Astounding Science Fiction (1938-1960 Street and Smith) Pulp / Digest comic books 1940

"Gray Lensman" 4/4 serial by E.E. Smith, plus "The Smallest God" a novelette by Lester del Rey, and "Requiem" a short story by Robert A. Heinlein.

Volume 24, Issue 5 - January, 1940. Volume 24, Issue 5. Cover by Charles Schneeman. Trimmed pulp, 6.5" x 9.5", 164 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.

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February, 1940. Volume 24, Issue 6. Cover by Hubert Rogers. Illustrations by M. Isip, R. Isip, Kolliker, Kramer, Ley, Rogers and Schneeman. Serial "If This Goes On -" Part 1 of 2 by Robert Heinlein - An Astounding Nova story -- one of the most powerful stories science-fiction has produced -- the tale of a dictatorship hiding behind the mask of a false cult in America! Novelettes: "And Then There Was One" by Ross Rocklynne - The Voice taught the selfish ones what real selfishness was; "The Professor Was a Thief" by L. Ron Hubbard - He stole odds and ends -- the Empire State Building, Grant's Tomb, the Pennsylvania Station -- for his model railroad. Short Stories: "Locked Out" by H. B. Fyfe - It's dumb foolishness to get locked out of your own car, but it's worse when you're locked out of your spaceship; "Martian Quest" by Leigh Brackett - There's more than one way to kill a cat, but the best way to get a Martian Khom was to drown it in cream; "High Frequency War" by Harl Vincent - Pinky had forgotten, when the frequency hit him...but somehow, somewhere...he had something he had to do; "Bombardment in Reverse" by Norman L. Knight - Problem for artillery plotters -- spot an enemy gun two miles away firing from the middle of next week. Articles: "Botanical Invasion" by Willy Ley - Plants that ought to have come from Mars or Venus, but didn't; "Luna Observatory No. 1" by R. S. Richardson - A professional astronomer suggests detailed plans of what would be needed in an astronomical observatory on the Moon. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in., B&W, 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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March 1940. Volume 25, Issue 1. "Uranus Eclipsing the Sun" Cover by Gilmore. Science fiction stories by Nat Schachner, L. Sprague De Camp ("The Emancipated"), P. Schuyler Miller, A. M. Phillips, Willard E. Hawkins, Jack Hatcher, Arthur McCaan, and Robert Heinlein ("If This Goes On -" part 2 of 2). Illustrations by Gilmore, E. Hatcher, R. Isip, W. Kolliker, F. Kramer, and H. Rogers. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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April 1940. Volume 25, Issue 2. Illustrations by Gilmore, E. Hatcher, R. Isip, W. Kolliker, F. Kramer, and H. Rogers. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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May 1940. Volume 25, Issue 3. Illustrations by Gilmore, E. Hatcher, R. Isip, W. Kolliker, F. Kramer, and H. Rogers. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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June, 1940. Volume 25, Issue 4. Cover by Hubert Rogers. "The Roads Must Roll" by Robert A. Heinlein and "Final Blackout" part 3/3 by L. Ron Hubbard. Other stories by Douglas Drew, Harl Vincent, and Norman L. Knight. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

July 1940. Volume 25, Issue 5. Cover by Hubert Rogers. Science fiction stories by Norman L. Knight ("Crisis in Utopia" part 1 of 2), Robert Heinlein ("Coventry"), Robert Moore Williams, J. B. Ryan, Ralph Williams, L. Ron Hubbard (as Kurt Von Rachen - "The Idealist"), and Lester Del Rey. Illustrations by R. Isip, Orban, and Schneeman. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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August 1940. Volume 25, Issue 6. Cover by Rogers. Science fiction stories by Lester Del Rey, A. E. Van Vogt, John Berryman, Philip St. John, Clifford D. Simak, Harry Walton, and Norman L. Knight ("Crisis in Utopia" part 2 of 2). Illustrations by Cartier, R. Isip, Koll, Kramer, and Schneeman. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

September, 1940. Volume 26, Issue 1. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

October 1940. Volume 26, Issue 2. Cover by Hubert Rogers. Science fiction stories by A. E. Van Vogt ("Slan" part 2 of 4), Harry Bates ("Farewell to the Master" -- *Adapted as 1951 film "The Day the Earth Stood Still"), Theodore Sturgeon, Malcolm Jameson, and L. Sprague De Camp ("The Warrior Race"). Illustrations by Cartier, Kramer, Ley, Orban, and Schneeman. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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November 1940. Volume 26, Issue 3. Cover by Hubert Rogers. Science fiction stories by Vic Phillips, L. Sprague De Camp ("The Exalted"), Clifford D. Simak, L. Ron Hubbard (as Rene La Fayette - "One Was Stubborn"), and A. E. Van Vogt ("Slan" part 3 of 4). Illustrations by Cartier, Kramer, Ley, and Schneeman. Trimmed pulp, 6.5-in. x 9.5-in.; black and white; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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"Slan" 4/4 a serial by A. E. van Vogt, the classic as it first appeared in the Astounding!

Volume 26, Issue 4 - December, 1940. Volume 26, Issue 4. Cover by Hubert Rogers. Science fiction stories by P. Schuyler Miller, D. M. Edwards, Robert Willey, Nelson S. Bond, and A. E. Van Vogt ("Slan" part 4 of 4). Illustrations by Orban and Schneeman. Trimmed pulp, 6.5" x 9.5", 164 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.