Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories, April 1926 (Vol. 1, No. 1) This inaugural issue of *Amazing Stories* presents classic "scientifiction" narratives including Jules Verne's "Off on a Comet," depicting Saturn's rings glimpsed from a vessel traversing space; H.G. Wells's "The New Accelerator," concerning a substance that accelerates bodily processes; G. Peyton Wertenbaker's "The Man From the Atom," exploring atomic science; George Allen England's "The Thing From—Outside," a science-fiction tale of extraterrestrial origin; Austin Hall's "The Man Who Saved the Earth," addressing planetary catastrophe; and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar," a classic psychological horror story involving mesmerism. The issue emphasizes Verne, Wells, and Poe as founders of scientifiction, presenting entertaining narratives integrated with scientific principles and prophetic speculation about technological futures.