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Publication: Fantastic Adventures, November 1939

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  • Publication: Fantastic Adventures, November 1939Publication Record # 58162 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Raymond A. Palmer
  • Date: 1939-11-00
  • 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, November 1939 (1939) • by Robert Fuqua
  • Webpages: archive.org
  • Notes:
    • Vol 1, No 4.
    • Page numbers run 3-98.
    • The front cover illustrates "The Man from Hell."
    • Front cover art is credited to "Robert Fuqua"; no signature is found on the artwork. 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 Julian S. Krupa, Kenneth J. Reeve."
    • Story art for "The Man from Hell" on pages 7, 10-11, and 14 is unsigned.
    • Story art for "The Purple Conspiracy" on pages 26-27 and 28 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "F.O.B. Venus" on page 34 shows no signature.
    • Art for "Romance of the Elements....Argon" is signed "Rod Ruth."
    • Story art for "Into Another Dimension" on pages 42 and 48 is signed "K. J. Reeve."
    • Story art for "Fantastic Hoaxes: The Calaveras Skull Hoax" on page 54 is signed "Joe Sewell." He is credited thus on the story pages.
    • Story art for "Lunar Intrigue" on page 56 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "Pioneer—1957!" on pages 68-69 and 73 shows no signature.
    • "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 98.
    • "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 September issue are F. Orlin Tremaine (First Prize) and Edmond Hamilton (Second Prize).
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Editor Title: Fantastic Adventures - 1939 • [Fantastic Adventures] • (1939) • edited by Raymond A. Palmer

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