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Modern Wonder [v 1 # 5, June 19, 1937] (2d, 16pp, foolscap, cover by ?) 2 • Railway Run by Armed Warriors • Anon. • ar 3 • Roaring Speedway • W. E. Stanton Hope • ss 5 • War Declared! • Carl Olsson • ar 6 • New York Non-Stop • Anon. • ar 8 • “Queen Mary” - the World’s Wonder Ship • Anon. • ia 10 • Science Makes the Super Film • Anon. • ar 11 • The Space Machine: Kidnapped by a Machine [Part 5 of 10] • John Beynon • sl; abridged from “Stowaway to Mars”, Passing Show, 1936.; illus. Chester 13 • Hoodoo Pearls • Gerald Bowman • ss; illus. Savile Lumley 15 • Science is News • Anon. • cl 16 • “S.O.S.” - New Amphibian and Motor Lifeboats • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonder [v 1 # 6, June 26, 1937] (2d, 16pp, foolscap, cover by ?) 2 • Power That Rules the World • Anon. • ar 3 • Trains a Boy can Drive • Gerald Bowman • ar 4 • Caterpillar Tommy • Gerald Bowman • ss; illus. Cyril Holloway 6 • Whisper That Kills and Tills • Carl Olsson • ar 8 • Hendon’s Wonderful Air Pageant • Anon. • ia 10 • Legion of Death • Anon. • ar 11 • Phantom of the Loch • Bower Mason • ss; illus. Savile Lumley 13 • The Space Machine: The Rival Rocket [Part 6 of 10] • John Beynon • sl; abridged from “Stowaway to Mars”, Passing Show, 1936.; illus. Chester 15 • The March of Science • Anon. • cl 16 • The Thrill of Speedway Racing • Anon. • ia; illus. Roland Davies
Modern Wonder [v 1 # 7, July 3, 1937] (2d, 16pp, foolscap, cover by ?) 2 • “Iron Man” of the Sea • Anon. • ar 3 • Monster Steel Desert Bus • Anon. • ar 4 • Halloran Takes Control [Halloran] • Gerald Bowman • ss 6 • “N” • Carl Olsson • ar 7 • Timber Fever • Stanton Hope • ss 8 • Live Targets for R.A.F. Manned Speed Boats - Bombed from the Air • Anon. • ia 11 • Battle of the Searchlights • Ralph Michaelis • ar 12 • Test Tube Sherlock Holmes • Ritchie Calder • ar 13 • The Space Machine: Trapped on Mars! [Part 7 of 10] • John Beynon • sl; abridged from “Stowaway to Mars”, Passing Show, 1936.; illus. Chester 15 • Science is News • Anon. • cl 16 • The Coronation Scot • Anon. • ia; illus. R. B. Way
Modern Wonder [v 1 # 8, July 10, 1937] (2d, 16pp, foolscap, cover by ?) 2 • By Train to the Moon • Anon. • ar 3 • Battling the Storms • R. Tiltman • ar 4 • Rough Diamond [Halloran] • Gerald Bowman • ss 6 • Mighty News Empire on the Roof of the World • Carl Olsson • ar 8 • Full Throttle • Anon. • ia 10 • He Juggles with Giant Air Liners • Anon. • ar 11 • The Space Machine: Steel Rulers of Mars [Part 8 of 10] • John Beynon • sl; abridged from “Stowaway to Mars”, Passing Show, 1936.; illus. Chester 13 • Cities on the Ocean Bed • Anon. • ar 14 • Out of the Sky • Alfred E. Wright • nf 15 • Science is News • Anon. • cl 16 • Mechanising the Mounties • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonder [v 1 # 9, July 17, 1937] (2d, 16pp, foolscap, cover by ?) 2 • When the Earth’s Crust Breaks • A. P. Luscombe Whyte • ar 3 • Two Miles a Minute Express • Gerald Carr • ar 4 • High Pressure [Halloran] • Gerald Bowman • ss; illus. Savile Lumley 6 • Don’t Grumble at Heat Waves! • Gerald Carr • ar 7 • Through the “Mike” • Arthur Groom • ss 8 • Two Giants of the Air • Anon. • ia 10 • Docks That Handle £100,000,000 a Year • Anon. • ar 12 • Water, at £1,200 a Pint • Carl Olsson • ar 13 • The Space Machine: Vaygan’s Sacrifice [Part 9 of 10] • John Beynon • sl; abridged from “Stowaway to Mars”, Passing Show, 1936.; illus. Chester 15 • Science is News • Anon. • cl 16 • Steering Ships by Pressing Buttons • Anon. • ia; illus. G. H. Davis
