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Captain Future, Spring 1940

April 1940

Editor Mort Weisinger
Cover art Earle Bergey
Publisher Better Publications, Inc.
Price $0.15
Pages 132

  • Vol 1, No 2.
  • Publication date from Ashley's "The Time Machines."
  • Page numbers run 3-130.
  • The Editor is not credited.
  • Cover art is not credited; the artwork shows no signature. Cover artist credit from The Collected Captain Future: Wizard of Science, Volume One.
  • Interior art is not credited.
  • Story art for "Calling Captain Future" on pages 12-13, 19, and 45 is signed "HWesso"; that on pages 15, 17, 21, 33, 37, and 41 shows no signature.
  • Story art for "Jewel of Mars" on page 100 is signed "Paul."
  • Story art for "The Human Termites (Part 2 of 4)" on page 103 is signed "Paul." Two small illustrations of characters in the story on pages 104 and 105 are not signed.
  • Story art for "Men of Honor" on page 115 is not signed.
  • "The Worlds of Tomorrow" gives fictitious information on locations in space, but is written as if factual. This month's entry describes Pluto. Several diagrams are included.
  • "Under Observation" is a letters column.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Captain Future - 1940 Mort Weisinger
Cover Art Non Fiction Captain Future, Spring 1940 Earle Bergey
12 Interior Art Non Fiction Calling Captain Future (Complete Novel) H. W. Wesso
19 Interior Art Non Fiction Calling Captain Future (Complete Novel) [2] H. W. Wesso
27 Interior Art Non Fiction Calling Captain Future (Complete Novel) [3] H. W. Wesso
45 Interior Art Non Fiction Calling Captain Future (Complete Novel) [4] H. W. Wesso
100 Interior Art Non Fiction Jewel of Mars Frank R. Paul
103 Interior Art Non Fiction The Human Termites (Part 2 of 4) Frank R. Paul
115 Interior Art Non Fiction Men of Honor uncredited