Captain Future, Summer 1942

Overview:

  • Title: Captain Future, Summer 1942
  • Author: Oscar J. Friend
  • Year: 1942
  • Publisher: Better Publications, Inc.
  • Price: $0.15
  • Pages: 132
  • Binding: pulp
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Title Reference: Captain Future, Summer 1942
  • Notes:
    • Vol 4, No 2.
    • Contents page states "June, 1942, issue."
    • Page numbers run 3-130.
    • The Editor is not credited.
    • Cover art is not credited; the artwork shows no signature. Credit from the facsimile.
    • Interior art is not credited.
    • Story art for "The Comet Kings" on pages 12-13 is signed "HWesso"; that on pages 11, 15, 19, 27, 31, 35, and 43 shows no signature. There are also several tiny generic drawings at the start or end of chapters.
    • Story art for "The Lion-Hearted" on page 80 is signed "Marchioni."
    • Story art for "The Hole in the Sky" on page 95 may possibly have a very small signature, but is is difficult to decipher.
    • Story art for "The Alien Intelligence (Part 2 of 3)" on page 109 consists only of an illustration of a character in the story, and is not signed.
    • "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.