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Publication: Comet, May 1941

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  • Publication: Comet, May 1941Publication Record # 500643
  • Editor: Orlin Tremaine
  • Date: 2013-06-27
  • ISBN: 978-1-936720-71-2 [1-936720-71-X]
  • Publisher: Pulp Tales Press
  • Price:
    $15.00?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 129
  • 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, May 1941 (1941) • by Frank R. Paul
  • Notes:
    • This is a print-on-demand facsimile reprint of the first issue of the pulp magazine of the same time.
    • No printing date, or price listed anywhere in or on this magazine. Price and printing date from Amazon.com as of 2015-01-31.
    • Comet: Stories of Super Time and Space on the cover only. This magazine is called Comet only on the contents page, in the magazine's indicia, and on the page's header.
    • F. Orlin Tremaine is given editor's credit only on the front cover, on the lower left, see image, and then only as Orlin Tremaine.
    • "Sky Trap" by Frank Belknap Long is listed on the cover as being part of this issue's contents, but it is not, it would appear in the next issue instead.
    • The Spacean is usually a faux five page newssheet, with faux advertisements. In this issue it simulates a newspaper extra detailing an interplanetary battle. With advertisements.
    • 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.
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Anthology Title: Comet, May 1941 • [Comet magazine reprints] • anthology by F. Orlin Tremaine [as by Orlin Tremaine]

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