Astonishing Stories, April 1940

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.