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Modern Wonders Title changed from Modern Wonder.

Modern Wonders [v6, #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 [Colin Varney] · Anon. (by L. T. Dryver) · ss 14 · Flash Gordon · Alex Raymond · cs Sep 10 1939 15 · Aerial Bombardment from Space · Anon. · ar 16 · Trapping Tanks · Anon. · ar

Modern Wonders [v6, #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; illustrated by 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; illustrated by 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 1939 15 · Railways in Miniature · Anon. · ar; condensed from New York Times Magazine, 1939. 16 · “Ears” of the Home Defence · Anon. · ar

Modern Wonders [v6, #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; illustrated by 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; illustrated by John Woods 14 · Flash Gordon · Alex Raymond · cs Sep 24 1939 15 · Dr. Radio Cures Your Pains · Anon. · ar 16 · Minefields for the Sky Raiders · Anon. · ar

Modern Wonders [v6, #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; illustrated by 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; illustrated by John Woods 14 · Flash Gordon · Alex Raymond · cs Oct 1 1939 16 · Martello Towers of Today · Anon. · ar

Modern Wonders [v6, #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; illustrated by Clarkson 8 · Land Battleships of the French Army Go Into Action! · Anon. · ia; illustrated by 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 1939 16 · War Factory Uses Trains on Ceiling · Anon. · ia

Modern Wonders [v6, #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; illustrated by 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; illustrated by John Woods 14 · Flash Gordon · Alex Raymond · cs Oct 15 1939 16 · Post Office of the Air · Anon. · ia

Modern Wonders [v6, #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; illustrated by 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 1939 16 · Ice - the Enemy of the Airman · Anon. · ia; illustrated by Patrick Nicolle

Modern Wonders [v6, #141, January 27, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 · The Fight on Mountain Ranges · Anon. · ar 4 · Experimenting with Transatlantic Rocket Travel · Bryan S. McCann · ar 5 · Fighter Pilots Must Know All These Controls · Anon. · ia; illustrated by Chatworthy 6 · The Army Puts Your House on Maps · Anon. · ar 8 · Submarine Hotel - Floating Wonder Workshop for the Navy! · Anon. · ia 10 · What Is Happening in Sweden · Bernard Hogben · ar 12 · Icebergs Ahoy! · Anon. · ar 13 · There’s Money in Oil · Clifford Cameron · ss 14 · Flash Gordon · Alex Raymond · cs Oct 29 1939 16 · Bombing! · Anon. · ia; illustrated by Patrick Nicolle

Modern Wonders [v6, #142, February 3, 1940] (2d, 20pp, cover photo) 2 · Will There Be a Channel Tunnel? · Anon. · ar; illustrated by Frederick Parker 4 · War and the Fleet Air Arm · Anon. · ar 6 · Baloons of Three Wars · Anon. · ar 7 · Radio Station on Train · Anon. · ar 8 · Plan to Beat Nature · Anon. · ar 9 · R.A.F. in Silhouette · Anon. · ia 10 · Action Stations! · Anon. · ia; illustrated by L. Ashwell Wood 12 · Beating the Blackout · Barry Lewis · ar 13 · Wreckers at Work [Lance Kearney] · Clifford Cameron · ss 15 · They Fish for Mines Now! · Anon. · ar 16 · Hungary - Barricade to the Balkans · Bernard Hogben · ar 20 · Teeth for the Merchant Service · Anon. · ia

Modern Wonders [v6, #143, February 10, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 · Storm Hunters · Anon. · ar 4 · How High Can Man Fly? · Anon. · ar 5 · The Army Has Its Railway · Anon. · ar 6 · Egypt - Guards Empire’s Life-Line · Bernard Hogben · ar 8 · Hitler’s Pirate Navy · Anon. · ia; illustrated by Patrick Nicolle 10 · Mechanical Brian Tracks Air Raiders · Anon. · ia; illustrated by L. Ashwell Wood 12 · The Man in Black · Clifford Cameron · ss 13 · The War Is their Job · Anon. · ar 15 · Guardians of the Sea Boards · Anon. · ar 16 · Wireless Planes for Target Practise · Anon. · ar; illustrated by Patrick Nicolle

Modern Wonders [v6, #144, February 17, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 · How Nazis “Sink” the British Navy · Anon. · ar 4 · Army’s War on Germs · Anon. · ar 5 · Lifeboats Mean More Today · Anon. · ar 6 · Power · Anon. · ar 8 · Patrol Activity on the Western Front · Anon. · ia; illustrated by Patrick Nicolle 10 · Germany’s Warplane Hoax No. 2 · Bryan S. McCann · ar 11 · March of the Robot Army [Part 1 of 25] · A. J. Murray · sl; illustrated by John Woods 13 · Mechanical Sleuths of the Sea Bed · Anon. · ar 14 · Holland · Bernard Hogben · ar 16 · Finland’s Electric Battleships and Navy · Anon. · ia

