Publication: Comet, July 1941

Publication: Comet, July 1941Publication Record # 224781 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: F. Orlin Tremaine
Date: 1941-07-00
Publisher: H-K Publications
Price:
$0.20^?$: 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: Comet, July 1941 by Leo Morey
Webpages: archive.org
Notes:
- Vol 1, No 5.
- Page numbers run 1-128.
- Cover art is credited to and signed "Leo Morey."
- Interior art is not credited for each story separately, but the contents page states "Illustrations by Paul, Morey, Forte, and Mirando." Signatures confirm individual attributions.
- Story art for "The Vortex Blaster" on pages 2 and 10-11 is signed "Forte."
- Story art for "The Street That Wasn't There" on page 18 is signed "Forte."
- Story art for "The Devil's Asteroid" on pages 28-29 is signed "Leo Morey." The story title is "Devil's Asteroid" at the start of the story, but "The Devil's Asteroid" on the contents page and on the page headers.
- Story art for "The Sky Trap" on page 46 shows no signature.
- Story art for "A World Is Born" on pages 56-57 is signed "Forte."
- Story art for "The Indulgence of Negu Mah" on pages 75 is signed "Leo Morey."
- Story art for "The Beast of Space" on page 82 is signed "Mirando."
- Story art for "The 4-D Doodler" on page 90 is signed "Forte."
- Story art for "The Whispering Spheres" on page 100 is signed "Forte."
- Story art for "The Bell-Tone" on page 117 is signed "Mirando."
- Story art for "The Ultimate Experiment" on page 120 is signed "Mirando."
- "The Door to Tomorrow" is listed as "The Door to Tomorrow (Editorial)" on the contents page.
- "The Spacean" is described on the contents page as "a journal of interplanetary events and gossip." It is a fictional newsletter containing news flashes, future history items, and even fake advertisements.
- "Rocket Mail" is a letters column.

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Editor Title: Comet - 1940-1941 • [Comet (Orlin Tremaine)] • (1940) • edited by F. Orlin Tremaine

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

2 • The Vortex Blaster • [Vortex Blaster] • short story by Edward E. Smith [as by E. E. Smith, Ph.D.]
18 • The Street That Wasn't There • short story by Carl Jacobi and Clifford D. Simak (variant of The Lost Street)
28 • The Devil's Asteroid • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
46 • The Sky Trap • short story by Frank Belknap Long
56 • A World Is Born • [Mercury (Brackett)] • short story by Leigh Brackett
71 • The Spacean: June 2,009—Vol. XXI No. 5 • [The Spacean] • short story by Nelson Tremaine [as by uncredited]
75 • The Indulgence of Negu Mah • short story by Robert Arthur
82 • The Beast of Space • short story by F. E. Hardart
90 • The 4-D Doodler • short story by Graph Waldeyer
100 • The Whispering Spheres • short story by R. R. Winterbotham
117 • The Bell-Tone • short story by Edmund H. Leftwich
120 • The Ultimate Experiment • short story by Thornton DeKy
123 • The Door to Tomorrow • [Editorial (Comet)] • essay by F. Orlin Tremaine [as by The Editor]
124 • Rocket Mail (Comet, July 1941) • [Rocket Mail (Comet)] • essay by various
124 • Letter (Comet, July 1941): Dr. Smith Explains "Inertialess Collisions" • essay by Edward E. Smith [as by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.]
125 • Letter (Comet, July 1941): Real Praise! • essay by Tom Wright
126 • Letter (Comet, July 1941): Asimov to Brown • [Letters: Isaac Asimov] • essay by Isaac Asimov
126 • Letter (Comet, July 1941): S-F Likes to Do the Impossible • essay by Philip A. Schumann
127 • Letter (Comet, July 1941): Mirando in the Army • essay by James V. Taurasi
127 • Letter (Comet, July 1941): Asimov Is on the Schedule • essay by Leonard Marlow

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