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A CHECKLIST OF FANTASY MAGAZINES

1945 Edition

Bulletin Number One 20 c to Subscribers PREFACE

As the first of a long line of Foundation publications we are happy to present a relatively complete checklist of all fantasy periodicals. Insofar as the major Eng­ lish-language titles are concerned, we believe this list to be both complete and error-free, but it was not poss­ ible to furnish an adequate listing of.several of the more obscure items. It is also very likely that there exist several foreign language publications whose names are not even known to us. Anyone able to furnish addi­ tional information is requested to send it to Forrest J. Ackerman, 236^ N. New Hampshire, Los Angeles 4, Cal., for inclusion in the next edition of this checklist.

No author is shown on the title page of this pamphlet because in its present form it is the work of at least five individuals: Norman V. Lamb, William H. Evans, Merlin W. Brown, Forrest J. Ackerman, and Francis T, Laney. The Fantasy Foundation wishes to extend its thanks to these gentlemen, as well as to the several members of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society who assisted in its production.

THE FANTASY FOUNDATION

June 1, 1946

Copyrighted. 1946 The Fantasy Foundation AIR (see WONDER) (cont) 1929 (cont) AMAZING detective tales Vol. 4, No. 1 — April —0O0— Arthur H. Lynch, Ed. , Ed. Vol. 4, No. 2 — May 1930 3 — June Vol. 1 No. 6 -- June 4 — July 7 — July 5 -- August 8 — August 6 — September 9 — September 7 — October 10 — October T. O’Connor Sloane, Ed, (see also SCIENTIFIC DETECTIVE Vol. 4, No. 8 November MONTHLY) 9 — December CEASED PUBLICATION 1930 Vol. 4, No. 10 — January AMAZING STORIES 11 — February oOo~~ 12 — March Hugo Gernsback, Ed. Vol. 5, No. 1 — April 1926 2 — May Vol. 1, No. 1 April 3 — June 2 — May 4 — July 3 — June 5 — August 4 — July 6 — September 5 — August 7 — October 6 — September 8 — November 7 — October 9 — December 8 — November 1931 9 — December Vol. 5, No. 10 — January 1927 11 — February 12 — March Vol. 1, No 10 — January 11 — February Vol. 6, No. 1 — April 12 — March 2 — May Vol. 2, No., 1 — April 3 — June 2 — May 4 — July — JLine 5 —• August 4 — July 6 — September 5 — August 7 — October 6 — September 8 — November 7 — October 9 — December 8 — November 1932 9 — December Vol. 6, No. 10 — January 1928 11 — February Vol. 2, No 10 — January 12 — March 11 — February Vol. 7, No. 1 — April 12 — March 2 — May Vol. 3, No. 1 — April 3 June 2 — May 4 — July 3 — June 5 — August 4 — July 6 — September 5 — August 7 —- October 6 — September 8 — November 7 — October 9 — December 8 — November 1933 9 — December Vol. 7, No. 10 — January 1929 11 — February 12 — March Vol. 3, No 10 — January 11 — February Vol. 8, No. 1 — April 12 — March 2 — May AXAZING’STORIES (cent) " ' AMAZING STORIES (cont) . ■ 1933 (corrt) 1939 (cont) Vol; -8, No. 3 — June Vol. 13, No. 2 — February 4 — July 3 — March 5 — Aug-Sept '■ 4 — April (changed to email size') ' 5 — May 4 Vol. . 8, No . .6 — October : 6 —• June •..s. / J. ’’ • -7 —• November. 7 — July ■ -• •’ 8 — December 8-— August -•••• 1934 ' •. 9 — September Vol. 8, No. 9 — January 10 --- October 10 — February 11 —< November 11 — March '1’3 — December 13 — April 1940 Vol.. 9, No. 1 — May Vol. 14, No, 1 — January 3 — June 2 ’— February 3 — July . 3 —M&rch 4 August 4 — April 5 ^-'Sejtember ; 5 —■ May 6 — October 6 —-June -7 — November 7-— July • &•••—- December 8 — August ■••• 1935 ; 9 — September Vol. 9, No.-’ 9 — January 10 — October ’ ■ 10'— February 11 — November 11 — March , .13 -—December ' Vol. 10, No. 1 — April 1941. 3 — May Vol. 15, No. 1 — January 3 —. June 2 — February 4 •—' July 3 — March 5 — August 4 —. April 6 — October. 