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Publication: Fantastic Adventures, January 1940

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  • Publication: Fantastic Adventures, January 1940Publication Record # 58104 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Raymond A. Palmer
  • Date: 1940-01-00
  • Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
  • Price:
    $0.20?$: 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: Fantastic Adventures, January 1940 by Harold W. McCauley [as by H. W. McCauley]
  • Webpages: archive.org
  • Notes:
    • Vol 2, No 1.
    • Page numbers run 3-98.
    • The front cover illustrates "The Robot Peril."
    • Front cover art is credited to and signed "H. W. McCauley." Back cover art is credited to "Frank R. Paul" and is signed "Paul."
    • Interior art is not credited individually by story, but the contents page states "Illustrations by H. W. McCauley, Julian S. Krupa, Robert Fuqua, Rod Ruth, Joe Sewell, Jay Jackson."
    • Story art for "The Robot Peril" on pages 6-7 is signed "H. W. McCauley"; that on page 17 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "Fantastic Hoaxes: The Fischer Hoax" on page 28 is signed "Joe Sewell."
    • Story art for "Death Over Chicago" on pages 30-31 is signed "Robt Fuqua"; that on page 44 is signed "Fuqua"; that on page 45 is unsigned.
    • Story art for "The Time Merchant" on pages 48-49 is signed "Julian Krupa."
    • Art for "Romance of the Elements...Arsenic" is signed "Rod Ruth."
    • Story art for "Captives of the Void" on pages 58-59 is credited to "Julian S. Krupa"; the artwork shows no signature.
    • Story art for "Hell in Eden" on pages 64-65 is signed "Julian Krupa."
    • Story art for "The Gift of Magic" on page 76-77 is signed "Jay Jackson."
    • "Introducing the Author" contains short essays by some of the authors in the issue.
    • "Quiz Page" is a series of science questions for the reader. Answers are on page 94.
    • "Reader's Page" is a letters column.
    • "Prize Story Contest" solicits reader votes on the best story in each issue. The top two authors get cash prizes. Winners for the November issue are Polton Cross (First Prize) and Henry Gade (Second Prize).
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Editor Title: Fantastic Adventures - 1940 • [Fantastic Adventures] • (1940) • edited by Raymond A. Palmer

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