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Publication: Captain Future, Summer 1942

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  • Publication: Captain Future, Summer 1942Publication Record # 256471 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Oscar J. Friend
  • Date: 1942-06-00
  • 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, Summer 1942 by Earle Bergey
  • Notes:
    • Vol 4, No 2.
    • Contents page states "June, 1942, issue."
    • Page numbers run 3-130.
    • The Editor is not credited.
    • Cover art is not credited; the artwork shows no signature. Credit from the facsimile.
    • Interior art is not credited.
    • Story art for "The Comet Kings" on pages 12-13 is signed "HWesso"; that on pages 11, 15, 19, 27, 31, 35, and 43 shows no signature. There are also several tiny generic drawings at the start or end of chapters.
    • Story art for "The Lion-Hearted" on page 80 is signed "Marchioni."
    • Story art for "The Hole in the Sky" on page 95 may possibly have a very small signature, but is is difficult to decipher.
    • Story art for "The Alien Intelligence (Part 2 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.
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Editor Title: Captain Future - 1942 • [Captain Future Magazine] • (1941) • edited by Oscar J. Friend

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