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Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp comic books 1951

  • Vol. 22 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 22 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • 2" Spine split from top of book. Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 22, Issue 3 - January, 1951. Stories by Raymond Z. Gallun, Edmond Hamilton (Captain Future story), C.H. Liddell, Carter Sprague, Walt Sheldon, and Robertson Osborne. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 23 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 23 #1


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    Earle Bergey cover. "The Starmen of Llyrdis" a complete novel by Leigh Brackett, and "Earthen no More" a novelette by Edmond Hamilton, plus "men of the Ten Books" a short story by Jack Vance.

    March 1951. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Leigh Brackett, Edmond Hamilton (Captain Future story), William F. Temple, Margaret St. Clair, Jack Vance, and Sam Merwin Jr. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 23 #2
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 23 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • 1" spine split from top. Water damage.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    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.

  • Vol. 23 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 23 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Spine stress. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling. Moisture spotting.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 23, Issue 3 - July, 1951. Stories: "The Dark Tower" by Wallace West, "The Woman From Altair" by Leigh Brackett, "The Ultimate Engine" by Carter Sprague, and "Witch War" by Richard Matheson. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 9-in, 148 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 24 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 24 #1


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • 1" Spine split from top of book. Foxing. Soiling.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Book length crease on back cover. Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 24, Issue 1 - September, 1951. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Sam Merwin Jr., William Campbell Gault, Jack Vance, H.B. Fyfe, John D. MacDonald, and Alexander Samalman. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 24 #2
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 24 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • 1" Spine split from top of book. 1 1/2" Spine split from base of book. Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.
    • Paper: Off white

    Volume 24, Issue 2 - November, 1951. Stories by Eric Frank Russell, Mack Reynolds and Fredric Brown, Sam Merwin Jr., and William Morrison. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.