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Cover of Super Science Stories, May 1940

Super Science Stories, May 1940

May 1940

Editor Frederik Pohl
Cover art Gabriel Mayorga
Publisher Fictioneers, Inc.
Price $0.15
Pages 132
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  • Vol 1, No 2.
  • Page numbers run 1-128.
  • The Editor is not credited; Tuck and Miller/Contento credit Pohl as the Editor.
  • Cover art is not credited; the artwork is signed "Gabriel H. Mayorga."
  • Interior art is not credited.
  • Story art for "Hollow of the Moon" on pages 6 and 11 is signed "Eron."
  • Story art for "Guardian Angel" on pages 24 and 30 is signed "Lasker."
  • Story art for "Let There Be Light" on pages 34-35 is signed "GThorp."
  • Story art for "Bequest of the Angel" on page 46 shows no signature; that on page 52 is signed "Eron.".
  • Story art for "Juice" on page 62 is signed "Eron."
  • Story art for "Arton's Metal" on page 73 is signed "Eron."
  • Story art for "Living Isotopes" on page 80 is signed "Lasker."
  • Story art for "King Cole of Pluto" on pages 90-91 and 99 is signed "Eron."
  • Story art for "Castaway" on page 112 is signed "Hannes Bok."
  • "The Science Fictioneer" is a column devoted to fan interests and activities.
  • "The Preview" is a preview of the next month's issue. This month it contains an excerpt from "The Day of the Comet" by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.
  • "Missives and Missiles" is a letters column.
  • Smith's letter is signed "Smith. (Edward E. Smith, Ph. D.)."

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
5 Essay Non Fiction The Preview (Super Science Stories, May 1940) uncredited
6 Short Fiction Fiction Hollow of the Moon Gabriel Barclay
24 Short Fiction Fiction Guardian Angel Raymond Z. Gallun
34 Short Fiction Fiction Let There Be Light Lyle Monroe
46 Short Fiction Fiction Bequest of the Angel James Blish
62 Short Fiction Fiction Juice L. Sprague de Camp
70 Essay Non Fiction The Science Fictioneer (Super Science Stories, May 1940) uncredited
73 Short Fiction Fiction Arton's Metal Ray Cummings
80 Short Fiction Fiction Living Isotopes P. Schuyler Miller
90 Short Fiction Fiction King Cole of Pluto S. D. Gottesman
112 Short Fiction Fiction Castaway Donald A. Wollheim
118 Essay Non Fiction The Ersatz World Willy Ley
127 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Super Science Stories, May 1940): Our Policy: Good Stories John Patch
128 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Super Science Stories, May 1940): Reprints? Charles W. Wolfe
111|111.1 Essay Non Fiction Missives and Missiles (Super Science Stories, May 1940) various
111|111.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Super Science Stories, May 1940): "More Bouquets Than Brickbats" D. B. Thompson
111|111.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Super Science Stories, May 1940): Terse Bob Madle
111|111.4 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Super Science Stories, May 1940): "Vitality and Zest" Robert W. Lowndes
111|111.5 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Super Science Stories, May 1940): Theme Song? Bob Tucker
125|125.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Super Science Stories, May 1940): Likes Title Walter C. Liebscher
125|125.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Super Science Stories, May 1940): Letter to a Book Reviewer Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
125|125.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Super Science Stories, May 1940): I Like Helpful Critics! Joseph M. Lewandowski
126|126.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Super Science Stories, May 1940): —Even When They Don't Like Me! Joseph Lewandowski, Jr.
126|126.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Super Science Stories, May 1940): To Baltimore Fans Henry Andrew Ackermann
4|4.1 Essay Non Fiction Book Reviews (Super Science Stories, May 1940) Cyril Kornbluth & D. A. Wollheim
4|4.2 Essay Non Fiction Review of non-fiction "Space Moves Thru Time" by Jacob Levy Cyril Kornbluth
4|4.3 Review Non Fiction After Many a Summer Dies the Swan D. A. Wollheim & Aldous Huxley
4|4.4 Review Non Fiction The Outsider and Others D. A. Wollheim & H. P. Lovecraft
5|5.2 Short Fiction Fiction The Day of the Comet (excerpt) Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Super Science Stories - 1940 Frederik Pohl
Cover Art Non Fiction Super Science Stories, May 1940 Gabriel Mayorga
6 Interior Art Non Fiction Hollow of the Moon Eron
24 Interior Art Non Fiction Guardian Angel Lasker
34 Interior Art Non Fiction Let There Be Light G. Thorp
46 Interior Art Non Fiction Bequest of the Angel Eron
62 Interior Art Non Fiction Juice Eron
73 Interior Art Non Fiction Arton's Metal Eron
80 Interior Art Non Fiction Living Isotopes Lasker
90 Interior Art Non Fiction King Cole of Pluto Eron
112 Interior Art Non Fiction Castaway Hannes Bok