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Publication: Super Science Stories, September 1940

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  • Publication: Super Science Stories, September 1940Publication Record # 60805 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Frederik Pohl
  • Date: 1940-09-00
  • Publisher: Fictioneers, Inc.
  • Price:
    $0.15?$: 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: Super Science Stories, September 1940 (1940) • by Robert C. Sherry [as by Sherry]
  • Webpages: archive.org
  • Notes:
    • Vol 1, No 4.
    • Page numbers run 1-128.
    • The Editor is not credited; Tuck and Miller/Contento credit Pohl as the Editor. Some letters in the letters column are also addressed to him.
    • Cover art is not credited; the artwork shows no signature.
    • Interior art is not credited.
    • Story art for "Invisible One" on pages 6-7 and 13 is signed "Bob Sherry."
    • Story art for "The Invasion" on page 25 is signed "L. Morey"; that on page 33 is signed "Leo Morey."
    • Story art for "The Girl in the Bottle" on pages 36-37 and 45 is signed "Eron."
    • Story art for "Men on the Morning Star" on page 57 is signed "EL Wexler.".
    • Story art for "Strange Playfellow" on page 67 is signed "Eron."
    • Story art for "Venusian Tragedy" on pages 78, 81, and 89 is signed "Hannes Bok."
    • Story art for "Rebirth of Man" on page 94 is signed "Hannes Bok."
    • Story art for "The Radium-Bugs" on pages 102-103, 109, and 113 is signed "Leo Morey."
    • Story art for "Phantom from Neptune" on page 121 is signed "GThorp."
    • "The Preview" is a preview of the next month's issue. This month it contains an excerpt from "Invisible One" by Neil R. Jones.
    • "Fantasy Reviews" this month includes a movie review and an essay on some attractions at the World's Fair.
    • "Missives and Missiles" is a letters column.
Cover art supplied by Galactic Central
Editor Title: Super Science Stories - 1940 • [Super Science Stories / Super Science Novels] • (1940) • edited by Frederik Pohl

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Primary Verifications

Verifier Date Type Last User Activity Date
Ldb001 2017-05-29 12:41:34 Permanent 2022-03-21

Secondary Verifications

Source Status Verifier Date
Bleiler Early Years Not Verified    
Bleiler Supernatural Not Verified    
Bleiler1 (Gernsback) Not Verified    
Bleiler78 Not Verified    
Clute/Grant Not Verified    
Clute/Nicholls Not Verified    
Contento1 (anth/coll) Not Verified    
Currey Not Verified    
Locus1 Not Verified    
Miller/Contento Verified Rtrace 2011-09-13 21:01:21
OCLC/Worldcat Not Verified    
Reginald1 Not Verified    
Reginald3 Not Verified    
Tuck Verified Rtrace 2012-10-30 20:34:15
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