Captain Future, Spring 1942

Overview:

  • Title: Captain Future, Spring 1942
  • Author: Oscar J. Friend
  • Year: 1942
  • Publisher: Better Publications, Inc.
  • Price: $0.15
  • Pages: 132
  • Binding: pulp
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Title Reference: Captain Future - 1942
  • Notes:
    • Vol 4, No 1.
    • Contents page states "March, 1942, issue."
    • Page numbers run 3-130.
    • The Editor is not credited.
    • Cover art is not credited; the artwork shows no signature.
    • Interior art is not credited.
    • Story art for "Outlaws of the Moon" on pages 14-15, 17, 21, 25, 27, 31, 37, and 40 shows no signature. There are also several tiny generic drawings at the start or end of chapters.
    • Story art for "Guinea Pig" on page 87 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "The Alien Intelligence (Part 1 of 3)" on page 97 shows no signature. A small illustration of a character in the story on page 96 is also not signed.
    • Story art for "The Dummy That Saved Earth" on page 108 is signed "Marchioni."
    • "The Futuremen" is a column giving background on characters in the stories. It is fictional but is written as fact.
    • "The Worlds of Tomorrow" gives fictitious information on locations in space, but is written as if factual. A diagram is included.
    • "Under Observation" is a letters column.