Astonishing Stories, February 1940

Overview:

  • Title: Astonishing Stories, February 1940
  • Author: Frederik Pohl
  • Year: 1940
  • Publisher: Fictioneers, Inc.
  • Price: $0.10
  • Pages: 116
  • Binding: pulp
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Title Reference: Half-Breed
  • Notes:
    • Vol 1, No 1.
    • Page numbers run 1-112.
    • Cover art is not credited; the artwork is signed "Binder."
    • Interior art is not credited.
    • Story art for "Chameleon Planet" on pages 6-7 and 17 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "White Land of Venus" on pages 26-27 is signed "dan."
    • Story art for "Half-Breed" on pages 38-39 and 46 is signed "Eron."
    • Story art for "Elephant Earth" on page 54 is signed "dan."
    • Story art for "Asteroid" on page 62 is signed "Eron."
    • Story art for "The Lifestone" on pages 70-71 is signed "Lasker"; that on page 78 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "After the Plague" on pages 88-89 and 96 is signed "Lasker."
    • "True—No Doubt!" is a feature of short unusual factoids illustrated by cartoons.
    • "Viewpoints" is a letters column.
    • "Fantasy Books" contains book reviews.
    • "Fantasy Films" reviews recent films. This month's reviews include Bombs over London, The Man Thay Could Not Hang, and The Wizard of Oz.
    • "Fantasy Music" this month discusses the music of Things to Come.