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Publication: Startling Stories, September 1939

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  • Publication: Startling Stories, September 1939Publication Record # 60725 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Mort Weisinger
  • Date: 1939-09-00
  • Publisher: Better Publications, Inc.
  • Price:
    $0.15?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 132
  • Format:
    pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Cover: Startling Stories, September 1939 by Alex Schomburg
  • Webpages: archive.org
  • Notes:
    • Vol 2, No 2.
    • Page numbers run 3-130.
    • The Editor is not credited.
    • Cover art is not credited; the artwork shows no signature.
    • Interior art is not credited.
    • "Vanguard of Science," the opening editorial, includes a photo of Williamson.
    • Story art for "The Bridge to Earth" on pages 16-17, 33, and 81 is signed "HWesso"; that on pages 19, 21, 23, 27, 31, 39, and 45 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "Cosmic Stage" on page 90 is signed "Virgil Finlay."
    • Story art for "The Misty Wilderness" on page 102 is signed "HWesso."
    • Story art for "The Space Visitors" on page 110 is signed "Paul." A photo of the author is included on page 112.
    • "Big Cash Prizes" is an essay soliciting reader letters based on this issue's cover.
    • "Forecast for the Next Issue" is a preview of the next issue's contents.
    • "Thrills in Science" consists of several biographical essays: "Milestones of Madness" (Paul Ehrlich), "The Last Theorem" (Pierre de Fermat), and "The Light-Trapper" (Louis Daguerre).
    • "The Ether Vibrates" is a letters column.
    • "Science Question Box" is also a letters column, but deals only with science questions.
    • "Meet the Author: A Self-Portrait" is titled thus on the contents page; on the feature itself the title is "Meet the Author: Self-Portrait." The essay includes a photo of Williams.
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Editor Title: Startling Stories - 1939 • [Startling Stories] • (1939) • edited by Mort Weisinger

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