Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp comic books 1947-1949

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

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Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $28.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $28.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Earle Bergey cover. "the star of life" a complete novel by Edmond Hamilton, and "friends" a short story by Murray Leinster.

Volume 14, Issue 3 - Winter, 1947. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Edmond Hamilton, Nathan Schachner and Arthur Leo Zagat, Murray Leinster, and George Whitley. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 116 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $125.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $125.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Good $13.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Fair $10.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart FR 1.0 $9.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Back cover missing. Front cover detached 10%. No Back Cover. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 15, Issue 1 - March, 1947. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories: "The Laws of Chance" by Murray Leinster, "When Planets Clashed" by Manly Wade Wellman, "The Soma Racks" by Margaret St. Clair, "Stellar Snowball" by John Barrett. Softcover, 7-in x 9-in, 116 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $28.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $28.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $23.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $48.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Volume 15, Issue 2 - May, 1947. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Manly Wade Wellman, Robert Heinlein, and John Russell Fearn. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $130.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $130.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $145.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $63.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

July 1947. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by David H. Keller, George O. Smith, Henry Kuttner, Otto Binder, Edmond Hamilton, and Margaret St. Clair. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $135.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Fine $115.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart Fine $115.00 View scans Paper: Off white Foxing. Soiling.	Add to cart Very Good $50.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart Very Good $65.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Slight.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $80.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD- 1.8 $9.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 16, Issue 1 - September, 1947. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Keith Hammond, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Carl Jacobi, and Ray Cummings. Five Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 116 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $115.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $62.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $39.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $48.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 60%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $48.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Good $27.00 View scans Paper: Cream	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $26.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 16, Issue 2 - November, 1947. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Murray Leinster, Jack Williamson, Polton Cross, and Clyde Beck. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $130.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $77.00 View scans	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $35.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $44.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $15.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Good $33.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $23.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Fair $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream Back cover detached 40%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart Fair $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Poor $8.00 View scans Paper: Cream 100% spine split detaching back cover from book.

Volume 16, Issue 3 - January, 1948. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories: "The Blue Flamingo" by Hannes Bok, "The Conquest of Two Worlds" by Edmond Hamilton, "Aleph Sub One" by Margaret St. Clair, "Ultra Evolution" by Polton Cross, and "Guaranteed" by E. Everett Evans. 6.75" x 9.75", 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $28.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 17, Issue 1 - March, 1948. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Wesley Long, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Frank Belknap Long, Henry Kuttner, James Blish, Carter Sprague, and R.C. W. Ettinger. Four Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 148 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $120.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $112.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $62.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Volume 17, Issue 2 - May, 1945. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Paul Ernst, Arthur Leo Zagat, Ray Cummings, Frank Belknap Long, Robert Moore Williams, George O. Smith, and John Russell Fearn. Nine Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 150 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $65.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $33.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart Very Good $37.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $32.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart Good $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

July 1948. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Edmond Hamilton, L. Ron Hubbard, Jack Vance, Margaret St. Clair, and Walt Sheldon. Six Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 150 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart Very Good $62.00 View scans Paper: Cream	Add to cart Very Good $62.00 View scans Paper: Off white	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate.
Add to cart Good $23.50 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.	Add to cart Fair $13.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 18, Issue 1 - September, 1948. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Fredric Brown, P. Schuyler Miller, Dorothy and John de Camp, John D. MacDonald, and Jack Vance. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 170 pages. Cover price $0.20.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $24.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $11.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

In this issue, packed with so many outstanding writers, for the first time Arthur C. Clarke's science-fiction classic, "Against the Fall of Night," plus "The Visitor" by Ray Bradbury

Volume 18, Issue 2 - November, 1948. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Festus Bragnell, Robert Moore Williams, Frank Belknap Moore, A.E. Van Vogt, John D. MacDonald, Ray Bradbury, and Jack Vance. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 180 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $50.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $30.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Light tan to Cream Water damage: Moderate.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $58.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Heavy water damage. Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 18, Issue 3 - January, 1949. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Alexander M. Phillips, Jack Vance, John D. MacDonald, Murray Leinster, r.W. Stockheker, and L. Ron Hubbard (under the pseudonym Rene LaFayette). Six Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 180 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $24.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 19, Issue 1 - March, 1949. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Murray Leinster, Robert Moore Williams, Clifford D. Simak, Ray Bradbury, L. Ron Hubbard (under the pseudonym Rene LaFayette), Jack Vance, and Noel Loomis. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 164 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $50.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 19, Issue 2 - May 1949. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issues features "Flight into Yesterday" by Charles L. Harness, and "Conquest of Life" by Eando Binder. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $70.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $48.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $45.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $35.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart Good $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream	Add to cart Good $25.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 19, Issue 3 - July, 1949. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by George O. Smith, Henry Kuttner, Margaret St. Clair, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, L. Ron Hubbard (under the pseudonym Rene LaFayette), and C.M. Kornbluth. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 166 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $86.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Paper: Off white Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Moisture damage.	Add to cart Good $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart Good $29.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 60%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $73.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Volume 20, Issue 2 - November, 1949. Stories by John Taine, Murray Leinster, Carter Sprague, Jack Vance, Robert Moore Williams, William Fitzgerald, Clifford D. Simak, and L. Ron Hubbard (under the pseudonym Rene LaFayette). Five Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 166 pages. Cover price $0.25.