5 —; May 7 — December 6 — June' ’1936 T • 7 — July Vol. 10, No. 8’— February 8 — August 9 — April 9 .— September 10 — June 10.— October 11 — August 11 — November 13 — October 13 — December 13 — December 1942 1937 . Vol. 16, No. 1 — January Vol. 11, No. 1 — February 2 — February 2 —• Apr il r . 3 — March 3 —r. June 4 —? April 4 :— August 5 — May • • 5 —• October 6 — June’? 6 — December 7 — July; 1938 8 ‘— August Vol. 13, No. 1 — February 9 — September 3 — April 10 — -October Raymond A. Palmer, Ed. • 11 — November Vol. 13, No. 3 — June 12 — December 4 — August 1943 5 — October 'Vol. 17, .No. 1 — January 6 — Nove rub er 3 — February 7 — December 3 — March 1939 4 — April Vol. 13, No. 1 — January 5 — May 'LN 3- STORIES (cont) AMAZING STORIES QUARTERLY (cont) 1943 (cont) *This error in volume numbers was Vol. 17, No. 6 — June committed by the publishers, and 7 — July no other numbers exist in volumes 8 — August 5 and 6. 9 — September CEASED PUBLICATION 10 — November (Note: A number of assorted issues 1944 of so-called AMAZTNG STORIES QUAR­ Vol. 18, No. 1 — January TERLIES have been published under 3 — March the editorship of Raymond A. Pal­ 3 — May mer, commencing in 1940, but these 4 — September consist merely of three remainder­ 5 — December ed back issue monthlies stapled 1945 together, and consequently are not Vol. 19, No. 1 — March listed here.) 3 — June *************************** ******* 3 — September 4 — December —oOo— ********************************** Frederick H* Pohl, Ed. AMAZING STORIES ANNUAL 1940 Hugo Gernsbach, Ed. Vol. 1, No. 1 — February —oOo— 3 — April Vol. 1, No. 1 — 1937 3 — June CEASED PUBLICATION 4 — August **}|{^***** ****************** *♦♦***♦ Vol. 3, No. 1 — October AMAZING STORIES QUARTERLY 3 — December —oOo— 1941 Hugo Gernsbaok, Ed. Vol. 3, No. 3 — February 1938 4 — April Vol. 1, No. 1 — Winter Vol. 3, No. 1 — September 3 — Spring Alden H. Norton, Ed. 3 — Summer Vol. 3, No. 3 — November 4 — Fall 1943 1939 Vol. 3, No. 3 — March Vol. 3, No. 1 — Winter 4 — June Arthur H. Lynch, Ed. Vol. 4, No. 1 — October Vol. 3, No. 3 — Spring 3 — December 3 — Summer 1943 T. O'Connor Sloane, Ed. Vol. 4, No. 3 — February Vol. 3, No. 4 — Fall 4 — April 1930 CEASED PUBLICATION ********************************** Vol. 3, No. 1 — Winter 3 — Spring ASTONISHING STORIES (Canadian) 3 — Summer —oOo— 4 — Fall (Contains reprints from Ameru^r 1931 ASTONISHING and SUPER-SC IMv G?but Vol. 4, No. 1 — Winter with different covers and ver 3 — Spring illustrat ions. ) 3 — Summer 1943 4 — Fall Vol. 1, No. 1 — January 1933 3 — March 3 — May Vol. 5, No. 1 — Winter — Spring-Summer CEASED PUBLICATION 3 ******************** * * ************ ♦Vol. 5, No. 3 — Fall-Winter 1933 ASTOUNDING STORIES No. 4 — Spring-Summer —oOo— ♦Vol. 6, Harry Bates, Ed. Vol. ' > No. 1 — Winter 1934 1930 Vol. 1, No. 1 — January Vol. 7, No. 3 — Fall ASTOUNDING STORIES’ (confr) ASTOUNDING STORIES (cont) 1930 '(coni;) ' ' 1935 .(.oont) Vol. 1, No. 3‘— February . ; Vol. 15, No. 2 — April 3 — Mar oh 3 —. May Vol. 2, Nd. ■ 1 — April • 4 — June 3 —-May ; 5 7—.July 3- -— June . • 6 — August Vol. 3, No. 1 — July’ Vol. 16, No. 1 — September 3 August 3 *— October -3 '— September 3 -- November Vol. 4, No. I’?-.- October , 4 — December 3-~- November 1936 3 — December Vol. 16, No. 5 — January 1931 - 6 — February Vol. 5, No. 1 ,— January Vol. 17, No. 1 .