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AVON SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY READER.
New York: Avon Novels Inc., 1953. Small octavo two issues, all published, cover illustrations by Leo Manso, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. This was an attempt at a revival of Avon Fantasy Reader and Avon Science Fiction Reader. Publisher Joseph Meyer and new editor Sol Cohen were to produce a quarterly with all new stories. It lasted only two issues. All stories were illustrated. Authors included Alfred J. Coppel, Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, John Christopher, John Jakes, Stephen Marlowe, Jack Vance and others. Tymm and Ashley note in both issues many of the stories had a dystopian tone and the stories were not widely reprinted. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 132-134].
AVON SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY READER.
New York: Avon Novels Inc., 1953. Small octavo two issues, all published, cover illustrations by Leo Manso, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. This was an attempt at a revival of Avon Fantasy Reader and Avon Science Fiction Reader. Publisher Joseph Meyer and new editor Sol Cohen were to produce a quarterly with all new stories. It lasted only two issues. All stories were illustrated. Authors included Alfred J. Coppel, Jr., Arthur C. Clarke, John Christopher, John Jakes, and others. Tymm and Ashley note many of the stories had a dystopian tone and the stories were not widely reprinted. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 132-134].
BLACK PANTHER (1977) Issues 1-12.
New York: Marvel Comics Group, 1976-1977. Octavo, twelve issues, illustrated by Jack Kirby, pictorial wrappers. All issues written, drawn and edited by Jack Kirby. This is the first Marvel series with Black Panther in his own book.
DETECTIVE: THE MAGAZINE OF TRUE CRIME STORIES.
Concord, N.H. Common Sense Publishing Co., Inc., 1951. Small octavo, two issues, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. Billed on the front covers "A selection of the best True Crime stories, new and old." Authors include Eleazar Lipsky, Craig Rice, Lillian de la Torre, Stuart Palmer, James Thurber and others. Published by Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Publications, these two issues are perhaps the only two published (this cataloger is unsure).
DOC SAVAGE (1972) Issues 1-8. (ALL PUBLISHED).
New York: Magazine Management Co., Inc., Marvel Comics Group, 1972-1974. Octavo, eight issues, pictorial wrappers. All issues penciled by Ross Andru except for the last which is by Rich Buckler. Stories by Steve Englehart, Garnder Fox & Tony Isabella. Several were adaptation of the pulp novels. Issues two and three have Steranko covers.
FANTASY FICTION later FANTASY STORIES. (Two issues, all published).
New York: Magabook Inc., 1950. Octavo, two issues, pictorial wrappers. Digest magazine. Contains mostly reprints with title changes, most culled from Argosy from the 1930s. Authors include Theodore Roscoe, Cornell Woolrich, Richard Sale, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 266 - 267].
FANTASY: THE MAGAZINE OF SCIENCE FICTION. (Three issues, all published).
London: Temple Bar Publishing Co., London, Ltd., 1946-1947. Octavo, three issues, pictorial wrappers, stapled. Digest magazine. All three issues of Britain's first digest size science fiction magazine. Some highlights are first printings of "Last Conflict" by John Russell Fearn and Technical Error" by Arthur C. Clarke (issue one), "Relic" by Eric Frank Russell and "Castaway" by Arthur C. Clarke writing as Charles Willis (issue two), and "The Fires Within" by Arthur C. Clarke writing as "E. G. O'Brien" (issue three). A short lived magazine that could not hang on due to the paper shortages after WWII, reportedly only 6,000 copies were printed and all sold out. [Reference: Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 256-57].
JUSTICE, INC. featuring The Avenger.
New York: National Periodical Publications, Inc., 1975. Octavo, four issues, covers by Joe Kubert and Jack Kirby, pictorial wrappers. All published. Features the character the Avenger from the pulps. Stories by Denny O'Neil with art by Al McWilliams, Jack Kirby.
THE COMPLETE MARVEL TALES.
[Tacoma, WA: Lance Thingmaker, June 2012.]. Quarto, cloth backed boards. First edition in book form. Limited to 300 copies of which this is one of 100 numbered copies. A facsimile reprint of the complete file of five issues. One of the better fanzines, approaching (or equaling in some instances) the quality of content of the SF specialty pulps of the 1930s. The impressive list of contributors includes, August Derleth, H. P. Lovecraft, David H. Keller, Frank Belknap Long, Robert E. Howard ("The Garden of Fear"), Robert Bloch (first printing of "Lilies," his first published story, originally submitted to WEIRD TALES and rejected by Farnsworth Wright), P. Schuyler Miller ("The Titan"), Clifford D. Simak ("The Creator"), John Beynon Harris, Amelia Reynolds Long, Carl Jacobi, Ralph Milne Farley, and others. [Reference: Moskowitz, The Immortal Storm, pp. 22-3. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), p. 66. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 401-04].
