The Story Behind the Story: short section with information on the stories in this issue.
Menace from the Microcosm: “An earthman descends into smallness when humanity is imperiled by atomic invasion!”
The Molten bullet: “He was the world's greatest astronomer-yet when he warned earth of the impending impact of a giant meteor, they laughed at him!”
Lost in Time: “A warp in space-time catapults Jim Dunning into another age four centuries hence!”
Dark Sun: “Alone on a dead star an Earthman faces the terror of extinction-but scientific strategy saves him!
Darcondra: “The vanguard of a race of star-roamers probes the universe for a world that is – edible!”
Scientific Facts: Short bits about various scientific facts. One has a theory that there were two suns here and no planets; the suns collided, and the fragments produced the planet and one single star.
The Chessboard of Mars: “Professor Thode combs the entire ether spectrum in search of the elusive psycho-wave-and discovers a world saturated with vibrations of hate!”
A one-page feature called If Another Ice Age Grips the Earth, with drawings and descriptions of what could happen.
Renegade: “The ways of the ether are strange when a spaceman seeks to betray.”
Green Hell: “The planet Venus is the fester spot of the solar system-and no wonder, with its strange chloro-men and the whizzing flies!”
Zarnak: this is a comic-book like section.
The Black Vortex: “Kenneth Armstrong vanishes in the cosmic sky-eater that no science can explain-and returns to the earth as an atomic ghost!”
Science Questions and Answers: just what the title implies.
The Reader Speaks: readers' letters.
A really fun ad I saw was “Raise Giant Frogs.”
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