Frank Belknap Long – Part Two: The 1940s

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The 1940s saw Frank Belnkap Long move into new areas as a professional writer. He is moving away from Lovecraft and his Cthulhu Mythos. He saw his first two hard cover books published, The Hounds of Tindalos (1946) with Arkham House and John Carstairs, Plant Detective (1949) with Frederick Fell. 1941 saw him try comics for the first time, but it was 1948’s Adventures into the Unknown that would feel the impact of his work. The first two issues, largely written by Long, were the template all later, more famous comics like those at EC Comics, were based on.

1940

“A Stitch in Time” (Super Science Stories, March 1940)

“Red Moon” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1940)

“The Man From Nowhere” (Unknown, June 1940)

“Fisherman’s Luck” (Unknown, July 1940)

“Woman Out of Time” (Astonishing Stories, August 1940)

“The Horizontals” (Super Science Stories, November 1940)

“Congo Bill” (More Fun Comics #62, December 1940)

1941

“The Vibration Wasps” (Comet Stories, January 1941)

“The Jungle Scientist” (More Fun Comics #63, January 1941)

“Two Against Neptune” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1941)

“Brown” (Astounding Science Fiction, July 1941)

“The Sky Trap” (Comet Stories, July 1941)

“Prisoners in Flatland” (Startling Stories, September 1941)

“The Plague From Tomorrow” (Astonishing Stories, September 1941)

“Long, Long Ago” (Captain Future, Fall 1941)

“Plants Must Grow” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1941)

“Snapdragon” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1941)

“The Mercurian” (Planet Stories, Winter 1941)

1942

“The Refugees” (Unknown Worlds, February 1942)

“Census Taker” (Unknown Worlds, April 1942)

“Plants Must Slay” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1942)

“Grab Bags Are Dangerous” (Unknown Worlds, June 1942)

“Step Into the Garden” (Unknown Worlds, August 1942)

“Satellite of Peril” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1942)

“It’s a Tough Life” (Astounding Science Fiction, November 1942)

“Destination Unknown” (Astonishing Stories, December 1942)

“The Ether Robots” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1942)

“It Will Come to You” (Unknown Worlds, December 1942)

“To Follow Knowledge” (Astounding Science Fiction, December 1942)

1943

“Circle of Youth” (Super Science Stories, February 1943)
“The Glory Fight” (Startling Stories, March 1943)

“The Heavy Man” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1943)
“Star Comrades” (Science Fiction Stories, April 1943)

“Son of His Father” (Startling Stories, June 1943)

“Wobblies in the Moon” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1943)

“Return of the Undead” (Weird Tales, July 1943) (with Otis Adelbert Kline)

“The Stellar Vampires” (Science Fiction Stories, July 1943)

“Willie” (Astounding Science Fiction, October 1943)

1944

“Alias: the Living” (Astounding Science Fiction, January 1944)

“He Came at Dusk” (Weird Tales, January 1944)

“Spawn of the Further Dark” (Startling Stories, Spring 1944)

“The Peeper” (Weird Tales, March 1944)

“Bridgehead” (Astounding Science Fiction, August 1944)

“Beyond the Vortex” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Fall 1944)

1945

“Dark Command” (Startling Stories, Winter 1945)

“Skyrover” (Startling Stories, Winter 1945) (as Leslie Northern)

“Castaways in Two Dimensions” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1945)

“They Sculp” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1945) (as Leslie Northern)

“Filch” (Astounding Science Fiction, March 1945)

“The Trap” (Astounding Science Fiction, May 1945)

“Fatal Thoughts” (Startling Stories, Summer 1945) (as Leslie Northern)

“The Hollow World” (Startling Stories, Summer 1945)

“The Purple Dusk” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Summer 1945) (as Leslie Northern)

“The Shadow Dwellers” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Summer 1945)

“The Critters” (Astounding Science Fiction, November 1945)

1946

The Hounds of Tindalos (1946)

“Atomic Station” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1946)

“A Guest in the House” (Astounding Science Fiction, March 1946)

“Shadow Over Venus” (Startling Stories, March 1946)
“Golden Child” (1946, The Hounds of Tindalos)

1947

“Collector’s Item” (Astounding Science Fiction, October 1947)

1948

“And We Sailed the Mighty Dark” (Startling Stories, March 1948)

“The World of Wulkins” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1948)

“The House of the Rising Winds” (Startling Stories, May 1948)

“Galactic Heritage” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1948)

“The Werewolf Stalks” (Adventures Into the Unknown #1, Fall 1948)

“The Living Ghost” (Adventures Into the Unknown #1, Fall 1948)

“The Painted Grave” (Adventures Into the Unknown #1, Fall 1948)

“It Walked By Night” (Adventures Into the Unknown #1, Fall 1948)

“Tell Me a Ghost Story: The Castle of Otranto” (Adventures Into the Unknown #1, Fall 1948) based on the novel by Horace Walpole

“Haunted House” (Adventures Into the Unknown #1, Fall 1948)

“Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall” (Startling Stories, November 1948)

“Time Trap” (Planet Stories, Winter 1948)

“Fuzzy Head” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1948)

“Kill, Puppets, Kill” (Adventures Into the Unknown #2, December 1948)

“Out of the Unknown” (Adventures Into the Unknown #2, December 1948)

“The Old Tower’s Secret” (Adventures Into the Unknown #2, December 1948)

“The Master’s Hand” (Adventures Into the Unknown #2, December 1948)

“Phantom of the Seas” (Adventures Into the Unknown #2, December 1948)

1949

John Carstairs: Space Detective (1949)

“The Vampire Prowls” (Adventures Into the Unknown #3, February-March 1949)

“Maturity Night” (1949, The Girl With the Hungry Eyes and Other Stories)

“The Timeless Man” (Super Science Stories, November 1949)

“The Swami’s Secret” (Adventures Into the Unknown #7, October-November 1949)

“The Case of the Roman Curse” (Adventures Into the Unknown #7, October-November 1949)

Part Three: 1950-2016