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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published September 1940
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Malcolm Reiss (Editor); William E. Eisner (Art Director); S. M. Iger (Feature Editor)
Notes Cover title blubrs for various features, but none for the Flint Baker featured image.

Cover Details

Genre science fiction
Pencils Nick Cardy?
Inks Nick Cardy?
Notes Cover title blubrs for various features, but none for the Flint Baker featured image.

8 page The Red Comet story Invasion From Uranus ["The mystery man of space reveals the secret..."]

Characters O: The Red Comet (fb); V: The Uranians (I, D)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Thomas Marlin]
Pencils Alex Blum
Inks Alex Blum
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

6 page Spurt Hammond story World Without Light ["Captain Hammond, here are your credentials, accrediting you..."]

Characters I: King Thermo of Mercury; V: Baron Burno (I)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Orson Herr]
Pencils Henry Kiefer
Inks Henry Kiefer
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

6 page Gale Allen story "In a desperate attempt to gain revenge upon..."

Characters GS: Jack North; V: Blaga Daru
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Fred Nelson]
Pencils Witmer Williams
Inks Witmer Williams

8 page Flint Baker story "Flint and Mimi have chosen Mars as their..."

Characters V: Martians
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Starr Gayza]

1 page filler "What Are the Actual Possibilities of Space Travel?"

Genre fact
Pencils Gene Fawcette
Inks Gene Fawcette
Notes Oddly, this one page feature has the number six in the lower right hand corner.

2 page filler "An Elementary Course In Astronautics"

Genre fact
Pencils Gene Fawcette: Witmer Williams?
Inks Gene Fawcette?; Witmer Williams?
Notes Another anomaly, these are numbered pages two and three - making it likely that this is actually a three page feature and belongs with the previous "Space Travel" filler.

2 page text story "Moon Monster"

Genre science fiction
Script Toni Blum? [as Jack Anthony]
Letters typeset

7 page Captain Nelson Cole of the Solar Force story "Menace of the Shrinking People"

Characters V: Princess Eelo (I, D)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Beekman Terrill]
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

6 page Buzz Crandall of the Space Patrol story Stampede on the Star Trail ["Into the satellite above the planet Saturn flies..."]

Characters V: Jytern (I, D)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Bob Jordan]
Pencils Charles Sultan
Inks Charles Sultan
Notes The story title is taken from the cover blurb.

5 page "Crash" Parker story "All our crops are ruined! We face famine!"

Characters I: Dirk; V: Martians
Genre science fiction
Script ?
Pencils Henry Kiefer
Inks Henry Kiefer
Notes Character's name is changed from "Barker" to "Parker" perhaps to avoid confusion with "Flint Baker."

7 page Don Granval story Death From the Deep ["Neptune is besieged by sea tanks, but Don..."]

Characters I: Rogo; V: Rigoro (I, D)
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as G.O. Garsh]
Pencils Witmer Williams
Inks Witmer Williams?; ?

6 page Cosmo Corrigan story "The young dare-devil stunt flier of space!!! He'll..."

Characters I: Cosmo Corrigan; GS: Plutonians
Genre science fiction
Script ? [as Ray Alexander]
Pencils George Tuska
Inks George Tuska