One of the innumerable science-fiction pulps that came and went during the 1950s, Rocket Stories’ 1953 run, published by Space Publications, Inc., and edited by Wade Kaempfert, comprised only three issues: April (below), July, and September. The magazine was part of the intriguing 1953 SF&F Magazine Boom, as described by James W. Harris at Classics of Science Fiction.
This first issue’s cover is by Edmund Emshwiller and has a very perfunctory “feel”, given the skill, originality, and especially the detail characteristic of his work, though there’s an element of humor in the idea of a self-adjusting-robot. Emshwiller’s nom du pinceau “EMSH” is visible on the blue cylinder at center left.
Some Other Places to Visit…
Rocket Stories, at…
… Internet Speculative Fiction Database (incomplete issue grid)
… Comic Book + (on the other hand, complete issue grid!)