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Modern Wonder [v 5 #117, August 12, 1939] (2d, 20pp, cover photo) 2 • Gold Rush • Anon. • ar 4 • Mechanized Army • Bernard Hogben • ar 5 • The Sky is my Playground • Ben Hamilton • ar 6 • The New Queen of the Seas • Anon. • ar; condensed from The Star Weekly, 1939. 7 • Forest Rangers Have Nightmares • Anon. • ar 8 • Outposts of the R.A.F. • Bryan S. McCann • ar 9 • Ghost Berg • Bernard Buley • ss; illus. John Woods 10 • Whale Research Ship • Anon. • ia; illus. Chatworthy 13 • The Cactus Hunters • Anon. • ar 14 • The “Talking Stick” of Australia • Anon. • ar 15 • The World in Darkness [Part 10 of 13] • Clive R. Foster • sl 17 • Did You Ever Wonder? • Anon. • cl 20 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs May 28 ’39
Modern Wonder [v 5 #118, August 19, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Can Man Create Life? • Anon. • ar 3 • Ships of the Seven Seas • Bernard Hogben • ar; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 4 • The Marching Dead • Captain John Craig • ar 5 • Here’s the “Wellington” • Bryan S. McCann • ar 6 • Book of Solid Gold • Anon. • ar; condensed from The Natal Witness, 1939. 7 • Jungle Terror • Henry Deekin • ss 8 • Europe’s Commercial Air Liners • Anon. • ia; illus. Hugo Molvig 11 • Whippets of the Water • Anon. • ar 12 • Desert Postmen • Anon. • ar; condensed from The Outspan, 1939. 13 • The World in Darkness [Part 11 of 13] • Clive R. Foster • sl 15 • Did You Ever Wonder? • Anon. • cl 16 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Jun 4 ’39
Modern Wonder [v 5 #119, August 26, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • War Pigeons Decorated for Bravery • Bernard Hogben • ar 4 • Diamond Cutting and Polishing • Anon. • ia 5 • They Spend Their Lives Up the Pole • William Herbert • ar 6 • Roads of Tomorrow • Anon. • ar 7 • History of the Typewriter • John A. Zellers • ar 8 • Achievement! - A 3000 Miles Journey and Still Fine Fresh Salmon • Anon. • ia; illus. R. A. Hallum 10 • The Road to Mandalay • Anon. • ar 11 • The World in Darkness [Part 12 of 13] • Clive R. Foster • sl 13 • How to Train a Dog • Earl Johnson • ar; condensed from This Week, 1939. 14 • Modern Wonder Workshop • Anon. • cl 15 • Did You Ever Wonder? • Anon. • cl 16 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Jun 11 ’39
Modern Wonder [v 5 #120, September 2, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo)

2 • Symphony in Steel • Bernard Hogben • ar
4 • Conquest of the Invisible • Anon. • ar; condensed from "N.Y. Times" Magazine, 1939.
5 • The “Golden Hind” • Bryan S. McCann • ar
6 • From Garden Ornament to Giant Dam • Anon. • ia
7 • The Clue of the Kidnapper • S. Gibbs • ss; illus. John Woods
8 • The British Royal Navy • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood
11 • The Javan Express • Anon. • ar
12 • I Become a Lama in Tibet • Theos Bernard • ar; condensed extract from Penthouse of the Gods, New York, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1939.
13 • The World in Darkness [Part 13 of 13] • Clive R. Foster • sl
14 • Is There Life on Other Planets • Waldemar Kaempffert • ar
15 • Did You Ever Wonder? • Anon. • cl
15 • I Built a Submarine • William S. Boyce • ar
16 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Jun 18 ’39
Modern Wonder [v 5 #121, September 9, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Weekending by the Boulder Dam • Anon. • ar 3 • Birth of the Movies • F. Ratcliffe Holmes • ar 4 • Can Insects Think? • M. Addison Bright • ar 5 • Petrol Stations in the Sky • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 6 • The Modern Sherlock Holmes • Anon. • ar 7 • War with the Desert [Part 1 of 2] • W. E. Stanton Hope • sl 8 • Fertilizers from the Air • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 11 • Signals at Sea • Anon. • ar 12 • Grim Life on South Sea Islands • Roland Wentzel • ar; condensed from Outspan, 1939. 13 • Catspaw • George Poole • ss; illus. Eric R. Parker 15 • Did You Ever Wonder? • Anon. • cl 16 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Jun 25 ’39
Modern Wonder [v 5 #122, September 16, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Defence Against Tanks • Herbert Clarkson • ar 4 • Pencil Manufacture • Anon. • ia 5 • Metal that Kills and Cures • Anon. • ar 6 • Modern Stokeholds are Different • Anon. • ar 7 • War with the Desert [Part 2 of 2] • Stanton Hope • sl 8 • The Wonder of Flight • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 11 • Continent-Wide Railway System Spans a Room • Anon. • ar 12 • Ghost Ship “Marie Celeste” • Anon. • ar; condensed from Toronto Star Weekly, 1939. 13 • Camouflage Beats the Enemy • Anon. • ar 14 • Banana Train • Anon. • ar 15 • Did You Ever Wonder? • Anon. • cl 16 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Jul 2 ’39
