Amazing Stories, April 1933

About this issue

This issue of Amazing Stories, Volume 8, No. 1 (April 1933), contains several science fiction and scientific articles. Featured stories include "When the Comet Returned" by Harl Vincent, a continuation of "Beyond the End of Space" serialized in two parts by John W. Campbell Jr. (Part 2), and "The Phantom of Terror" by Ed Earl Repp. The issue also includes a poem titled "Revelation" by V. P. Eberhart and an informational piece "Ancients of Easter Island" by F. Stanley Renshaw. Other contents include "An Episode of the Mechanical Age" by Leon Ascot, "The Memory Stream" by Warren E. Sanders, "Author's Adventure" by Arthur L. Bain, and "Universal Merry-Go-Round" by Roger Bird. The editorial department, headed by Editor T. O'Conor Sloane, discusses historical heat engines, tracing steam engine development from Hero's ancient reaction engine through early industrial applications. The issue concludes with a science questionnaire and discussion sections.