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Publication: Astonishing Stories (Canadian), January 1942

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  • Publication: Astonishing Stories (Canadian), January 1942Publication Record # 622628 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Alden H. Norton
  • Date: 1942-01-00
  • Publisher: Popular Publications, Inc.; Toronto, Canada
  • Price:
    C$0.10?C$: Canadian dollar
  • Pages: 100
  • 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
  • Notes:
    • Vol 1, No 1.
    • Page numbers run 1-96.
    • This issue reprints stories from the November 1941 U.S. issue.
    • The Editor is not stated.
    • Cover art is not credited; the artwork shows no signature.
    • Interior art is not credited. It is not the same art as that used for these stories in the November 1941 U.S. issue.
    • Story art for "Wings of the Lightning Land" on pages 4-5 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "Retreat to the Stars" on pages 28-29 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "Daughter of Darkness" on pages 40-41 shows no signature.
    • "Editoramblings" is reprinted from the November 1941 U.S. issue.
    • "Viewpoints" is a news column. This month's contents include profiles of Harry Walton and John V. Baltadonis, English science fiction authors, and a summary of fan magazines. This is reprinted in truncated form from the November 1941 U.S. issue.
    • "The Mail Bag" is a letters column. Stoy's letter is reprinted from the November 1941 U.S. issue. The other letter (not indexed here) is also a reprint (in longer form) from that issue. A third letter from the U.S. issue is missing here.
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