Editing Captain Future (section)

==Origins==
[[File:Captain Future 1940 Summer.jpg|thumb|Third issue featuring [[Earle K. Bergey]]'s debut art for the title.]]
Although sometimes mistakenly attributed to [[science fiction]] writer [[Edmond Hamilton]], who indeed authored most of the Captain Future stories, the character was created by Better Publications editors [[Mort Weisinger]] and [[Leo Margulies]] before<ref>{{cite web| language= en| url= http://www.robertweinberg.net/captainfuture.htm| title= CF expert Robert Weinberg's site| website= robertweinberg.net| date= 2023-05-18}}</ref><ref>Will Murray, "The Once and Future Captain", Starlog 115, Feb. 1987</ref> the [[1st World Science Fiction Convention]] in 1939 and then announced there.<ref name=steele>Allan Steele, ''The Death of Captain Future'' (with introduction and author's note) in ''The Space Opera Renaissance'', ed. David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, 2006, p. 556-586.</ref><ref>Sam Moskowitz, ''The Immortal Storm'', 1958, p. 219.</ref>

The original character was published by [[Ned Pines]]' [[Thrilling Publications|Thrilling/Standard/Better]] publications company. A different [[Captain Future (Nedor Comics)|Captain Future]] was published in Pine's [[Nedor Comics]] line.