Magazine:Startling Stories
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Title: Startling Stories
Publisher: Better Publications, Inc.
Note: Many issues of the magazine do not specifically credit an editor. In such cases the credit is based on a secondary source.
Issues: 99
Introduction
From Tuck's Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy:
This magazine was the first companion to Thrilling WOnder Stories;
its policy was to publish long novels (as listed later), plus an exceptional
older short story in the "Hall of Fame" section. The reprints were quite
successful, but many were abridged, even appearing in the abridged form
when used in the anthology From Off This World (Margulies & Friend, 1949).
This success with reprints caused companions Fantastic Story Quarterly
(later Fantastic Story Magazine) and Wonder Story Annual to
appear, essentially as reprint magazines. The reprints were then dropped from
Startling from Nov. 1950.
The cover artists were H. V. Brown to May 1940, then E, K, Bergey for most
to 1952; Emsh(willer) and Popp also painted many covers.
After a good beginning, the magazine became somewhat juvenile in the early
1940's. The S. Merwin built up Startling and Thrilling Wonder
to be the best general-type science fiction magazines in the field. From
its first issue until Mar 1953 it ran a magazine review department,
and was the first professional magazine ever to do so.
Startling finished as the last magazine in the Standard chain. The
anthology The Best From Startling Stories (S. Mines, 1953) was
selected from both this magazine and Thrilling Wonder.
Issues
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| 1953: | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | - | Aug | - | Oct | - | - |
| 1952: | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 1951: | Jan | - | Mar | - | May | - | Jul | - | Sep | - | Nov | - |
| 1950: | Jan | - | Mar | - | May | - | Jul | - | Sep | - | Nov | - |
| 1949: | Jan | - | Mar | - | May | - | Jul | - | Sep | - | Nov | - |
| 1948: | Jan | - | Mar | - | May | - | Jul | - | Sep | - | Nov | - |
| 1947: | Jan | - | Mar | - | May | - | Jul | - | Sep | - | Nov | - |
| 1946: | Winter | March | Spring | Summer | Fall | - | ||||||
| 1945: | Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall | - | |||||||
| 1944: | - | - | Spring | Summer | Fall | - | ||||||
| 1943: | Jan | - | Mar | - | - | Jun | - | - | Fall | Winter | ||
| 1942: | Jan | - | Mar | - | May | - | Jul | - | Sep | - | Nov | - |
| 1941: | Jan | - | Mar | - | May | - | Jul | - | Sep | - | Nov | - |
| 1940: | Jan | - | Mar | - | May | - | Jul | - | Sep | - | Nov | - |
| 1939: | Jan | - | Mar | - | May | - | Jul | - | Sep | - | Nov | - |
Cell highlighting temporarily added to identify unverified issues.
| Task | Status |
| Data Entry | 1951-1955 Complete |
| Physical Verification | 1951-1955 Complete |
| Merge titles | 1951-1955 Complete |
| Cross check reviews | 1951-1955 Complete |
| Determine canonical names | 1951-1955 Complete |
| Check for pseudonyms | 1951-1955 Complete |
Contributions
Most of the information on this page was supplied by Dan Kurdilla, with the following exceptions: The May39, Jul39, Sep39, Nov39, Mar41, Jul41, Jan42, May42, Jul42, Nov42, Fall43, Sum45, Win46, Spring46, Fall46 were reconstructed from the Day Index. The Sep49 issue was supplied by Johan Elzer.
