Captain Future, Summer 1940

Overview:

  • Title: Captain Future, Summer 1940
  • Author: Mort Weisinger
  • Year: 1940
  • Publisher: Better Publications, Inc.
  • Price: $0.15
  • Pages: 132
  • Binding: pulp
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Title Reference: Captain Future - 1940
  • Notes:
    • Vol 1, No 3.
    • Publication date from Ashley's "The Time Machines."
    • 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 "Captain Future's Challenge (Complete Novel)" on pages 14-15, 21, 31, and 47 is signed "HWesso"; that on pages 17, 19, 23, 28, 35, 39, and 43 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "Lunar Parasites" on page 100 is signed "Marchioni"; the small illustration on page 103 is not signed.
    • Story art for "Death at the Observatory" on page 106 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "The Human Termites (Part 3 of 4)" on page 113 is signed "Paul." Two small illustrations of characters in the story on pages 114 and 115 are not signed.
    • "The Futuremen" is described as 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. This month's entry describes Neptune. A diagram is included.
    • "Do You Believe?" uses cartoon presentation to argue against several commonly believed ideas.
    • "Under Observation" is a letters column.