Modern Wonders [v6, #145, February 24, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 · Fantastic Dream Comes True · Bryan S. McCann · ar 4 · Floating Barricades of Death Guard Our Shores · Anon. · ar 6 · Electricians Turn Prospectors · Anon. · ar; Station WGU Schenectady, New York, 1940? 7 · Germany Murdered Helpless Natives · Bernard Hogben · ar 8 · Secrets of Nazi Naval and Air Bases · Anon. · ar; illustrated by L. Ashwell Wood 10 · What Planes Can America Offer Us? · Anon. · ar 11 · March of the Robot Army [Part 2 of 25] · A. J. Murray · sl 13 · One Man against an Army of Billions · Anon. · ar 14 · Fifty Years of Moving Pictures · Anon. · ar Christian Science Monitor 1940 16 · White Knights of the Sahara · Anon. · ia

Modern Wonders [v6, #146, March 2, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 · Atlantic Patrol · Anon. · ar 4 · Sound! · Anon. · ar 5 · Planning Our Army! · Anon. · ar 6 · Canada’s Navy · Anon. · ar 8 · Over the Top Into “No Man’s Land” · Anon. · ia; illustrated by Patrick Nicolle 10 · Earthquakes Under the Sea · Anon. · ar 11 · March of the Robot Army [Part 3 of 25] · A. J. Murray · sl 13 · Scuttled at Sea · W. E. Stanton Hope · ar 14 · Belgium · Bernard Hogben · ar 16 · Air Rangers Fight Forest Fires · Anon. · ia; illustrated by Patrick Nicolle

Modern Wonders [v6, #147, March 9, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 · Schoolroom Under the Sea · Stanton Hope · ar 4 · Atlantic Travel of the Future · Anon. · ia; illustrated by Patrick Nicolle 5 · Rebuilding a River · Anon. · ar 6 · Mechanization in the Army · Anon. · ar 7 · Camera Raiders Over Germany · Anon. · ia; illustrated by Patrick Nicolle 10 · Mile-a-Minute Midgets · Anon. · ar 11 · March of the Robot Army [Part 4 of 25] · A. J. Murray · sl 13 · Time! · Anon. · ar 14 · Palestine · Bernard Hogben · ar 16 · Hitler’s Sky Bullies · Anon. · ia; illustrated by Patrick Nicolle

Modern Wonders [v6, #148, March 16, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 · Artillery of the War Birds · Anon. · ar 4 · Spies in the Enemy Camp · Anon. · ar 5 · Spiders Spin Web of War · Anon. · ar 6 · Man Beats Nature in the Arid Desert of Colorado · Anon. · ar 8 · Royal Italian Navy · Anon. · ia; illustrated by Kenneth M. Sibley 10 · The Art of Rifle Shooting · Anon. · ar 11 · March of the Robot Army [Part 5 of 25] · A. J. Murray · sl 13 · Planes Break-Up in Mid-Air · Bryan S. McCann · ar 14 · Bulgaria · Bernard Hogben · ar 16 · Mechanical Horse · Anon. · ia

Modern World Title changed from Modern Wonders.

Modern World [v1, #1, Mar 23, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 · Death Lurks Under the Sea · Professor J. B. S. Haldane · ar (r); Keeping Cool, Chatto & Windus, 1940. 4 · “Mosquito Patrol” · Anon. · ar 5 · Crack R.A.F. Fighter Squadrons at the Ready · Anon. · ar 6 · Steam Engines Are Two Thousand Years Old · E. H. Hull · ar 6 · Sailors After Prize Money · Anon. · ar (r); Sunday Guardian, Trinidad, 1940. 7 · France Has a German Army · Pierre Leroux · ar (r); Express and Journal, Adelaide, 1940. 8 · Empire Stands to Arms · Anon. · ia; illustrated by Patrick Nicolle 10 · Movie Stars of the Battlefields · Anon. · ar 11 · Secret Defences Trap Nine Lurking U-Boats · Stanton Hope · ar 12 · Target Planes Make Better Gunners · Bryan S. McCann · ar 13 · March of the Robot Army [Part 6 of 25] · A. J. Murray · sl 15 · Germany’s Concrete Roads Were Built for Her Army · A. E. Wynn · ar 16 · Guns That “Welcome” the Nazi Raider · Anon. · ia; illustrated by L. Ashwell Wood

