 9", 148 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp #Vol. 25 #3 GD/VG 3.0
    Published Apr 1952 by Better Publications.

    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 25 #3 GD/VG 3.0

    1st published SF of Frank Herbert
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    The Glory That Was" by L. Sprague de Camp, and "The Last Days of Shandakor" a novelette by Leigh Brackett, plus "Looking for Something" a short story by Frank Herbert. Alex Schomburg Cover.

    Vol. 25, No. 3 - April 1952. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by L. Sprague de Camp, Leigh Brackett, Oliver Saari, Charles E. Fritch, and Frank Herbert (first published science fiction story, "Looking for Something?"). Alex Schomburg illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 150 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp #Vol. 27 #1 VG 4.0
    Published Aug 1952 by Better Publications.

    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 27 #1 VG 4.0

    Water damage.

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    Vol. 27, No. 1 - August, 1952. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Philip Jose Farmer "The Lovers" (this is his 1st published sf-story, but his very 1st non-sf story appeared six years earlier in Adventure Vol. 115 No. 5, March 1946), Kendell Foster Crossen, Harry Neal, Charles E. Fritch, Boyd Ellanby, Jack Vance, and Dave Dryfoos. Virgil Finlay (3) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 150 pages. Cover price $0.25.