—..March 3--~ February 3 —' April 3 — March 3 —’ May Vol. 6, No.' 1 — April 4. — June 3 — May 5 — July 3 —. June 6 — August Vol. 7, No. 1 — July Vol. 18, No. 1 — September 2 — August 3 — October 3 — September 3 — November Vol. 8, No. 1 — October 4 — December 3-— November 1937 3 — December Vol. 18, No. 5 — January 1932 6 — February Vol. 9, No. 1 — January Vol. 19, No. 1 — March 2 — February 3 — April 3 — March 3 — May Vol. 10, No. 1 — April 4 — June 2 — May 5 — July 3 — June 6 — August Vol. 11, No. 1 — September Vol. 30, No. 1 — September 3 — November 2 — October 1933 3 — November Vol. 11, No. 3 — January 4 — December Vol. •12, No. 1 — March 1938 F. Orlin Tremaine, Ed. Vol. 20, No. 5 — January Vol. 13, No. 2 _ _ October ^^^t-***^*^******^**********^***** 3 — November ASTOUNDING SCIENCE-FICTION 4 — December —oOo— 193<1 John W. Campbell, Jr., Ed. Vol. 13, No. 5 — January 1938 5 — .February Vol. 20, No. 6 — February Vol. 13, No. 1 — Mar oh Vol. 21, No. 1 — March 2 — April 3 — April 3 — May • • 3 — May 4 — June 4 — June 5 — July 5 — July 6 — August 6 — August Vol. 14, No. 1 — ■ September Vol. 23, No. 1 — September 2 — October 3 — October 3 — November 3 — November 4 — December 4 — December 1935 1939 Vol. 14, No. 5 — January Vol. 23, No. 5 — January 6 — February 6 — February Vol. 15, No. 1 — March Vol. 23, No. 1 — March ;™JVjING SCIENCE-FICTION (cont) ASTOUNDING SCIENCE-FICTION (cont) 1939 (cont) 1943 (cont) Vol. 33, No. 3 — April Vol. 31, No. 5 — July 3 — May 6 — August 4 — June Vol. 33, No. 1 — September 5 — July 2 — October 6 — August (changed to pocket-book size) Vol. 34; No. 1 — September Vol. 33, No. 3 — November 2 — October ...... 4 — December 3 — November 1944 4 — December Vol. 33, No. 5 — January 1940 6 — February 1 — March Vol. 34, No. 5 ■ ■■■■ January Vol. 33, No. 6 —— February 2 — April Vol. 35, No. 1 ——* March 3 — May 3 April 4 — June 3 — ■ ■ May 5 — July 4 June 6 — August 5 July Vol. 34, No. 1 — September 6 August 2 — October Vol. 36, No. 1 September 3 — November 3 October 4 — December 3 November 1945 4 De cembe r Vol. 34, No. 5 January 1941 6 February Vol. 36, No. 5 — January Vol. 35, No. 1 March 6 — February 3 April Vol. 37, No. 1 — Mar ch 3 — May 3 — April 4 June 3 — May 5 —— July . 4 — June 6 August 5 — July Vol. 36, No. 1 — — September 6 — August 3 —— October Vol. 38, No. 1 — September 3 November 3 — October ♦5 December 3 — N ovember ♦Publishers’ error for #4 4 — December * * * $ $ * * * $ * * # * * * * ❖ * * ❖ ❖ -r # * $ * * ❖ * * # * * 1943 ASTOUNDING SCIENCE-FICTION (changed to large size) (AUSTRALIAN) Vol. 33, No. 5 — January Known to exist, 'but data inavail- 6 — February able at press time. Vol. 39, No. 1 — March ******’>‘’{'’!l*******^*’i:* ****** ****** ♦ 2 — April ASTOUNDING SCIENCE-FICTION 3 — May (ENGLISH) 4 — June Ackerman says of these: ’’Wartime 5 — July collectors' curiosities. All are 6 — August small size. Thia list is complete­ Vol. 30j No. 1 — September ly screwy but complete and correct.’ 2 — October 1939 3 — November Vol. 23,No. 6 — August 4 — December Vol. 34,No. 1 — September 1943 2 ‘— October Vol. 30, No. 5 — January 3 — November 6 — February 4 — December Vol. 31, No. 1 — March 1940 (changed to small size) Vol. 34, No. 5 ’— January Vol. 31, No. 3 -- April 6 — February 3 — May Vol. 35, No. 1 — March 4 — June 2 — April ASTOUNDING SCIENCE-FICTION CAPTAIN FUTURE ' (-cont) (ENGLISH) (oonu) •1940 /'(•cont) “ 1940 (cont) Vol. 1, No. S'—-Spring Vol. 25, No. 3 — ■ May 3 — Summer 4 — June Vol. 2, .No.’-l — Fall 5.— .'.July 1941. 6 — August' Vol. ' 2, :;No. 2 -j—'Winterm ■ Vol. 23, No. 1 — September 3 —i Spr ing •2 October Vol. 3, No. 1 Summer . f;,3- November 2‘ — Fall •. • / . 4. December 1942 1941/ Vol. 3, No. 3 — Winter Vol. 36, No. 5 '.-a ...January Vol. 4, No. 1 —■ Spring • •6 —• February • ■ 2 — ” Summe r Vol. 27, No. 1 — March 3 — Fall _3 — April 1943 skip-"4 — June Vol. 5, No. 1 — Winter 5 — July 2 — Spring . 6 — August 3 — Summe r Vol. 28, No.. 1 — September 1944 3 ?— November Vol. 6, No. 1 — Winter 3 —r .December 2 — Spring 1942 CEASED PUBLICATION J. Vol. 38, No. 5 -r- January . * * # * ♦ * ❖ * * *.« * # * * * .*.* * * # * * £ * * * * * 6 -„-.March COMET: STORIES OF TIME AND SPACE Vol. 29, No. 3 — May —oOo— 4 — August F. Orlin Tremaine, Ed. Vol. 30, No. ’.1 .