Modern World [v1, #2, Mar 30, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 · Suicide Squad · Anon. · ar 3 · Pictures out of Germany · Anon. · ar 4 · British Armour Plating Defies Fiercest Attack · Prof. A. M. Low · ar 4 · The Paper miracle · Alan Duncan · ar; condensed from Nottingham Evening Post, 1940. 5 · Weygand - Saviour of Warsaw · Bernard Hogben · ar 6 · When the Earth’s Crust Cracks · Anon. · ar 7 · Boys Behind the Guns · Anon. · ia 8 · Light Guns Heavy Guns · Anon. · ia; illustrated by L. Ashwell Wood 10 · Camouflaged Monsters Guard Our Shores · Anon. · ia 11 · Hitler Could Never Shell London · David Le Roi · ar 12 · Ballistics - Science That Leads to Successful Battle Training · Anon. · ar 13 · March of the Robot Army [Part 7 of 25] · A. J. Murray · sl 15 · Don’t Worry About Rationing · Anon. · ar; condensed from National Home Monthly, USA, 1940. 16 · This Is What They Carry · Anon. · ia; illustrated by Patrick Nicolle

Modern World [v1, #3, Apr 6, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 · Bridges Built in Minutes for Britain’s Marching Armies · Anon. · ar 4 · I Watch the R.A.F. Bombing · Bryan S. McCann · ar 5 · Press Cameraman Under Fire · Anon. · ar 6 · Is Science Advancing · Prof. J. B. S. Haldane · ar (r); Keeping Cool, Chatto & Windus, 1940. 6 · Railways and the War · Anon. · ar 7 · Army That Fights Without Guns · B. Andrews · ar 8 · New Nazi Hornet’s Nest · Anon. · ia; illustrated by L. Ashwell Wood 10 · Keeping the World “Up to Scratch” · Anon. · ar 12 · New Invisible Light Beats Blackout · Anon. · ar 13 · March of the Robot Army [Part 8 of 25] · A. J. Murray · sl 15 · Hitler’s Artillery Is Not so Good! · Prof. H. W. Miller · ar (r); Express and Journal, Adelaide, 1940. 16 · Destroyers of the French Navy · Anon. · ia; illustrated by Patrick Nicolle

Modern World [v1, #4, Apr 13, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 · Canada’s War Birds Stand Ready · Bryan S. McCann · ar 4 · Hospital for U-Boat Victims · Anon. · ar 5 · Firemen Climb Ropes with their Toes · Oscar Marcus · ar 6 · Innocent of a Crime - Saved by Mechanical Detective · Anon. · ar (r); Queen’s Work, 1940. 6 · Butter Is Gold in Tibet · Anon. · ar (r); National Geographic Bulletin, Washington, 1940. 7 · What Makes a Dictator? · B. Tunbridge · ar 8 · With the B.E.F. on the Western Front · Anon. · ia; illustrated by L. Ashwell Wood 10 · Guns Fired by Coal · Anon. · ar 11 · March of the Robot Army [Part 9 of 25] · A. J. Murray · sl 13 · Truth About Gas Attack · David Le Roi · ar 14 · North Sea Battle Zone · Bernard Hogben · ar; illustrated by Patrick Nicolle 16 · Royal Air Force Postman · Bryan S. McCann · ar

Modern World [v1, #5, Apr 20, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 · Most Destructive Weapon of the War · Kenneth L. Waters · ar 4 · War Shadows Over the Desert · Anon. · ar 5 · Britain’s Fishermen Answer Back · Anon. · ar 6 · Lonely Outposts in the War News · Anon. · ar Grit Story Section 1940 6 · How Tulips Ruined a Nation · Anon. · ar Commonweal 1940 7 · Specials Are 160 Years Old · Anon. · ar 8 · Security Patrol · Anon. · ia; illustrated by Patrick Nicolle 10 · “All Star Drama of the Skies” · Harry M. Davis · ar 12 · Twin or Single Engine Fighters? · Anon. · ar 13 · March of the Robot Army [Part 10 of 25] · A. J. Murray · sl 15 · Secrets of the Machine Guns · Anon. · ar 16 · War Leaders · Anon. · ia

Modern World [v1, #6, Apr 27, 1940] (2d, 16pp, cover photo) 2 · Can We Colonise the Antarctic? · Bernard Hogben · ar 4 · French Undesea Navy · Anon. · ar; condensed from Candide, Paris, 1940. 5 · Will the War Crush Our World · Anon. · ar; condensed from Express and Journal, Adelaide, 1940. 6 · Kite-Camera · Anon. · ar 7 · Secret Weapons · Lord Strabolgi · ar 8 · Battleship of the Future · L. Ashwell Wood · ia; illustrated by L. Ashwell Wood 11 · March of the Robot Army [Part 11 of 25] · A. J. Murray · sl 13 · Will We See Stratosphere Bombers? · Bryan S. McCann · ar 14 · Uniforms and the Man · Anon. · ar 15 · “Cobber” - Britain’s War Ace No. 1 · B. Andrews · ar 16 · Remotely Controlled Gun Turrets · Anon. · ar