Amazing Detective Tales, October 1930

Overview:

  • Title: Amazing Detective Tales, October 1930
  • Author: Hugo Gernsback
  • Year: 1930
  • Publisher: Techni-Craft Publishing Corp.
  • Price: $0.25
  • Pages: 100
  • Binding: bedsheet
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Title Reference: Murder in the Fourth Dimension
  • Notes:
    • Trimmed edges.
    • Pages are numbered 865-960.
    • Cover is an illustration for the story "The Flower of Evil."
    • Cover artist not credited; signature "HVB" on the artwork, almost certainly indicating Howard V. Brown. The tall lettering is exactly his style.
    • In place of the usual opening essay by Gernsback, there is an announcement that the November issue will be 7x10" rather than 9x12".
    • Story art is credited by artist last name only.
    • Art for "The Clasp of Doom" and "The Carewe Murder Mystery (Part 2 of 2)" is signed "Jay Gould."
    • Artwork for "Scientific Actuality: The Most Dangerous Forgeries" consists of a photograph.
    • "How Good a Detective Are You?" is a monthly puzzle or brain teaser.
    • "Scientific Actuality" is a series of factual articles that appeared in each issue of the magazine.
    • "The Reader's Verdict" is a letters column.
    • "Book Reviews" is titled thus, and consists of short reviews of current fiction and non-fiction books.