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Publication: Wonder Stories, August 1933

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  • Publication: Wonder Stories, August 1933Publication Record # 62213 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Hugo Gernsback
  • Date: 1933-08-00
  • 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: Wonder Stories, August 1933 by Frank R. Paul
  • Notes:
    • Page numbers run 97-192.
    • Contents page states publication on the 3rd of the preceding month.
    • Library of Congress copyright record shows publication date 1933-06-03
    • Cover illustrates "Castaways on Deimos."
    • Cover art is not credited; signature "Paul" appears on the artwork.
    • Interior art is credited at the start of each story.
    • Story art for "The Mystery of Planet Deep" on page 102 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Story art for "The Cosmic Horror" on page 120 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Story art for "Castaways on Deimos" on page 128 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Story art for "The Isotope Men" on page 136 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Story art for "The Man Who Awoke V—The Elixir" on page 150 is credited to and signed "Paul." The story page headers give the title as "The Elixir."
    • "The Radio Terror (Part 2 of 3)" is translated from the French by Fletcher Pratt. Story art on page 160 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • "Notice" explains combining the July and August issues into one: "...our readers tend to spend the summer months out-of-doors and hence do much less reading..."
    • "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.
    • The letter entry by Snooks is a reply to a reader's letter; he is not the author of the letter.
    • "Science Questions and Answers" is also a letters feature, but deals more narrowly with science questions.
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Editor Title: Wonder Stories - 1933 • [Wonder Stories] • (1933) • edited by Hugo Gernsback

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Primary Verifications

Verifier Date Type Last User Activity Date
Ldb001 2017-05-13 02:26:45 Permanent 2022-03-21

Secondary Verifications

Source Status Verifier Date
Bleiler Early Years Verified Rtrace 2018-12-15 15:41:51
Bleiler Supernatural Not Verified    
Bleiler1 (Gernsback) Verified Dragoondelight 2010-06-01 15:10:03
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 Dragoondelight 2010-06-01 15:10:03
OCLC/Worldcat Not Verified    
Reginald1 Not Verified    
Reginald3 Not Verified    
Tuck Verified Bluesman 2013-07-15 20:05:34
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