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Startling Stories, September 1939

September 1939

Editor Mort Weisinger
Cover art Alex Schomburg
Publisher Better Publications, Inc.
Price $0.15
Pages 132
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  • 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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Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
8 Essay Non Fiction Science Question Box (Startling Stories, September 1939) various
12 Essay Non Fiction Review of the Science Fiction Fan Publications (Startling Stories, September 1939) uncredited
15 Essay Non Fiction Vanguard of Science Jack Williamson
16 Short Fiction Fiction The Bridge to Earth Robert Moore Williams
88 Essay Non Fiction The Life Story of Alfred Bernhard Nobel Who Invented Dynamite Jack Binder
90 Short Fiction Fiction Cosmic Stage Robert Arthur
97 Essay Non Fiction Big Cash Prizes uncredited
98 Essay Non Fiction Thrills in Science (Startling Stories, September 1939) Mort Weisinger
102 Short Fiction Fiction The Misty Wilderness John Russell Fearn
109 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, September 1939): Classics from the Past Herbert Vincent Ross
109 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, September 1939): Hamilton a Double Hit Katherine Marcusson
110 Short Fiction Fiction The Space Visitors Edmond Hamilton
120 Essay Non Fiction Scientific Crossword Puzzle (Startling Stories, September 1939) uncredited
125 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, September 1939): Wants Humor Yarns L. J. Stanton
125 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, September 1939): Would Dunking Solve It? Martin F. Bass
126 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, September 1939): "Martian Odyssey" in Next Issue James D. Tillman, Jr.
126 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, September 1939): Realistic Robots Leonard Ramonette
127 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, September 1939): Cleveland and S-F Club Allen R. Baker
127 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, September 1939): Williamson Coming! Martin Alger
128 Essay Non Fiction Forecast for the Next Issue (Startling Stories, September 1939) The Editor
129 Essay Non Fiction Meet the Author: A Self-Portrait (Startling Stories, September 1939) Robert Moore Williams
109|109.1 Essay Non Fiction The Ether Vibrates (Startling Stories, September 1939) various
109|109.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, September 1939): Wellman's Masterpiece W. Lawrence Hamling
109|109.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Startling Stories, September 1939): Carlyle and Quade Plea George Aylesworth

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Startling Stories - 1939 Mort Weisinger
Cover Art Non Fiction Startling Stories, September 1939 Alex Schomburg
16 Interior Art Non Fiction The Bridge to Earth H. W. Wesso
88 Interior Art Non Fiction They Changed the World: The Life Story of Alfred Bernhard Nobel Who Invented Dynamite Jack Binder
90 Interior Art Non Fiction Cosmic Stage Virgil Finlay
102 Interior Art Non Fiction The Misty Wilderness H. W. Wesso
110 Interior Art Non Fiction The Space Visitors Frank R. Paul