Publication: Comet, December 1940

Publication: Comet, December 1940Publication Record # 424568
Editor: Orlin Tremaine
Date: 2013-07-01
ISBN: 978-1-936720-70-5 [1-936720-70-1]
Publisher: Pulp Tales Press
Price:
$15.00^?$: US dollar
Pages: 130
Format:
tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Comet, December 1940 (1940) • by Leo Morey [as by Morey]
Notes:
- This is a print-on-demand facsimile reprint of the first issue of the pulp magazine.
- No exact printing date fore this facsimile reprint anywhere in this magazine.
- Comet: Stories of Super Time and Space on the cover only. This magazine is called Comet only on the contents page and in the magazine's indicia.
- F. Orlin Tremaine is given editor's credit only on the lower left cover, see image, and then only as Orlin Tremaine.
- The Spacean is a faux five page newssheet, with faux advertisements. This is a non-fact essay.
- "The Oversight" is listed on the contents page as "The Oversight—".
- The uncredited piece of artwork for "Lord of the Silent Death" is unsigned, but may be by "Lennarts", who is given an artist's credit on the contents page, but who has signed none of his work.
- The editor uses "FOT" in the letter column and has been credited his full name in this record.
- The uncredited letter's page artwork for "Space Mail" seems to be signed in the lower right hand corner by "HJR".
- Artists are given a group credit only on the contents page, and credit is given for each illustration per their signatures.
- Issues were originally $0.20 in 1940.
- No price listed anywhere on or in this facsimile. Price from Amazon.com as of 2013-10-16.

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Anthology Title: Comet, December 1940 • [Comet magazine reprints] • anthology by F. Orlin Tremaine [as by Orlin Tremaine]

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6 • Lord of the Silent Death • (1940) • interior artwork by uncredited
7 • Lord of the Silent Death • (1940) • short story by Robert Moore Williams
23 • The Ultimate Image • (1940) • short story by P. Schuyler Miller
23 • The Ultimate Image • (1940) • interior artwork by Holmdale
35 • The Spacean: November 2,000—Vol. XXI No. 1 • [The Spacean] • (1940) • short story by Nelson Tremaine [as by uncredited]
40 • The Oversight • (1940) • short story by Miles J. Breuer, M.D. [as by Miles J. Breuer]
40 • The Oversight • (1940) • interior artwork by John R. Forte, Jr. [as by John Forte]
53 • Tickets to Paradise • (1940) • short story by D. L. James
53 • Tickets to Paradise • (1940) • interior artwork by J. Kelly
65 • Equation for Time • (1940) • short story by R. R. Winterbotham
65 • Equation for Time • (1940) • interior artwork by Jack Binder
74 • Momus' Moon • (1940) • interior artwork by Leo Morey
75 • Momus' Moon • (1940) • short story by Otto Binder [as by Eando Binder]
85 • Bratton's Idea • (1940) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
85 • Bratton's Idea • (1940) • interior artwork by John Giunta
101 • The "Comet" Is Here • [Editorial (Comet)] • (1940) • essay by F. Orlin Tremaine [as by Orlin Tremaine]
102 • The Primal City • (1934) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
102 • The Primal City • (1940) • interior artwork by John R. Forte, Jr. [as by John Forte]
107 • Eyes That Watch • (1940) • short story by Raymond Z. Gallun
107 • Eyes That Watch • (1940) • interior artwork by John R. Forte, Jr. [as by John Forte]
117 • In the Earth's Shadow • (1940) • short story by John L. Chapman
121 • Rocket Mail (Comet, December 1940) • [Rocket Mail (Comet)] • (1940) • essay by various
121 • Dear Reader (Comet, December 1940) • (1940) • essay by F. Orlin Tremaine
121 • Letter (Comet, December 1940) • [Letters: Sam Moskowitz] • (1940) • essay by Sam Moskowitz
121 • Space Mail (Comet, December 1940) • (1940) • interior artwork by uncredited
124 • Letter: Dear Sam (Comet, December 1940) • (1940) • essay by F. Orlin Tremaine
125 • Editor's Note Book (Comet, December 1940) • (1940) • essay by uncredited

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Publication: Comet, December 1940

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