Initially published by The Frank A. Munsey Company, Famous Fantastic Mysteries was dedicated to reprinting the rare science fiction and fantasy stories from the early years of Argosy, The All-Story, and The Cavalier. Famous Fantastic Mysteries is one of the most important and influential science fiction pulps. The February 1940 issue contains classic stories by A. Merritt, Austin Hall, Ralph Milne Farley, and Eando Binder, among others.