Planet Stories, Spring 1942

February 1942

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Vol 1, No 10.
Page numbers run 1-128.
Cover has "Fiction House Magazines" logo.
Cover art is credited to "Leydenfrost"; no signature found on the artwork.
Contents page states an issue date of February 1, 1942.
Interior art is credited at the start of each story, except that art for "The Ballad of Venus Nell" is uncredited.
Story art for "Black Friar of the Flame" on pages 2-3 is credited to and signed "Paul."
Story art for "The Star Mouse" is credited to "Lynch"; the artwork on pages 28 and 35 is signed "Don Lynch"; that on page 37 is signed "D.L."; that on page 40 is unsigned.
Story art for "Gods of Space" on page 43 is credited to "Musacchia"; the artwork is signed "John B. Musacchia."
Story art for "The Ballad of Venus Nell" on pages 56 and 65 is not credited; the artwork is signed "Don Lynch."
Story art for "The Thing of Venus" on page 67 is credited to "Morey"; the artwork is signed "Leo Morey."
Story art for "Pied Piper of Mars" on pages 80-81 is credited to and signed "A. Leydenfrost."
Story art for "The Last Martian" on page 92 is credited to "Morey"; the artwork shows no signature.
Story art for "Child of the Sun" on pages 102-103 is credited to and signed "A. Leydenfrost."
"P.S.'s Feature Flash" includes a short editorial introduction followed by text written by Brown.
"The Vizigraph" is a letters column.

Page	Type	Kind	Title	Author(s)
2	Short Fiction	Fiction	Black Friar of the Flame	Isaac Asimov
28	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Star Mouse	Fredric Brown
41	Essay	Non Fiction	P.S.'s Feature Flash (Planet Stories, Spring 1942)	Fredric Brown
42	Short Fiction	Fiction	Gods of Space	Ray Cummings
56	Poem	Fiction	The Ballad of Venus Nell	Nelson S. Bond
66	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Thing of Venus	Wilbur S. Peacock
80	Short Fiction	Fiction	Pied Piper of Mars	Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.
92	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Last Martian	Raymond Van Houten
102	Short Fiction	Fiction	Child of the Sun	Leigh Brackett
122	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1942): The Happy Genius—	Milt Lesser
123	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1942): Mosky Unhorsed by Knight	Damon Knight
124	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1942): Gadzooks!	William A. Conover
125	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1942): Return of the Prodigal	Isaac Asimov
126	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1942): Enter the Mad Russian	Bill Stoy
128	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1942): No Hermit He	Larry Shaw
118\|118.1	Essay	Non Fiction	The Vizigraph (Planet Stories, Spring 1942)	various
118\|118.3	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1942): Yeah—Man	W. Kermit Conway, III
119\|119.1	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1942): Terrific New Idea for Planet	Guy Gifford
119\|119.2	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1942): In No. 2 Spot	Alfred E. Maxwell

Page	Type	Kind	Title	Author(s)
	Editor	Non Fiction	Planet Stories - 1942	Malcolm Reiss
	Cover Art	Non Fiction	Planet Stories, Spring 1942	Leydenfrost
2	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Black Friar of the Flame	Paul
28	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Star Mouse	Lynch
42	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Gods of Space	Musacchia
56	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Ballad of Venus Nell	Don Lynch
66	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Thing of Venus	Morey
80	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Pied Piper of Mars	A. Leydenfrost
92	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Last Martian	Morey
102	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Child of the Sun	A. Leydenfrost
118\|118.2	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Vizigraph	uncredited

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