Captain Future, Winter 1942

Overview:

  • Title: Captain Future, Winter 1942
  • Author: Oscar J. Friend
  • Year: 2017
  • ISBN-10: 9781597985956
  • Publisher: Adventure House
  • Price: $14.95
  • Pages: 130
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: The Quest Beyond the Stars (Complete Novel)
  • Notes:
    • Print-on-demand facsimile of the original Thrilling Publication pulp magazine. Reprint of volume 3, number 3.
    • Cover states that the title of this magazine is Captain Future Man of Tomorrow while the contents page lists the magazine as Captain Future: Wizard of Science, only Captain Future is used.
    • All artwork is unsigned, credit is assigned per the artist's signature.
    • Quest Beyond the Stars also has sixteen drop-down micro- illustrations. These illustrations open each chapter of the novel and are migratory, having appeared in multiple issues of Thrilling's sf magazines.
    • Quest Beyond the Stars also has character portraits of the novel's major characters on p 17 (Captain Future), p 26 (Otho), p 33 (Grag), and p 42 (Simon Wright, the Living Brain). These illustrations are also migratory, and are not listed.
    • "Under Observation" is this magazine's letter column, and it starts off with half page essay by Sergeant Saturn. Saturn is a house name, and it is usually used by the editor.
    • The atlas on page 97 is unsigned.
    • The contents page indicia lists the original printing date of December 1941.