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Publication: Amazing Stories, February 1942

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  • Publication: Amazing Stories, February 1942Publication Record # 56325 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Raymond A. Palmer
  • Date: 1942-02-00
  • Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
  • Price:
    $0.25?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 244
  • 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: Amazing Stories, February 1942 by L. Raymond Jones
  • Webpages: archive.org
  • Notes:
    • Jan. 1942←Feb. 1942→Mar. 1942
    • Vol 16, No 2.
    • Page numbers run 3-242.
    • The front cover illustrates "Kidnapped into the Future."
    • The back cover art "Magnetic City on Ganymede (Moon of Jupiter)" is titled "A City on Ganymede" on the contents page.
    • Front cover art is credited to "L. Raymond Jones"; the artwork shows no signature. Back cover art credited to "Frank R. Paul"; the artwork shows no signature.
    • Interior art is not credited by individual story, but the contents page states "Illustrations by Rod Ruth; Robert Fuqua; J. Allen St. John; Jay Jackson; Ned Hadley; Joe Sewell."
    • "The Observatory," the opening editorial, is attributed to "The Editor" but also has "Rap" at the end.
    • Story art for "Kidnaped into the Future" on pages 8-9 is signed "Rod Ruth."
    • Story art for "The Return to Pellucidar" on pages 26-27 and 50 shows no signature. Credit from Henry Hardy Heins's A Golden Anniversary Bibliography of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
    • Story art for "The Man Who Changed History" on pages 64-65 and 74-75 is signed "Ned Hadley."
    • Story art for "Voyage into the Lightning" on pages 98-99 is signed "Robert Fuqua."
    • Story art for "The Return of Man" on pages 134-135 is signed "R Fuqua."
    • Story art for "The Immortality of Alan Whidden" on pages 146-147 is signed "Rod Ruth."
    • Story art for "The Cosmic Punch of Lefty O'Rourke" on pages 162-163 is signed "Jay Jackson."
    • Story art for "Suicide Ship to Earth" on pages 176-177 is signed "Rod Ruth."
    • Story art for "The Fiend of New London" on pages 194-195 is signed "Jay Jackson."
    • Story art for "Mr. Wisel's Secret" on pages 212-213 is signed "R Fuqua."
    • Story art for "Robot AL 76 Goes Astray" on pages 218-219 is signed "R. Fuqua."
    • "Scientific Mysteries" artwork is signed "Joe C. Sewell."
    • "Correspondence Corner" is a compilation of requests from readers for pen pals, trading partners, etc.
    • "Discussions" is a letters column.
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Editor Title: Amazing Stories - 1942 • [Amazing Stories] • (1942) • edited by Raymond A. Palmer

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