Captain Hazzard

Cover of the only issue, by Norman Saunders

Captain Hazzard was a science fiction pulp magazine which published one issue in 1938. ^[1] It was published by Aaron Wyn's Ace Magazines, and edited by Aaron's wife, Rose Wyn. ^{[1] [2]} The lead novel, "Python-Men of the Lost City", featured Captain Hazzard, a telepathic superhero; the author's name, "Chester Hawks", was a pseudonym. The magazine also contained some shorter fiction. The lead novel was reprinted in 1974 by Robert Weinberg. ^[1]

The magazine was an attempt to copy the success of other hero pulps such as Doc Savage , but science fiction historian Mike Ashley suggests that "although a few more superhero pulps would appear, their future was increasingly in the comic-book field". ^[3]

Bibliographic details

The publisher was Ace Magazines of New York; the only issue was dated May 1938. The editor was Rose Wyn; the magazine was in pulp format, 96 pages, and priced at 10 cents. ^[1]

References

1. Weinberg (1985), p. 158.
2. Walton (2019), p. 141.
3. Ashley (2000), p. 135-136.

Sources

• Ashley, Mike (2000). The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp Magazines from the beginning to 1950. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. ISBN   0-85323-865-0.
• Weinberg, Robert (1985). "Captain Hazzard". In Tymn, Marshall B.; Ashley, Mike (eds.). Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 158. ISBN   0-3132-1221-X.
• Walton, Michael (2019). The Horror Comic Never Dies: A Grisly History. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN   978-1-4766-7536-7.

External links

• Captain Hazzard series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database