Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp comic books 1938-1940
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Published Jan 1939 by Better Publications.$250.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Slight.
Volume 1, Issue 1 - January, 1939. Stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum, D.D. Sharp, and Eando Binder. Columns by Otto Binder, Otis Adelbert Kline, and Mort Weisinger. Two-page Albert Einstein bio in comic form. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.15.
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$130 Startling Stories 1939 Jan #1 Pulp GD/VG Robot Cover $900 Startling Stories 1939 January, #1. CGC Pulp Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Published Mar 1939 by Better Publications.$53.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$29.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
Volume 1, Issue 2 - March, 1939. Stories by Eando Binder, P. Schuyler Miller, Edmond Hamilton, and Will Garth. "Thrills in Science" by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Madame Curie bio in comic form. Ten Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.15.
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Published May 1939 by Better Publications.
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May 1939. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Stories by Edmond Hamilton, Stanley G. Weinbaun, and Alexander Samalman. "Thrills in Science" by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Robert A. Millikan bio in comic form. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Jul 1939 by Better Publications.
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July 1939. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Stories by Manly Wade Wellman, Oscar J. Friend, Edwin K. Sloat, and Eando Binder. "Thrills in Science" by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Leonardo da Vinci bio in comic form. Alex Schomburg illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Sep 1939 by Better Publications.$135.00
View scans- Interior is complete. Full length spine split. Missing back cover (blank page taped to back). Brittle.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Sept 1939. Cover by Alex Schomburg (1st pulp cover by Alex). Stories by Robert Moore Williams, Robert Arthur, John Russell Fearn, and Edmond Hamilton. "Thrills in Science" by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Alfred Bernhard Nobel bio in comic form. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.
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$298 Startling Stories #5 CGC 4.0 1st Pulp Cover by Alex Schomburg C-1 1939 $1,250 Startling Stories 1939 September, #5. Alex Schomburg's first sci-fi pulp cover. Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Published Nov 1939 by Better Publications.
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Nov 1939. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Stories by Jack Williamson, Stanley G. Weinbaum, and Lloyd Arthur Eschbach. "Thrills in Science" by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Heinrich R. Hertz bio in comic form. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Jan 1940 by Better Publications.$59.00
View scans- Trimmed
- Paper: Off white to white
$23.00
View scans- Paper: Light tan to Cream
- Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
Jan 1940. Stories by Edmond Hamilton and Oscar J. Friend. Two-page Benjamin Franklin bio in comic form. Eight Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Mar 1940 by Better Publications.$99.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Front cover detached 5%.
$63.00
View scans- Paper: Light tan to Cream
- Front cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.
- 1" Cumulative spine split. Tape on interior of back cover.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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Vol. 3, No. 2 - March 1940. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Bob Olsen, Oscar J. Friend, and Alfred Bester. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Sir Isaac Newton bio in comic form. Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.
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$325 Startling Stories 1940 March, #8 Pulp $325 Startling Stories 1940 March, #8. CGC 5.0 VG/FN. Pulp $1,500 Startling Stories Pulp (V3 #2) Cgc 3.5 CR/OW Pages (1940) Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Published May 1940 by Better Publications.$41.00
View scans- Trimmed
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$77.00
View scans- Paper: Light tan to off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Slight.
$37.00
View scans- Paper: Brittle
- Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
May 1940. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Manly Wade Wellman, Oscar J. Friend, and Raymond Z. Gallun. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Thomas Edison bio in comic form. Nine Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Jul 1940 by Better Publications.$43.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$17.00
View scans- Trimmed
- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate.
$26.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
Volume 4, Issue 1 - July 1940. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Eando Binder, Fletcher Pratt and Laurence Manning, and Oscar J. Friend. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Luther Burbank bio in comic form. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.
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$30 Startling Stories Pulp Jul 1940 Vol. 4 #1 VG Clicking on the links to the eBay listings shown above and then making a purchase may result in MyComicShop earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
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Published Sep 1940 by Better Publications.$28.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$35.00
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Sept 1940. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Benson Herbert, Oscar J. Friend, Ray Cummings, and Gerald Bowman. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Galileo bio in comic form. One Virgil Finlay illustration. Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Nov 1940 by Better Publications.$41.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$73.00
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$21.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
$22.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$20.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$11.00
View scans- Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 20%. Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$10.00
View scans- Paper: Slightly britle
- Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 80%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
Volume 4, Issue 3 - November, 1940. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Thornton Ayre, and Edmond Hamilton. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Sir William Perkin bio in comic form. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 134 pages. Cover price $0.15.

























