Publication: Planet Stories, Summer 1940

Publication: Planet Stories, Summer 1940Publication Record # 60031 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: Malcolm Reiss
Date: 1940-05-01
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, Summer 1940 by A. Drake
Webpages: archive.org
Notes:
- Vol 1, No 3.
- Page numbers run 1-128.
- Spine has "Fiction House Magazines" logo.
- Cover art is not credited; the artwork is signed "A. Drake."
- Contents page states an issue date of May 1, 1940.
- Interior art is not credited.
- Story art for "Space-Liner X-87" on pages 2-3 is signed "Paul." The story title is given thus on the contents page, the cover, and the page headers; it is "Space-Liner X87" at the start of the story.
- Story art for "Sphere of the Never-Dead" on page 28 is signed "Wm Edwards."
- Story art for "The Forbidden Dream" on page 41 is signed "DL."
- Story art for "Exiles of the Three Red Moons" on page 55 is signed "Leo Morey."
- Story art for "Star Pirate" on page 69 is signed "Eron." The story author is given as "Frederick Arnold Kummer, Jr." at the start of the story and as Frederick A. Kummer, Jr. on thet contents page (first name ending in "k" in both cases).
- Story art for "The Cosmic Juggernaut" on page 82 is signed "Eron."
- Story art for "Asteroid H277—Plus" on page 99 is signed "Leo Morey."
- Story art for "The Dark Swordsmen of Saturn" on page 106 is signed "Ed Smalle."
- "P.S.'s Feature Flash" has several sections: a profile/interview with Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.; a profile/interview with Harry Walton; a short profile of artists Don Lynch and Ed Smalley (artists for whom this issue is said to be their first published pulp work); and a short list of fan publications.
- "The Vizigraph" is a letters column.

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Editor Title: Planet Stories - 1940 • [Planet Stories] • (1940) • edited by Malcolm Reiss

Contents (view Concise Listing)

2 • Space-Liner X-87 • (1940) • novella by Ray Cummings
2 • Space-Liner X-87 • (1940) • interior artwork by Frank R. Paul
28 • Sphere of the Never-Dead • (1940) • short story by Sam Carson
28 • Sphere of the Never-Dead • (1940) • interior artwork by Bill Edwards
41 • The Forbidden Dream • (1940) • novelette by Ross Rocklynne
41 • The Forbidden Dream • (1940) • interior artwork by Don Lynch
54 • Exiles of the Three Red Moons • (1940) • novelette by Carl Selwyn
54 • Exiles of the Three Red Moons • (1940) • interior artwork by Leo Morey
69 • Star Pirate • (1940) • short story by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. [as by Frederick Arnold Kummer, Jr.]
69 • Star Pirate • (1940) • interior artwork by Eron
82 • The Cosmic Juggernaut • (1940) • novelette by John Russell Fearn
82 • The Cosmic Juggernaut • (1940) • interior artwork by Eron
98 • Asteroid H277 — Plus • (1940) • short story by Harry Walton
98 • Asteroid H277—Plus • (1940) • interior artwork by Leo Morey
105 • Life on Other Planets? • (1940) • essay by Edward Podolsky
106 • The Dark Swordsmen of Saturn • (1940) • novelette by Neil R. Jones
106 • The Dark Swordsmen of Saturn • (1940) • interior artwork by Ed Smalle
120 • P.S.'s Feature Flash (Planet Stories, Summer 1940) • [PS's Feature Flash] • (1940) • essay by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.
120 • PS's Feature Flash: —Hail • (1940) • interview of Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. • interview by uncredited
120 • P.S.'s Feature Flash (Planet Stories, Summer 1940) • [PS's Feature Flash] • (1940) • essay by Harry Walton
120 • PS's Feature Flash: —But Not Farewell • (1940) • interview of Harry Walton • interview by uncredited
125 • The Vizigraph (Planet Stories, Summer 1940) • [The Vizigraph (Planet Stories)] • (1940) • essay by The Editor
125 • The Vizigraph • (1940) • interior artwork by uncredited
126 • Letter (Planet Stories, Summer 1940): Ackerman up at Bat! • [Letters: Forrest J. Ackerman] • (1940) • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman [as by '4SJ' Ackerman]
127 • Letter (Planet Stories, Summer 1940): "Kiss Me Again, Kiss Me Again ... " • (1940) • essay by Tom Wright
127 • Letter (Planet Stories, Summer 1940): Right Is Wright • (1940) • essay by Tom Wright

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