Scientific Detective Monthly, February 1930

Overview:

  • Title: Scientific Detective Monthly, February 1930
  • Author: Hugo Gernsback
  • Year: 1930
  • Publisher: Techni-Craft Publishing Corp.
  • Price: $0.25
  • Pages: 100
  • Binding: bedsheet
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Title Reference: The Man Higher Up
  • Notes:
    • Trimmed edges.
    • Page numbers run 97-192.
    • Cover is an illustration for the story "The Man Higher Up."
    • Cover artist uncredited; signature "Jno Ruger" on artwork.
    • Story art for most stories is credited by artist last name only. Artwork for "A Scientific Widowhood" and "How Good a Detective Are You?" is uncredited, but artists' signatures are on the art.
    • Artwork for "Scientific Actuality: True Adventures of a Super-Scientific Detective" consists of two photographs in addition to the art by Ruger.
    • "Scientific Crime Detection" is an introductory essay. It is titled "Editorial—Scientific Crime Detection" in the table of contents.
    • "Scientific Actuality" is a series of factual articles that appeared in each issue of the magazine.
    • "How Good a Detective Are You?" is a monthly puzzle or brain teaser.
    • "The Reader's Verdict" is a letters column.
    • "Book Reviews," titled thus, are short reviews of current fiction and non-fiction books.
    • "Science-Crime Notes" is a series of short news items from around the world.