Scientific Detective Monthly, January 1930

Overview:

• Title: Scientific Detective Monthly, January 1930
• Author: Hugo Gernsback
• Year: 1930
• Publisher: Techni-Craft Publishing Corp.
• Price: $0.25
• Pages: 100
• Binding: bedsheet
• Type: MAGAZINE
• Title Reference: Scientific Detective Monthly - 1930
• Notes:
  • Trimmed edges.
  • Page numbers run 1-96.
  • Cover artist uncredited; signature "Jno Ruger" on artwork.
  • Story art is credited by artist last name only. Artwork for "The Bishop Murder Case" is uncredited, but the artist's signature is on the art.
  • Artwork for "Scientific Actuality: A Message from the Ultra-Violet" consists of several photographs.
  • "Science vs. Crime" is an introductory essay. It is titled "Editorial" in the table of contents.
  • "Scientific Actuality" is a series of factual articles that appeared in each issue of the magazine. The example in this issue, "A Message from the Ultra-Violet," is written much like fiction, including extensive character dialogue. The editors' introduction to the piece says directly that it is factual. Day's index lists it both as an article and a story. Since it appears in a monthly non-fiction feature, it is listed here as non-fiction.
  • "How Good a Detective Are You?" is a monthly puzzle or brain teaser.
  • "The Reader's Verdict" is a letters column.
  • "Book Review," titled thus, contains short reviews of current fiction and non-fiction books.
  • "Science-Crime Notes" is a series of short news items from around the world.