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Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp comic books 1943

  • Vol. 9 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 9 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Back cover missing. Front cover detached 50%. No Back Cover. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • 4" crease on front cover. Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Jan 1943. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. Stories by A. Rowley Hilliard, Robert Moore Williams, William Morrison, Walt Dennis and Ernest Tucker, and Nathaniel Nitkin. Alex Schomburg illustrations. Dr. Seuss illustration (small "Buy United States War Savings Bonds & Stamps" ad). 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 128 pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 9 #2
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 9 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 9, Issue 2 - March, 1943. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Norman A. Daniels, S.C. Carpenter, Frank Belknap Long, and William Morrison. Dr. Seuss illustration (small "Buy United States War Savings Bonds & Stamps" ad). 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 9 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 9 #3


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

    Volume 9, Issue 3 - June, 1943. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Ray Cummings, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Frank Belknap Long, Raymond Z. Gallun, and Thorne Lee. Virgil Finlay illustration. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Vol. 10 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 10 #1


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    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Slightly britle
    • Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Book length crease on front cover, severe water damage. Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 60%. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 10, Issue 1 - Fall 1943. Science fiction and adventure stories. This issue features "Pirates of the Time Trail" by Ross Rocklynne, and "The Space Dwellers" by Raymond Z. Gallun. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.