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Missing information

Two pieces of important information need to be added. The name of the magazine's publisher should be included in the first line of the lead, and it should also be stated specifically that the magazine was published in the USA. Brianboulton (talk) 21:32, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Both done. The really relevant fact about the publisher is that it was the Goodmans; names of imprints were quite variable and from a historical point of view it's the owners who provide the continuity. Hence I mentioned them as well as the publisher name. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 21:41, 5 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Phrasing in article lead

This article is today's FA. I have just noted in the talk page for today's FA that I think that a sentence of the blurb violates WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV and I have been notified that a similar situation also exists in the article lead itself: "The quality of the second incarnation of the magazine was superior to the first,..." also violates WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV, I think. Spike (talk) 01:01, 13 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done; thanks. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 02:10, 13 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

"In the opinion of sf historian Joseph Marchesani"?

"In the opinion of sf historian Joseph Marchesani"? "sf"? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:41, 13 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

File:Norman Saunders - cover of Marvel Science Stories for April-May 1939.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Norman Saunders - cover of Marvel Science Stories for April-May 1939.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on April 24, 2018. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2018-04-24. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:18, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the day

Marvel Science Stories was an American pulp magazine that ran for a total of fifteen issues in two separate runs, both edited by Robert O. Erisman. The first issue was dated August 1938, and carried stories with more sexual content than was usual for the genre. The magazine was canceled after the April 1941 issue, but when a boom in science fiction magazines began in 1950, the publishers revived it. The first issue of the new series was dated November 1950; a further six issues appeared, the last dated May 1952. Contributors to the first run included Henry Kuttner, Arthur J. Burks, and Jack Williamson; the second run published stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Jack Vance, and L. Sprague de Camp, among others.Illustration: Norman Saunders; restoration: Adam Cuerden

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Chris, I hesitate to point this out, but this offsite copy is actually much better than our featured picture, so it might not be the best thing to run. In addition to the colour being much clearer and brighter, you can see that the restoration work on our copy (at the right hand edge) hasn't fully restored some details; the letters in "THERAPY" and "E.TIO" aren't very readable in our copy. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:23, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The image you suggest to replace the current FP is way bellow the minimum resolution requirement (1500 pixed on both sides) Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:22, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not suggesting that it replace it, but I think it's hard to argue an image is our best work when the quality (in other aspects than resolution) is so much less than another image out there. I'm not criticizing Adam's work -- at the time he did the restoration, I don't think this image was available, though I don't recall for sure. But our image is inaccurate in minor respects and has poor colour quality. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 13:43, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Here is a much larger version of the image, again with correct reproduction of the right hand edge, and better colours. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 14:05, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Mike Christie. If Adam has a fault, it's that he is sometimes over cautious when adjusting tone and exposure. However, I am concerned that the versions you linked to have the opposite issue; the whites are pure white, which would not have been possible given the paper texture. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 11:01, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I'm certainly not suggesting we use that version, just that it indicates that our version is not the best possible image. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 11:39, 18 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

File:Alex Schomburg - Harl Vincent - Marvel Science Stories for April-May 1939 - Illustration for Newscast.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Alex Schomburg - Harl Vincent - Marvel Science Stories for April-May 1939 - Illustration for Newscast.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on April 18, 2020. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2020-04-18. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page so Wikipedia doesn't look bad. :) Thanks! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:05, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the day

Marvel Science Stories was an American pulp magazine edited by Robert O. Erisman, which ran for a total of fifteen issues in two separate runs, the first between August 1938 and April 1941, and the second in the 1950s, when there was a boom in science-fiction magazines.

This picture is an illustration by Alex Schomburg from an interior page of the April–May 1939 issue of Marvel Science Stories, accompanying Harl Vincent's story "Newscast". Schomburg was a Puerto Rican commercial artist and comic-book illustrator whose career in the United States lasted over seventy years, creating many covers for comics in the 1940s, including those featuring Captain America, Namor, the Human Torch, and other superheroes. He later moved on to covers and illustrations for science-fiction magazines, astrology publications, and books, including the juvenile series Winston Science Fiction. Vincent, an engineer by profession, earned a second income by publishing more than seventy science fiction stories in magazines, mostly in the 1930s and early 1940s, but a few in the 1960s, late in his life.Illustration credit: Alex Schomburg; restored by Adam Cuerden

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FYI on requested move for Marvel Tales

The article currently at Marvel Tales is about comics so I've requested that it be moved to Marvel Tales (comics) so that Marvel Tales can become a disambiguation page. Leaving a note here in case anyone thinks there is in fact a primary topic for the title Marvel Tales. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 12:24, 11 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]