Captain Future, Summer 1943

Overview:

  • Title: Captain Future, Summer 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 3.
    • Contents page states "July, 1943, issue."
    • Page numbers run 3-130.
    • The Editor is not credited.
    • Cover art is credited to "Earle K. Bergey"; the artwork shows no signature. Cover illustrates "The Star of Dread."
    • Interior art is not credited.
    • Story art for "The Star of Dread" on pages 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 33, 37, and 49 shows no signature. There are also several tiny generic drawings at the start or end of chapters.
    • Story art for "The Wheezers" on page 91 is signed "Marchioni."
    • Story art for "Rain, Raids and Rays" on page 102 is signed "Marchioni."
    • Story art for "Venusian Quartz" on page 112 is signed "hall."
    • "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.