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Publication: Captain Future, Fall 1942

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  • Publication: Captain Future, Fall 1942Publication Record # 256467 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Oscar J. Friend
  • Date: 1942-09-00
  • Publisher: Better Publications, Inc.
  • Price:
    $0.15?$: 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: Captain Future, Fall 1942 by Rudolph Belarski
  • Notes:
    • Vol 4, No 3.
    • Contents page states "September, 1942, issue."
    • 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.
    • Story art for "Planets in Peril" on pages 15, 21, and 31 is signed "Leo Morey"; that on pages 13, 17, 33, 37, and 47 shows no signature. There are also several tiny generic drawings at the start or end of chapters.
    • Story art for "The Fruits of Prejudice" on page 92 is signed "Virgil Finlay."
    • Story art for "Secret Weapon" on pages 103 and 104 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "The Alien Intelligence (Part 3 of 3)" on page 109 consists only of an illustration of a character in the story, and is not signed.
    • "The Futuremen" is a column giving background on characters in the stories. It is fictional but is written as fact.
    • "The Worlds of Tomorrow" gives fictitious information on locations in space, but is written as if factual. A diagram is included.
    • "Under Observation" is a letters column.
Cover art supplied by Galactic Central
Editor Title: Captain Future - 1942 • [Captain Future Magazine] • (1941) • edited by Oscar J. Friend

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