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Modern Wonder [v 2 # 49, April 23, 1938] (2d, 20pp, cover by Bryan de Grineau) 2 • Ocean Oil Lines Next • Sidney Howard • ar 2 • Amazing New Sky Birds of the British and French Air Forces • Anon. • ar 3 • Turning Steel in to Horse Power • Anon. • ar 4 • The Plane They Made a God • A. Vincent • ss 6 • “Copyright by Reuters” • Anon. • ar 7 • The Odd-Job Patrol • Anon. • ar 8 • King of the Clouds [Part 7 of 13] • Peter Barr • sl; illus. Kenneth Brookes 10 • The Birth of a Talkie • Anon. • ia 12 • Posted as Missing • Selby Lewis • ar 13 • Criminals Caught by Chemicals • Anon. • ar 14 • Some Models for Beginners • M. R. Knight • ar 18 • Underground Fortifications • Anon. • ar 18 • Taking the Knock out of Petrol • Christopher Sparks • ar 19 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 20 • Britain’s Leading Aero-Engine • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood
Modern Wonder [v 2 # 50, April 30, 1938] (2d, 20pp, cover by ?) 2 • Midget Racers - 8 inches Long • Anon. • ar 2 • They Map the Sky Trails for Record Breakers • Anon. • ar 3 • World’s Strangest Factories • Anon. • ar 4 • The Last of His Line • W. P. Gordon • ss; illus. T. D. Ward Osmond 6 • Can the Airship Come Back • Miles Henslow • ar 8 • King of the Clouds [Part 8 of 13] • Peter Barr • sl; illus. Kenneth Brookes 10 • The King’s Army • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 12 • Orchids of Death • L. T. Dryver • ss; illus. Ronald Lampitt 14 • Goodbye, You Sailers • Carl Olsson • ar 18 • Railwayman’s Jig-Saw Puzzle • Vernon Sommerfield • ar 18 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 20 • Types of Breaks in Common Use Today • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood
Modern Wonder [v 2 # 51, May 7, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by Frederick Parker) 2 • City of Modern Wonders • Robert Jamieson • ar 3 • Filming the Human Voice • Anon. • ar 4 • The Diamond Dragon [Black Abbot] • G. Hamilton Teed • ss; illus. Ronald Lampitt 6 • Giants of the Air Road • Selby Lewis • ar 6 • Black Man’s Wireless • Carl Olsson • ar 7 • Bullet-Proof Glass • Anon. • ar 8 • Drill in Cloudland: Aerial Maneuvers of the R.A.F. • Anon. • ia 10 • King of the Clouds [Part 9 of 13] • Peter Barr • sl; illus. Kenneth Brookes 12 • London’s Magic Sign • Anon. • ar 13 • Lost - Over the African Jungle • Selby Lewis • nf; illus. Lendon 14 • What Are the Sun’s Secrets • Anon. • ar 15 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • Different Uses for the Modern Excavator • Anon. • ia; illus. R. B. Way
Modern Wonder [v 2 # 52, May 14, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by ?) 2 • The Invisible Light • Anon. • ar 2 • Springs • Anon. • ar 3 • Zipp! The Modern Button • H. W. Twyman • ar 4 • The Hush Hush Drome [Lance Kearney] • Clifford Cameron • ss 6 • They Get Their Power from Volcanoes • Anon. • ar 6 • Six Miles a Minute Next! • T. H. Wisdom • ar 8 • New Wonder Destroyers of the Royal Navy • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 11 • Light Through the Ages • Anon. • ar 12 • Four Years Hence • Selby Lewis • ar 13 • Attractive Issues from Latvia • G. S. Keen • ar 13 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 14 • King of the Clouds [Part 10 of 13] • Peter Barr • sl; illus. Kenneth Brookes 16 • New Monsters of the Iron Road • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 53, May 21, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by ?) 