Wonder Stories, August 1933

Overview:

  • Title: Wonder Stories, August 1933
  • Author: Hugo Gernsback
  • Year: 1933
  • Publisher: Stellar Publishing Corporation
  • Price: $0.25
  • Pages: 100
  • Binding: bedsheet
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Title Reference: The Isotope Men
  • Notes:
    • Page numbers run 97-192.
    • Contents page states publication on the 3rd of the preceding month.
    • Library of Congress copyright record shows publication date 1933-06-03
    • Cover illustrates "Castaways on Deimos."
    • Cover art is not credited; signature "Paul" appears on the artwork.
    • Interior art is credited at the start of each story.
    • Story art for "The Mystery of Planet Deep" on page 102 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Story art for "The Cosmic Horror" on page 120 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Story art for "Castaways on Deimos" on page 128 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Story art for "The Isotope Men" on page 136 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Story art for "The Man Who Awoke V—The Elixir" on page 150 is credited to and signed "Paul." The story page headers give the title as "The Elixir."
    • "The Radio Terror (Part 2 of 3)" is translated from the French by Fletcher Pratt. Story art on page 160 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • "Notice" explains combining the July and August issues into one: "...our readers tend to spend the summer months out-of-doors and hence do much less reading..."
    • "What Is Your Science 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.
    • The letter entry by Snooks is a reply to a reader's letter; he is not the author of the letter.
    • "Science Questions and Answers" is also a letters feature, but deals more narrowly with science questions.