— October 1940 . 1943 Vol. 1, No. 1 — December Vol.' • 30, No. 2 — January 1941 4 — February Vol. 1, No.‘2 — January Vol. 31, No. . 1 — Ap r il 3 — March Unnumbered — June 4 — -May — July 5 — July _.—■ December CEASED PUBLICATION .1944 # * >): s’: * s^ jJ: * * * # # s£ >]: -J: s’r- # * y,: $ # # * Unnumbe red- .— February CONQUETES (French) • . —oOo— — June Georges Gallet, Ed. — August • 1939 . — October No. 00 (Experimental) August 24 — December CEASED PUBLICATION 1945 *$*^S>***5{!** y,:* *«**♦***❖❖ :r ❖ ❖ ❖ * * * * * Vol. 4, No. 9 —February COSMIC STORIES 10 —■ May —oOo— . ' 11. —- July Donald A. Wellheim, Eu. 13.-- Sept emb e r 1941 Vol. 5, No. 1 -•- November -_a . Vol. 1, No. 1 — March * * # * # # # # * ❖ * ❖ 2 — May ASTOUNDING SCIENCE-FICTION 3 — July (SPANISH) CEASED PUBLICATION One individual reports having seen * * * # ;c * ❖ # * ❖ * $ * ❖ ❖ * * * * * * ❖ >r ❖ ❖ # ’I- y * * * * * two diiierent- issues. * # * * * # a’: ❖ ❖ * * ❖ * * * * ❖ * * * * * * « * #*?}:# >): # * DR. DEATH . - —oOo— CAPTAIN FUTURE • Dell Publishing Co. st—oOo— •- 1935 Leo Margulies, Ed. Vol. 1, No. 3 — April 1940 (No other data available at press Vol. 1, No. 1 — Winter t ime.) —7 DT/'AMIC SCIENCE STORIES FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES (cont) —0O0— 1945 (cont) Rooert Erisman, Ed. Vol. 6, No. 6 — September 1939 Vol. 7, No. 1 — December Vol. 1, No. 1 — February ********************************** 2 — April-May CEASED PUBLICATION — oOo— ********************************** Raymond A. Palmer, Ed. EERIE TALES (Canadian) 1939 —oOo— (large size) (No actual editor) Vol. 1, No. 1 — May Vol. 1, No. 1 — July 1941 2 — July CEASED PUBLICATION 3 — September ********************************** 4 — November FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES 1940 —oOo— Vol. 3, No. 1 — January Mary Gnaedinger, Ed. 2 — February 1939 3 — March Vol. 1, No. 1 — Sept-Oct 4 — April 2 — November 5 — May 3 — December (changed, to small size) 1940 Vol. 3, No. 6 — June Vol. 1, No. 4 — January 7 — August 5 — February 8 — October 6 — March 1941 Vol. 3, No. 1 — April Vol. 3, No. 1 — January 2 — May-June 2 — March 3 — August 3 — May 4 — October 4 — June 5 — December 5 — July 1941 6 — August Vol. 2,No. 6 — February 7 — September Vol. 3, No. 1 — April 8 — October 2 — June 9 — November 3 — August 10 — December 4 — October 1942 5 — December Vol. 4, No. 1 — January 1942 3 — February Vol. 3,No. 6 — February 3 — March Vol. 4, No. 1 — April 4 — April 2 — June 5 — May 3 — July 6 — June 4 — August 7 — July 5 — September 8 — August 6 — October 9 — September Vol. 5, No. 1 — November 10 — October 2 — December 11 — November 1943 12 — December Vol. 5, No. 3 — March 1943 4 — September Vol. 5, No. 1 — January 5 — December 2 — February 1944 3 — March Vol. 5, No. 6 — March 4 — April 5 — May Vol. 6, No. 1 — June 3 — September 6 — June 3 — December 7 — July 1945 8 — August 9 — October Vol. 6, No. 4 — March 5 — June 10 — December FANTASTIC ADVENTURES (cent) FUTURE FICTION (cont) 1944 1940 (cont) Vol. 6, No. 1 — February Vol. 1. No. 3 — July 2 — April 4 -— November 3 — June 1941 4 — October Vol. 1, No. 5 — April 1945 Robert W. Lowndes, Ed. Vol. 7, No. 1 — January Vol. 1, No. 6 — August 2 — April (name changed to FUTURE FANTASY 3 — -J}ily and SCIENCE-FICTION) ,.r; 4.) — October Vol. 2, No. 1 — October 5;-vr- December 2 — December (Note: There’ exist several issues 1942 of FANTASTIC ADVENTURES QUARTERLY, Vol. 2, No. 3 — February but inasmuch as these consist only 4 — Apr il of remaindered'.monthly issues bound 5 — June together three, 'in .an issue, we have 6 — August omitted them from . .this listing. Vol. 3, No. 1 — October * * * * * * % * * ******’****** ************* * 2 — December FANTASTIC NOVELS 1943 —oOo— Vol. 3, No. 3 — February Mary Gna© dinger, Ed. (Combined