2 • U.S. Navy Builds New Monster Aircraft Carrier • Anon. • ia 3 • Guns! • Carl Olsson • ar 4 • The Mandarin’s Ear [Black Abbot] • G. Hamilton Teed • ss 7 • Flying Wings • Selby Lewis • ar 8 • Safety at Sea • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 10 • New Wars from Old Iron • H. W. Twyman • ar 11 • He Went to Sea as a Lad • Anon. • ar 12 • King of the Clouds [Part 11 of 13] • Peter Barr • sl; illus. Kenneth Brookes 14 • Hats Off to Stainless Steel • Christopher Sparks • ar 15 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • Modern Railway Signalling • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 54, May 28, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by ?) 2 • He Builds the Crack Locos - E. J. H. Lemon • Anon. • ar 3 • Agent “J” [Agent Jay] • Stanton Hope • ss; illus. Savile Lumley 4 • Falls Out of Planes for a Living • Anon. • ar 6 • No More Accidents • Anon. • ar 7 • Treachery of the Black Abbot [Black Abbot] • G. Hamilton Teed • ss; illus. John Woods 8 • Wonders of Astronomy • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 11 • Sky Raiders - Beware! • Lt.-Commander Kenneth Edwards • ar 12 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 12 • World’s Biggest Model • J. Bassett-Lowke • ar 14 • King of the Clouds [Part 12 of 13] • Peter Barr • sl; illus. Kenneth Brookes 16 • The “T.B.” Aircraft Refuelling Tender • Anon. • ar
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 55, June 4, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by Savile Lumley) 2 • Miracles Worked by Modern Regridgerators • Anon. • ar 3 • The Munition Works Mystery [Agent Jay] • Stanton Hope • ss; illus. Savile Lumley 5 • The Moon can Affect Wireless • Ralph Stranger • ar 6 • Heston to Croydon - 100,000 Miles [Part 1 of 11; by Gerald Bowman; Halloran] • Anon. • sl 8 • Telvising the Derby • Anon. • ia 10 • Steam Car Broke a World Speed Record • Anon. • ar 11 • Monastery of the Silver Lakes [Black Abbot] • G. Hamilton Teed • ss 12 • Detector Pierces Fog and Cloud • Anon. • ia 14 • Photographic Air • Anon. • ar 14 • King of the Clouds [Part 13 of 13] • Peter Barr • sl; illus. Kenneth Brookes 15 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • Coke-Burning Buses • Anon. • ia; illus. R. B. Way
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 56, June 11, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by ?) 2 • Press-Button Guns • Anon. • ar 3 • Highways of Tomorrow • Anon. • ar; illus. B. G. Seilstad 4 • Arctic Terror • L. T. Dryver • ss; illus. Allen 6 • Heston to Croydon - 100,000 Miles: One-Million Horse-Power [Part 2 of 11; by Gerald Bowman; Halloran] • Anon. • sl 8 • Microscopy • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 10 • The Phantom Plane [Agent Jay] • Stanton Hope • ss; illus. Savile Lumley 12 • “Catterpillars” on Parade • Anon. • ar 13 • Peril of the Living Buddha [Black Abbot] • G. Hamilton Teed • ss 14 • Wonder Mill that Makes Cement • Anon. • ia 15 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • The Development of Ship Propulsion • Anon. • ia; illus. G. H. Davis
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 57, June 18, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by L. Ashwell Wood) 2 • Salvage • Robert Jamieson • ar 3 • The Sixty-Mile-an-Hour Cinema • Anon. • ar 4 • The Secret Formula [Agent Jay] • Stanton Hope • ss; illus. Savile Lumley 6 • Rivers Imprisoned in Pipes • Anon. • ar 7 • Storm Glide • Capt. J. E. Doyle • ss; illus. Kenneth Brookes 8 • Regulating Railway Goods Traffic • Anon. • ia 10 • Heston to Croydon - 100,000 Miles: The Great North-West [Part 3 of 11; by Gerald Bowman; Halloran] • Anon. • sl 12 • The Last Round! [Black Abbot] • G. Hamilton Teed • ss; illus. John Woods 14 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 15 • The New “Martlett” • M. R. Knight • ar 16 • America’s Mighty Fighting Planes • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 58, June 25, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by J. A. Beale) 2 • Million Pound Floating Repair Ship • Anon. • ar; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 3 • Express of Peril • L. T. Dryver • ss 5 • The Electro-Plating of Metals • Christopher Sparks • ar 6 • Headquarters of Time • Anon. • ar 7 • The Last Frontier [Agent Jay] • Stanton Hope • ss; illus. Savile Lumley 8 • Wonders of the Super Cinema • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 10 • Flying Round the World With Halloran: 8 ¼ Mile-Long Wonder Bridge [Part 4 of 11; by Gerald Bowman; Halloran] • Anon. • sl 13 • Aces High • Hedley Scott • ss 14 • Fusilage for the “Martlett” [by M. R. Knight] • Anon. • ar 15 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • Germany’s Fighting Aircraft • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 59, July 2, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by L. Ashwell Wood) 2 • Science Fights World’s Biggest Fire • Anon. • ar 3 • Terror of the Reef • G. Hamilton Teed • ss; illus. Kenneth Brookes 4 • Weather While You Wait • Anon. • ar 6 • That’s a Forgery • Louis C. Mansfield • ar 7 • If You were an Engine Driver • Anon. • ar 8 • Holiday Cruise on a Modern Liner • Anon. • ia 10 • The Fire Raisers [Agent Jay] • Stanton Hope • ss; illus. Savile Lumley 12 • 300 Passenger Flying Boat • Anon. • ar 13 • Flying Around the World: Modern Wonders of Mexico [Part 5 of 11; by Gerald Bowman; Halloran] • Anon. • sl 14 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • First-Line Machines of French Air Force • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 60, July 9, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by ?) 2 • The Art of Gliding • Amy Johnson • ar 3 • Press-Button Tuning • Anon. • ar 4 • Floating Sea-Base X2 [Part 1 of 10] • John Roberts • sl; illus. John Woods 6 • New British “Flying Wing” Monoplane • Anon. • ar 7 • The Tree That Roars • Clifford Cameron • ss; illus. Ronald Lampitt 8 • Exploring Deep Water • Anon. • ia 11 • Flying Round the World With Halloran: World’s Steepest Railway [Part 6 of 11; by Gerald Bowman; Halloran] • Anon. • sl 13 • The Black Wasp • Capt. J. E. Doyle • ss 15 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • The Linotype • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 61, July 16, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by ?) 2 • Gas That Makes Airships Safe • Anon. • ar 3 • Map Making from the Sky • Anon. • ar 4 • Mystery of the Oil Wells • Alec G. Yorke • ss 5 • Boring for Water • Anon. • ar; illus. R. B. Way 7 • Floating Sea-Base X2: Menace to the Sea-Base [Part 2 of 10] • John Roberts • sl; illus. John Woods 8 • Science Aids the Explorer • Anon. • ia 11 • Flying Round the World With Halloran: In Modern South America [Part 7 of 11; by Gerald Bowman; Halloran] • Anon. • sl 12 • Auxiliary Air Force • Anon. • ar 13 • The Lost Road • G. Hamilton Teed • ss 15 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • Making Giant Propellers for Ships • Anon. • ia; illus. R. B. Way
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 62, July 23, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by J. A. Beale) 2 • River of Choc. Ice Cream • Anon. • ar 3 • These Boys are Learning to be Airmen • Ralph Machealis • ar 4 • The Mummer Strikes [Sir Walter Chain] • L. T. Dryver • ss 6 • New French Plane for Atlantic Flight • Anon. • ar 7 • Floating Sea-Base X2: Outward Bound [Part 3 of 10] • John Roberts • sl; illus. John Woods 8 • Building Big Yachts • Anon. • ia 11 • Cars and Kettles • Anon. • ar 12 • Flying Round the World With Halloran: Drama in Mid-Air [Part 8 of 11; by Gerald Bowman; Halloran] • Anon. • sl 13 • War Machines Go Midget • Anon. • ar 14 • The “Martlett” Three [by M. R. Knight] • Anon. • ar 15 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • 400 m.p.h. “Hurricanes” of the Sky • Anon. • ia; illus. Chatworthy
