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Cover of Scientific Detective Monthly, May 1930

Scientific Detective Monthly, May 1930

May 1930

Editor Hugo Gernsback
Cover art Ruger
Publisher Techni-Craft Publishing Corp.
Price $0.25
Pages 100
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  • Trimmed edges.
  • Pages are numbered 385-480.
  • This issue announces in a several places that the next issue will be titled Amazing Detective Tales.
  • Cover is an illustration for the story "The Electrical Man."
  • Cover artist credited as "Ruger"; signature "Jno Ruger" on artwork.
  • Story art is credited by artist last name only.
  • Artwork for "Scientific Actuality: Hunting Vipers" consists of several photographs.
  • "How Good a Detective Are You?" is a monthly puzzle or brain teaser.
  • "The Subconscious Mind and Crime" is an introductory essay. It is titled "Editorial—The Subconscious Mind and Crime" in the table of contents.
  • "Scientific Actuality" is a series of factual articles that appeared in each issue of the magazine.
  • "The Reader's Verdict" is a letters column.
  • "Book Reviews" are titled thus, and are short reviews of current fiction and non-fiction books.
  • Art for "The Azure Ring" is signed "Jno Ruger."

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Scientific Detective Monthly - 1930 Hugo Gernsback
Cover Art Non Fiction Scientific Detective Monthly, May 1930 Ruger
390 Interior Art Non Fiction The Murder in the Clinic Winter
400 Interior Art Non Fiction The Electrical Man Ruger
417 Interior Art Non Fiction How Good a Detective Are You? (Scientific Detective Monthly, May 1930) Pearsall
418 Interior Art Non Fiction The Azure Ring Ruger
428 Interior Art Non Fiction The Eleventh Hour Ruger
440 Interior Art Non Fiction Scientific Actuality: Hunting Vipers uncredited
444 Interior Art Non Fiction Rays of Death (Part 2 of 2) Paul