MENACE.
New York: St. John Publishing Corporation, 1954. Small octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. The first of only two issues published. Another magazine that could not find an audience as many similar short lived digests were crowded out on the newsstand rack and likely also had distributions issues. Author's include: Richard S. Prather (Shell Scott), Richard Deming, Jack Webb and others.. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 326-327].
MURDER.
New York: Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 1956. Small octavo, single issue, cover by Frank Cozzarelli, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. The first of only three issues published. Contemporary crime and murder stories. From the publishers of MANHUNT, another magazine that faced stiff competition in the marketplace and could not find a foothold. Author's include: Lionel White, Jack Ritchie, Ed Hoch and others. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 335-336].
PRIVATE EYE.
New York: Future Publications, Inc., 1953. Small octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. The first of only two issues published. Crime and mystery stories with some tough guy content. Author's include: Harold Q. Masur, Stewart Sterling, Dorothy Dunn, Michael Avallone, Day Keene, Hunt Collins, Cyril M. Kornbluth an others. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 428-429].
REX STOUT MYSTERY. [ISSUES 1-9: ALL PUBLISHED].
New York: Avon Book Company (1), Avon Detective-Mysteries, Inc. (2-9), 1945-47. Small octavo, nine issues, printed and pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. A complete run of all nine issues. Stout was Editor in Chief and wrote commentary for each issue. Mostly reprints by well known authors which include John Steinbeck, Dashiell Hammett, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Carter Dickson, Raymond Chandler, William Irish, H. P. Lovecraft, Charlotte Perkins Gilman (The Yellow Wallpaper), Cornell Woolrich, Ray Bradbury, and many more. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 451-453].
UNKNOWN WORLDS OF SCIENCE FICTION (1975). Issues 1-6.
New York: Magazine Management Co., Inc., 1975. Large octavo, six issues, covers by Kelly Freas & John Romita, Mike Kaluta, Michael Whelan, Frank Brunner, Sebastià Boada i Puigdomènech, pictorial wrappers. All published. Stories written/adapted by Tony Isabella, Roy Thomas many and others with art by Gene Colan, Frank Brunner, Frank Robbins, George Perez, Mike Kaluta, Alex Nino, Richard Corben, Don Heck and others. Other features include interviews with Ray Bradbury, Alfred Bester, Frank Herbert, and Larry Niven. The Herbert interview discusses Dune.
SUSPENSE: THE MYSTERY MAGAZINE.
Los Angeles, CA: Suspense Magazine, Inc., 1946-47. Small octavo, three issues, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. The first magazine tie-in to the CBS radio drama series. Adaptation of the the radio scripts into magazine story format. This is three of the four issue published. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, p. 555].
TALES OF MAGIC AND MYSTERY. Numbers 1-5 [all published, bound volume].
Camden, NJ: Personal Arts Company, Publishers, 1927-1928. Octavo, five issues, pictorial wrappers bound in blue boards with gold stamping to spine. A bound volume of all five issues that were noted magician Joseph Dunningers copy, with his signed name and also inscribed and signed by editor/author Walter Gibson to Joe Dunninger. Gibson wrote several books about magic for Dunninger, they were lifelong friends. This is likely a presentation volume to Dunninger. Tales of Magic and Mystery was a short lived magazine which published stories and articles about magic and the occult, as well as some short fiction. The March, 1928 issue published the H. P. Lovecraft short story "Cool Air." Other authors of fiction include Frank Owen, Miriam Allen de Ford, Archie Binns, Robert Leslie Bellem and others. Gibson wrote most non-fiction material under his own name and also using the pseudonyms, Alfred Maurice and Bernard Perry.
TALES OF THE SEA.
New York: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1953. Small octavo, cover by Clarence Doore, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. The first and only issue with fiction by John Russell, Steve Frazee, Jack London and others.
THE FANTASY FAN: THE FAN'S OWN MAGAZINE.