Modern Wonder [v 1 # 10, July 24, 1937] (2d, 16pp, foolscap, cover by Bryan de Grineau) 2 • Stopping a Bullet by Photography • Anon. • ia; illus. photos 3 • Six O’Clock Off California • George W. Campbell • nf; illus. Savile Lumley 5 • Eyes That See in the Dark • Anon. • ar 6 • The Man who Started Monoplanes • Selby Lewis • ar 7 • Full Steam [Halloran] • Gerald Bowman • ss; illus. John Woods 8 • Giant Locos in the Making • Anon. • ia; illus. R. B. Way 11 • Coal to Petrol • Miles Henslow • ar 12 • Science Reveals New Secrets of Space • Carl Olsson • ar 13 • The Space Machine: Earthward Bound [Part 10 of 10] • John Beynon • sl; abridged from “Stowaway to Mars”, Passing Show, 1936.; illus. Chester 15 • The March of Science • Anon. • cl 16 • R.A.F. on the North-West Frontier • Anon. • ia; illus. G. H. Davis
Modern Wonder [v 1 # 11, July 31, 1937] (2d, 16pp, cover by ?) 2 • To Australia in Two Days • C. W. A. Scott • ar 3 • The Lost Kingdom [Part 1 of 15; with Gerald Bowman] • Ralph Stranger • sl; illus. Chester 5 • 700,000 Tons of Floating Steel • W. Stanton Hope • ar 6 • Giant X-Ray Machines • John E. Lodge • ar 8 • H. M. Cruiser Southampton • Anon. • ia 10 • The Top Storey [Halloran] • Gerald Bowman • ss; illus. John Woods 12 • Scientists to Invade a Lost World • Carl Olsson • ar 13 • Forced Landing • Clifford Cameron • ss; illus. Savile Lumley 15 • Science is News • Anon. • cl 16 • Contrasts after 132 Years of Naval Gunnery • Anon. • ia; illus. G. H. Davis
Modern Wonder [v 1 # 12, August 7, 1937] (2d, 16pp, cover by Bryan de Grineau) 2 • Wonders of Metal Surgery • A. Gowans Whyte • ar 3 • Britain’s Naval Might on View • Stanton Hope • ar 4 • The Lost Kingdom: Barsak Makes Trouble [Part 2 of 15; with Gerald Bowman] • Ralph Stranger • sl; illus. Chester 6 • World’s Biggest Hole • Carl Olsson • ar 8 • Making the Modern Motor Car • Anon. • ia; illus. Roland Davies 10 • Derelict Menace • Bernard Buley • ss; illus. Fred Bennett 12 • A Mountain full of Arsenic! • Roland Nitsche • ar 13 • The Mysterious Racer • Clifford Cameron • ss; illus. E. Hubbard 15 • Boy Scouts of the Air • Anon. • ed 16 • Bluebird - Sir Malcolm Campbell’s New Hydroplane • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonder [v 1 # 13, August 14, 1937] (2d, 16pp, cover by Bryan de Grineau) 2 • The Ears of the Air Force • Selby Lewis • ar 3 • Sea Devils • Anon. • ss; adapted from the movie.; illus. Norman Keen 5 • The “Artificial” Heart • Carl Olsson • ar 6 • The Gyroscope - Twentieth Century Wonder • Keith Rogers • ar 8 • Giant Cranes • Anon. • ia; illus. R. B. Way 10 • The Lost Kingdom: Off to the Antarctic [Part 3 of 15; with Gerald Bowman] • Ralph Stranger • sl; illus. Chester 12 • Mountain of 10,000 Lights • Dr. Roland Nitsche • ar 13 • Trapped Below [Halloran] • Gerald Bowman • ss; illus. John Woods 15 • Science is News • Anon. • cl 16 • Trains That Climb Mountains • Anon. • ia; illus. R. B. Way
