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Publication: Comet, December 1940

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  • Publication: Comet, December 1940Publication Record # 219469 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: F. Orlin Tremaine
  • Date: 1940-12-00
  • Publisher: H-K Publications
  • Price:
    $0.20?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 132
  • Format:
    pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Cover: Comet, December 1940 by Leo Morey [as by Morey]
  • Webpages: archive.org
  • Notes:
    • Vol 1, No 1.
    • Page numbers run 1-128.
    • Cover art is credited to "Morey"; the artwork is signed "Leo Morey."
    • Interior art is not credited for each story separately, but the contents page states "Illustrations by Binder, Forte, Giunta, Holmdale, Lennarts, Kelly." Signatures fix all art but that of the first story, which is thus probably by Lennarts.
    • Story art for "Lord of the Silent Death" on page 6 is not signed.
    • Story art for "The Ultimate Image" on page 23 is signed "Holmdale."
    • Story art for "The Oversight" on pages 40-41 is signed "John Forte."
    • Story art for "Tickets to Paradise" on page 53 is signed "J Kelly."
    • Story art for "Equation for Time" on page 65 is signed "Jack Binder."
    • Story art for "Momus' Moon" on page 74 is signed "Leo Morey."
    • Story art for "Bratton's Idea" on page 85 is signed "John Giunta."
    • Story art for "The Primal City" on page 102 is signed "John Forte."
    • Story art for "Eyes That Watch" on page 107 is signed "John Forte."
    • "The 'Comet' Is Here" is listed as "Editorial" on the contents page.
    • "The Spacean" is described on the contents page as "a journal of interplanetary events and gossip." It is a fictional newsletter containing news flashes, future history items, and even fake advertisements.
    • "Rocket Mail" is a letters column.
    • "Editor's Note Book" is a series of editorial notes of interest to the reader. It is uncredited, although we assume from the title that Tremaine is the author.
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Editor Title: Comet - 1940-1941 • [Comet (Orlin Tremaine)] • edited by F. Orlin Tremaine

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