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Publication: Amazing Stories, August 1941

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  • Publication: Amazing Stories, August 1941Publication Record # 56236 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Raymond A. Palmer
  • Date: 1941-08-00
  • Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
  • Price:
    $0.20?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 148
  • 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: Amazing Stories, August 1941 by J. Allen St. John
  • Webpages: archive.org
  • Notes:
    • Jul. 1941←Aug. 1941→Sep. 1941
    • Vol 15, No 8.
    • Page numbers run 3-146.
    • The front cover illustrates "Yellow Men of Mars."
    • Front cover art is credited to "J. Allen St. John"; the artwork shows no signature. Back cover art credited to "Frank R. Paul"; the artwork is signed "Paul."
    • Interior art is not credited by individual story, but the contents page states "Illustrations by J. Allen St. John; Robert Fuqua; Jay Jackson; Julian S. Krupa; Magarian; Joe Sewell." "Cartoons by H. Wofford Jr.; R. Newman."
    • "The Observatory," the opening editorial, is attributed to "The Editor" but also has "Rap" at the end.
    • Story art for "Yellow Men of Mars" on pages 6, 7, and 29 shows no signature. Credit from Henry Hardy Heins's A Golden Anniversary Bibliography of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
    • Story art for "Kid Poison" on pages 42-43 is signed "R. Fuqua."
    • Story art for "Mr. Muddle Does As He Pleases" on pages 64-65 is signed "Jay Jackson."
    • Story art for "You Ought to Be Dead" on pages 86-87 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "The Man Who Got Everything" on page 101 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "Taxi to Jupiter" on page 111 is signed "Magarian."
    • "Scientific Mysteries" has no subtitle in this issue; the subtitle given here describes the subject of the essay.
    • "Meet the Authors: R. Newman" includes a drawn self-portrait of Newman, signed "RN."
    • "Correspondence Corner" is a compilation of requests from readers for pen pals, trading partners, etc.
    • "Discussions" is a letters column.
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Editor Title: Amazing Stories - 1941 • [Amazing Stories] • (1941) • edited by Raymond A. Palmer

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