Wonder Stories, August 1930

Overview:

• Title: Wonder Stories, August 1930
• Author: Hugo Gernsback
• Year: 1930
• Publisher: Stellar Publishing Corporation
• Price: $0.25
• Pages: 100
• Binding: bedsheet
• Type: MAGAZINE
• Title Reference: The Martian Revenge
• Notes:
  • Page numbers run 193-288.
  • Contents page states publication on the 3rd of the preceding month.
  • Library of Congress copyright record shows publication date 1930-07-01
  • Cover illustrates "The Radium Master."
  • Cover art is not credited; the artwork is signed "Paul."
  • Interior art is credited below each art item.
  • Story art for "The Martian Revenge" on page 198 is credited to "Paul"; the artwork shows no signature.
  • Story art for "The Annihilator Comes" on page 212 is credited to and signed "Leonard."
  • "The Magazine of Prophetic Fiction" gives the result of the contest in Science Wonder Stories to devise a slogan for the magazine. The winning slogan is the title of this article and is used on the cover. Although the essay is probably by Gernsback, it is not credited.
  • "When the Moons Met!" is the Second Prize winner for the cover contest that was announced in the February 1930 issue of Air Wonder Stories. Story art on page 236, a new illustration using some of the components of that cover, is credited to "Miller"; the artwork is signed "Jack Miller."
  • Story art for "The Radium Master" on page 240 is credited to and signed "Paul."
  • Story art for "A Subterranean Adventure (Part 3 of 3)" on page 252 is credited to "Miller"; the artwork is signed "Jack Miller."
  • Drawn portraits (uncredited) of the authors appear with each story; they are unsigned except for that of Repp which is signed "B."
  • "What Is Your Knowledge?" is a list of questions about science facts. With each is listed the story page number on which the answer can be found.
  • "The Reader Speaks" is a letters column.
  • "Science Questions and Answers" is also a letters feature, but deals more narrowly with science questions.