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12 SPORTS ACES.
Springfield, MA: Ace Publications, Inc., 1940. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine.
A. MERRITT'S FANTASY MAGAZINE.
Kokomo, IN: Recreational Reading, Inc., an affiliate of Popular Publications, Inc., 1950. Octavo, single issue, cover by Norman Saunders, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes "The Ninth Life" by Jack Mann. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 3-6.
AMAZING STORIES. [Bound volumes].
New York: Experimenter Publications, Inc., 1926-1929. Large octavo, six volumes, covers by Frank R. Paul, red cloth, spine stamped in gold. Pulp magazine, bedsheet format. The first three years of Amazing in six bound volumes. Includes the classic issues with Edgar Rice Burroughs, H. P. Lovecraft, Edward E. Smith, Philip Francis Nowlan and more. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 14-49.
DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY.
New York: Frank A. Munsey Company, 1940. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes Philip Ketchum, D.L. Champion, T.T. Flynn and others. "Detective Fiction Weekly maintained a strong personality in a crowded field, through a rigid weekly publication schedule, for two decades. It is greatly underrated today" - Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazine, pp. 135-137.
SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY.
Holyoke, MA: Columbia Publications, Inc., 1951. Octavo, single issue, cover by Milton Luros, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes "Reaching for the Moon" by S[alvatore]. A[lberto]. Lombino, who would change his name to Evan Hunter and become well known using his pseudonym "Ed McBain" - this is his first published story. Other authors in this issue, George O. Smith, Stephen Marlowe, Lester Del Rey and other. SFQ is also notable as it became the last published SF pulp magazine, the last issue in 1958. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 545-550.
FANTASTIC STORY MAGAZINE.
Kokomo, IN: Best Books, Inc., 1951. Octavo, single issue, cover by Alex Schomburg, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Largely a reprint magazine which started life as Fantastic Story Quarterly. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 249-250.
FANTASTIC.
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1954. Octavo, single issue cover by Vernon Kramer, pictorial wrappers. Digest magazine. Includes new fiction by Ray Bradbury, Algis Budrys, Walter M. Miller, Jr., William McGivern, and others. Fantastic was an interesting magazine with ups and downs, the first couple years under Browne's editorship and then later under Cele Goldsmith were high spots. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 221-232.
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. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 256-57.
BATTLE ACES.
Holyoke, MA: Columbia Publications, Inc., 1943. Octavo, single issue, cover by Alex Schomburg, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. WW II air war. "The Cloud Wizard" by David Goodis.
FROM BEYOND THE DARK GATEWAY.
Monterey, CA: A Silver Scarab Publication, 1974. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Amateur Magazine devoted to dark fantasy. Includes an unpublished Robert E. Howard story, "The Black Bear Bites." Written around 1930-31 this is an early draft, the final draft lost after Howard's death (per Glenn Lord who provided this to the magazine.).
ILLUSTRATION.
Kirkland, MO: Illustration, 2002. Large octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Slick magazine devoted to illustration art. This issue features articles about Robert Maguire (includes a Maguire checklist of works) and Eugene Iverd.
MACKILL'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE [U.S. ISSUE].
London: Todd Publishing Group, Ltd., 1953. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. Well regarded mystery magazine which featured largely reprints featuring top-notch writers. The first few U.S. issues were U. K. issues with over printed U. S. prices, but that changed from April 1953 onwards (with printed printed price of .35). At that point the U.S. volume numbers did not match the date/volume numbers of the U.K. editions. This issue includes Erle Stanley Gardner, Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Graham Greene and others. See Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 310-311.
MOVIE MYSTERY MAGAZINE.
Hollywood, CA: Anson Bond Publications Incorporated, 1947. Small octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. The final issue of this short lived magazine. This issue is notable for a novelization of "The Chase," a film noir based on the Cornell Woolrich novel THE BLACK PATH OF FEAR. This novelization is uncredited. Also included in this issue is a short article featuring stills from classic horror/monster films. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 334-335.
REX STOUT MYSTERY MAGAZINE.
New York: Avon Detective-Mysteries, Inc., 1946. Small octavo, single issue, printed wrappers. Digest sized magazine. This issue includes "They Can Only Hang You Once," a Sam Spade story by Dashiell Hammett and "Rats in the Walls," by H. P. Lovecraft. Other fiction by John Dickson Carr, William Irish, Dorothy Sayers and others. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 451-453.
SCIENCE WONDER QUARTERLY.
Mount Morris, IL. Stellar Publishing Corporation, 1930. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frank R. Paul, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine, bedsheet format. The third of three issues with this title, after this issue it become Wonder Stories Quarterly. Includes "The Stone From the Moon" by Otto Willi Gail. Also includes an early work by Clare Winger Harris, "The Ape Cycle." Harris today is noted for being one of the first (if not the first) female writer who started her career in sf genre magazines. Her work often featured strong female characters and she is today recognized as being an early feminist in the field. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 763-766.
