Startling Stories, September 1940

Overview:

  • Title: Startling Stories, September 1940
  • Author: Mort Weisinger
  • Year: 1940
  • Publisher: Better Publications, Inc.
  • Price: $0.15
  • Pages: 132
  • Binding: pulp
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Title Reference: The World Without
  • Notes:
    • Vol 4, No 2.
    • Page numbers run 3-130.
    • The Editor is not credited.
    • Cover art is credited "E. K. Bergey"; the artwork shows no signature.
    • Cover illustrates "The Kid from Mars."
    • Interior art is not credited.
    • Story art for "The Kid from Mars" on pages 12-13, 21, 27, and 45 is signed "Alex Schomburg"; that on pages 15, 17, 31, 37, 38, 41, 53, and 56 shows no signature.
    • "The Ally of Science," a guest editorial, includes a drawn portrait of Barnes.
    • Story art for "The World Without" on page 91 is signed "M Marchioni."
    • Story art for "The Machine That Had No Flaws" on page 106 is signed "Marchioni."
    • Story art for "Kingdom of the Ants" on page 113 is signed "Virgil Finlay."
    • "Meet the Author: Eastward Ho!" includes a photo of Friend.
    • "Thrills in Science" consists of several biographical essays: "The Mystery Man of Science" (Orffyreus), "The Unfinished Experiment" (Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier), and "The Birth of an Element" (Henri Becquerel).
    • "The Ether Vibrates" is a letters column.
    • "Science Question Box" is also a letters column, but deals only with science questions.