Scientific Detective Monthly, May 1930

Overview:

  • Title: Scientific Detective Monthly, May 1930
  • Author: Hugo Gernsback
  • Year: 1930
  • Publisher: Techni-Craft Publishing Corp.
  • Price: $0.25
  • Pages: 100
  • Binding: bedsheet
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Title Reference: The Eleventh Hour
  • Notes:
    • Trimmed edges.
    • Pages are numbered 385-480.
    • This issue announces in a several places that the next issue will be titled Amazing Detective Tales.
    • Cover is an illustration for the story "The Electrical Man."
    • Cover artist credited as "Ruger"; signature "Jno Ruger" on artwork.
    • Story art is credited by artist last name only.
    • Artwork for "Scientific Actuality: Hunting Vipers" consists of several photographs.
    • "How Good a Detective Are You?" is a monthly puzzle or brain teaser.
    • "The Subconscious Mind and Crime" is an introductory essay. It is titled "Editorial—The Subconscious Mind and Crime" in the table of contents.
    • "Scientific Actuality" is a series of factual articles that appeared in each issue of the magazine.
    • "The Reader's Verdict" is a letters column.
    • "Book Reviews" are titled thus, and are short reviews of current fiction and non-fiction books.
    • Art for "The Azure Ring" is signed "Jno Ruger."