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Publication: Astonishing Stories, February 1940

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  • Publication: Astonishing Stories, February 1940Publication Record # 251692 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Frederik Pohl
  • Date: 1940-02-00
  • Publisher: Fictioneers, Inc.
  • Price:
    $0.10?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 116
  • 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: Astonishing Stories, February 1940 by Jack Binder
  • Notes:
    • Vol 1, No 1.
    • Page numbers run 1-112.
    • Cover art is not credited; the artwork is signed "Binder."
    • Interior art is not credited.
    • Story art for "Chameleon Planet" on pages 6-7 and 17 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "White Land of Venus" on pages 26-27 is signed "dan."
    • Story art for "Half-Breed" on pages 38-39 and 46 is signed "Eron."
    • Story art for "Elephant Earth" on page 54 is signed "dan."
    • Story art for "Asteroid" on page 62 is signed "Eron."
    • Story art for "The Lifestone" on pages 70-71 is signed "Lasker"; that on page 78 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "After the Plague" on pages 88-89 and 96 is signed "Lasker."
    • "True—No Doubt!" is a feature of short unusual factoids illustrated by cartoons.
    • "Viewpoints" is a letters column.
    • "Fantasy Books" contains book reviews.
    • "Fantasy Films" reviews recent films. This month's reviews include Bombs over London, The Man Thay Could Not Hang, and The Wizard of Oz.
    • "Fantasy Music" this month discusses the music of Things to Come.
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Editor Title: Astonishing Stories - 1940 • [Astonishing Stories] • edited by Frederik Pohl

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