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Henry Kuttner Part 2 – 1940-1941

If you missed The 1930s…

Henry Kuttner married Catherine Lucille Moore in 1940. (The Internet is light on exact dates. Henry doesn’t mention being married or his wife in “Meet the Author” in March so it must have been later.) Artist, Virgil Finlay, was witness to the civil service. Sam Moskowitz wrote of it: “Virgil paid the Justice of the Peace $10, bought the bride a dubonnet and soda, and the career of the most famous writing team in science-fiction was launched.”

And more true words were never spoken. Marriage spurred both Henry and Catherine to increase their output, alone and together. (Henry wrote his first novel-length stories at this time.) Some researchers have tried to identify who wrote what. I have tried to include this where known but in many cases, your guess is as good as mine.

1940

Artist Unknown

“Death Has Three Sisters” (Thrilling Mystery, January 1940) as Kelvin Kent

Art by Lasker

“The Lifestone” (Astonishing Stories, February 1940) as Paul Edmonds

Artist Unknown

“Evil Paradise” (Thrilling Adventures, February 1940)

Art by Jim Mooney

“Eunuchs in the Pulps” (Sweetness and Light, Winter 1940)

Art by Walter E. Marconette

“Newts in Science Fiction” (Scienti-Snaps, February 1940)

Art by Howard V. Brown

Art by Alex Schomberg

“When New York Vanished” (Startling Stories, March 1940)

“Meet the Author” (Startling Stories, March 1940)

Art by Frank Kramer

“All Is Illusion” (Unknown, April 1940) with C. L. Moore as Henry Kuttner

Art by Howard V. Brown
Art by M. Marchioni

“Beauty and the Beast” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1940)

Artist Unknown

“Science Is Golden” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1940)

Artist Unknown

“50 Miles Down” (Fantastic Adventures, May 1940) as Peter Horn

Art by Leo Morey

“The Shining Man” (Fantastic Adventures, May 1940) as Noel Gardner

Art by Best Man, Virgil Finlay

“Pegasus” (Famous Fantastic Mysteries, May-June 1940)

Art by Howard V. Brown

Art by Alex Schomberg

“The Seven Sleepers” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, May 1940) with Arthur K. Barnes

Art by Howard V. Brown
Art by Paul Orban

Dr. Cyclops (Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1940) – unusual film tie-in before such things were common.

Art by Eron

“Improbability” (Astonishing Stories, June 1940) as Paul Edmonds

Art by Matt Fox

“The Mad Virus” (Science Fiction, June 1940) as Paul Edmonds

Artist Unknown

“The Room of Souls” (Strange Stories, June 1940) as Keith Hammond

Artist Unknown

“Time to Kill” (Strange Stories, June 1940)

Art by William Juhre and Robert Fuqua

“Revolt on Half-Moon Island” (South Sea Stories, June 1940)

Art by JK

“Thoughts on the Worldstate” (Futuria Fantasia, Summer 1940) – perhaps his last fannish work. Kuttner’s writing was dedicated to pro sales now.

Art by Howard V. Brown
Artist Unknown

“No Man’s World” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, August 1940)

Art by Earle K. Bergey
Art by M. Marchioni

“The Seal of Sin” (Strange Stories, August 1940)

Art by Will Panak

“World Without Air” (Fantastic Adventures, August 1940)

Art by H. W. Wesso

“The Comedy of Era” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, September 1940) as Kelvin Kent

Art by H. W. Wesso

“Man About Time” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, October 1940) as Kelvin Kent

Art by H. J. Ward

“Evil Galatea” (Super-Detective, October 1940) as Paul Edmonds

Artist Unknown

“The Elixir of Invisibility” (Fantastic Adventures, October 1940)

Artist Unknown

“The Uncanny Power of Edwin Cobalt” (Fantastic Adventures, October 1940) as Noel Gardner

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“To Boatl and Back” (Strange Stories, October 1940)

Art by Earle K. Bergey

Art by H. W. Wesso

A Million Years to Conquer (Startling Stories, November 1940)

Artist Unknown

“Reverse Atom” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, November 1940)

Art by Rudolph Belarski

“City of Blood” (Thrilling Adventures, November 1940)

Art by Edd Cartier

“Threshold” (Unknown, December 1940)

1941

Art by Harold S. DeLay

Art by Hannes Bok

“Dragon Moon” (Weird Tales, January 1941) – Kuttner’s final Sword & Sorcery tale.