Modern Wonder [v 1 # 14, August 21, 1937] (2d, 16pp, cover by Bryan de Grineau) 2 • Water Hornets • Anon. • ar 3 • Dynamite! • Anon. • ar 4 • Men of Steel • Clifford Cameron • ss; illus. J. Harris 5 • The Turn of the Tide • Keith Rogers • ar 6 • The Lost Kingdom: Deep Sea Duel [Part 4 of 15] • Ralph Stranger & Gerald Bowman • sl; illus. Chester 8 • Power from Water • Anon. • ia; illus. R. B. Way 10 • Keeping Up with Science • Orestes Caldwell • cs United Features Syndicate, 1935 11 • The Robot Pilot • Ralph Michaelis • ar 12 • Science and the Railways • Anon. • ar 13 • It Happened at Night! • L. T. Dryver • ss; illus. Kenneth Brookes 15 • Science is News • Anon. • cl 16 • Regaining the Altitude Record for Britain • Anon. • ia; illus. Anson Gilchrist
Modern Wonder [v 1 # 15, August 28, 1937] (2d, 16pp, cover by Bryan de Grineau) 2 • Man-Made Hurricanes • Oliver Gordon • ar 3 • All is not Gold • Donald Buchanan • ss; illus. C. P. Shilton 5 • Accident Makes New Industries • Robert Davy • ar 6 • The Great African Conquest • Dr. Malcolm Burr • ar 8 • A Triumph of Modern Engineering • Anon. • ia 10 • Six-Car Road Crash • Anon. • ar; illus. Bryan de Grineau 10 • Keeping Up with Science • Orestes Caldwell • cs United Features Syndicate, 1935; illus. Gabriel 11 • The Lost Kingdom: Shipwrecked [Part 5 of 15] • Ralph Stranger & Gerald Bowman • sl; illus. Chester 13 • Underground Fortress of Steel • Oscar Millard • ar 14 • Plots and Plans • L. T. Dryver • ss; illus. E. Hubbard 15 • Science is News • Anon. • cl 16 • The Potez 62 of “Air France” • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonder [v 1 # 16, Sep 4, 1937] (2d, 16pp, cover by Bryan de Grineau) 2 • Television Up-to-Date • Anon. • ar 3 • Silent Wings • J. Hurren • ar 4 • The Death Beam • The Sheikh A. Abdullah • ss (r); illus. E. Hubbard 6 • Scientists Rule the Sea • Stanton Hope • ar 7 • The Lost Kingdom: On the Bed of the Atlantic [Part 6 of 15] • Ralph Stranger & Gerald Bowman • sl 8 • World’s Biggest Steam Locomotive • Anon. • ia; illus. R. B. Way 11 • Exploring Space • Prof. Auguste Piccard • ar 12 • Ships That Crawl Over Land • Johnston Lane • ar 13 • The Test Supreme! • R. T. Thomas • ss; illus. John Woods 14 • The Lie Detector • Anon. • ar 15 • Science is News • Anon. • cl 16 • Science Aids the Tyre-Maker • Anon. • ia; illus. Roland Davies
Modern Wonder [v 1 # 17, September 11, 1937] (2d, 16pp, cover by Bryan de Grineau) 2 • A Speed-Limit for Motor-Racing! • Thomas H. Wisdom • ar 3 • The Salvage of the Scarab [Rorky & McOstrich] • Stanton Hope • ss; illus. E. Hubbard 5 • Britain’s Greatest Air Race • Selby Lewis • ar 6 • A Daily Miracle to Give You News • Ritchie Calder • ar 8 • Our Mechanised Army • Anon. • ia 10 • Mechanical Minds • Oscar E. Millard • ar 11 • The Lost Kingdom: A Fight with Death [Part 7 of 15] • Ralph Stranger & Gerald Bowman • sl; illus. Chester 13 • The Mystery House of the BBC • J. Murray Smith • ar 13 • Keeping Up with Science • Orestes Caldwell • cs United Features Syndicate, 1935; illus. Gabriel 14 • Man of History • Barry Lewis • ss; illus. John Woods 15 • Science is News • C. A. O. • cl 16 • Britain’s Smallest King’s Cup Entry • Anon. • ia; illus. Anson Gilchrist
Modern Wonder [v 1 # 18, September 18, 1937] (2d, 16pp, cover by Bryan de Grineau) 2 • Streamline Spells Speed • C. Hamilton Ellis • ar 3 • Magic Metal that Toughens Steel • Carl Olsson • ar 4 • The Lost Kingdom: The People of Mystery [Part 8 of 15] • Ralph Stranger & Gerald Bowman • sl 6 • Sunspots Affect Your Wireless • Ralph Stranger • ar 7 • The Fog Beam • The Sheikh A. Abdullah • ss; illus. John Woods 8 • America’s Giant Clippers • Anon. • ia 11 • £10,000,000 Desert Pipe Line • Anon. • ar; illus. John Woods 12 • Traffic