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Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp comic books graded by CGC

  • Item #60635762
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    $1,350.00
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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Label #4387827002
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    Sept 1939. Cover by Alex Schomburg (1st pulp cover by Alex). Stories by Robert Moore Williams, Robert Arthur, John Russell Fearn, and Edmond Hamilton. "Thrills in Science" by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Alfred Bernhard Nobel bio in comic form. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

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  • Item #61223785
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    $1,599.00
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    • Label #4426188008
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    Spring 1945. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Brett Sterling, Edmond Hamilton, Ford Smith, and Malcolm Jameson. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.15.

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    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 19 #1 CGC 6.5

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    Label #4484742003

    Starts Mar 17

    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.

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    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 20 #3 CGC 2.5

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    Starts Apr 5

    Volume 20, Issue 3 - January, 1950. Cover by Earle Bergey. Stories by A.E. Van Vogt, Edmond Hamilton, Kelvin Kent, William Morrison, L. Ron Hubbard (under pseudonym Rene LaFayette), Margaret St. Clair, J.W. Groves, and John D. MacDonald. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 166 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    • Label #4416200012
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    Volume 22, Issue 1 - September, 1950. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Raymond F. Jones, Edmond Hamilton (Captain Future story "The Harpers of Titan"), Arthur K. Barnes and Henry Kuttner, Jack Vance, Mack Reynolds, and Matt Lee. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 22 #1 CGC 5.0

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    Label #4426188004

    Starts Apr 5

    Volume 22, Issue 1 - September, 1950. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Raymond F. Jones, Edmond Hamilton (Captain Future story "The Harpers of Titan"), Arthur K. Barnes and Henry Kuttner, Jack Vance, Mack Reynolds, and Matt Lee. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    • Label #4416200001
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    Volume 26, Issue 1 - May, 1952. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by George O. Smith, Kendell Foster Crossen, Margaret St. Clair, Eric Frank Russell, and Robert Zacks. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 148 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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