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Alchemist, v. 1, issue 4, December 1940
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ALCHEMIST 31 illustrated within. The cover, for the first cover issues, was printed in black and red. After that it changed over to blue and red, remaining thus until the end. The first two covers were signed by "SD", whom I suspect is S. Drigin, who later gained some renown as artist for FANTASY. Further issues were unsigned for the most part. With the thirteenth number there was quite a noticeable improvement. The subtitle on the cover read "The Story Paper of Tomorrow" and, very helpfully informed it's readers that it came out every Thursday. On the top of the page was a strip bearing such inscriptions as: "Amazing Stories of the Wonder World", "Britain's Only Science Story Weekly", "Stories of Imagination and Science", and various others. Besides the fiction, it carried numerous scientific articles and fillers. Many of its authors must have felt it would hurt their literary reputations to sign any of their stories which this magazine carried. The only author whose name was given in the first dozen issues was Prof. A. M. Low. With its thirteenth issue it began to reprint Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Poison Belt", which, in my opinion, was the best piece of fiction the mag carried. From this issue on most of the stories were signed. The last eight issue contained some fairly good stories. Names to be known later on were: John Russell Fearn (the only exception, as he was already well known), Maurice Hugi, W. P. Cockroft, and C. St. John Sprigg, future editor of FANTASY. And here is the lineup for the 20 issues: 1) MASTER OF THE MOON ** THE STRIDING TERROR ** THE REBEL ROBOTS ** ROCKET OF DOOM ** MYSTERY OF THE BLUE MIST ** VOICE FROM THE VOID ** THE SOUNDLESS HOUR.
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ALCHEMIST 31 illustrated within. The cover, for the first cover issues, was printed in black and red. After that it changed over to blue and red, remaining thus until the end. The first two covers were signed by "SD", whom I suspect is S. Drigin, who later gained some renown as artist for FANTASY. Further issues were unsigned for the most part. With the thirteenth number there was quite a noticeable improvement. The subtitle on the cover read "The Story Paper of Tomorrow" and, very helpfully informed it's readers that it came out every Thursday. On the top of the page was a strip bearing such inscriptions as: "Amazing Stories of the Wonder World", "Britain's Only Science Story Weekly", "Stories of Imagination and Science", and various others. Besides the fiction, it carried numerous scientific articles and fillers. Many of its authors must have felt it would hurt their literary reputations to sign any of their stories which this magazine carried. The only author whose name was given in the first dozen issues was Prof. A. M. Low. With its thirteenth issue it began to reprint Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Poison Belt", which, in my opinion, was the best piece of fiction the mag carried. From this issue on most of the stories were signed. The last eight issue contained some fairly good stories. Names to be known later on were: John Russell Fearn (the only exception, as he was already well known), Maurice Hugi, W. P. Cockroft, and C. St. John Sprigg, future editor of FANTASY. And here is the lineup for the 20 issues: 1) MASTER OF THE MOON ** THE STRIDING TERROR ** THE REBEL ROBOTS ** ROCKET OF DOOM ** MYSTERY OF THE BLUE MIST ** VOICE FROM THE VOID ** THE SOUNDLESS HOUR.
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