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Cover of Captain Future, Spring 1943

Captain Future, Spring 1943

March 1943

Editor Oscar J. Friend
Publisher Better Publications, Inc.
Price $0.15
Pages 132
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  • Vol 5, No 2.
  • Contents page states "March, 1943, issue."
  • Page numbers run 3-130.
  • The Editor is not credited.
  • Cover art is not credited; the artwork shows no signature.
  • Interior art is not credited.
  • Story art for "Worlds to Come" on pages 15, 17, 19, 25, 31, 37, and 47 shows no signature. There are also several tiny generic drawings at the start or end of chapters.
  • Story art for "Pillage of the Space-Marine" on page 78 is signed "Wallace Saaty."
  • Story art for "Better Than One" on page 92 has a very small signature that looks like three initials, but it is difficult to decipher.
  • Story art for "Gabriel's Horn" on page 105 is signed "M M" using Marchioni's stylized "M" design.
  • "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.
  • "The Shape of the Future" is a collection of current news items about new technology.
  • "Under Observation" is a letters column.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Captain Future - 1943 Oscar J. Friend
15 Interior Art Non Fiction Worlds to Come uncredited
78 Interior Art Non Fiction Pillage of the Space-Marine Wallace Saaty
92 Interior Art Non Fiction Better Than One uncredited
105 Interior Art Non Fiction Gabriel's Horn M. Marchioni