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Publication: Captain Future, Spring 1944

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  • Publication: Captain Future, Spring 1944Publication Record # 256678 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Oscar J. Friend
  • Date: 1944-03-00
  • 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 1944 by Earle Bergey [as by Earle K. Bergey]
  • Webpages: archive.org
  • Notes:
    • Vol 6, No 2.
    • Contents page states "March, 1944, issue."
    • Page numbers run 3-130.
    • The Editor is not credited.
    • Cover art is credited to "Earle K. Bergey"; the artwork shows no signature. Cover illustrates "Days of Creation."
    • Interior art is not credited.
    • Story art for "Days of Creation" on pages 15 and 19 is signed "Virgil Finlay"; that on pages 11, 13, 29, 35, and 47 shows no signature. There are also several tiny generic drawings at the start or end of chapters.
    • Story art for "Victory Drums" on page 79 is signed "Sokoli."
    • Story art for "The Return of the Ice Age" on page 95 is signed "Marchioni."
    • Story art for "Nothing Sirius" on page 106 is signed "Leo Morey."
    • "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.
    • "The Shape of the Future" is a collection of current news items about new technology.
    • "Under Observation" is a letters column.
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Editor Title: Captain Future - 1944 • [Captain Future Magazine] • (1943) • edited by Oscar J. Friend

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