Lights of the Sky • Miles Henslow • ar 12 • Keeping Up with Science • Orestes Caldwell • cs United Features Syndicate, 1935; illus. Gabriel 13 • Two-Mile-a-Minute Failure • S. S. Johnson • ss; illus. Kenneth Brookes 15 • Science is News • Anon. • cl 16 • Deep-Sea Diving • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonder [v 1 # 19, September 25, 1937] (2d, 16pp, cover by Bryan de Grineau) 2 • Detectives of the Air • J. Murray Smith • ar 2 • Keeping Up with Science • Orestes Caldwell • cs United Features Syndicate, 1935; illus. Gabriel 3 • The Chronicles of a Space Voyager No.1: The Dead World • John Russell Fearn • nf 4 • Wild Cargo [Rorky & McOstrich] • Stanton Hope • ss; illus. E. Hubbard 6 • Flying Clubs are Trumps • Selby Lewis • ar 7 • The Lost Kingdom: Prisoners in the Palace [Part 9 of 15] • Ralph Stranger & Gerald Bowman • sl 8 • Modern Coal-Mining in South Wales • Anon. • ia; illus. Roland Davies 11 • Damming a River of Fire • Anon. • ar 12 • A Short Cut that Saves 3,600 Miles • Anon. • ar 13 • The Fire Bell • Bernard Buley • ss; illus. John Woods 15 • Science is News • Anon. • cl 16 • Storing Sound on a Steel Ribbon • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonder [v 1 # 20, Oct 2, 1937] (2d, 16pp, cover by Bryan de Grineau) 2 • The Mystery of Wireless Echoes • Ralph Stranger • ar 3 • Clearing the Steel Highway • C. Hamilton Ellis • ar 4 • Monsoon Seas [Rorky & McOstrich] • Stanton Hope • ss; illus. E. Hubbard 6 • Flying Aeroplanes by Heat • Miles Henslow • ar 7 • The Lost Kingdom: Explorers in Peril [Part 10 of 15] • Ralph Stranger & Gerald Bowman • sl 8 • Out for the Land Speed Record • Anon. • ia The Autocar, 1937; illus. Anton Gilchrist 11 • Germ-Detectives who Arrest Disease • Ritchie Calder • ar 12 • “Tim”, the Speaking Clock • T. R. Robinson • ar 12 • Keeping Up with Science • Orestes Caldwell • cs United Features Syndicate, 1935; illus. Gabriel 13 • The Atom Smashers [Prof. Sampson Parr] • G. Hamilton Teed • ss; illus. John Woods 15 • Science is News • Anon. • cl 16 • Crossing a Continent by Coach • Anon. • ia; illus. Anton Gilchrist
Modern Wonder [v 1 # 21, October 9, 1937] (2d, 16pp, cover by Bryan de Grineau) 2 • Steam Engine 2,000 Years Ago • Ritchie Calder • ar 3 • Air Thrills for a Living • H. C. Skinner • ar 4 • Radium City • Leslie Roberts • ss; illus. Kenneth Brookes 6 • Millions of Tons of Gold in the Sea • Ralph Stranger • ar 7 • Desert Foes! • Clifford Cameron • ss; illus. E. Hubbard 8 • The U.S. Army’s Lockheed Sub-Stratorsphere Plane • Anon. • ia 11 • The Chronicles of a Space Voyager No.2: Planet of Frost and Flames • John Russell Fearn • nf 12 • Outposts of Radio • J. Murray Smith • ar 13 • The Lost Kingdom: Doomed Beneath the Ice [Part 11 of 15] • Ralph Stranger & Gerald Bowman • sl 15 • Science is News • Anon. • cl 16 • A Giant Ore Scoop in America • Anon. • ia; illus. Anton Gilchrist
Modern Wonder [v 1 # 22, October 16, 1937] (2d, 16pp, cover by Bryan de Grineau) 2 • That She Blows! • Dr. Roland Nitsche • ar 3 • Invaders from Space [Prof. Sampson Parr] • G. Hamilton Teed • ss; illus. Chester 5 • Mystery of the Cosmic Rays • Ralph Stranger • ar 6 • Boy Starts Billion Pound Gold Rush • Donald Buchanan • ar 7 • Peril Below [Rorky & McOstrich] • Stanton Hope • ss; illus. E. Hubbard 8 • Harnessing Water Power • Anon. • ia 11 • Challenge of the Electric Flyer • C. Hamilton Ellis • ar 12 • Wizards of Weather • Anon. • ar 13 • The Lost Kingdom: The First Broadcast [Part 12 of 15] • Ralph Stranger & Gerald Bowman • sl 15 • Science is News • Anon. • cl 16 • The Mayo Composite Aircraft • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonder [v 2 # 23, October 23, 1937] (2d, 16pp, cover by ?) 