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Publication: Famous Fantastic Mysteries, March 1943

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  • Publication: Famous Fantastic Mysteries, March 1943Publication Record # 58042 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Mary Gnaedinger
  • Date: 1943-03-00
  • Publisher: All-Fiction Field, Inc.
  • Price:
    $0.25?$: 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: Famous Fantastic Mysteries, March 1943 (1943) • by Virgil Finlay
  • Notes: Dec. 1942←Mar. 1943→Sep. 1943 Vol. V, No. 3. The editor is not credited but Mary Gnaedinger signs the editorial. According to Sam Moskowitz in and article appearing in the November 1965 issue of "Worlds of Tomorrow", "Ark of Fire" contains a scene written by Finlay that he wanted to use as the basis for an illustration when the story was initially published in "The American Weekly". It is not known whether the art in this magazine is reprinted from that appearance.
Cover art supplied by Galactic Central
Editor Title: Famous Fantastic Mysteries - 1943 • [Famous Fantastic Mysteries] • (1943) • edited by Mary Gnaedinger

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