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| Funny! The indicia says Planet Stories is published by "Love Romances, Inc." |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | May 1940 | Price: $0.20 | Pages: 132 | Cover Artist: A. Drake |
| Publisher | Love Romances Publishing Co., Inc. | Editor : Malcolm Reiss |
| Notes |
- Vol 1, No 3.
- Page numbers run 1-128.
- Spine has "Fiction House Magazines" logo.
- Cover art is not credited; the artwork is signed "A. Drake."
- Contents page states an issue date of May 1, 1940.
- Interior art is not credited.
- Story art for "Space-Liner X-87" on pages 2-3 is signed "Paul." The story title is given thus on the contents page, the cover, and the page headers; it is "Space-Liner X87" at the start of the story.
- Story art for "Sphere of the Never-Dead" on page 28 is signed "Wm Edwards."
- Story art for "The Forbidden Dream" on page 41 is signed "DL."
- Story art for "Exiles of the Three Red Moons" on page 55 is signed "Leo Morey."
- Story art for "Star Pirate" on page 69 is signed "Eron." The story author is given as "Frederick Arnold Kummer, Jr." at the start of the story and as Frederick A. Kummer, Jr. on thet contents page (first name ending in "k" in both cases).
- Story art for "The Cosmic Juggernaut" on page 82 is signed "Eron."
- Story art for "Asteroid H277—Plus" on page 99 is signed "Leo Morey."
- Story art for "The Dark Swordsmen of Saturn" on page 106 is signed "Ed Smalle."
- "P.S.'s Feature Flash" has several sections: a profile/interview with Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr.; a profile/interview with Harry Walton; a short profile of artists Don Lynch and Ed Smalley (artists for whom this issue is said to be their first published pulp work); and a short list of fan publications.
- "The Vizigraph" is a letters column.
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| Page: 2 | Space-Liner X-87 - by Ray Cummings |
| Page: 2 | Space-Liner X-87 - interior artwork by Frank R. Paul |
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| Page: 28 | Sphere of the Never-Dead - by Sam Carson |
| Page: 28 | Sphere of the Never-Dead - interior artwork by Bill Edwards |
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| Page: 41 | The Forbidden Dream - by Ross Rocklynne |
| Page: 41 | The Forbidden Dream - interior artwork by Don Lynch |
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| Page: 54 | Exiles of the Three Red Moons - by Carl Selwyn |
| Page: 54 | Exiles of the Three Red Moons - interior artwork by Leo Morey |
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| Page: 69 | Star Pirate - by Frederick Arnold Kummer, Jr. |
| Page: 69 | Star Pirate - interior artwork by Eron |
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| Page: 82 | The Cosmic Juggernaut - by John Russell Fearn |
| Page: 82 | The Cosmic Juggernaut - interior artwork by Eron |
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| Page: 98 | Asteroid H277 — Plus - by Harry Walton |
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| Page: 98 | Asteroid H277—Plus - interior artwork by Leo Morey |
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| Page: 105 | Life on Other Planets? - essay by Edward Podolsky |
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| Page: 106 | The Dark Swordsmen of Saturn - by Neil R. Jones |
| Page: 106 | The Dark Swordsmen of Saturn - interior artwork by Ed Smalle |
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| Page: 120|120.3 | P.S.'s Feature Flash (Planet Stories, Summer 1940) - essay by Harry Walton |
| Page: 120|120.1 | P.S.'s Feature Flash (Planet Stories, Summer 1940) - essay by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. |
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| Page: 120|120.2 | PS's Feature Flash: —Hail - by uncredited |
| Page: 120|120.2 | PS's Feature Flash: —Hail - by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. |
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| Page: 120|120.4 | PS's Feature Flash: —But Not Farewell - by uncredited |
| Page: 120|120.4 | PS's Feature Flash: —But Not Farewell - by Harry Walton |
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| Page: 125 | The Vizigraph (Planet Stories, Summer 1940) - essay by The Editor |
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| Page: 125 | The Vizigraph - interior artwork by uncredited |
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| Page: 126 | Letter (Planet Stories, Summer 1940): Ackerman up at Bat! - essay by '4SJ' Ackerman |
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| Page: 127|127.1 | Letter (Planet Stories, Summer 1940): "Kiss Me Again, Kiss Me Again ... " - essay by Tom Wright |
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| Page: 127|127.2 | Letter (Planet Stories, Summer 1940): Right Is Wright - essay by Tom Wright |
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