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Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp comic books 1953

  • Vol. 28 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 28 #3


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Spine stress. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling. Handwriting on front cover.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 28, Issue 3 - January, 1953. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Damon Knight, Murray Leinster, James E. Gunn, Kendell Foster Crossen, Roger Dee, Isaac Asimov, Jack Lewis, and Jack Vance. Virgil Finlay (2), Emsh, and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 29 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 29 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    February 1953. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories: "Troubled Star" by George O. Smith, "Potemkin Village" by Fletcher Pratt, "The Monkey's Fingers" by Isaac Asimov, "Definition" by Damon Knight, and "Sestinia of the Space Rocket" a poem by Philip Jose Farmer. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 29 #2
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 29 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Weak bindery glue.

    Volume 29, Issue 2 - March, 1953. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories by Sam Merwin Jr., Chad Oliver, Joseph Slotkin, R. Bretnor, Colin G. Jameson Sr. and Jr., Charles F. Ksanda, and Harry J. Shay. Virgil Finlay, Alex Schomburg, and Emsh illustrations. 6.5-in. x 9-in. trimmed format; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    $17 Startling Stories #29, Pulp Sci-Fi Publication - March 1953 - 146 pages - VG

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  • Vol. 29 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 29 #3


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    • Paper: Cream
    • No Back Cover. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 29, Issue 3 - April, 1953. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories by Kendell Foster Crossen, Ross Rocklynne, Robert Sherman Townes, Robert Donald Locke, Sam Merwin Jr., Richard Barr and Wallace West, Leslie Bigelow, and Peter Phillips. Alex Schomburg and Emsh illustrations. 6.5" x 9", 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 30 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 30 #1


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 30, Issue 1 - May, 1953. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories: "The Conditioned Captain" by Fletcher Pratt, "We Breathe For You" by Noel Loomis, "The Immovable Object" by Leslie Bigelow, "Mating Time" by Joseph Shallit, and "The Three" by Gordon R. Dickson. Illustrations by Virgil Finlay, Alex Schomburg and Ed Emsh. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 30 #2
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 30 #2


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Off-White pages.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • 1.5" Cumulative spine split. Cream pages.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

    June 1953. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories by Philip Jose Farmer "Moth and Rust" (sequel to "The Lovers"), Fox B. Holden, Leslie Waltham, and Robert F. Young. Virgil Finlay (3) and Emsh illustrations. 6.5-in. x 9-in. trimmed format; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 30 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 30 #3


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

    Volume 30, Issue 3 - August, 1953. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories by Sam Merwin Jr., Theodore Sturgeon, Ralph Sloan, William Ratigan, and George H. Smith. Emsh illustration. 6.5-in. x 9-in. trimmed format; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 31 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 31 #1


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Spine stress. 1 1/2" Spine split from top of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front and Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 31, Issue 1 - October, 1953. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Sam Merwin Jr., Edmond Hamilton, Murray Leinster, Ed M. Clinton Jr., and Tom McMorrow Jr. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. Alex Schomburg cover. 6.5-in. x 9-in. trimmed format; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.25.