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Planet Stories, Summer 1941

May 1941

Editor Malcolm Reiss
Cover art Virgil Finlay
Publisher Love Romances Publishing
Price $0.20
Pages 132

  • Vol 1, No 7.
  • Page numbers run 1-128.
  • Cover has "Fiction House Magazines" logo.
  • Cover art is not credited; the artwork is signed "Virgil Finlay."
  • Contents page states an issue date of May 1, 1941.
  • Interior art is not credited.
  • Story art for "Invaders of the Forbidden Moon" on pages 2-3 is signed "Paul"; the small illustration on page 5 is unsigned.
  • Story art for "The Ballad of Blaster Bill" on page 27 is signed "Don Lynch."
  • Story art for "The Dragon-Queen of Jupiter" on pages 34-35 is signed "Don Lynch."
  • Story art for "Sargasso of the Stars" on pages 46-47 is signed "Don Lynch."
  • Story art for "Genesis!" on page 63 is signed "Leo Morey."
  • Story art for "World of Mockery" on page 75 is signed "Don Lynch."
  • Story art for "Mutiny Aboard the 'Terra'" on page 80 is signed "Leon Rosenthal."
  • Story art for "Space-Wolf" on page 95 is signed "Ed Smalle."
  • Story art for "Proktols of Neptune" on pages 104-105 is signed "Hannes Bok."
  • "P.S.'s Feature Flash" includes a short editorial introduction followed by text written by Gallun.
  • "The Vizigraph" is a letters column.
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Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
2 Short Fiction Fiction Invaders of the Forbidden Moon Raymond Z. Gallun
27 Poem Fiction The Ballad of Blaster Bill Nelson S. Bond
34 Short Fiction Fiction The Dragon-Queen of Jupiter Leigh Brackett
46 Short Fiction Fiction Sargasso of the Stars Frederick A. Kummer, Jr.
63 Short Fiction Fiction Genesis! R. R. Winterbotham
74 Short Fiction Fiction World of Mockery Sam Moskowitz
80 Short Fiction Fiction Mutiny Aboard the "Terra" Ross Rocklynne
95 Short Fiction Fiction Space-Wolf Ray Cummings
103 Essay Non Fiction P.S.'s Feature Flash (Planet Stories, Summer 1941) Raymond Z. Gallun
104 Short Fiction Fiction Proktols of Neptune Henry Hasse
124 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Summer 1941): This Comes Under "Personal" Bill Stoy
125 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Summer 1941): Boulders Spill Down Like Dew-Drops Milton Lesser
127 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Summer 1941): && + !!!=???? D. B. Thompson
128 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Summer 1941): Comrades, Unite! Dann Heilman
122|122.1 Essay Non Fiction The Vizigraph (Planet Stories, Summer 1941) The Editor
122|122.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Summer 1941): "—The Lads Changed It to Stink-Bug" Guy Gifford
123|123.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Summer 1941): Kindly Sit Down and Pour Yourself a Story, Genius Malcolm Reiss
123|123.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Summer 1941): The Dead-Eye STF. Fan Never Misses. See* Leonard Marlow

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Planet Stories - 1941 Malcolm Reiss
Cover Art Non Fiction Planet Stories, Summer 1941 Virgil Finlay
2 Interior Art Non Fiction Invaders of the Forbidden Moon Frank R. Paul
5 Interior Art Non Fiction Invaders of the Forbidden Moon [2] Frank R. Paul
27 Interior Art Non Fiction The Ballad of Blaster Bill Don Lynch
34 Interior Art Non Fiction The Dragon-Queen of Jupiter Don Lynch
46 Interior Art Non Fiction Sargasso of the Stars Don Lynch
63 Interior Art Non Fiction Genesis! Leo Morey
74 Interior Art Non Fiction World of Mockery Don Lynch
80 Interior Art Non Fiction Mutiny Aboard the "Terra" Leon Rosenthal
95 Interior Art Non Fiction Space-Wolf Ed Smalle
104 Interior Art Non Fiction Proktols of Neptune Hannes Bok
104 Interior Art Non Fiction Proktols of Neptune [2] Hannes Bok
122|122.2 Interior Art Non Fiction The Vizigraph uncredited