SCIENTIFIC DETECTIVE MONTHLY.
Mount Morris, IL: Techni-Craft Pubishing Co., 1930. Octavo, single issue, cover by Ruger, pictorial wrappers. Bedsheet size pulp magazine. Fiction by Arthur B. Reeve (Craig Kennedy ), Edwin Balmer and William MacHarg (Luther Trant), THE BISHOP MURDER CASE (part three) by S. S. Van Dine, David H. Keller, M.D. Robot cover illustration for the story "The Robot Terror" by Melbourne Huff. An interesting story as it features a remote controlled killer robot. An early use of this theme. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazine, pp. 467-470.
SCIENTIFICTION: THE BRITISH FANTASY REVIEW.
Ilford, Essex: Walter H. Gillings, 1937-1938. Octavo, six issues, printed wrappers, stapled. Six of the seven issues published (lacking issue number 2, April 1937) prior to merging with Doug Mayer's TOMORROW. "SCIENTIFICTION is still one of the most important fanzines ever produced in Britain and is now an invaluable source of news about prewar SF. Moskowitz called it 'a superb effort,' while Warner considers it 'one of the most ambitious fanzines in history.' With his expertise as a journalist, Gillings was able to produce a highly readable magazine useful both to those inside and outside SF. Apart from news and reviews presented in professional newspaper style, the magazine also contained interviews, photographs and critical articles. It is an essential reference aid for the serious researcher." - Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, p. 841. Includes interviews with John Beynon Harris, Festus Pragnell, Olaf Stapledon, Eric Frank Russell, John Russell Fearn, and Benson Herbert, plus articles by John Beynon Harris, John Russell Fearn, Eric Frank Russell, Arthur C. Clarke, and David H. Keller, a notice of the death of H. P. Lovecraft, "Campbell's Plans for ASTOUNDING," and other material. Moskowitz, The Immortal Storm (1974), p. 101. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), p. 103. Warner, All Our Yesterdays, p. 84.
SHOCK.
Chicago: New Publications, Inc. [Popular Publications], 1949. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Features two stories by John D. MacDonald "Venomous Lady" and "Sepulchre of the Living" (as Scott O'Hara), also stories by Theodore Sturgeon and Frederick C. Davis. The last of three issues. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 24-25.
SKY DEVILS.
Chicago: Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover by J[ohn] W. Scott, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Air war fiction. The third of seven issues.
SMASHING DETECTIVE STORIES.
Holyoke, MA: Columbia Publications, Inc., 1951. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes a Johnston McCulley story. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazine, pp. 510-511.
SPACE STORIES.
Kokomo, IN: Standard Magazines, Inc., 1953. Octavo, single issue, cover by Ed Emshwiller, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. A short lived magazine which only had five issues. This issue features " Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 591-599.
SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY.
Kokomo, IN: Standard Publications, Inc., 1953. Octavo, single issue, cover by Emsh (Ed Emshwiller), pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes Leigh Brackett, Gordon R. Dickson and others. The third of five issues. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 591-599.
STAR NOVELS MAGAZINE, i.e. STAR NOVEL QUARTERLY.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1932. Octavo, single issue, cover by Gerald Delano, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Three stories, "The Black Mandarin," by Sax Rohmer, "The Affair of the Gallows Tree," by Stephen Chamers, and "Five Million in Cash" by O. B. King. Note, this is not the first magazine appearance of the Rohmer.
STARTLING MYSTERY STORIES. (Eighteen issues, all published).
New York: Health Knowledge Inc., 1966-1971. Octavo, eighteen issues, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. This publication included new and reprint fiction. Reprints coming mainly from the pulps, including Seabury Quinn's Jules de Grandin stories, Paul Ernst's Dr. Satan, and Edward Hoch's Simon Ark stories. As for new material, a claim to fame is the publication of Stephen King's first two stories "The Glass Floor" in issue number 6 and "The Reaper's Image," in issue number 12. Other new fiction included authors Ramsey Campbell, John Brunner, and F. Paul Wilson with his first professional appearance. Lowndes editorials were also of interest as he covered subjects in the detective fiction genre. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 608-611.
STIRRING SCIENCE STORIES.
New York: Albing Publications, 1941. Octavo, single issue, cover by Hannes Bok, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes four stories by Cyril M. Kornbluth, under his "S. D. Gottesman," "Cecil Corwin, "Kenneth Falconer" and "Walter C. Davies" pseudonyms, and stories by Arthur J. Burks, Basil Wells, Robert A. W. Lowndes, David H. Keller, and others. "The appearance of STIRRING SCIENCE STORIES and its companion, COSMIC STORIES, among the many magazines the proliferated during the early years of World War II marked the start of Donald A. Wollheim's long career as a professional editor." - Tymn and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 617-20.