This October 1930 issue of Astounding Stories of Super-Science contains five science fiction works. "Stolen Brains" by Captain S. P. Meek features Dr. Bird, a scientific detective pursuing a criminal who steals brains. Victor Rousseau's complete novelette "The Invisible Death" depicts America striking back against a destructive invisible empire using night-rays and darkness-antidote technology. "Prisoners on the Electron" by Robert H. Leitfred follows two young earthlings in desperate conflict with primeval monsters in an electron's jungle. Ray Cummings' serial "Jetta of the Lowlands" (part two) involves Grant and Jetta as prisoners of a scientific depth bandit in remote lowlands, traveling in an invisible flyer. Jackson Gee's "An Extra Man" concerns a sealed, guarded scientific invention from 1932 deemed too dangerous for human advancement. The issue includes reader correspondence in "The Readers' Corner."
About this artifact
- Date
- October 1930
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
- Restoration
- Digitally restored and hosted by comicbooks.com.
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