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Publication: Science Wonder Stories, May 1930

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  • Publication: Science Wonder Stories, May 1930Publication Record # 60500 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Hugo Gernsback
  • Date: 1930-05-00
  • Publisher: Stellar Publishing Corporation
  • Price:
    $0.25?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 100
  • Format:
    bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Cover: Science Wonder Stories, May 1930 by Frank R. Paul
  • Notes:
    • Page numbers run 1057-1152.
    • Contents page states publication on the 3rd of the preceding month.
    • Library of Congress copyright record shows publication date 1930-04-01
    • Cover illustrates "The City of the Living Dead."
    • Cover art is not credited; the artwork is signed "Paul."
    • Interior art is credited below each art item.
    • Story art for "Gulf Stream Gold" on page 1062 is credited to "Paul"; the artwork shows no signature.
    • Story art for "The Infinite Brain" on page 1076 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Story art for "The Day of the Beast" on page 1094 is credited to "Butterfield"; the artwork shows no signature.
    • An announcement of the upcoming name change to Wonder Stories is given on page 1099.
    • Story art for "The City of the Living Dead" on page 1100 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Story art for "The Evening Star (Part 2 of 2)" on page 1108 is credited to "Paul"; the artwork shows no signature.
    • Story art for "The Horrible Transformation" on page 1130 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Drawn portraits (uncredited) of the authors appear with each story; they are signed "B" except for those of Campbell, Manning, and Pratt which show no signature.
    • "What Is Your Knowledge of Science?" is a list of questions about science. With each is listed the story page number on which the answer can be found.
    • "The Reader Speaks" is a letters column.
    • "Science Questions and Answers" is also a letters feature, but deals more narrowly with science questions.
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Editor Title: Science Wonder Stories - 1930 • [Science Wonder Stories] • (1930) • edited by Hugo Gernsback

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Primary Verifications

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Ldb001 2017-04-25 22:41:18 Permanent 2022-03-21

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