Art by Gabriel Mayorga

Art by H. W. Wesso

“Remember Tomorrow” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, January 1941)

Artist Unknown

“Blood on the River” (Thrilling Adventures, January 1941)

Artist Unknown

“Death Is My Daughter” (Strange Detective Mysteries, January 1941)

Art by Gerald McCann

“Wings of the Bat” (Thrilling Mystery, January 1941)

Artist Unknown

“Hercules Muscles In” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, February 1941) as Kelvin Kent

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“Hunger After Dark” (Terror Tales, March 1941)

Artist Unknown

“The Jewels of Genghis Khan” (Thrilling Adventures, March 1941)

Artist Unknown

“Men Die Alone” (Thrilling Mystery, March 1941)

Art by H. J. Ward

“Monsters of the Atom” (Super-Detective, April 1941)

Art by Virgil Finlay

“The Land of Time to Come” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1941)

Art by John Forte Jr.

“The Touching-Point” (Stirring Science Fiction, April 1941) as Edward J. Bellin

Artist Unknown

Artist Unknown

“Thunder Jim Wade” (Thrilling Adventures, May 1941) as Charles Stoddard – Thrilling Adventures answer to Doc Savage, I believe.

Artist Unknown

“Seven Keys to Doom” (Thrilling Mystery, May 1941)

Artist Unknown

“The Hills of Gold” (Thrilling Adventures, June 1941) as Charles Stoddard

Art by M. Marchioni

“Tube to Nowhere” (Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1941)

Artist Unknown

“The Poison People” (Thrilling Adventures, July 1941) as Charles Stoddard

“The Wolf of Aragon” (Thrilling Adventures, July 1941)

Artist Unknown

“A Skull Has No Ears” (Thrilling Mystery, July 1941)

Artist Unknown

“Death in the Dark” (Thrilling Detective, July 1941)

Art by H. J. Ward

“Mind Over Murder” (Spicy Mystery Stories, July 1941)

Artist Unknown

“The Sabotage Murders” (The Phantom Detective, July 1941) as Robert Wallace

Art by Frank Kramer

“The Devil We Know” (Unknown, August 1941) with C. L. Moore as Henry Kuttner

Artist Unknown

“The Road to Yesterday” (Thrilling Adventures, August 1941)

Artist Unknown

“Who Killed Cock Robin?” (Writer’s Digest, August 1941)

Art by Allen Anderson

Artist Unknown

“Tropic Hell” (Spicy-Adventure Stories, August 1941)

Art by Rudolph Belarski

“Waters of Death” (Thrilling Adventures, September 1941) as Charles Stoddard

“South of Soerabaya” (Thrilling Adventures, September 1941)

Artist Unknown

“The Tree of Life” (Astonishing Stories, September 1941) as Paul Edmonds

Artist Unknown

“The Blood Is the Life” (Thrilling Mystery, September 1941)

Art by Edd Cartier

“A Gnome There Was” (Unknown, October 1941) with C. L. Moore as Lewis Padgett

Artist Unknown

“The Ghost Wolves” (Thrilling Adventures, October 1941)

Artist Unknown

“The Old Army Game” (Thrilling Adventures, November 1941)

“Trouble in Eden” (Thrilling Adventures, November 1941) as Keith Hammond

Art by Harry Ferman

“Chameleon Man” (Weird Tales, November 1941)

Art by Thorp

“Red Gem of Mercury” (Super Science Stories, November 1941)

Art by Wilf Long

“The Touching-Point” reprinted in Uncanny Tales, November 1941 as Edward J. Bellin

Artist Unknown

“Jungle Gems” (Thrilling Adventures, December 1941)

 

Next time 1942-1943… The Kuttners become even more prolific…

 

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