Captain Future, Spring 1943

Overview:

  • Title: Captain Future, Spring 1943
  • Author: Oscar J. Friend
  • Year: 1943
  • Publisher: Better Publications, Inc.
  • Price: $0.15
  • Pages: 132
  • Binding: pulp
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Title Reference: Captain Future - 1943
  • Notes:
    • Vol 5, No 2.
    • Contents page states "March, 1943, 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 "Worlds to Come" on pages 15, 17, 19, 25, 31, 37, and 47 shows no signature. There are also several tiny generic drawings at the start or end of chapters.
    • Story art for "Pillage of the Space-Marine" on page 78 is signed "Wallace Saaty."
    • Story art for "Better Than One" on page 92 has a very small signature that looks like three initials, but it is difficult to decipher.
    • Story art for "Gabriel's Horn" on page 105 is signed "M M" using Marchioni's stylized "M" design.
    • "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.
    • "The Shape of the Future" is a collection of current news items about new technology.
    • "Under Observation" is a letters column.