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Captain Future, Winter 1941

January 1941

Editor Mort Weisinger
Cover art Earle Bergey
Publisher Better Publications, Inc.
Price $0.15
Pages 132
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  • Vol 2, No 2.
  • Contents page states "January, 1941, issue."
  • Page numbers run 3-130.
  • The Editor is not credited.
  • Cover art is not credited; the artwork is signed "E. K. Bergey."
  • Interior art is not credited.
  • Story art on page 27 is signed "HWesso"; that on pages 14-15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 31, 35, 36-37, 43, 51, 57, and 65 shows no signature. There are also several tiny generic drawings at the start or end of chapters.
  • Story art for "Not Yet the End" on page 96 shows no signature.
  • Story art for "Mutiny in Space (Part 1 of 2)" on page 101 is signed "Paul." Three small illustrations of characters in the story on pages 102, 103, and 105 are not signed.
  • Story art for "Grave of the Achilles" on page 109 is signed "Leo Morey."
  • "The Futuremen" is a column giving background on characters in the stories. It is fictional but is written as fact.
  • "The Worlds of Tomorrow" gives fictitious information on locations in space, but is written as if factual. A diagram is included.
  • "Under Observation" is a letters column.
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Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
6 Poem Fiction Song of the Futuremen Sergeant Saturn
6 Essay Non Fiction Under Observation (Captain Future, Winter 1941) various
12 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Captain Future, Winter 1941): Inject Some New Plot James Miller (II)
12 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Captain Future, Winter 1941): Not Science Fiction Stanley Kovan
12 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Captain Future, Winter 1941): Unpleasantries Charled Hidley
14 Serial Fiction Captain Future and the Seven Space Stones (Complete Novel) Edmond Hamilton
94 Short Fiction Fiction The Worlds of Tomorrow: Mars, the Crimson Sphere uncredited
96 Short Fiction Fiction Not Yet the End Frederic Brown
99 Short Fiction Fiction The Futuremen: No. 4—Marshal Ezra Gurney uncredited
101 Serial Fiction Mutiny in Space (Part 1 of 2) Gawain Edwards
109 Short Fiction Fiction Grave of the Achilles Harl Vincent
122 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Captain Future, Winter 1941): Best Issue Yet Aaron Hamber
122 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Captain Future, Winter 1941): We've Got Something David Edward Schroer
122 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Captain Future, Winter 1941): World Progress Nicholas Carr
123 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Captain Future, Winter 1941): Another Swerdlow Endorser Edward Waltz, Jr.
123 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Captain Future, Winter 1941): Brain Trouble Allan Taplin
123 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Captain Future, Winter 1941): One Hero Enough? Bert Schneider
124 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Captain Future, Winter 1941): Boys and Girls Together William Novak
124 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Captain Future, Winter 1941): Fewer Slang Words William Robb
124 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Captain Future, Winter 1941): Oog! Oog! Oog! Arden Parry
126 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Captain Future, Winter 1941): An Authoritative Protest 'Captain Future' (Huh?)
128 Essay Non Fiction The Future of Captain Future (Captain Future, Winter 1941) The Editor

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Captain Future - 1941 Mort Weisinger
Cover Art Non Fiction Captain Future, Winter 1941 Earle Bergey
14 Interior Art Non Fiction Captain Future and the Seven Space Stones (Complete Novel) H. W. Wesso
96 Interior Art Non Fiction Not Yet the End uncredited
101 Interior Art Non Fiction Mutiny in Space (Part 1 of 2) Frank R. Paul
109 Interior Art Non Fiction Grave of the Achilles Leo Morey