with , 1940 which see.) Vol. 1, No. 1 — July ********************************** 2 — September GHOST STORIES 3 — November —oOo— 1941 George William Wilder, Ed. Vol. 1, No. 4 — January 1926 5 — April (Large size ’ CEASED PUBLICATION Vol. 1, No. 1 — July t ♦ ♦ * * * ** * * * ************ * ****** * * 2 — August FANTASY (English) 3 September oOo— 4__ October S. Spriggs, Ed. 5 — November No. 1 — 1938 6 — December No. 2 — 1939 192’7 No. 3 — 1939 Vol. 2, No. 1 — January * * * * ******************* * * * * * * * * * * * 2 — February FLASH GORDON MAGAZINE 3 — March —oOo— 4 _ Ap r il Harold Hersey (?), Ed. 5 — May 1936 6 — June Vol. 1, No. 1 — December Vol. 3, No. 1 — July CFASFD PUBLICATION 2 — August ***** * * * * * * * * ******************** * 3 — September FIRESIDE GHOST STORIES (English) Robert Napier, Ed. —oOo— Vol. 3, No. 4 October The World’s Work. Pub. 5 November 1938 (?) 6 — December One issue only 1928 * * * * * * * * * * * * * ********************* Vol. 4, No. 1 January FUTURE FICTION 3 February —oOo— 3 Mar oh Charles D. Hornig, Ed. 4 April 1939 5 May Vol. 1, No. 1 — November 6 ■—• June 1940 Vol. 5, No. 1 — July Vol. 1, No. 2 — March (changed to small size) G.!01T STORIES (cont) GOLDEN FLEECE 1938 (cont) —oOo— Vol. 5, No. 2 — August ?, Ed. 3 — September 1938 4 — October Vol. 1, No. 1 — October 5 — November 2 — November 6 — December 3 — December 1939 1939 Vol. 6, No. 1 — January Vol. 3, No. 1 — January 3 — February 2 — February 3 — March 3 — March (changed to large size) 4 — April Vol. 6, No. 4 — April 5 — May 5 — May 6 — June 6 — June CEASED PUBLICATION Vol. 7, No. 1 — July (GOLDEN FLEECE is not a fantasy 3 — August magazine, but since the majority 3 — September of its writers and illustrators 4 — October were regulars, it is 5 — November listed here as an assooiational (changed to small size) item. ) Vol. 7, No. 6 — December ********************************** 1930 MAGIC CARPET MAGAZINE, THE Vol. 8, No. 1 — January —oOo— 3 — February (Successor to ORIENTAL STORIES, 3 — March which see. ) 4 — April Farnsworth Wright, Ed. Harold Hersey, Ed. 1933 Vol. 8, No. 5 — May Vol. 3, No. 1 — January 6 — June 2 — April Vol. 9, No. 1 — July 3 — July 3 — August 4 — October 3 — September 1934 4 — October Vol. 4, No. 1 — January 5 — November CEASED PUBLICATION 6 — December ************************* * ******** 1931 Vol. 10, No. 1 — January —oOo— 2 — February Robert Erisman, Ed. 3 — March 1938 4 — April Vol. 1, No. 1 — August 5 — May 2 — November 6 — June 1939 Vol. 11, No. 1 — July Vol. 1, No. 3 — February 3 — Aug-Sept 4 — April-May 3 — Oct-Nov 5 — August 1931-33 (changed, to MARVEL TALES) Vol. 11, No. 4 — Dec-Jan Vol. 1, No. 6 — December CEASED PUBLICATION 1940 ********************************** Vol. 3, No. 1 — May GEOSTS AND GOBLINS (English) (changed to MARVEL STORIES) — oOo— Vol. 2, No. 2 — November The World’s Work. Pub. 1941 1938 (?) Vol. 3, No. 3 — April One issue only CEASED PUBLICATION * * * * * * ************************ * ************************* * * * 5,: * * * * *

10 MIND MAGIC ORIENTAL STORIES (cont) —0O0— 1931 (cont) ?. Ed. Vol. 1, No. 6 — Autumn 1931 1933 Vol.-l, Nd. 1 .—?? Vol. 3, No. 1 — Winter 3 — ? 3 — .Spring 3 -----August 3 .— Summer 4 —. Sept-Oct Changed title,, to THE MAGIC CARPET Changed title to MY SELF, which see MAGAZINE, which see. ' ' * * * * *'* *.**************************** #*** * * * ******* * * * .* * * * * * * * * ******** MIRACLE SCIENCE AND. FANTASY STORIES / .. —-oOo— —oOb— ’. ’ ■ • Harold Hersey. Ed. MaicoIm Re i s s > E d „ 1.931 ’’ 19 39 Vol. 1, No. 1 — April-May Vol. 1, No. 1 — Winter ' • 3 — June-July 1940 CEASED PUBLICATION Vol. 1, No. 3 — Spring * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * £ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * $ * 3 — Summer MY SELF 4 — Fall —oOo— 5 — Winter (Successor to MIND MAGIC, which 1941 ' • ' ’ • see) Vol. 1, No. 6 — Spring 1931 • • . 