New York: Experimenter Publishing Company, 1926. Large octavo, single issue, cover by Frank R. Paul, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine, bedsheet format. The first issue of the first English language magazine devoted solely to science fiction. This issue was all previous published material, the authors included Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Edgar Allen Poe, Austin Hall, George Allan England and G. Peyton Wertenbaker. Dated April 1926 it appeared on the newstands March 5, 1926. The enticing cover by Frank R. Paul illustrates Jules Verne's "Off on a Comet." Gernsback's first editorial title says it all "A New Sort of Magazine." The initial print run was in the neighborhood of 100,000 copies, and it sold out. "The response to Gernsback's new venture was overwhelming." and in response to reader's views on the frequency [of publication] of the new magazine "...33,000 responded with all except 498 asking that the frequency be doubled. Amazing Stories was an overnight success, and the history of science fiction entered a new phase." - Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, p. 16. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 14-49].