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Publication: Marvel Tales, May 1940

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  • Publication: Marvel Tales, May 1940Publication Record # 255842 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Robert O. Erisman
  • Date: 1940-05-00
  • Publisher: Western Fiction Publishing Co.
  • Price:
    $0.15?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 116
  • 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: Marvel Tales, May 1940 by J. W. Scott
  • Notes:
    • No Editor stated.
    • "A Red Circle Magazine" logo on front cover and spine.
    • Pages are numbered 3-114.
    • Cover art is not credited; no signature on the artwork. Cover artist per reprint of the cover in The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History by Ellis et al.
    • Author of "World Without Sex" is given as "Robert Wentworth" on the story pages, "Robert O. Wentworth" in the ToC.
    • Author of "Princess of Power" is given as "Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr." on the story pages, "Frederic A. Kummer, Jr." in the ToC.
    • None of the story art is credited; none has a visible signature.
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Editor Title: Marvel Tales, May 1940 • [Marvel Science Stories] • edited by Robert O. Erisman

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