Wonder Stories, December 1932

Overview:

• Title: Wonder Stories, December 1932
• Author: Hugo Gernsback
• Year: 1932
• Publisher: Stellar Publishing Corporation
• Price: $0.15
• Pages: 68
• Binding: bedsheet
• Type: MAGAZINE
• Title Reference: The Planetoid of Doom
• Notes:
  • Page numbers run 545-608.
  • Issue is center-stapled without a printed spine.
  • Contents page states publication on the 3rd of the preceding month.
  • Library of Congress copyright record shows publication date 1932-11-01
  • Cover illustrates "The Time Express."
  • Cover art is not credited; no signature appears on the artwork.
  • Interior art is credited at the start of each story.
  • Story art for "The Wreck of the Asteroid (Part 1 of 3)" on page 550 is credited to and signed "Paul."
  • Story art for "The Time Express" on page 562 is credited to and signed "Paul."
  • Story art for "The Planetoid of Doom" on page 574 is credited to and signed "Paul."
  • Story art for "Space Rays" on page 584 is credited to and signed "Paul."
  • "Reasonableness in Science Fiction" appears on the first text page of "Space Rays" in the place of the usual brief editorial introduction to the story. This essay is longer than usual and is titled.
  • Story art for "The Death of Iron (Part 4 of 4)" on page 594 is credited to and signed "Paul."
  • "Prize Winning Letters" reproduce the top three letters submitted in response to the cover contest in the September 1932 issue. First prize was won by Kaletsky.
  • A drawn portrait (uncredited, unsigned) of Manning appears with his story; portraits are not included for the other authors.
  • "The Reader Speaks" is a letters column.
  • Judson's letter is signed "Ralph Judson (Ralph Stranger)."
  • "Science Questions and Answers" is also a letters feature, but deals more narrowly with science questions.