Fantastic Adventures, July 1939

Overview:

  • Title: Fantastic Adventures, July 1939
  • Author: Raymond A. Palmer
  • Year: 1939
  • Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
  • Price: $0.20
  • Pages: 100
  • Binding: bedsheet
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Title Reference: The Monster from Nowhere
  • Notes:
    • Vol 1, No 2.
    • Page numbers run 3-98.
    • The front cover illustrates "Invaders from Sirius."
    • Front cover art is credited to and signed "Leo Morey." Back cover art is credited to "Frank R. Paul" and is signed "Paul."
    • Interior art is not credited individually by story, but the contents page states "Illustrations by: Julian S. Krupa, Robert Fuqua, Leo Morey, Jay Jackson and Kenneth J. Reeve."
    • Story art for "The Scientists Revolt" on pages 6-7 is signed "Julian Krupa"; that on pages 10, 11, 15 is unsigned.
    • Art for "Romance of the Elements.....Aluminum" is signed "Rod Ruth."
    • Story art for "The Golden Amazon" on pages 32-33 is signed "Julian Krupa"; that on page 39 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "The Monster from Nowhere" on page 47 is signed "Jay Jackson."
    • Story art for "Fantastic Hoaxes: The Cardiff Giant" on page 54 is signed "Joe Sewell." He is credited thus on the story pages.
    • Story art for "Intrigue in Lemuria" on pages 56-57 is signed "Robt Fuqua." The story's author is given as "Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr." on the contents page but as "Frederick Arnold Kummer, Jr." at the start of the story.
    • Story art for "She Walked Alone" on page 66 is signed "K. J. Reeve."
    • Story art for "Invaders from Sirius" on pages 74-75 and 85 is signed "Leo Morey."
    • "The Man from Venus" on page 97 consists of an uncredited essay describing the back cover illustration, and a line-drawing facsimile of the back cover art with captions on various parts of the drawing. This line drawing is uncredited and unsigned.
    • "Story Contest" solicits reader votes on the best story in each issue. The top two authors get cash prizes.
    • "Introducing the Author" contains short essays about or by some of the authors in the issue. This month those of Bond, Kummer, and Ayre are atttributed to the authors; that of Burroughs is an uncredited biography written in third person.
    • "Quiz Page" is a series of science questions for the reader. Answers are on page 96.
    • "Reader's Page" is a letters column.