Planet Stories, Spring 1940

February 1940

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Vol 1, No 2.
Page numbers run 1-128.
Cover has "Fiction House Magazines" logo.
Cover art is not credited; no signature found on the artwork.
Contents page states an issue date of February 1, 1940.
Interior art is not credited.
Story art for "Goddess of the Moon" on pages 2-3 is signed "Leo Morey."
Story art for "The Girl from Infinite Smallness" on page 31 is signed "Leo Morey."
Story art for "Martian Terror" on pages 46-47 is signed "Leo Morey."
Story art for "The Tantalus Death" on page 61 is signed "Fawcette."
Story art for "Revolt on the Earth-Star" on page 71 is signed "Wm Edwards."
Story art for "The Space Flame" on page 85 is signed "Leo Morey."
Story art for "The Man Who Killed the World" on page 94 shows no signature. The story title is given thus at the start of the story and on the story page headers, but as "The Man Who Killed the Earth" on the contents page.
Story art for "Dictator of Time" on page 99 is signed "Wm Edwards."
"P.S.'s Feature Flash" has several sections: a profile/interview with Carl Selwyn; a profile/interview with Ray Cummings; and a short profile of artists Jean Fawcette and Bill Edwards (artists appearing in this issue).
"The Vizigraph" is a letters column.

Page	Type	Kind	Title	Author(s)
2	Short Fiction	Fiction	Goddess of the Moon	John Murray Reynolds
30	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Girl from Infinite Smallness	Ray Cummings
46	Short Fiction	Fiction	Martian Terror	Ed Earl Repp
61	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Tantalus Death	Ross Rocklynne
71	Short Fiction	Fiction	Revolt on the Earth-Star	Carl Selwyn
84	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Space Flame	Alexander M. Phillips
94	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Man Who Killed the World	Ray King
98	Short Fiction	Fiction	Dictator of Time	Nelson S. Bond
128	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1940): Maybe He's Right About the Dolphins ...	D. B. Thompson
122\|122.1	Essay	Non Fiction	P.S.'s Feature Flash (Planet Stories, Spring 1940)	Carl Selwyn
122\|122.2	Interview	Non Fiction	PS's Feature Flash: The Meteoric Mr. Selwyn	uncredited & Carl Selwyn
122\|122.3	Essay	Non Fiction	P.S.'s Feature Flash (Planet Stories, Spring 1940)	Ray Cummings
122\|122.4	Interview	Non Fiction	PS's Feature Flash: An Old Acquaintance Well Worth Renewing ...	uncredited & Ray Cummings
126\|126.1	Essay	Non Fiction	The Vizigraph (Planet Stories, Spring 1940)	The Editor
126\|126.3	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1940): Nothing If Not Frank ...	Olon F. Wiggins
127\|127.1	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1940): And He Said ...	Olon F. Wiggins
127\|127.2	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1940): Pratt and Manning, No. 1?	D. B. Thompson

Page	Type	Kind	Title	Author(s)
	Editor	Non Fiction	Planet Stories - 1940	Malcolm Reiss
2	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Goddess of the Moon	Leo Morey
30	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Girl from Infinite Smallness	Leo Morey
46	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Martian Terror	Leo Morey
61	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Tantalus Death	Jean Fawcette
71	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Revolt on the Earth-Star	Bill Edwards
84	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Space Flame	Leo Morey
94	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Man Who Killed the World	uncredited
98	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Dictator of Time	Bill Edwards
126\|126.2	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Vizigraph	uncredited

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