Elizabeth, New Jersey: Charles D. Hornig, 1933-1935. Octavo, 18 issues, printed or self wrappers. The first important weird fiction fanzine, and one of the most desirable of the fanzines of the thirties. For two years it published news and fiction related to the genre. Stories first published in THE FANTASY FAN include H. P. Lovecraft's "The Other Gods" and "From Beyond," Clark Ashton Smith's "The Epiphany of Death," "The Ghoul," "The Kingdom of the Worm," and "The Primal City," as well as tales by Robert Bloch, August Derleth, Robert E. Howard, David H. Keller and others. THE FANTASY FAN was "an interesting mix of news, articles, stories, poems, and miscellany. Hornig however, made an error in initiating a column of controversy entitled 'The Boiling Point,' which quickly led to acrimonious letter exchanges between Lovecraft, Forrest J. Ackerman, Clark Ashton Smith, and numerous others; the column was terminated with the February 1934 issue. Perhaps Hornig's greatest accomplishment was the serialization of the revised version of Lovecraft's 'Supernatural Horror in Literature' (October 1933-February 1935). However, the serialization proceeded at such a slow pace that it had reached only the middle of Chapter VIII before the magazine folded. THE FANTASY FAN also saw the first publication of Lovecraft's stories. 'The Other Gods' (November 1933) and 'From Beyond' (June 1934) as well as reprints (from amateur papers) of 'Polaris' (February 1934) and 'Beyond the Wall of Sleep' (October 1934); it also published 'The Book' (October 1934), 'Pursuit' (October 1934), 'The Key' (January 1935), and 'Homecoming' (January 1935) from 'Fungi from Yuggoth.' Brief excerpts of Lovecraft's letters to Hornig appeared regularly in the magazine's letter column. The October 1934 issue was dedicated to Lovecraft. After the demise of THE FANTASY FAN, numerous attempts were made to revive or succeed it, but no magazine truly filled its place as a news organ, a forum for the expression of fan's views, and a venue for work by distinguished writers in the field" (Joshi and Schultz, An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia, pp. 90-91). "As a real help to the lover of weird and fantasy fiction Hornig's magazine reigned supreme in the field at that time ... Almost every weirdist of importance in fandom was at one time or another represented in its pages. And as a love-feast for such fans it has never again been equaled" (Moskowitz, The Immortal Storm, pp. 18-20). "... one of the legendary magazines of the 1930s ... an extremely consistent and reliable magazine ..." (Tymn and Ashley, eds., Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 822-23). According to Hornig (writing in 1988) "THE FANTASY FAN was printed by Conrad Ruppett of Jamaica, New York, hand set. Julius Schwartz and I helped him collate and staple each copy every month for eighteen months. Except for the second issue (500 copies), there were only 250 printed, and the paid circulation never reached over 50. What happened to the residue? Well, I found someone to buy up most of the unsold copies, and that was B. K. Gores of Austin, Texas. I never heard from him before or since, never knew him in fandom, and don't know whatever happened to him. Somewhere, there should be stacks of TFF, unless they're destroyed." [Reference: Joshi I-B-ii-232. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), p. 37].
THE FANTASY FAN, THE: THE FANS' OWN MAGAZINE. Complete set of eighteen issues bound in cloth.
Elizabeth, New Jersey: Charles D. Hornig, 1933-1935. Octavo, 18 issues, printed or self wrappers, bound in cloth. Label affixed to front paste down with a presentation inscription from editor Charles D. Hornig to noted fan and publisher Gerry de la Ree. A contributor's complete set of this amateur magazine, the first important weird fiction fanzine, and one of the most desirable of the fanzines of the thirties. This set belonged to F. Lee Baldwin whose name is stamped in gold on the upper cover of the binding. "Franklin Lee Baldwin (1913-1987) corresponded with H. P. Lovecraft 1933-1936. "Baldwin first wrote HPL in the fall of 1933 proposing to issue 'The Colour Out of Space' as a booklet. HPL revised the tale slightly for the prospective publication, but the plan never materialized. In early 1934 HPL put Baldwin in touch with Duane W. Rimel, who by coincidence lived in the same small town (Asotin, Washington). The two took turns reading HPL's letters to each of them. Baldwin wrote two columns of news notes for the FANTASY FAN: 'Side Glances' (April, May, September 1934) and 'Within the Circle' (June, July, August, October, November 1934, January, February 1935), much of the information for which was derived from HPL's letters to him, as was the significant early article, 'H. P. Lovecraft: A Biographical Sketch,' originally scheduled to appear in the FANTASY FAN but, following the