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Startling Stories, January 1939

January 1939

Editor Mort Weisinger
Cover art Howard V. Brown
Publisher Better Publications, Inc.
Price $0.15
Pages 132

  • Vol 1, No 1.
  • Page numbers run 3-130.
  • The Editor is not credited.
  • Cover art is not credited; the artwork shows no signature. Credit from Robinson, Weinberg and Broecker's Art of Imagination.
  • Interior art is not credited.
  • Story art for "The Black Flame" on pages 16-17, 29, 33, 49 is signed "HWesso"; that on pages 20, 21, 23, 37, 43 shows no signature.
  • Story art for "The Eternal Man" on page 100 is signed "Paul."
  • Story art for "Science Island" on page 112 is signed "HWesso."
  • "Forecast for Coming Issues" is a preview of thet next issue.
  • "Thrills in Science" consists of several biographical essays: "The Life-Secret of Mice and Men" (Joseph Priestley), "Fate Reveals the Magic Ray" (Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen), "Dr. Pettenkofer's Strange Meal" (Robert Koch), and "A Columbus of Space" (Jeremiah Horrocks).
  • "The Ether Vibrates" is a letters column.
  • "Science Question Box" is also a letters column, but deals only with science questions.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
6 Essay Non Fiction A Tribute to the Late Stanley G. Weinbaum Otto Binder
10 Essay Non Fiction Forecast for Coming Issues (Startling Stories, January 1939) uncredited
12 Essay Non Fiction Reviewing the Science Fiction Fan Publications (Startling Stories, January 1939) uncredited
15 Essay Non Fiction Prophets of Science Otis Adelbert Kline
16 Serial Fiction The Black Flame (Complete Novel) Stanley G. Weinbaum
98 Essay Non Fiction They Changed the World: Albert Einstein Jack Binder
100 Short Fiction Fiction The Eternal Man D. D. Sharp
106 Essay Non Fiction Thrills in Science (Startling Stories, January 1939) Mort Weisinger
110 Essay Non Fiction Science Question Box (Startling Stories, January 1939) various
112 Short Fiction Fiction Science Island Eando Binder
118 Essay Non Fiction Scientific Crossword Puzzle (Startling Stories, January 1939) uncredited
116|116.1 Essay Non Fiction The Ether Vibrates (Startling Stories, January 1939) various
116|116.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, January 1939): Congratulations Arthur K. Barnes
116|116.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, January 1939): Boosts Booklengths Edmond Hamilton
116|116.4 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, January 1939): Nix on Serials Otis Adelbert Kline
116|116.5 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, January 1939): Features Perfect Manly Wade Wellman
116|116.6 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, January 1939): Via Twin Talk Eando Binder
116|116.7 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, January 1939): Fan and Author Arthur J. Burks
116|116.8 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, January 1939): Quintuplets I. Asimov
116|116.9 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, January 1939): Penton & Blake John Giunta
128|128.1 Poem Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, January 1939): Saying It with Verse Grace Kobell
128|128.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, January 1939): Wants Novels Charles Ward
128|128.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, January 1939): A Burroughs Fan William Novak

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Startling Stories - 1939 Mort Weisinger
Cover Art Non Fiction Startling Stories, January 1939 Howard V. Brown
16 Interior Art Non Fiction The Black Flame (Complete Novel) H. W. Wesso
20 Interior Art Non Fiction The Black Flame (Complete Novel) [2] H. W. Wesso
21 Interior Art Non Fiction The Black Flame (Complete Novel) [3] H. W. Wesso
23 Interior Art Non Fiction The Black Flame (Complete Novel) [4] H. W. Wesso
29 Interior Art Non Fiction The Black Flame (Complete Novel) [5] H. W. Wesso
33 Interior Art Non Fiction The Black Flame (Complete Novel) [6] H. W. Wesso
37 Interior Art Non Fiction The Black Flame (Complete Novel) [7] H. W. Wesso
43 Interior Art Non Fiction The Black Flame (Complete Novel) [8] H. W. Wesso
49 Interior Art Non Fiction The Black Flame (Complete Novel) [9] H. W. Wesso
98 Interior Art Non Fiction They Changed the World: Albert Einstein Jack Binder
100 Interior Art Non Fiction The Eternal Man Frank R. Paul
112 Interior Art Non Fiction Science Island H. W. Wesso