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Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp comic books 1949

  • Vol. 18 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 18 #3


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

    Volume 18, Issue 3 - January, 1949. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Henry Kuttner, Alexander M. Phillips, Jack Vance, John D. MacDonald, Murray Leinster, r.W. Stockheker, and L. Ron Hubbard (under the pseudonym Rene LaFayette). Six Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 180 pages. Cover price $0.25.

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


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    • Trimmed
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Front cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    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.

  • Vol. 19 #2
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 19 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    Volume 19, Issue 2 - May 1949. Science Fiction and Adventures stories. This issues features "Flight into Yesterday" by Charles L. Harness, and "Conquest of Life" by Eando Binder. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 19 #3
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 19 #3


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Light tan to Cream
    • Front cover detached 40%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.

    Volume 19, Issue 3 - July, 1949. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by George O. Smith, Henry Kuttner, Margaret St. Clair, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, L. Ron Hubbard (under the pseudonym Rene LaFayette), and C.M. Kornbluth. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 166 pages. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 20 #1
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 20 #1


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    Volume 20, Issue 1 - September, 1949. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories: "The Portal in the Picture" by Henry Kuttner, "The Hothouse Planet" by Arthur K. Barnes, "Communications" by Edwin James, "A Condition of Beauty" by John D. MacDonald, "The Fires Within" by Arthur C. Clarke, "Beyond The Black Nebula" by Rene LaFayette. Four Virgil Finlay illustrations. Softcover, 7-in x 9-in, 164 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

  • Vol. 20 #2
    Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 20 #2


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    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Moisture damage.
    • Paper: Cream
    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 60%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
    • Paper: Off white
    • Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
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    Volume 20, Issue 2 - November, 1949. Stories by John Taine, Murray Leinster, Carter Sprague, Jack Vance, Robert Moore Williams, William Fitzgerald, Clifford D. Simak, and L. Ron Hubbard (under the pseudonym Rene LaFayette). Five Virgil Finlay illustrations. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 166 pages. Cover price $0.25.