2 • Cinderellas of the Railway • C. Hamilton Ellis • ar; illus. R. B. Way 3 • Atlantis Returns [Part 1 of 20] • W. J. Passingham • sl; illus. Sinclair Calow 5 • Ten Million Volts of Man-Made Lightning • H. W. Twyman • ar 7 • Secrets of the Submarine • Stanton Hope • ar 8 • Ice: The Airman’s Grimmest Foe • Anon. • ia The Illustrated London News, 1937; illus. G. H. Davis 10 • False Cargo [Rorky & McOstrich] • Stanton Hope • ss; illus. E. Hubbard 12 • The Chronicles of a Space Voyager No.3: Mars, The Mystery Planet • John Russell Fearn • nf 13 • The Lost Kingdom: The Captives Return [Part 13 of 15] • Ralph Stranger & Gerald Bowman • sl; illus. Chester 15 • Science is News • Anon. • cl 16 • Fighting Fire from Water: London’s Powerful Firefloat • Anon. • ia; illus. Anton Gilchrist
Modern Wonder [v 2 # 24, October 30, 1937] (2d, 16pp, cover by Bryan de Grineau) 2 • Science versus Everest! • Anon. • ar 3 • 150-Ton Flying Boats • Selby Lewis • ar 4 • Atlantis Returns: Island of Terro [Part 2 of 20] • W. J. Passingham • sl; illus. Sinclair Calow 7 • Voyage into Space [Prof. Sampson Parr] • G. Hamilton Teed • ss; illus. Chester 8 • Thunderbolts of the Road Circuits • Anon. • ia; illus. Bryan de Grineau 11 • Harnessing Two Thousand Million Tons of Water a Day • Anon. • ar 12 • Radio Waves that Play Tricks • Ralph Stranger • ar 13 • The Lost Kingdom: Explorers at Bay [Part 14 of 15] • Ralph Stranger & Gerald Bowman • sl 15 • Science is News • Anon. • cl 16 • The G.P.O. Automatic Telephone System • Anon. • ia; illus. Anton Gilchrist
Modern Wonder [v 2 # 25, November 6, 1937] (2d, 16pp, cover by Bryan de Grineau) 2 • We’re Learning to Fly • Selby Lewis • ar 3 • Fireworks that Save Lives • Adrian Jackson • ar 4 • Mystery of the Bullion Ship • Anthony Skene • ss; illus. John Woods 6 • The World’s Non-Stop Bombardment • H. W. Twyman • ar 8 • A Greyhound of the Royal Navy • Anon. • ia 10 • Atlantis Returns: Death in the Lake [Part 3 of 20] • W. J. Passingham • sl; illus. Sinclair Calow 12 • The Most Dangerous Man in the World • Ritchie Calder • ar 13 • The Lost Kingdom [Part 15 of 15] • Ralph Stranger & Gerald Bowman • sl 15 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • Champion of the German Racetrack • Anon. • ia Speed, 1937
Modern Wonder [v 2 # 26, November 13, 1937] (2d, 16pp, cover by Bryan de Grineau, ?) 2 • A Motorists Farewell to his Steed • T. H. Wisdom • ar 3 • Volcano [Rorky & McOstrich] • Stanton Hope • ss; illus. E. Hubbard 5 • Railway Through the Wilds • Anon. • ar 6 • The Mystery of the Atom • Ralph Stranger • ar 7 • Atlantis Returns: Land of the Gods [Part 4 of 20] • W. J. Passingham • sl; illus. Sinclair Calow 8 • Escaping from the Depths • Lt. Commander Kenneth Edwards • ar 10 • Keeping Up with Science • Orestes Caldwell • cs United Features Syndicate, 1935; illus. Gabriel 11 • The Plane You Can’t Crash • Selby Lewis • ar 13 • Double-Crossed! [Halloran] • Gerald Bowman • ss; illus. John Woods 15 • Science Marches On • H. W. T. • cl 16 • Marvels of the Automatic Lighthouse • Anon. • ia; illus. R. B. Way

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