Modern Wonder [v 5 #123, September 23, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Britain’s Might in the Air • Anon. • ar 4 • Rubber Tyres for Railway Cars • Anon. • ar 5 • The Magic of Colour • Anon. • ar 6 • Medicine Men of the Army • Bernard Hogben • ar 7 • Mountain of the Red Mist • L. T. Dryver • ss; illus. John Woods 8 • Dredging for Gold! • Anon. • ia; illus. Pitts 11 • The Science Behind the Aero Engine • Anon. • ia 13 • Man of Many Inventions [Part 1 of 3] • H. W. Twyman • ar 14 • Treasure Hunting by Submarine • Anon. • ar 15 • Did You Ever Wonder? • Anon. • cl 16 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Jul 2 ’39
Modern Wonder [v 5 #124, September 30, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • War Metal No.1 • Bernard Hogben • ar 4 • Controlling Father Thames • Anon. • ar 5 • The Talking Machine • Anon. • ar 6 • Give a Loco a Name • Anon. • ar 7 • Death in the Hurricane • B. Tunbridge • ar 8 • Weapons of the Wild • Anon. • ia; illus. Ronald Lampitt 11 • America’s War Planes • Bryan S. McCann • ar 12 • In the Indian Bazaars • Anon. • ar; condensed from Christian Science Monitor, 1939. 13 • Man of Many Inventions [Part 2 of 3; by H. W. Twyman] • Anon. • ar 15 • Did You Ever Wonder? • Anon. • cl 16 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Jul 2 ’39
Modern Wonder [v 5 #125, October 7, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • The March of a Mighty Army • Bernard Hogben • ar 4 • Airscrews • Anon. • ia 5 • Has the U-Boat a Chance? • Stanton Hope • ar 6 • The Magic Eye Camera • Bryan Andrews • ar 7 • Dangerous Cargo • L. T. Dryver • ss; illus. Eric R. Parker 8 • The Modern Car • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 11 • Electric Light Map Corners Crooks • Michael Higgins • ar 12 • Soldiers of the Sea • Anon. • ar 13 • On the Bridge of a Modern Liner • Officer of the Watch • ar; illus. Chatworthy 14 • Man of Many Inventions [Part 3 of 3] • H. W. Twyman • ar 15 • Did You Ever Wonder? • Anon. • cl 16 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Jul 9 ’39
Modern Wonder [v 5 #126, October 14, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Bombs from the Air that Save Lives • Anon. • ar 4 • Ranks of the British Army • Anon. • ia 5 • The Radium Detective • Vincent Brome • ar 6 • Convoy • Stanton Hope • ar 7 • In Enemy Hands [Colin Varney] • L. T. Dryver • ss; illus. Eric R. Parker 8 • France’s Armee de l’Air • Bryan S. McCann • ia; illus. Clarkson 11 • Aerial Navigation • Anon. • ia 12 • Measuring a Continent • Anon. • ar 13 • The Giant Liner Unloads Itself • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley 14 • Wartime Chemical Farming • Anon. • ar 15 • Did You Ever Wonder? • Anon. • cl 16 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Jul 16 ’39
Modern Wonder [v 5 #127, October 21, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • This Mighty Maginot Line! • Bernard Hogben • ar 4 • Test Tube Farming • Anon. • ar 5 • Fire Precautions in Aircraft • Anon. • ia 6 • How Fast do Animals Run • Anon. • ar 7 • The Winged Avenger [by L. T. Dryver; Colin Varney] • Anon. • ss; illus. Eric R. Parker 8 • An Armed Giant of the Royal Navy • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood, ? 10 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Jul 23 ’39 11 • Hotel on Wheels • Anon. • ar 12 • Ranks in the R.A.F. • Anon. • ia 13 • Terror Underground • Clifford Cameron • ss 15 • Did You Ever Wonder? • Anon. • cl 16 • Forecasting the Weather for Airmen • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonder [v 5 #128, October 28, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • “Lightning War” • Barry Lewis • ar 4 • Forged Fingerprints • Anon. • ar 5 • Dealing with Incendiary Bombs • Anon. • ia 6 • “Big Guns” in our Fourth Line of Defence • Anon. • ar 7 • Out of the Blue [Colin Varney] • L. T. Dryver • ss 8 • Germany’s “Pocket” Battleships • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 11 • Measuring Brain Waves • Anon. • ar 12 • The Bicycle Comes Into It’s Own Again • Anon. • ar 14 • The Science of Blind Flying • Anon. • ia 15 • Did You Ever Wonder? • Anon. • cl 15 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Jul 30 ’39 16 • Japanese 3-Men Submarine • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley
