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Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp comic books 1940

  • Vol. 3 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 3 #1


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    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Interior page detached (all pages are present). Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Jan 1940. Stories by Edmond Hamilton and Oscar J. Friend. Two-page Benjamin Franklin bio in comic form. Eight Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 3 #2
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 3 #2


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Book length crease on front cover. Cover miswrap. Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    March 1940. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Bob Olsen, Oscar J. Friend, and Alfred Bester. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Sir Isaac Newton bio in comic form. Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

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


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    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Book length crease on front cover. Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    May 1940. Cover by Howard V. Brown. Stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Manly Wade Wellman, Oscar J. Friend, and Raymond Z. Gallun. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Thomas Edison bio in comic form. Nine Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 4 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 4 #1


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

    Volume 4, Issue 1 - July 1940. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Eando Binder, Fletcher Pratt and Laurence Manning, and Oscar J. Friend. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Luther Burbank bio in comic form. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 4 #2
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 4 #2


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Book length crease on back cover. Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Sept 1940. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Benson Herbert, Oscar J. Friend, Ray Cummings, and Gerald Bowman. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Galileo bio in comic form. One Virgil Finlay illustration. Alex Schomburg illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 4 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 4 #3


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 20%. Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Slightly britle
    • Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 80%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 4, Issue 3 - November, 1940. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Thornton Ayre, and Edmond Hamilton. "Thrills in Science" column by Mort Weisinger. Two-page Sir William Perkin bio in comic form. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 134 pages. Cover price $0.15.