7 'Summer , ■ Vol. 1, No. 5 — ? 8 — Fall 6 —7 December 9 — Winter CEASED PUBLICATION (?) 1942 . (The liscing of.-MIND MAGIC and MY Vol. 1, No. 10 — Spring SELF is .based on-.incomplete infor­ 11 -r— Summer mation. ) W. Scott Peacock, Ed. ‘ ‘ ' * * * * * -r * * * * * * * * * * * £ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Vol. 1, No. 12 — Fall MYSTERY MAGAZINE/MYSTERY STORIES 1942-43 —oOo— Vol. 2, No. 1 — Winter This magazine of the mid-twenties 1943 was, at least for part of its car­ Vol. 2, No. 3 — March' eer, apparently an out-and-out ri­ 3 — May val to WEIRD TALES, though of vast­ 4 — Fall ly inferior Quality. The editors . 5..— Winter of this catalog lack sufficient 1944 copies to compile a listing. Vol. 3, No. 6 — Spring * * ¥ :'p >f; * * * ^ * ^ * * * 7 — Summer NARRACIONES TERRQRIFICAS (Spanish) 8 — Fall —oOo-— . 9 — Winter Originating in Argentina, this mag­ 1945 azine contains' translations from Vol. 3, No. 10 —• Spring. WEIRD TALES-and other sovcrces, as 11 — Summer’ well as some original stories. At 13 — Fall least 2? issues, last known in 1941 Chester Whitehorn, Ed. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ***************** Vol. 3, No. 1 — Winter ORIENTAL STORIES ************************ * * ******** —oOo— SCIENCE FICTION Farnsworth Wright, Ed. —oOo— 1930 Charles D. Hornig, Ed. Vol. 1, No. 1 -— Oct-Nov 1939 1930-31 • Vol. 1, No. 1 — March Vol. 1, No. 2 — Dec-Jan 2 — June 1931 3 ;— August Vol. 1, No. 3 — Feb-March 4-— October 4. — .Apr il-May- June 5 — December 5 — Summer T3E FICTION (cont) SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY (coat) 1940 1943 vol. 1, No. 6 — Maroh. No. 10 — Spring Vol. 3, No. 1 — June CEASED PUBLICATION 3 — October ********************** * ** * * * * * * * * 1941 SCIENCE WONDER STORIES/QUARTERLY Vol. 3, No. 3 — January —oOo— 4 — March See WONDER STORIES/QUARTERLY Robert W. Lowndes, Ed. ********************************* Vol. 3> No. 5 — June SCIENTIFIC DETECTIVE STORIES 6 — September —oOo— (Combined with FUTURE, which see) Hugo Ge rn sb ack, Ed. 1943 1930 (Successor to FUTURE, using the Vol. 1, No. 1 — January latter’s volume numbers) 3 — February Vol. 3, No. 4 — April 3 — March 5 — July 4 — April CEASED PUBLICATION 5 — May $ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ********** * * Changed title to AMAZING DETECT­ SCIENCE FICTION (Canadian) IVE TALES, which see. —oOo— ************************** * * * * * * * William Brown-Forbes, Ed. SCOOPS (English) 1941 —oOo— Vol. 1, No. 1 — October C. Arthur Pearson, Pub. 3 — November 1934 3 — December Vol. 1, No. 1 — February 10 1943 3 — February 17 Vol. 3, No. 1 — January 3 — February 34 3 — February 4 — March 3 3 — March 5 — Maroh 10 4 — June 6 — March 17 CEASED PUBLICATION 7 — March 34 * * * * * * * * * * ************************ 8 — March 31 SCIENCE FICTION (English) 9 — April 7 —oOo— 10 — April 14 Charles D. Hornig, Ed. 11 — April 31 1939 13 — April 38 Vol. 1, No. 4 — October 13 — May 5 5 — December 14 — May 13 It is believed that only these two 15 — May 19 issues were published. 16 — May 36 ********* ********** * * * * * ********* * 17 — June 3 SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY 18 — June 9 —oOo— 19 — June 16 Charles D. Hornig, Ed. 30 — June 33 1940 CEASED PUBLICATION No. 1 — Summer ******************************* * * 1941 No. 3 — Winter —oOo— 3 — Spring , Ed. 4 — Summer 1939 Robert W. Lowndes, Ed. Vol. 1, No. 1 — January 1941-43 3 — March No. 5 — Winter 3 — May 1943 Vol. 3, No. 1 — July No. 6 — Spring 3 — September 7 — Summer 3 — November 8 — Fall 1940 9 — Winter Vol. 3, No. 1 — January 12 STARTLING STORIES (cont) (cont) 1940 (oont) 1939 (cont) Vol. 3, No. 3 — March Vol, 1, No. 