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Cover of Captain Future, Summer 1942

Captain Future, Summer 1942

June 1942

Editor Oscar J. Friend
Cover art Earle Bergey
Publisher Better Publications, Inc.
Price $0.15
Pages 132
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  • Vol 4, No 2.
  • Contents page states "June, 1942, issue."
  • Page numbers run 3-130.
  • The Editor is not credited.
  • Cover art is not credited; the artwork shows no signature. Credit from the facsimile.
  • Interior art is not credited.
  • Story art for "The Comet Kings" on pages 12-13 is signed "HWesso"; that on pages 11, 15, 19, 27, 31, 35, and 43 shows no signature. There are also several tiny generic drawings at the start or end of chapters.
  • Story art for "The Lion-Hearted" on page 80 is signed "Marchioni."
  • Story art for "The Hole in the Sky" on page 95 may possibly have a very small signature, but is is difficult to decipher.
  • Story art for "The Alien Intelligence (Part 2 of 3)" on page 109 consists only of an illustration of a character in the story, and is not signed.
  • "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.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Captain Future - 1942 Oscar J. Friend
Cover Art Non Fiction Captain Future, Summer 1942 Earle Bergey
11 Interior Art Non Fiction The Comet Kings (Complete Novel) H. W. Wesso
80 Interior Art Non Fiction The Lion-Hearted M. Marchioni
95 Interior Art Non Fiction The Hole in the Sky uncredited
109 Interior Art Non Fiction The Alien Intelligence (Part 2 of 3) uncredited