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Astonishing Stories, April 1940

April 1940

Editor Frederik Pohl
Cover art Binder
Publisher Fictioneers, Inc.
Price $0.10
Pages 116
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  • Vol 1, No 2.
  • Page numbers run 1-112.
  • Cover art is not credited; the artwork shows no signature.
  • Interior art is not credited.
  • Story art for "The Space-Beasts" on pages 6-7 and 15 is signed "Eron."
  • Story art for "Murder from Mars" on page 25 is signed "Lasker."
  • Story art for "Master Control" on pages 34-35 is signed "Perri."
  • Story art for "Salvage of Space" on page 55 is signed "Eron."
  • Story art for "The Callistan Menace" on pages 66-67 is signed "Matt. Fox."
  • Story art for "Stepsons of Mars" on pages 78 and 87 is signed "Hannes Bok."
  • "Viewpoints" is a letters column.
  • "Fantasy Books" contains book reviews.
  • "Fantasy Films" reviews recent films. This month's review duties are shared by Wilson (Gulliver's Travels, That They May Live) and Ackerman (The Invisible Man Returns, The Return of Dr. X).
  • "Tales to Come" is a preview of the next month's issue. It contains an excerpt from "Into the Darkness" by Ross Rocklynne.
  • In the review of The Hopkins Manuscript, the author is given as "R. C. Sheriff" vs. "R. C. Sherriff". The credit has been changed to the canonical name per ISFDB conventions.
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Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
4 Essay Non Fiction Editoramblings (Astonishing Stories, April 1940) The Editor
6 Short Fiction Fiction The Space-Beasts Clifford D. Simak
24 Short Fiction Fiction Murder from Mars Richard Wilson
34 Short Fiction Fiction Master Control Harl Vincent
55 Short Fiction Fiction Salvage of Space Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.
66 Short Fiction Fiction The Callistan Menace Isaac Asimov
78 Short Fiction Fiction Stepsons of Mars Ivar Towers
101 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astonishing Stories, April 1940): On Elephants Robert W. Lowndes
103 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astonishing Stories, April 1940): Fan Biographies? Donn Brazier
104 Essay Non Fiction Fan Magazines (Astonishing Stories, April 1940) uncredited
105 Essay Non Fiction Water, Water Everywhere Milton Kaletsky
102|102.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astonishing Stories, April 1940): Not 4 "4E" Jim Blish
102|102.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astonishing Stories, April 1940): Part of the Triumvirate Henry Hasse
102|102.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astonishing Stories, April 1940): Two Fan Artists in This Issue Olon F. Wiggins
109|109.1 Essay Non Fiction Fantasy Reviews: Fantasy Books (Astonishing Stories, April 1940) Donald A. Wollheim
109|109.2 Review Non Fiction The Hopkins Manuscript Donald A. Wollheim & R. C. Sherriff
109|109.3 Review Non Fiction Attack on America Donald A. Wollheim & General Ared White
109|109.4 Review Non Fiction A Book of Miracles Donald A. Wollheim & Ben Hecht
109|109.5 Essay Non Fiction Fantasy Reviews: Fantasy Films (Astonishing Stories, April 1940) Dick Wilson & Forrest J. Ackerman
111|111.1 Essay Non Fiction Tales to Come (Astonishing Stories, April 1940) uncredited
111|111.2 Short Fiction Fiction Into the Darkness (excerpt) Ross Rocklynne
98|98.1 Essay Non Fiction Viewpoints (Astonishing Stories, April 1940) various
98|98.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astonishing Stories, April 1940): Heavy Science? D. B. Thompson

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Astonishing Stories - 1940 Frederik Pohl
Cover Art Non Fiction Astonishing Stories, April 1940 Binder
6 Interior Art Non Fiction The Space-Beasts Eron
24 Interior Art Non Fiction Murder from Mars Lasker
34 Interior Art Non Fiction Master Control Perri
55 Interior Art Non Fiction Salvage of Space Eron
66 Interior Art Non Fiction The Callistan Menace Matt Fox
78 Interior Art Non Fiction Stepsons of Mars Hannes Bok