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Publication: Scientific Detective Monthly, January 1930

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  • Publication: Scientific Detective Monthly, January 1930Publication Record # 340468 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Hugo Gernsback
  • Date: 1930-01-00
  • Publisher: Techni-Craft Publishing Corp.
  • 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: Scientific Detective Monthly, January 1930 by Jno Ruger
  • Notes:
    • Trimmed edges.
    • Page numbers run 1-96.
    • Cover artist uncredited; signature "Jno Ruger" on artwork.
    • Story art is credited by artist last name only. Artwork for "The Bishop Murder Case" is uncredited, but the artist's signature is on the art.
    • Artwork for "Scientific Actuality: A Message from the Ultra-Violet" consists of several photographs.
    • "Science vs. Crime" is an introductory essay. It is titled "Editorial" in the table of contents.
    • "Scientific Actuality" is a series of factual articles that appeared in each issue of the magazine. The example in this issue, "A Message from the Ultra-Violet," is written much like fiction, including extensive character dialogue. The editors' introduction to the piece says directly that it is factual. Day's index lists it both as an article and a story. Since it appears in a monthly non-fiction feature, it is listed here as non-fiction.
    • "How Good a Detective Are You?" is a monthly puzzle or brain teaser.
    • "The Reader's Verdict" is a letters column.
    • "Book Review," titled thus, contains short reviews of current fiction and non-fiction books.
    • "Science-Crime Notes" is a series of short news items from around the world.
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Editor Title: Scientific Detective Monthly - 1930 • [Amazing Detective Tales] • (1930) • edited by Hugo Gernsback

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