Publication: Comet, January 1941

Publication: Comet, January 1941Publication Record # 220417 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: F. Orlin Tremaine
Date: 1941-01-00
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, January 1941 by Frank R. Paul [as by Frank Paul]
Webpages: archive.org
Notes:
- Vol 1, No 2.
- Page numbers run 1-128.
- Cover art is credited to "Frank Paul"; the artwork is signed "Paul."
- Interior art is not credited for each story separately, but the contents page states "Illustrations by Forte, Kelly, Giunta, Mirando." Signatures confirm individual attributions.
- Story art for "The Lightning's Course" on pages 4-5 is signed "John Forte."
- Story art for "Message from Venus" on page 21 is signed "Michael Mirando."
- Story art for "Lunar Station" on page 34 is signed "J Kelly."
- Story art for "The Twilight People" on page 45 is signed "J Kelly."
- Story art for "The Way Back" on page 60 is signed "John Forte."
- Story art for "The Vibration Wasps" on page 82 is signed "John Forte."
- Story art for "The Last Man" on page 94 is signed "John Giunta."
- Story art for "A Green Cloud Came" on page 97 is signed "John Giunta."
- Story art for "And Return" on page 100 is signed "John Giunta."
- Story art for "Yesterday's Revenge" on page 114 is signed "Michael Mirando."
- "In Tune with the Infinite" is listed as "Editorial Page" 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.

Cover art supplied by Galactic Central

Editor Title: Comet - 1940-1941 • [Comet (Orlin Tremaine)] • (1940) • edited by F. Orlin Tremaine

Contents (view Concise Listing)

4 • The Lightning's Course • novelette by John Victor Peterson
4 • The Lightning's Course • interior artwork by John R. Forte, Jr. [as by Forte]
21 • Message from Venus • short story by R. R. Winterbotham
21 • Message from Venus • interior artwork by Mirando
29 • The Spacean: December 2,008—Vol. XXI No. 2 • [The Spacean] • short story by Nelson Tremaine [as by uncredited]
34 • Lunar Station • short story by Harl Vincent
34 • Lunar Station • interior artwork by J. Kelly
45 • The Twilight People • novelette by Frank Edward Arnold
45 • The Twilight People • interior artwork by J. Kelly
60 • The Way Back • novelette by Sam Moskowitz
60 • The Way Back • interior artwork by John R. Forte, Jr. [as by Forte]
80 • A Trend Towards Decreasing Body Growth • essay by uncredited
81 • In Tune With the Infinite • [Editorial (Comet)] • essay by F. Orlin Tremaine [as by Orlin Tremaine]
82 • The Vibration Wasps • short story by Frank Belknap Long
82 • The Vibration Wasps • interior artwork by John R. Forte, Jr. [as by Forte]
94 • The Last Man • short story by Leslie V. Heald [as by Charnock Walsby]
94 • Short-Short Stories • interior artwork by Mirando
94 • The Last Man • interior artwork by John Giunta [as by Giunta]
97 • A Green Cloud Came • short story by Robert A. W. Lowndes [as by Robert W. Lowndes]
97 • A Green Cloud Came • interior artwork by John Giunta [as by Giunta]
99 • United States Railroads Help Scientific Progress • essay by uncredited
100 • And Return • short story by Otto Binder [as by Eando Binder]
100 • And Return • interior artwork by John Giunta [as by Giunta]
113 • Science and Rocket Motors • essay by uncredited
114 • Yesterday's Revenge • short story by H. L. Nichols
114 • Yesterday's Revenge • interior artwork by Mirando
124 • Rocket Mail (Comet, January 1941) • [Rocket Mail (Comet)] • essay by various
124 • Letter (Comet, January 1941): We've Corrected the Running Heads Now! • [Letters: Isaac Asimov] • essay by Isaac Asimov
125 • Letter (Comet, January 1941) • essay by Julius Unger
125 • Letter (Comet, January 1941): Taurasi Didn't Miss a Point • essay by James V. Taurasi [as by Jimmy Taurasi]
126 • Letter (Comet, January 1941): We'll Try to Match Up! • [Letters: Robert A. W. Lowndes] • essay by Robert A. W. Lowndes [as by (Doc) Robert W. Lowndes]
128 • Editor's Note Book (Comet, January 1941) • essay by F. Orlin Tremaine

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Publication: Comet, January 1941

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