Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp comic books 1938-1940
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Published Mar 1939 by Better Publications.$300.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$64.00
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- Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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.$43.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
$65.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- 6 1/2" crease on back cover. Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
$26.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover and interior page detached (all pages are present) Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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.$24.00
View scans- Front and Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
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 Nov 1939 by Better Publications.$80.00
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- 5" crease on front cover. Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
$130.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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.$50.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$29.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
$35.50
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Interior page detached (all pages are present). Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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.$69.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$70.00
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- Book length crease on front cover. Cover miswrap. Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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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Published May 1940 by Better Publications.$195.00
View scans- Trimmed
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$175.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Book length crease on front cover. Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$155.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. 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.$250.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$120.00
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$135.00
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- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$56.00
View scans$77.00
View scans- Trimmed
- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate.
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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Published Sep 1940 by Better Publications.$110.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$64.00
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- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$59.00
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- Book length crease on back cover. Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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.$225.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$205.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$99.00
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$130.00
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- Front cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$96.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$43.00
View scans- Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 20%. Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$48.00
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.