2 — April 3 — May 3 — June Vol. 4, No. 1 — July Vol. 3, No. 1 — August 2 — September 3 — October 3 — November 3 — December 1941 1940 Vol. 5, No. 1 — January Vol. 3, No. 1 — February 3 — March 3 — April 3 — May 3 — June Vol. 6, No, 1 — July Vol. 4, No. 1 — August 3 — September 3 — October 3 — November 3 — December Oscar J, Friend, Ed. 1941 1943 Vol. 5, No. 1 — February Vol. 7, No. 1 — January CEASED PUBLICATION 3 — March * * * * * $ * * * * * $ * % * * * * * « * ❖ * -r * * ❖ ❖ $ ❖ « * * 3 — May STRANGE TALES Vol. 8, No. 1 — July —oOo— 3 — September Harry Bates, Ed. 3 — November 1931 1943 Vol. 1, No. 1 — September Vol. 9, No. 1 — January 3 — November 2 — March 1933 3 — June Vol. 1, No. 3 — January Vol. 10, No. 1 — Fall Vol. 2, No. 1 — March 1944 2 — June Vol. 10, No. 8X— Winter 3 — October 3 — Spring 1933 Vol. 11, No. 1 — Summer Vol. 3, No. 1 — January 3 — Fall CEASED PUBLICATION Sam Merwin, Jr., Ed. ♦ * * ♦ * # ♦ * $ * * * * * * * * £ 5jc sje * * * * * * 1945 SUPER-SCIENCE STORIES Vol. 11, No. 3 — Winter —oOo— Vol. 18, No. 1 — Spring Fred Pohl, Ed. 3 — Summer 1940 3 — Fall Vol. 1, No. 1 — March ***^**^ti)cs;< 4:?;: *>[:***){:♦**** ^ ♦******❖♦’,♦ 3 — May STARTLING STORIES (Canadian) 3 — July Details lacking. 4 — September Vol. 2, No. 1 — November STIRRING SCIENCE STORIES 1941 <—oOo— Vol. 3, No. 3 — January Donald A. Wollheim, Ed. (now SUPER-SCIENCE NOVELS) 1941 Vol. 2, No. 3 — March Vol. 1, No. 1 — February 4 — May 2 — April Vol. 3, No. 1 — August 3 — June (now SUPER-SCIENCE STORIES) 1943 Alden H. Norton, Ed. (Now large-sized, saddle-st itched) Vol. 3, No. 2 — November Vol. 3, No. 1 — March 1943 CEASED PUBLICATION Vol. 3, No. 3 — February ♦ 5jt ❖ n‘ * $ * * * $ * * # $ O * # # * * 4 — May STRANGE STORIES Vol. 4, No. 1 — August —oOo-— 3 — November Mort Weisinger, Ed. 1943 1939 Vol, 4, No. 3 ™ February Vol. 1, No. 1 — February 4 — May CEASED PUBLICATION CU1 ::i SCIENCE STORIES (Canadian) TALES OF WONDER (English) —oOc — —oOo— ?, Ed. Walter H. Gillings, Ed. Beoan oy reprinting from American 1938 ASTONISHING and SUPER-SCIENCE; la­ Number 1 ter from FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTER- 2 ILS inoluding Munsey yarns unre­ Summer pr in ted in FFM. Covers and other 4 Autumn artwork differ from US editions. 5 -- Winter 1943 1939 Vol. 1, No. 1 — August Number 6 -- Spring 2 — October 7 -- Summer 3 — December 8 -- Autumn 1943 9 -- Winter Vol. 1, No. 4 — February 1940 5 — April Number 10 — Spring 6 — June 11 — Summer 7 — August 12 — Autumn 8 — October 1941 9 — December Number 13 — Winter 1944 14 — Spring Vol. 1, No. 10 — February 15 — Autumn 11 — April 1943 13 — June Number 16 — April 13 — August CEASED PUBLICATION 14 — October ****** ^: # * .* ❖ ❖ * * * * : sjs -r : 15 — December TERENCE X. 0'LEARY 1 S WAR BIRDS 1945 —oOo— Vol. 1, No. 16 — February Ed. 17 —. April This long-lived air magazine meta­ 18 — June morphosed for three issues into a 19 — August single character stf magaz me a la 30 — October Captain Future. 31 — December 1935 $ 5j< * # 9V if if if * Jjc * $ 5]c $ $ * * * « s{s * * * Vol. 30, No. 84 — March TALES OF MAGIC AND MYSTERY 85 — April —oOo— 86 — June & Personal Arts Co., Pub. ##*#*$*# >r ❖ ❖ * ❖ * ❖ * =r ❖ * # * ❖ * ❖ * 193? THRILL BOOK, THE Vol. 1. No. 1 — December —oOo— 1938 Harold Hersey, Ed. Vol. 1, No. 2 — January 1919 3 — February (large size) 4 — March Vol. 1, No. 1 March 1 5 — April 2 March 15 CEASED PUBLICATION 3 April 1 * * * * * * ❖ :’r * :;t ❖ * sjc*#***##***** * * * * 4 April 15 TALES OF TERROR (English) 5 May 1 —oOo— 6 May 15 The World's Work. Pub. 7 June 1 1938 (?) 8 June 15 One issue only. (small size) $ Ji; £ sjs # $ * * # * ❖ >!< * * * ❖ Vol. 2, No. 1 — July 1 TALES OF THE UNCANNY (English) 2 — July 15 —oOo— 3 — August 1 The World's Work. Pub. 4 — August 15 1938 (?) 