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Publication: Fantastic Adventures, May 1940

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  • Publication: Fantastic Adventures, May 1940Publication Record # 58150 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Raymond A. Palmer
  • Date: 1940-05-00
  • 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, May 1940 (1940) • by Stockton Mulford
  • Webpages: archive.org
  • Notes:
    • Vol 2, No 5.
    • Page numbers run 3-98.
    • The front cover illustrates "The Whispering Gorilla."
    • Front cover art is credited to "Stockton Mulford"; the artwork shows no signature. 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 Robert Fuqua, Julian S. Krupa, Jay Jackson, Leo Morey, Rod Ruth, Joe Sewell."
    • Story art for "The Whispering Gorilla" on page 6 is signed "R. Fuqua"; that on pages 18 and 27 is signed "R.F."
    • Story art for "Lancelot Biggs: Master Navigator" on pages 30-31 is signed "Julian Krupa."
    • Story art for "Fantastic Hoaxes: The Comet-Seeker Hoax" on page 38 is signed "Joe Sewell."
    • Story art for "The Shining Man" on pages 40-41 is signed "Leo Morey."
    • Art for "Romance of the Elements.....Barium" shows no signature.
    • Story art for "Worlds at War" on pages 56-57 is signed "Leo Morey."
    • Story art for "The Wizard of Baseball" on pages 68-69 is signed "Jay Jackson."
    • Story art for "50 Miles Down" on page 75 shows no signature.
    • "Introducing the Author" contains a short essay by Kaletsky.
    • "Quiz Page" is a series of science questions for the reader. Answers are on page 94.
    • "Reader's Page" is a letters column.
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Editor Title: Fantastic Adventures - 1940 • [Fantastic Adventures] • (1940) • edited by Raymond A. Palmer

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