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Cover of Planet Stories, Spring 1945

Planet Stories, Spring 1945

February 1945

Editor W. Scott Peacock
Cover art Parkhurst
Publisher Love Romances Publishing
Price $0.20
Pages 132
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  • Data from Internet Archive scan
  • Publication month from Ashley's "The Time Machines".
  • Volume II, No. 10
  • Cover credit per table of contents page (as by Parkhurst)
  • "The Happy Castaway" is credited as "Emmett McDowell" in ToC
  • "The Silver Plague" is credited as "Albert DePina" in ToC
  • "PS's Feature Flash" is listed as "P.S.'s Feature Flash" in ToC
  • Story illustration credits per story title page where present
  • "The Sandhound Strikes " has "Illustration by Doolin". There are two illustrations on page 2 and 3 which are separate, but show a common scene. There are then three small character illustrations sprinkled throughout the story, but these are signed "MCA" and "Murphy Anderson".
  • "The Happy Castaway" illustration is credited to "Anderson". The artwork is signed "M. C. Anderson"
  • "The Silver Plague" illustration is credited to "Anderson". The artwork is signed "Murphy Anderson"
  • Cartoon credit per signature
  • "Don t Blame Dallas" missing apostrophe is per publication
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Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
2 Short Fiction Fiction The Sandhound Strikes Ross Rocklynne
24 Short Fiction Fiction The Vanishing Venusians Leigh Brackett
41 Short Fiction Fiction The Happy Castaway Robert E. McDowell
48 Short Fiction Fiction The Silver Plague Albert de Pina
68 Essay Non Fiction PS's Feature Flash (Planet Stories, Spring 1945) Joe Kennedy
69 Short Fiction Fiction Double Trouble Carl Jacobi
77 Short Fiction Fiction Death Star Tom Pace
84 Short Fiction Fiction Vandals of the Void Robert Wilson (III)
108 Short Fiction Fiction Joe Carson's Weapon James R. Adams
117|117.1 Essay Non Fiction The Vizigraph (Planet Stories, Spring 1945) uncredited
117|117.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): A Knight Ungirded! Everett C. Marshall
118|118.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Twice a Year Hunter! Gene Hunter
118|118.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Yours Frothly! Virginia L. Shawl
119|119.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Evilman!!! Chad Oliver
119|119.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Reformed Fan! Tom Pace
120|120.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Quote-Unquote Augustus Elliott Kinkade
120|120.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Another Sucker! Millard Grimes
121|121.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Don t Blame Dallas G. Dallas
121|121.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Wastebasketits Albert Yeager, Jr.
122|122.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Nuts to DePina! Richard Rosen
122|122.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Rugged Character? Bob Lambert
122|122.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Super-Westerns? Roy Paetzke
123|123.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): And Thank You! Miss Betty Lancaster
123|123.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Plans! Lewis Sherlock
123|123.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): First Attempt! Jay E. Wyatt
124|124.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Kibitzer! F. J. Bethel
124|124.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): So-Called Cover? Emile E. Greenleaf, Jr.
124|124.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Forty Percenter! Art R. Sehnert
125|125.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): The Millennium! Ruby McDonald
125|125.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Vizzuplement! Samuel Mason
125|125.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Conceited Hamel! Austin Hamel
126|126.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Our Advertising! Rose Jacobowitz
126|126.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Moronic Semi-Fans! Walt Kessel
127|127.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Hasta La Vista! Wilkie Conner
127|127.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Kennedy's Pal! Al Weinstein
128|128.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): G.I. Bill! Bill Pullin
128|128.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): The Name is 'Scott'! S. T. Brown, 3rd.
128|128.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Spring 1945): Huckleberry Pie, Yet! Loretta Adele Beasley

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Planet Stories - 1945 W. Scott Peacock
Cover Art Non Fiction Planet Stories, Spring 1945 Parkhurst
2 Interior Art Non Fiction The Sandhound Strikes Doolin
3 Interior Art Non Fiction The Sandhound Strikes [2] Doolin
7 Interior Art Non Fiction The Sandhound Strikes Murphy Anderson
10 Interior Art Non Fiction The Sandhound Strikes [2] Murphy Anderson
15 Interior Art Non Fiction The Sandhound Strikes [3] Murphy Anderson
24 Interior Art Non Fiction The Vanishing Venusians Crank
41 Interior Art Non Fiction The Happy Castaway Anderson (II)
48 Interior Art Non Fiction The Silver Plague Anderson (II)
53 Interior Art Non Fiction The Silver Plague [2] Anderson (II)
57 Interior Art Non Fiction The Silver Plague [3] Anderson (II)
66 Interior Art Non Fiction The Silver Plague [4] Anderson (II)
69 Interior Art Non Fiction Double Trouble Anderson (II)
77 Interior Art Non Fiction Death Star Kiemle
84 Interior Art Non Fiction Vandals of the Void Doolin
93 Interior Art Non Fiction Vandals of the Void [2] Doolin
99 Interior Art Non Fiction Vandals of the Void [3] Doolin
107 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: "The sarge says we gotta keep those shell hounds from barkin' at the moon. The people who live their are complaining." Guy Gifford
108 Interior Art Non Fiction Joe Carson's Weapon Paul
117|117.2 Interior Art Non Fiction The Vizigraph uncredited