5 — September 1 Two issues only. 6 — September 15 * if # « :}s # >;• * & $ sj; s’! * ❖ 5r * if if # sj: sj: * Vol. 3, No. 1 — October 1 14 THRILL BOOK, THE (oont) UNKNOWN (cont) 1919 1939 (cont.) Vol. 3, No. 2 —. October 15 Vol. I, No-. 6 — August' 3 -- November 1 Vol. 2, No. 1 — September CEASED PUBLICATION ; ’ 2— October ********* s|: * ***** * * * * * * * * * ******* *,* * 3 — November THRILLING WONDER STORIES 4 — December 'see WONDER STORIES ’’ 1940 *********************************** Vol. 3, No. 5 — January UNCANNY STORIES; *" ’ 6 ** February Robert Erisman, Ed. Vol. 3, No. 1 — March 1941- 2 — April Vol. 1, No.. 1 — April •’* 3 — May CEASED PUBLICATION 4 — June. *********************************** 5 — July/' UNCANNY TALE'S (Canadian) 6 — August . —oOo— Vol. 4, No. 1 — September ’ “ M. R. Colby, Ed. 2 — October (pocket-book size,' saddle-stitched) 3 — November 1940 ■ 4 — December — November 1941 — / • — December Vol. 4, No. 5 — 'February 1941 6 — April — January Vol. 5, No. 1 — Junb — March 2 — August (large size) ” • ‘ (now UNKNOWN WORLDS, large size) .May Vol. 5, No. 3 — October — June 4 — December : July'-. 1943 •” -r- AugUst Vol. 5, No. 5 — February Vol. 3, No. 9 —September 6 — April 10 — October Vol. 6, Nop 1 — June’ 11 — November 2 —"August 13 — December 3 —October 1943 4 -- December .. Vol. 3, No. 13 — January 1943 14' — February Vol. 6, No. 5 — February 15 — March 6 — April ' 16 — April • (changed to small size) 17 — May Vol. 7, No. 1 — June 18 — July 2 — August 19 — September 3 — October 20 — December CEASED PUBLICATION 1943 ********************************* Vol. 3, No. 21 —Sept-Oct UNKNOWN (English) CEASED PUBLICATION ' —cOo— (The first eight issues of this John W. 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Vol. 33, No. 1 — January ********************************* 2 — February WEIRD TALES (English) 3 — March Data desired. 4 — April ********************************* 5 — May WITCH’S TALES, THE Vol . 34, No. 1 — June-July — oOo— 2 — August Alonzo Deen- Cole, Ed. 3 — September 1936 4 — October Vol. 1, No. 1 — November 5 — November 2 — December 6 — December CEASED PUBLICATION 1940 ********************************* Vol. 35, No. 1 — January WONDER STORIES GROUP, THE 2 — March AIR WONDER STORIES I)orothy Mcllwraith, Ed. SCIENCE WONDER STORIES Vol. 35, No. 3 — May WINDER STORIES 4 — July THRILLING WONDER STORIES 5 — September -----ooOoo----- 6 — November AIR WONDER STORIES 1941 —oOo— Vol. 35, No. 7 — January Hugo Ge rn sb ack, Ed. 8 — March (large size) 9 — May 19°-9 10 — July Vol. 1, No. 1 —- July Vol. 36, No. 1 — September 2 — - August 2 — November 3 September 1942 4. — October Vol. 36, N o. 3 — January 5 «« November 4 — March 6 — - Decoaler 5 — May 1930 6 — July Vol. 1, No. ? — January 7 — September 8 — February 8 — November 9 — Ma"< 1943 10 — April Vol. 36, No. 9 — January 11 — May 10 — March CEASED PUBLICATION 11 — May -----ooOoo----- 12 — July SCIENCE WONDER STORIES Vol. 37, No. 1 — September —oOo— 2 — November Hugo Gernsback, Ed. 18 SCIENCE WONDER STORIES ,(esnt> WOTOER STORIES. ( cont) (large size) -; ...... 1933' (cont) .‘1989 Vol. 3, Rqh?....9 — February - Vol. 1,; No. 1 — ;.'Juhe' ... 10 — March 3 "-'- ' July 11 .April .3*2—-’August * -• 13 May. • . •' -4^-/September Vol. 4, No., j 1 — June ’■/J' 7..'5 — J October . 2 — July ■; ..6 -- November 3 — August . • ■ ' 7 — December 4 — September • 5 — October . :‘c Vol. 1, No. '•■.8*-- January • •6 — November J-‘ y 9 —. February 7 — December ■ 10 '— March 1933 ( . •:*• 11 — April Vol. 4, No. 8 -- January - 1'3 — May ’ • 9 — February . . ” CEASED PUBLICATION, (became WONDER 10 — March STORIES, which see.) 11 —April -----ooOoo----- 13 — May SCIENCE WONDER QUARTERLY ■■ Vol. 5, No.. 1 — June —bOo—‘ ” 3 —: August . . 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