Modern Wonder [v 5 #129, November 4, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Guns for Our Fighters • Bernard Hogben • ar 4 • Five to One Against • Bryan S. McCann • ar 5 • It’s a Small World • Anon. • ar 6 • Farming Death for Heath • Anon. • ar; condensed from The Family Circle, 1939. 7 • Prisoners of the Gestapo [Colin Varney] • L. T. Dryver • ss 8 • Gliding and Sailplaning • Anon. • ia 11 • America’s Latest Wonder Train • Anon. • ar; condensed from The Express and Journal, Australia, 1939. 12 • Pencil Chip “Creations” • Anon. • ia; illus. R. A . Hallum 13 • Armed Raiders on the Prowl! • Stanton Hope • ar 14 • Ranks of the Royal Navy • Anon. • ar 14 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Aug 6 ’39 15 • Did You Ever Wonder • Anon. • cl 16 • Training Naval Air Gunners • Anon. • ar
Modern Wonder [v 5 #130, November 11, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Bombing - the Long Range Gun! • Bryan S. McCann • ar 4 • Heroes All! • Bernard Hogben • ar 5 • Sweeping Away the Mine Peril • Stanton Hope • ar 6 • In Search of New Worlds • Anon. • ar 8 • Ingenious Modern Coal-Firing Methods • Anon. • ia The Illustrated London News, 1939 10 • Modern Fighters in Armour • Barry Lewis • ar 11 • Escape! [Colin Varney] • L. T. Dryver • ss 12 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Aug 13 ’39 13 • Bee Poison Cures Illness • Anon. • ar 14 • Fuels of the Future • Anon. • ar; illus. R. B. Way 15 • Did You Ever Wonder? • Anon. • cl 16 • Swedish Seaplane-Carrying-Minelaying-Cruiser • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth M. Sibley
Modern Wonder [v 5 #131, November 18, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Up Guards and at ’em! • Bernard Hogben • ar 4 • World’s Largest Car • Bryan S. McCann • ar 5 • Alchemist Yesterday and Today • B. Tonbridge • ar 6 • Wireless Controlled Model Planes • Anon. • ar 7 • Map Making from the Air • Anon. • ia 8 • Modern Aerial Combat & Gunnery • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 10 • New Wonder Metal Lifebelf • Anon. • ar 11 • Energy • Anon. • ar 12 • G-Dogs for G-Men • D. E. Parkinson • ar 12 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Aug 20 ’39 13 • The Man in Black! [Colin Varney] • L. T. Dryver • ss 15 • Did You Ever Wonder? • Anon. • cl 16 • The Versatile Crane • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonder [v 6 #132, November 25, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Contraband Control • Anon. • ar 4 • Welding Wizardry • Anon. • ar 5 • Science of the Siege Gunner • Anon. • ar 6 • I Photographed the Upside Down Battleship • Jack Esten • ar 8 • How Warships Carry Their Aircraft • Anon. • ia 10 • Why Call it a Diesel Engine? • Anon. • ar 11 • New Riches from Black Diamonds • Anon. • ar 12 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Aug 27 ’39 13 • Agent of Evil [Colin Varney] • L. T. Dryver • ss 15 • Did You Ever Wonder? • Anon. • cl 16 • Testing Blackburn Aircraft • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth Sibley
Modern Wonder [v 6 #133, December 2, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Poland’s Contribution to the Navy • Anon. • ia; illus. Kenneth Sibley 3 • Modern Wonder • Anon. • ar 4 • How They Make the Life-Belts of the Sky • Anon. • ar 6 • Human Bloodhounds • Ewen K. Patterson • ar Digest of World Reading, 1939 7 • Battleship v. Bomber • W. Stanton Hope • ar 8 • British Turbine-Driven Locomotive • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 10 • This is the Siegfried Line • Anon. • ar 11 • Running Gear in the Human Machine • Anon. • ar 12 • The Winged Avenger Fights Back [Colin Varney] • L. T. Dryver • ss 14 • Did You Ever Wonder? • Anon. • cl 14 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Sep 3 ’39 16 • Flying an Aeroplane • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonders [v 6 #134, December 9, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Watchdogs of the Sky • Anon. • ar 4 • Polarized Light Hleps Engineer • Anon. • ar 5 • Metals that Win Wars • Anon. • ar 6 • The Caterpillar v. General Mud • Anon. • ia 7 • War on the Ether • Anon. • ar 8 • Struggle on and Under the Seas • Anon. • ar The New York Times Magazine, 1939 10 • 10 Cars a Minute • Anon. • ar 11 • Why They Streamline the Aeroplane • Anon. • ia 12 • The Mystery of the Mummy Case [by L. T. Dryver; Colin Varney] • Anon. • ss 14 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Sep 10 ’39 15 • Aerial Bombardment from Space • Anon. • ar 16 • Trapping Tanks • Anon. • ar
