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Fantastic Science Fiction

Total Issues: 2

Dreadful juvenile sf. According to Walter Gibson all of the stories in this magazine were written either by himself or Ed Burkholder. Gibson could only identify one of his pseudonyms. One of the bylines is a known Burkholder pseudonym. J. Randolph Cox, who prepared a massive bibliography of Gibson's work, examined the remainder of the stories and is of the opinion that the two Bruce Crandall stories are probably by Gibson, and that the others are probably not.

Issues & Index Sources: Aug-1952 – Dec-1952:

Miller/Contento

Publishers:   Charlton Publishing, Derby
Editors:   Walter Gibson
Formats:   bedsheet
Frequency:   quarterly
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide

Fantastic Science Thriller

Total Issues: 5

Booklet series.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1954 – #5, 1954:

Miller/Contento

Fantastic Stories of the Imagination

Fantastic Story Quarterly

Total Issues: 23

Fantastic Story Quarterly was a pulp magazine which merged pulp reprints with new stories, with each issue featuring a lead novel or novella and a number of short stories.

Issues & Index Sources

Spring 1950 – Spring 1951:

Miller/Contento

Summer 1951 – Spring 1955, as Fantastic Story Magazine:

Miller/Contento

Publishers

Best Books subsidiary imprint of Standard Magazines, N.Y.

Editors

  Spring 1950 – Fall 1951: Samuel Merwin
  Winter 1952 – Fall 1954: Samuel Mines
  Winter 1955 – Spring 1955: Alexander Samalman

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

25c at outset

Pagecounts

160pp

Frequency

quarterly

Related Sites

Wikipedia

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide



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Fantastic Story Quarterly (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of Fantastic Story Quarterly.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Better Publications of Canada, Toronto
Formats:   standard pulp
Sources:   Pulpster11

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Fantastic Tales

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 2003 – present:

Miller/Contento

Publishers:   Wild Cat Books
Editors:   Ron Hanna
Formats:   quarto
Pagecounts:   138pp

Fantastic Universe

Total Issues: 69

Fantastic Universe ran for 69 issues, from June 1953 to March 1960, under two different publishers. It was part of the explosion of science fiction magazine publishing in the 1950s in the United States, and was moderately successful, outlasting almost all the other magazines of the period. The main editors were Leo Margulies and Hans Stefan Santesson; under Santesson's tenure the quality declined somewhat, and the magazine became known for printing much UFO-related material.

Issues & Index Sources

Jun/Jul-1953 – Mar-1960:

Miller/Contento

Publishers

Jun/Jul-1953 – Jul-1959: King-Size Publications, N.Y.
Aug-1959 – Mar-1960: Great American Publications

Editors

  Jun/Jul-1953 – Oct/Nov-1953: Sam Merwin
  Jan-1954 – Mar-1954: Beatrice Jones
  May-1954 – Aug-1956: Leo Margulies
  Sep-1956 – Mar-1960: Hans Stefan Santesson

Formats

Jun/Jul-1953 – Sep-1959: digest
Oct-1959 – Feb-1960: pulp

Prices

Jun/Jul-1953 – Oct/Nov-1953: 50c
Jan-1954 – Mar-1960: 35c

Pagecounts

Jun/Jul-1953 – Oct/Nov-1953: 192pp
Jan-1954 – Mar-1960: 128pp

Frequency

  Jun/Jul-1953 – Jul-1954: bi-monthly
  Aug-1954 – Dec-1968: monthly
  Jan-1959 – Jul-1959: bi-monthly
  Aug-1959 – Mar-1960: monthly

Related Sites

Wikipedia

Sources

UltGuide



Issue Checklist

Fantastic Western

Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1946

Publishers: International Publications, Glasgow
Prices: 1/-

Fantastic World

In the fall of 1955 Gannet Publishing of Birkenhead, England issued {Weird World}, which lasted two issues. {Fantastic World} was announced as coming soon on the exterior back cover of the first issue, and was never mentioned again. It never appeared.

Fantastic Worlds [1952]

Total Issues: 8

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: Summer 1952 – Fall 1955:

Miller/Contento

Fantastic Worlds [1995]

Total Issues: 2

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: #0, 1995 – #1, 1996:

Miller/Contento

Fantast Sidetrack

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1954:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issue only)

Fantasy [1938]

Total Issues: 3

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1938 – #3, 1939:	Miller/Contento
	Index to British Science Fiction Magazines

Publishers:   George Newnes, London
Editors:   T. Stanhope Sprigg
Formats:   pulp
Prices:   1/-
Pagecounts:   96pp
Frequency:   irregular
Sources:   AgeStory

Fantasy [1946]

Total Issues: 3

Issues & Index Sources: Dec-1946 – Aug-1947:	Miller/Contento
	Index to British Science Fiction Magazines

Publishers:   Temple Bar, London
Editors:   Walter H. Gillings
Formats:   large digest
Prices:   1/-
Pagecounts:   96pp
Frequency:   irregular