Bertin, Jack
Entry updated 9 January 2023. Tagged: Author.
Pseudonym of Italian-born author Giovanni Bertignono (1904-1963), who moved to the US in 1907 and who published frequently from the late 1920s in various Pulp magazines, his first work being Western stories as Jack Bertin; in magazines, he published his sf or fantasy as John Bertin. His only sf novel, Brood of Helios (May-July 1932 Wonder Stories as by John Bertin; 1966), whose book version was released posthumously as by Jack Bertin, is an unremarkable adventure. The Pyramids from Space (1970) and The Interplanetary Adventurers (1970), both signed Jack Bertin and both likewise unremarkable, were in fact written by the executor of his estate, Peter B Germano (whom see). [JC]
Giovanni Bertignono
born Cigliano, Italy: 11 August 1904
died November 1963
works
- Brood of Helios (New York: Arcadia House, 1966) [first appeared May-July 1932 Wonder Stories as by John Bertin: hb/]
- The Pyramids from Space (New York: The Lennox Hill Press, 1970) by Peter B Germano [hb/]
- The Interplanetary Adventurers (New York: The Lennox Hill Press, 1970) by Peter B Germano [hb/]
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