Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp comic books 1952

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Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $21.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Volume 24, Issue 3 - January 1952. Cover by Earle Bergey. Stories: "Journey To Barkut" by Murray Leinster, "Lost Art" by A. Bertram Chandler, "The Great Idea" by Raymond Z. Gallun, "The Wheel" by John Wyndham, and "How Green Was My Martian" by Mack Reynolds. Softcover Pulp, 6.75" x 9", 148 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream to 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 25, Issue 1 - February, 1952. Stories by Margaret St. Clair, Leigh Brackett, Fletcher Pratt, Chad Oliver, Gene L. Henderson, and Graham Doar. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $53.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $21.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream	Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans Paper: Off white
Add to cart Very Good $17.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.	Add to cart Very Good $20.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG- 3.5 $16.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $11.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $15.00 View scans Paper: 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: Off white Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

March 1952. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Kendell Foster Crossen, Chad Oliver, and Walt Sheldon. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $62.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $19.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $18.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $29.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart Good $18.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart VG 4.0 $53.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

The Glory That Was" by L. Sprague de Camp, and "The Last Days of Shandakor" a novelette by Leigh Brackett, plus "Looking for Something" a short story by Frank Herbert. Alex Schomburg Cover.

April 1952. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by L. Sprague de Camp, Leigh Brackett, Oliver Saari, Charles E. Fritch, and Frank Herbert (first published science fiction story, "Looking for Something?"). Alex Schomburg illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $13.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD 2.0 $12.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Fair $5.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 80%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.	Add to cart Fair $6.50 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart Fair $7.50 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 15%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart CGC 7.0 $599.00 or Best Offer View scans Paper: White Label #4416200001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

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.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $29.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $15.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white	Add to cart Very Good $21.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $26.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart GD 2.0 $14.00 View scans Paper: Off white 6 1/2" crease on back cover. Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $10.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

June 1952. Painted cover by Earl Bergey. "Dragon's Island", a complete novel by Jack Williamson, "Sabotage on Sulfur Planet", a novelet by Jack Vance with illustrations by Alex Schomburg, Short Stories - "The Watcher" by Charles E. Fritch, "Skin Deep" by Tarr Roman, "Problem for Emmy" by Robert Sherman Townes, "The Ambassadors" by Anthony Boucher, and "The Men in the Moons" by R.J. McGregor with Alex Schomburg illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

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Add to cart Fair $2.50 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

July 1952. Stories by Kendell Foster Crossen, Raymond F. Jones, Arthur C. Clarke, William Morrison, Phyllis Sterling Smith, Miriam Allen deFord, and Ross Rocklynne. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Virgil Finlay (3) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Very Good $9.00 View scans Paper: Off white

August, 1952. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Philip Jose Farmer "The Lovers" (this is his 1st published sf-story, but his very 1st non-sf story appeared six years earlier in Adventure Vol. 115 No. 5, March 1946), Kendell Foster Crossen, Harry Neal, Charles E. Fritch, Boyd Ellanby, Jack Vance, and Dave Dryfoos. Virgil Finlay (3) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $19.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $10.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Sept 1952. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories by Philip Jack Vance, Roger Dee. R.J. McGregor, and Charles E. Fritch. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart Fine $27.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $7.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Spine stress. Corner Damage. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling. Water damage.	Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $5.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.80 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 60%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Oct 1952. Cover by Jack Coggins. Stories by Bruce Elliott, L. Sprague de Camp, Miriam Allen deFord, Phyllis Sterling Smith, Walter Miller Jr., and Stanley Whiteside. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $13.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

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Volume 28, Issue 1 - November, 1952. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories: "The Star Dice" by Roger Dee, "The Crook In Time" by R.J. McGregor, "The Night The World Turned Over" by Joel Townsley Rogers, "Proposal" by L. Sprague de Camp, and "Some Like It Cold" by Dave Dryfoos. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 9-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $22.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Very Good $6.00 View scans Paper: Off white Spine stress. Corner Damage. Creasing. Denting. Edge damage. Scuffing. Soiling.	Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $6.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.	Add to cart Good $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
Add to cart Good $6.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 28, Issue 2 - December, 1952. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories: "The Long View" by Fletcher Pratt, "Whoever You Are" by Judith Merril, "Love That Air!" by Kendell Foster Crossen, "The Children" by Miriam Allen de Ford, "Sail On! Sail On!" by Philip Jose Farmer, "The Book of the Dead" by H. H. West, and "Show me the way to go home" by Gordon R. Dickson. Virgil Finlay (2) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. Softcover, 7-in x 9-in, 144 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.