Publication: Captain Future, Spring 1942

Publication: Captain Future, Spring 1942Publication Record # 256465 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: Oscar J. Friend
Date: 1942-03-00
Publisher: Better Publications, 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: Captain Future, Spring 1942 by Earle Bergey
Notes:
- Vol 4, No 1.
- Contents page states "March, 1942, issue."
- Page numbers run 3-130.
- The Editor is not credited.
- Cover art is not credited; the artwork shows no signature.
- Interior art is not credited.
- Story art for "Outlaws of the Moon" on pages 14-15, 17, 21, 25, 27, 31, 37, and 40 shows no signature. There are also several tiny generic drawings at the start or end of chapters.
- Story art for "Guinea Pig" on page 87 shows no signature.
- Story art for "The Alien Intelligence (Part 1 of 3)" on page 97 shows no signature. A small illustration of a character in the story on page 96 is also not signed.
- Story art for "The Dummy That Saved Earth" on page 108 is signed "Marchioni."
- "The Futuremen" is a column giving background on characters in the stories. It is fictional but is written as fact.
- "The Worlds of Tomorrow" gives fictitious information on locations in space, but is written as if factual. A diagram is included.
- "Under Observation" is a letters column.

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Editor Title: Captain Future - 1942 • [Captain Future Magazine] • (1941) • edited by Oscar J. Friend

Contents (view Concise Listing)

10 • Under Observation (Captain Future, Spring 1942) • [Under Observation] • essay by various
12 • Letter (Captain Future, Spring 1942): Perhaps a Rocket's Neck? • essay by Thomas Brackett
14 • Outlaws of the Moon (Complete Novel) • [Captain Future • 10] • serial by Edmond Hamilton
14 • Outlaws of the Moon (Complete Novel) • interior artwork by uncredited
87 • Guinea Pig • short story by Arthur K. Barnes
87 • Guinea Pig • interior artwork by uncredited
94 • The Worlds of Tomorrow: Eros • [The Worlds of Tomorrow] • short fiction by uncredited
96 • The Alien Intelligence (Part 1 of 3) • serial by Jack Williamson
96 • The Alien Intelligence (Part 1 of 3) • interior artwork by uncredited
105 • The Futuremen: No. 8 Captain Future's Boyhood • [The Futuremen: Companions of Captain Future • 8] • short story by uncredited
108 • The Dummy That Saved Earth • short story by Graph Waldeyer
108 • The Dummy That Saved Earth • interior artwork by M. Marchioni
120 • Letter (Captain Future, Spring 1942): A New Nova Forming • essay by Edward C. Connor
121 • Letter (Captain Future, Spring 1942): Space Blasts • essay by Sylvester Brown, Jr.
128 • The Future of Captain Future (Captain Future, Spring 1942) • essay by The Editor

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Publication: Captain Future, Spring 1942

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