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Publication: Planet Stories, Spring 1942

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  • Publication: Planet Stories, Spring 1942Publication Record # 60022 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Malcolm Reiss
  • Date: 1942-02-00
  • Publisher: Love Romances Publishing Co., Inc.
  • Price:
    $0.20?$: 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: Planet Stories, Spring 1942 (1942) • by Leydenfrost
  • Webpages: archive.org
  • Notes:
    • Vol 1, No 10.
    • Page numbers run 1-128.
    • Cover has "Fiction House Magazines" logo.
    • Cover art is credited to "Leydenfrost"; no signature found on the artwork.
    • Contents page states an issue date of February 1, 1942.
    • Interior art is credited at the start of each story, except that art for "The Ballad of Venus Nell" is uncredited.
    • Story art for "Black Friar of the Flame" on pages 2-3 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Story art for "The Star Mouse" is credited to "Lynch"; the artwork on pages 28 and 35 is signed "Don Lynch"; that on page 37 is signed "D.L."; that on page 40 is unsigned.
    • Story art for "Gods of Space" on page 43 is credited to "Musacchia"; the artwork is signed "John B. Musacchia."
    • Story art for "The Ballad of Venus Nell" on pages 56 and 65 is not credited; the artwork is signed "Don Lynch."
    • Story art for "The Thing of Venus" on page 67 is credited to "Morey"; the artwork is signed "Leo Morey."
    • Story art for "Pied Piper of Mars" on pages 80-81 is credited to and signed "A. Leydenfrost."
    • Story art for "The Last Martian" on page 92 is credited to "Morey"; the artwork shows no signature.
    • Story art for "Child of the Sun" on pages 102-103 is credited to and signed "A. Leydenfrost."
    • "P.S.'s Feature Flash" includes a short editorial introduction followed by text written by Brown.
    • "The Vizigraph" is a letters column.
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Editor Title: Planet Stories - 1942 • [Planet Stories] • (1942) • edited by Malcolm Reiss

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