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Cover of Comet, July 1941

Comet, July 1941

F. Orlin Tremaine

First published 2015
Series Comet magazine reprints
Publisher Pulp Tales Press
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Leo Morey
Pages 128
Price $12.95
ISBN 9781507506059

  • This is a print-on-demand facsimile reprint of the fifth and last issue of the pulp magazine.
  • No printing date, or price, for this facsimile anywhere in this magazine, date and price from Amazon.com as of 2015-05-24.
  • Comet: Stories of Super Time and Space on the cover only. This magazine is called Comet only on the contents page and in the magazine's indicia.
  • F. Orlin Tremaine is given editor's credit only on the lower left cover, see image, and then only as Orlin Tremaine.
  • The following stories are advertised as to appear in the next issue: "Vanished Universe" by Nat Schachner, "The Imaginative Genius" by Richard O. Lewis, "A Legend of Mars" by Raymond van Houten, "The Kiss of Death" by Henry J. Kostkos, and "The Cat That Had Nine Lives" by Clifford D. Simak & Carl Jacobi. It is unknown if any of these were ever printed. The Simak & Jacobi story may have been a sequel to "The Street That Wasn't There". "A Legend of Mars" may have been printed as "The Last Martian".
  • The Spacean is a faux five page newssheet, with faux advertisements. This is a non-fact essay.
  • The uncredited letter's page artwork for "Space Mail" seems to be signed in the lower right hand corner by "HJR".
  • Artists are given a group credit only on the contents page, and credit is given for each illustration per their signatures.