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 63, July 30, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by L. Ashwell Wood) 2 • Scientists Battle for a Healthier Nation • Anon. • ar 2 • Wireless Controlled Target Ships • Anon. • ar 4 • The Wall of Peace: No More Wars [Part 1 of 13] • H. W. Twyman • sl 6 • The Missing Inventor [Sir Walter Chain] • L. T. Dryver • ss 7 • The Wonder of a Modern Submarine • Anon. • ar; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 8 • The Navy in Action • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 11 • Moulage • Anon. • ar 11 • New British Airways Route • Anon. • ar 12 • The Triumph of the Modern Steel Bridge • Anon. • ar 13 • Floating Sea-Base X2: Mystery on Faulkes Island [Part 4 of 10] • John Roberts • sl 14 • Oil Under Britain • Anon. • ar 15 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • With the Fleet Air Arm • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 64, August 6, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by ?) 2 • Morse - the Artist Who Saved Thousands of Lives • Anon. • ar 3 • Tanks for the South Pole • Anon. • ar 4 • Floating Sea-Base X2: Rex Baxter - Mystery Man [Part 5 of 10] • John Roberts • sl; illus. John Woods 6 • “Wellesleys” to Fly 6,500 Mile Non-Stop • Anon. • ar 7 • Face-to-Face with the Mummer [Sir Walter Chain] • L. T. Dryver • ss; illus. Allen 8 • How “Modern Wonder” is Produced • Anon. • ia 11 • How a Cartridge is Made • Anon. • ar 12 • The Wall of Peace [Part 2 of 13] • H. W. Twyman • sl 14 • He Flew the First Trans-Atlantic Plane - But it Ended in Disaster • Anon. • ar 15 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • Workings of a South African Gold Mine • Anon. • ia; illus. Chatworthy
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 65, August 13, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by Chatworthy) 2 • Cured - by Wireless • Anon. • ar 2 • Underground Machine-Gun • Anon. • ar 4 • The Wall of Peace: The Secret of the Invisible Ray [Part 3 of 13] • H. W. Twyman • sl 5 • Man-Powered Plane • Anon. • ar 6 • Flying Round the World With Halloran: Forced Landing in the Jungle [Part 9 of 11; by Gerald Bowman; Halloran] • Anon. • sl 7 • Floating Sea-Base X2: Trapped Under the Sea [Part 6 of 10] • John Roberts • sl; illus. John Woods 8 • The Epic Story of Radium City • Anon. • ia; illus. J. A. Beale 11 • An Ice-Box on Wheels • Anon. • ar 12 • Raid at Midnight [Sir Walter Chain] • L. T. Dryver • ss 14 • Plane Flies 63,875 Miles in a Shed • Anon. • ar 15 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • Giant Pumps to Fight Fenland Floods • Anon. • ia; illus. R. B. Way
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 66, August 20, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by L. Ashwell Wood) 2 • Round the World in 91 Hours • Anon. • ar 3 • New Streamline Trains for London’s Underground Railway • Anon. • ar 4 • The Wall of Peace: War Clouds Over Europe [Part 4 of 13] • H. W. Twyman • sl 6 • Wings Over Cannibal Country • Anon. • ar 7 • The Trap [Sir Walter Chain] • L. T. Dryver • ss 8 • Funnels and House Flags of British and Foreign Shipping • Anon. • ia 11 • Flying Round the World With Halloran: Britain’s Luxury Flying Boats [Part 10 of 11; by Gerald