''Modern Wonder'' was a largely factual

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

aimed at boys and young men. It had many articles and pictures on science, engineering and warfare etc. In some of the magazines, the

Flash Gordon Flash Gordon is the protagonist of a space adventure comic strip created and originally drawn by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934, the strip was inspired by, and created to compete with, the already established ''Buck Rogers'' adve ...

comic strip is printed in colour on the back cover. Issues were always 16 pages in length, with the covers and inside two pages printed in colour. The magazine was printed in

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...

Odhams Press Odhams Press was a British publishing company, operating from 1920 to 1968. Originally a magazine publisher, Odhams later expanded into book publishing and then children's comics. The company was acquired by Fleetway Publications in 1961 and th ...

. The magazine was in a tabloid format, approximate dimensions 36 cm x 27 cm. The magazine (cost twopence, every Wednesday) began publication in May 1937 under the title ''Modern Wonder'', and went through a few name changes, becoming ''Modern Wonders'' in December 1939 and ''Modern World'' from March 1940 until the magazine stopped in March 1941, possibly due to

wartime paper shortages in England Rationing was introduced temporarily by the British government several times during the 20th century, during and immediately after a war. At the start of the Second World War in 1939, the United Kingdom was importing 20 million long tons of ...

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*http://www.locusmag.com/index/chklst/mg0606.htm
BRITISH JUVENILE STORY PAPERS AND POCKET LIBRARIES INDEX
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