Wonder Stories Quarterly, Summer 1930

Overview:

  • Title: Wonder Stories Quarterly, Summer 1930
  • Author: Hugo Gernsback
  • Year: 1930
  • Publisher: Stellar Publishing Corporation
  • Price: $0.50
  • Pages: 148
  • Binding: bedsheet
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Title Reference: The Moon Rays
  • Notes:
    • Page numbers run 433-576.
    • Contents page states publication on 15 June.
    • Cover illustrates "The Monsters of Neptune."
    • Cover art is not credited; the artwork is signed "Paul."
    • Interior art is credited below each art item.
    • An opening essay on page 437 describes the "What I Have Done to Spread Science Fiction" contest announced in the Fall 1929 issue of Science Wonder Quarterly. This issue includes the three third-round winners. Ralph Milne Farley was awarded the First Prize of $100.00, and F. B. Eason won the Second Prize of $50.00. Their letters are entered here as "prize winner."
    • Story art for "The War of the Planets" is credited to "Paul." Art on pages 444 and 452 is signed "Paul"; that on page 438 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "The Tower of Evil" on page 468 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Story art for "Electropolis" is credited to "Paul." Art on pages 488, 493, 508, 512-513, 524, and 528 is signed "Paul"; that on pages 482, 500, and 517 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "The Monsters of Neptune" on page 536 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Story art for "The Eternal Man Revives" on page 548 is credited to "Volga"; the art is signed "Ivan Volga."
    • Story art for "The Moon Rays" on page 558 is credited to "Imler"; the art is signed "E.I."
    • Drawn portraits (uncredited) of the authors appear with each story; all are signed "B" except for those of Zagat and Schachner.
    • "The Reader Speaks" is a letters column.