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Publication: Wonder Stories, April 1934

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  • Publication: Wonder Stories, April 1934Publication Record # 62208 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Hugo Gernsback
  • Date: 1934-04-00
  • Publisher: Continental Publications
  • Price:
    $0.25?$: 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: Wonder Stories, April 1934 by Frank R. Paul [as by Paul]
  • Notes:
    • Page numbers run 929-1056.
    • Contents page states publication on the 1st of the preceding month.
    • Cover illustrates "The Moon Devils."
    • Cover art is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Interior art is credited at the start of each story.
    • Story art for "The Land of Mighty Insects" on page 934 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Story art for "The Moon Devils" on page 968 is credited to "Winter"; the artwork is signed "Lumen Winter."
    • Story art for "The Menace from Space" on page 980 is credited to and signed "Paul." Diagrams on page 991 are unsigned.
    • "Rocket Does 500 Miles" is reprinted from the New York World-Telegram of 30 January 1934.
    • Story art for "The Last Planet" on page 1010 is credited to "Winter"; the artwork shows no signature.
    • Story art for "Xandulu (Part 2 of 3)" on page 1026 is credited to "Paul"; the artwork shows no signature.
    • "What Is Your Science Knowledge?" is a list of questions about science facts. With each is listed the story page number on which the answer can be found.
    • "The Reader Speaks" is a letters column.
    • A letter from Hungary's Andrew Lenard includes two stills from the Hungarian science fiction movie The Cataclysm.
    • "Science Questions and Answers" is also a letters feature, but deals more narrowly with science questions.
    • The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive.
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Editor Title: Wonder Stories - 1934 • [Wonder Stories] • (1934) • edited by Hugo Gernsback

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