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Publication: Super Science Stories, May 1940

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  • Publication: Super Science Stories, May 1940Publication Record # 60796 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Frederik Pohl
  • Date: 1940-05-00
  • Publisher: Fictioneers, Inc.
  • Price:
    $0.15?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 132
  • 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: Super Science Stories, May 1940 (1940) • by Gabriel Mayorga
  • Notes:
    • Vol 1, No 2.
    • Page numbers run 1-128.
    • The Editor is not credited; Tuck and Miller/Contento credit Pohl as the Editor.
    • Cover art is not credited; the artwork is signed "Gabriel H. Mayorga."
    • Interior art is not credited.
    • Story art for "Hollow of the Moon" on pages 6 and 11 is signed "Eron."
    • Story art for "Guardian Angel" on pages 24 and 30 is signed "Lasker."
    • Story art for "Let There Be Light" on pages 34-35 is signed "GThorp."
    • Story art for "Bequest of the Angel" on page 46 shows no signature; that on page 52 is signed "Eron.".
    • Story art for "Juice" on page 62 is signed "Eron."
    • Story art for "Arton's Metal" on page 73 is signed "Eron."
    • Story art for "Living Isotopes" on page 80 is signed "Lasker."
    • Story art for "King Cole of Pluto" on pages 90-91 and 99 is signed "Eron."
    • Story art for "Castaway" on page 112 is signed "Hannes Bok."
    • "The Science Fictioneer" is a column devoted to fan interests and activities.
    • "The Preview" is a preview of the next month's issue. This month it contains an excerpt from "The Day of the Comet" by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.
    • "Missives and Missiles" is a letters column.
    • Smith's letter is signed "Smith. (Edward E. Smith, Ph. D.)."
Cover art supplied by Galactic Central
Editor Title: Super Science Stories - 1940 • [Super Science Stories / Super Science Novels] • (1940) • edited by Frederik Pohl

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Primary Verifications

Verifier Date Type Last User Activity Date
Ldb001 2017-05-29 11:41:47 Permanent 2022-03-21

Secondary Verifications

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Bleiler Early Years Not Verified    
Bleiler Supernatural Not Verified    
Bleiler1 (Gernsback) Not Verified    
Bleiler78 Not Verified    
Clute/Grant Not Verified    
Clute/Nicholls Not Verified    
Contento1 (anth/coll) Not Verified    
Currey Not Verified    
Locus1 Not Verified    
Miller/Contento Verified Rtrace 2012-10-30 19:24:05
OCLC/Worldcat Not Verified    
Reginald1 Not Verified    
Reginald3 Not Verified    
Tuck Verified Rtrace 2012-10-30 20:27:53
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