magazine's demise, published in FANTASY MAGAZINE (April 1935). Baldwin later revised the article as 'Some Lovecraft Sidelights' (FANTASY COMMENTATOR, Spring 1948)" (Joshi and Schultz, An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia, pp. [14]-15). In 1989 Baldwin's copy was presented to early fantastic fiction fan and publisher Gerry de la Ree by Charles D. Hornig, the editor of THE FANTASY FAN. Stories first published in THE FANTASY FAN include H. P. Lovecraft's "The Other Gods" and "From Beyond," Clark Ashton Smith's "The Epiphany of Death," "The Ghoul," "The Kingdom of the Worm," and "The Primal City," as well as tales by Robert Bloch, August Derleth, Robert E. Howard, David H. Keller and others. THE FANTASY FAN was "an interesting mix of news, articles, stories, poems, and miscellany. Hornig however, made an error in initiating a column of controversy entitled 'The Boiling Point,' which quickly led to acrimonious letter exchanges between Lovecraft, Forrest J. Ackerman, Clark Ashton Smith, and numerous others; the column was terminated with the February 1934 issue. Perhaps Hornig's greatest accomplishment was the serialization of the revised version of Lovecraft's 'Supernatural Horror in Literature' (October 1933-February 1935). However, the serialization proceeded at such a slow pace that it had reached only the middle of Chapter VIII before the magazine folded. THE FANTASY FAN also saw the first publication of Lovecraft's stories. 'The Other Gods' (November 1933) and 'From Beyond' (June 1934) as well as reprints (from amateur papers) of 'Polaris' (February 1934) and 'Beyond the Wall of Sleep' (October 1934); it also published 'The Book' (October 1934), 'Pursuit' (October 1934), 'The Key' (January 1935), and 'Homecoming' (January 1935) from 'Fungi from Yuggoth.' Brief excerpts of Lovecraft's letters to Hornig appeared regularly in the magazine's letter column. The October 1934 issue was dedicated to Lovecraft. After the demise of THE FANTASY FAN, numerous attempts were made to revive or succeed it, but no magazine truly filled its place as a news organ, a forum for the expression of fan's views, and a venue for work by distinguished writers in the field" (Joshi and Schultz, An H. P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia, pp. 90-91). "As a real help to the lover of weird and fantasy fiction Hornig's magazine reigned supreme in the field at that time ... Almost every weirdist of importance in fandom was at one time or another represented in its pages. And as a love-feast for such fans it has never again been equaled" (Moskowitz, The Immortal Storm, pp. 18-20). "... one of the legendary magazines of the 1930s ... an extremely consistent and reliable magazine ..." (Tymn and Ashley, eds., Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 822-23). According to Hornig (writing in 1988) "THE FANTASY FAN was printed by Conrad Ruppett of Jamaica, New York, hand set. Julius Schwartz and I helped him collate and staple each copy every month for eighteen months. Except for the second issue (500 copies), there were only 250 printed, and the paid circulation never reached over 50. What happened to the residue? Well, I found someone to buy up most of the unsold copies, and that was B. K. Gores of Austin, Texas. I never heard from him before or since, never knew him in fandom, and don't know whatever happened to him. Somewhere, there should be stacks of TFF, unless they're destroyed." [Reference: See Kenneth W. Faig, Jr., ed., Within the Circle: In Memoriam F. Lee Baldwin (Moshassuck Press, 1988). Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), p. 37].
THE HOWARD COLLECTOR. [ALL PUBLISHED].
Pasadena, TX: Glenn Lord, 1961-1973. Small octavo, printed wrappers. All published. A major source for material by and about Robert E. Howard. Many Howard poems, letters and fragments of fiction are printed here for the first time. Most issues are scarce, especially the early numbers.
THE WITCH'S TALES (all published).
New York: The Carwood Publishing Co., 1936. Large octavo, two issues, illustrated by Elmer Stoner, pictorial wrappers, side stapled. Pulp magazine. All published. Inspired by a radio program started in May 1931 with the same title. Several original stories were adapted from the radio program. Many of the stories were reprints from much earlier magazine publications. [Reference: Parnell and Ashley, Monthly Terrors, pp. 296. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 742-3].
WHISPERS.
Binhampton, NY: Stuart David Schiff, 1984. Octavo, single issue, cloth. First edition. Of 376 hardbound copies this is one of 350 numbered copies signed by contributors J. N. Williamson, Margo Skinner, Fritz Leiber, Hugh B. Cave, David Morrell, Susan Casper, Stuart Schiff, Dennis Etchison, and Alan Ryan. Fiction, news, reviews and other material.












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