Super Science Stories, May 1940

Overview:

  • Title: Super Science Stories, May 1940
  • Author: Frederik Pohl
  • Year: 1940
  • Publisher: Fictioneers, Inc.
  • Price: $0.15
  • Pages: 132
  • Binding: pulp
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Title Reference: Castaway
  • Notes:
    • Vol 1, No 2.
    • Page numbers run 1-128.
    • The Editor is not credited; Tuck and Miller/Contento credit Pohl as the Editor.
    • Cover art is not credited; the artwork is signed "Gabriel H. Mayorga."
    • Interior art is not credited.
    • Story art for "Hollow of the Moon" on pages 6 and 11 is signed "Eron."
    • Story art for "Guardian Angel" on pages 24 and 30 is signed "Lasker."
    • Story art for "Let There Be Light" on pages 34-35 is signed "GThorp."
    • Story art for "Bequest of the Angel" on page 46 shows no signature; that on page 52 is signed "Eron.".
    • Story art for "Juice" on page 62 is signed "Eron."
    • Story art for "Arton's Metal" on page 73 is signed "Eron."
    • Story art for "Living Isotopes" on page 80 is signed "Lasker."
    • Story art for "King Cole of Pluto" on pages 90-91 and 99 is signed "Eron."
    • Story art for "Castaway" on page 112 is signed "Hannes Bok."
    • "The Science Fictioneer" is a column devoted to fan interests and activities.
    • "The Preview" is a preview of the next month's issue. This month it contains an excerpt from "The Day of the Comet" by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.
    • "Missives and Missiles" is a letters column.
    • Smith's letter is signed "Smith. (Edward E. Smith, Ph. D.)."