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Cover of Captain Future, Spring 1944

Captain Future, Spring 1944

March 1944

Editor Oscar J. Friend
Cover art Earle K. Bergey
Publisher Better Publications, Inc.
Price $0.15
Pages 132
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  • Vol 6, No 2.
  • Contents page states "March, 1944, issue."
  • Page numbers run 3-130.
  • The Editor is not credited.
  • Cover art is credited to "Earle K. Bergey"; the artwork shows no signature. Cover illustrates "Days of Creation."
  • Interior art is not credited.
  • Story art for "Days of Creation" on pages 15 and 19 is signed "Virgil Finlay"; that on pages 11, 13, 29, 35, and 47 shows no signature. There are also several tiny generic drawings at the start or end of chapters.
  • Story art for "Victory Drums" on page 79 is signed "Sokoli."
  • Story art for "The Return of the Ice Age" on page 95 is signed "Marchioni."
  • Story art for "Nothing Sirius" on page 106 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.
  • "The Shape of the Future" is a collection of current news items about new technology.
  • "Under Observation" is a letters column.
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Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Captain Future - 1944 Oscar J. Friend
Cover Art Non Fiction Captain Future, Spring 1944 Earle K. Bergey
11 Interior Art Non Fiction Days of Creation (Complete Novel) Virgil Finlay
79 Interior Art Non Fiction Victory Drums Joseph Szokoli
95 Interior Art Non Fiction The Return of the Ice Age M. Marchioni
106 Interior Art Non Fiction Nothing Sirius Leo Morey