Astonishing Stories, April 1940
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Overview:
- Title: Astonishing Stories, April 1940
- Author: Frederik Pohl
- Year: 1940
- Publisher: Fictioneers, Inc.
- Price: $0.10
- Pages: 116
- Binding: pulp
- Type: MAGAZINE
- Title Reference: The Callistan Menace
- Notes:
- Vol 1, No 2.
- Page numbers run 1-112.
- Cover art is not credited; the artwork shows no signature.
- Interior art is not credited.
- Story art for "The Space-Beasts" on pages 6-7 and 15 is signed "Eron."
- Story art for "Murder from Mars" on page 25 is signed "Lasker."
- Story art for "Master Control" on pages 34-35 is signed "Perri."
- Story art for "Salvage of Space" on page 55 is signed "Eron."
- Story art for "The Callistan Menace" on pages 66-67 is signed "Matt. Fox."
- Story art for "Stepsons of Mars" on pages 78 and 87 is signed "Hannes Bok."
- "Viewpoints" is a letters column.
- "Fantasy Books" contains book reviews.
- "Fantasy Films" reviews recent films. This month's review duties are shared by Wilson (Gulliver's Travels, That They May Live) and Ackerman (The Invisible Man Returns, The Return of Dr. X).
- "Tales to Come" is a preview of the next month's issue. It contains an excerpt from "Into the Darkness" by Ross Rocklynne.
- In the review of The Hopkins Manuscript, the author is given as "R. C. Sheriff" vs. "R. C. Sherriff". The credit has been changed to the canonical name per ISFDB conventions.