Modern Wonders [v 6 #135, December 16, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Torpedoed! • Stanton Hope • ar 4 • Rubber is Blast-Proof • Anon. • ar 5 • Caterpillars on Parade • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 6 • Spotting the Enemy’s Hidden Secrets • Anon. • ar 7 • Duels of the Big Guns! • Anon. • ar 8 • The German Air Force • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle 10 • Steel Plating Smashed by Water Jets • Anon. • ar 12 • Battle Standards of the Sky • Bryan S. McCann • ar 13 • Outwitting the Gestapo [Colin Varney] • L. T. Dryver • ss 14 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Sep 17 ’39 15 • Railways in Miniature • Anon. • ar; condensed from New York Times Magazine, 1939. 16 • “Ears” of the Home Defence • Anon. • ar
Modern Wonders [v 6 #136, December 23, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Britain’s Sky Fighters Thwart Nazi Raiders • Anon. • ar 4 • Man’s Everlasting Battle Against the Sea • Anon. • ar 5 • Foiling the Nazi Spy! • Anon. • ar 6 • Scientists at War • Anon. • ar 7 • “Aerovision” - Wartime Television • Anon. • ia 8 • Small Arms of the B.E.F. • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle 10 • What’s Happening in Russia • Anon. • ar 12 • The Navy Shoots - with Cameras • Anon. • ar 13 • Frazer’s Kid • Clifford Cameron • ss; illus. John Woods 14 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Sep 24 ’39 15 • Dr. Radio Cures Your Pains • Anon. • ar 16 • Minefields for the Sky Raiders • Anon. • ar
Modern Wonders [v 6 #137, December 30, 1939] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Greyhounds of the Sea • Stanton Hope • ar 4 • Raiders Coming! • Anon. • ar 5 • Nazi Island Bases • Anon. • ar 6 • 1,000 m.p.h. to the Siegfried Line • Anon. • ar 8 • Mammoth Power Houses - Britain’s Vital War Machines • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 10 • Turkey - Key to the East • Anon. • ar 12 • From Tanks to Tin Tacks • Bernard Hogben • ar 13 • Smashing Cars and Records • Andrew R. Boone • ar 14 • Desert Perils • B. Andrews • ar; illus. John Woods 14 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Oct 1 ’39 16 • Martello Towers of Today • Anon. • ar
Modern Wonders [v 6 #138, January 6, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Who Gets Oil - Gets Victory! • Anon. • ar 4 • Radium Experts Work in Caves • Anon. • ar 5 • Why Nazi Aircraft Lose Air Battles • Bryan S. McCann • ar 6 • Sowing the Sea with Death • Stanton Hope • ar; illus. Clarkson 8 • Land Battleships of the French Army Go Into Action! • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle 10 • “They Shall Not Pass!” • Anon. • ar 11 • Silhouettes of the Fleet • Anon. • ia 12 • What is Happening in Rumania? • Anon. • ar 14 • Planes Over Everest • B. Andrews • ar 14 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Oct 8 ’39 16 • War Factory Uses Trains on Ceiling • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonders [v 6 #139, January 13, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Somewhere in France • Anon. • ar 4 • Meet Britain’s Future Bird Men • Anon. • ar 5 • Big Guns of the Navy • Anon. • ar 6 • Miracles with Modern Cameras • Anon. • ar 8 • World’s Largest Submarine • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 10 • Danube - Europe’s River of Destiny • Anon. • ar The New York Times Magazine, 1939? 12 • Night Eyes that See All • Anon. • ar 13 • SOS! • Anon. • ar 14 • The Night Hawk • M. Keith • ss; illus. John Woods 14 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Oct 15 ’39 16 • Post Office of the Air • Anon. • ia
Modern Wonders [v 6 #140, January 20, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 • Mobile Fortresses for the B.E.F. • Anon. • ar 4 • Q-Ships Strike Again • Stanton Hope • ar 5 • Racing into Battle on Skis • Anon. • ar 6 • Afghanistan - Key to India • Bernard Hogben • ar 8 • Naval Tactics and Strategy • Anon. • ia; illus. L. Ashwell Wood 10 • From Factor to War Clouds • Bryan S. McCann • ar 12 • “Balloon Navy” • Anon. • ar 13 • U-Boats Lair • Clifford Cameron • ss 14 • Flash Gordon • Alex Raymond • cs Oct 22 ’39 16 • Ice - the Enemy of the Airman • Anon. • ia; illus. Patrick Nicolle

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