Bowman; Halloran] • Anon. • sl 12 • The Brightest Stars • Ralph Stranger • ar 12 • Skimmed Coal • Anon. • ar 13 • Floating Sea-Base X2: Back from the Dead [Part 7 of 10] • John Roberts • sl; illus. John Woods 15 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • The Heavy Oil Engine • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 67, August 27, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by J. A. Beale) 2 • To Parachute Twenty-One Miles • Anon. • ar 3 • Science in a Modern Liner • Anon. • ar; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 4 • The Wall of Peace: The League of Peace [Part 5 of 13] • H. W. Twyman • sl 6 • Foam Puts Out Petrol Fires • Anon. • ar 7 • The Death of the Stand-In [Sir Walter Chain] • L. T. Dryver • ss 8 • Ship That Links the World • Anon. • ia 12 • Flying Round the World With Halloran: The End of a World Flight [Part 11 of 11; by Gerald Bowman; Halloran] • Anon. • sl 13 • Floating Sea-Base X2: Fire on the Sea-Base [Part 8 of 10] • John Roberts • sl; illus. John Woods 14 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • Flame Cuts Steel Like Butter • Anon. • ia; illus. R. B. Way
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 68, September 3, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by J. A. Beale) 2 • Secret Chamber Where Sound is Measured • Anon. • ar 3 • Electricity from the Wind • W. E. Warrilow • ar 4 • A Shot in the Dark [Sir Walter Chain] • L. T. Dryver • ss 6 • Flaming Planets That Bombard the Earth • Anon. • ar 7 • The Wall of Peace: War Declared [Part 6 of 13] • H. W. Twyman • sl 8 • The King’s Air Force • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 11 • Smoke Rings Alarm Bells • Anon. • ar 12 • New Microscope to Magnify 120,000 Times • Anon. • ar 13 • Floating Sea-Base X2: The Cavern of Fire [Part 9 of 10] • John Roberts • sl 14 • Building the “Martlett” [by M. R. Knight] • Anon. • ar 15 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • Cutting Roads Through the Jungle • Anon. • ia; illus. R. A. May
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 69, September 10, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by L. Ashwell Wood) 2 • Britain’s “Baby” Record Breaker • Anon. • ar 3 • Wax Model Weighing Half a Ton • Anon. • ar 4 • The Dark Men • Clifford Cameron • ss 6 • High Pressure Means Sunshire • Anon. • ar 7 • The Wall of Peace: The Invisible Ray in Action [Part 7 of 13] • H. W. Twyman • sl 8 • The Great Industry Behind Your Snaps • Anon. • ia; illus. Frederick Parker 11 • Earthquakes to Order • Ralph Michaelis • ar 12 • Air News of the Week • Anon. • ar 13 • The Flying Bridge • Anon. • ar 14 • Floating Sea-Base X2: Peril From Under the Sea [Part 10 of 10] • John Roberts • sl 15 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • The Wonderful Suction Grain Elevator • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood
Modern Wonder [v 3 # 70, September 17, 1938] (2d, 16pp, cover by L. Ashwell Wood) 2 • Trains They Can’t Crash • Anon. • ar 2 • Shaving by Electricity • Anon. • ar 3 • Into the Storm • Manville Keith • ss; illus. John Woods 5 • A Million-Millionths • Anon. • ar 6 • Gauntlet of Fire • Gordon Temple • ss; illus. Kenneth Brookes 8 • The Wonder of Modern Steel • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 10 • Man-Made Moon • Stuart Macrae • ss; illus. Ronald Lampitt 11 • 3-Wheel Wonder Fire-Engine • Anon. • ar 12 • Modern Wonder Air News • Anon. • cl 13 • The Wall of Peace: The Ray Machine Under Fire [Part 8 of 13] • H. W. Twyman • sl 15 • Science Marches On • Anon. • cl 16 • Wonders of the Rangefinder • Anon. • ia

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