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

Add to cart Fine $26.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Paper: Off white Spine stress. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling. Handwriting on front cover.

Add to cart Very Good $16.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $18.00 View scans 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.

Add to cart Very Good $48.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $38.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $36.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $33.00 View scans 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.

Add to cart Very Good $9.00 View scans 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.

Add to cart Very Good $23.00 View scans

Add to cart Poor $9.00 View scans 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.

Add to cart Very Good $31.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $26.00 View scans 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.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $30.00 View scans	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $29.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $23.00 View scan Off-White pages.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $23.00 View scans
Add to cart VG- 3.5 $23.00 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 $18.00 View scan 1.5" Cumulative spine split. Cream pages.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $23.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart FR 1.0 $3.00

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.

Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $8.60 View scans 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.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $36.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Paper: Off white Spine stress. 1 1/2" Spine split from top of comic. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling.	Add to cart Very Good $29.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $35.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart Good $10.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.	Add to cart Poor $6.00 View scans 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.

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Paper: Cream Spine stress. Corner Damage. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $10.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $6.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Jan 1954. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories by Wilson Tucker, Kendell Foster Crossen, Philip K. Dick, Joseph Shallit, Joseph Slotkin, and Margaret St. Clair. Virgil Finlay (3), Everett Raymond Kinstler, and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.5-in. x 9-in. trimmed format; black and white; 134 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $39.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $11.00 View scans Paper: Off white Spine stress. Corner Damage. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling.

Add to cart Good $10.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $10.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

Spring 1954. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Jack Vance, Leigh Brackett, Judith Merril, Charles A. Stearns, Robert F. Young, and Wilbur S. Peacock. Virgil Finlay (3) and Emsh illustrations. 6.5-in. x 9-in. trimmed format; black and white; 134 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $9.90 View scans

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $10.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $3.30

Summer 1954. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories: "The Spiral of the Ages" by Fletcher Pratt, "Finders Keepers" by Margaret St. Clair, "Stormy Weather" by Judith Merril, "The Garden" by Charles A. Stearns, and "Summer Heat" by Sam Merwin, Jr. Special Features: "Topologically Speaking" by George O. Smith, and "Aristotelian and Non-Aristotelian Logic" by Gotthard Gunther. Softcover, 6 1/2-in x 9-in, 128 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $89.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $32.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Good $20.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Fall 1954. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by George O. Smith, F.L. Wallace, William Sambrot, and Margaret St. Clair. Virgil Finlay (2), Alex Schomburg, and Emsh illustrations. Schomburg cover. 6.5-in. x 9-in. trimmed format; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $18.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $13.00 View scans Paper: Off white Spine stress. Corner Damage. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $12.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $9.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Winter 1955. Stories by Poul Anderson ("The Snows of Ganymede"), Robert F. Young, Winston Marks, Philip K. Dick ("Human Is"), Robert Zacks, and Thomas Kersh. Virgil Finlay (2), Paul Orban, and Emsh illustrations. 6.5-in. x 9-in. trimmed format; black and white; 118 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $24.00 View scans Paper: Off white to white

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $23.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $8.00

Spring 1955. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories: "Too Late For Eternity" by Bryce Walton, "Dark Destiny" by William Morrison, "Double Date" by Winston Marks, "Nanny" by Philip K. Dick, "Wayfarer" by Roger Dee, "Miss Stardust" by Richard Matheson, and "The Box" by Arthur Porges. " Illustrations by Frank Kelly Freas and Emsh. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9-in, 114 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $35.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $36.00 View scans Paper: Off white Book length crease on front cover. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $12.00 View scans Paper: Cream Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

Fall 1955. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories by James E. Gunn, Robert F. Young, Margaret St. Clair, Bryce Walton, Mack Reynolds, Kenneth O'Hara, Theron Raines, Winston Marks, and Leslie Waltham. Virgil Finlay (3), Alex Schomburg, and Emsh illustrations. 6.5-in. x 9-in. trimmed format; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.25.