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Fantastic [v1 #2, Fall 1952] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Leo R. Summers) []

4 · Angels in the Jets · Jerome Bixby · ss

16 · I’m Looking for “Jeff” · Fritz Leiber · ss

28 · The Sin of Hyacinth Peuch · Eric Frank Russell · nv

46 · The Star Dummy · Anthony Boucher · ss

61 · Famous Fantasy Masterpieces · Heinrich Kley · pi (r)

66 · The Sex Opposite · Theodore Sturgeon · nv

91 · Beatrice · Dean Evans · ss

108 · Man in the Dark · Roy Huggins (ghost written by Howard Browne) · nv

141 · Miriam · Truman Capote · ss Mademoiselle June 1945

154 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843

Fantastic [v1 #3, Nov./Dec. 1952] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Barye W. Phillips) []

4 · The Veiled Woman · Mickey Spillane (ghost written by Howard Browne) · na

50 · To Fit the Crime · Richard Matheson · ss

56 · Final Exam · Chad Oliver · ss

67 · Candlesticks · Dean Evans · ss

84 · The Moon of Montezuma · Cornell Woolrich · nv

112 · The Missing Symbol · Ivar Jorgensen (by Paul W. Fairman) · ss

120 · Rabbit Punch · Ralph Robin · ss

131 · The Celestial Omnibus · E. M. Forster · nv Albany Review January 1908

148 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846

154 · The Opener of the Crypt [Fortunato] · John Jakes · ss; sequel to “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe.

Fantastic [v2 #1, Jan./Feb. 1953] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Robert Frankenberg) []

4 · Wonder Child · Joseph Shallit · nv

28 · Love Is a Barometer · Del Molarsky · ss

43 · Mad House · Richard Matheson · nv

67 · Isle of Blight · Samuel Hopkins Adams · ss

86 · The Man with the Fine Mind · Kris Neville · ss

96 · The World Is So People · Dean Evans · ss

112 · Close Behind Him · John Wyndham · ss

124 · Satan Sends Flowers · Henry Kuttner · ss

138 · Time Bum · C. M. Kornbluth · ss

147 · The Lighthouse · Edgar Allan Poe & Robert Bloch · ss
completed by Bloch from a Poe fragment.

Fantastic [v2 #2, March/April 1953] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Richard Powers) []

4 · The Third Guest · B. Traven · nv
translation from the German of “Macario”, published in Zurich in 1950.

37 · The Delicate Dinosaur · William Markham Altman · ss

56 · The Cold Green Eye · Jack Williamson · ss

66 · Something for the Woman · Ivar Jorgensen · ss

74 · The Sword of Yung Lo · Maurice Walsh · ss

90 · Stop on the Red · Franklin Gregory · ss

102 · Escape Me Never · J. T. M’Intosh · nv

124 · Root of Evil · Shirley Jackson · ss

130 · A Star Falls on Broadway · Harry Fletcher · vi

132 · Three Wishes · Poul Anderson · ss

139 · The Devil George and Rosie · John Collier · nv The Devil and All by John Collier, Nonesuch Press, 1934

159 · The Tourists · Billy Rose · vi 1949
from his syndicated newspaper column “Pitching Horseshoes”.

Fantastic [v2 #3, May/June 1953] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by W. T. Mars) []

4 · Jinn and Tonic [Reggie] · William P. McGivern · nv

28 · Reservation Deferred · John Wyndham · ss

34 · Sally · Isaac Asimov · ss

51 · Guest Artist · Roger Dee · nv

77 · A Portfolio · De Persiis · pi

80 · The Roller Coaster · Alfred Bester · ss

89 · Room with a View · Esther Carlson · ss

96 · Hardly Worth Mentioning · Chad Oliver · na

141 · Johnny Pye and the Fool-Killer · Stephen Vincent Benét · nv The Saturday Evening Post September 18 1937

Fantastic [v2 #4, July/August 1953] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Rupert Conrad) []

4 · Confidence Trick · John Wyndham · ss

20 · Four Men and a Suitcase · Ralph Robin · ss

28 · Operation Mind Pick · William P. McGivern · nv

62 · Don’t Take It to Heart · H. L. Gold · ss

70 · The Glasses · Charles Larson · ss

80 · The Wishing Stone · Ivar Jorgensen · ss

90 · The Magic Ends at Midnight · Robert Terrall · ss

104 · The Dark Room · Theodore Sturgeon · nv

142 · The Altar · Robert Sheckley · ss

149 · The Man Who Liked Dickens · Evelyn Waugh · ss Cosmopolitan September 1933

Fantastic [v2 #5, Sept./Oct. 1953] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Leo R. Summers) []

4 · Wolf Pack · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss

21 · A Portfolio · Gustav Rehberger · pi

24 · A Great Day for the Amorous · Ralph Robin · ss

40 · Amphytrion 40 · William P. McGivern · nv

61 · Mother by Protest · Richard Matheson · nv

94 · The Monsters · Jerome Bixby · ss

103 · Wild Talents, Inc. · Robert Sheckley · ss

120 · No Return from Elba · Mack Reynolds · vi

124 · A Moment for Laughter · Philip Latham · ss

136 · Secret Weapon · Ivar Jorgensen · nv

Fantastic [v2 #6, Nov./Dec. 1953] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Vernon Kramer) []

4 · Let’s Do It for Love · Robert Bloch · ss

22 · Never Mind a Martian [Reggie] · William P. McGivern · nv

46 · What a Man Believes · Robert Sheckley · ss

54 · From This Dark Mind · Rog Phillips · ss

70 · A Portfolio · Gyula Zilzer · pi

74 · The Chase · Bill Peters · nv

95 · The Wrong People · Ralph Robin · ss

103 · The Siren Sounds at Midnight · Frank M. Robinson · ss

110 · Methuselah, Ltd. · Wallace West & Richard Barr · nv

Fantastic [v3 #1, Jan./Feb. 1954] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Vernon Kramer) []

6 · The Dwarf · Ray Bradbury · ss

16 · “Let’s drink to evolution again. That one slays me.” · W. F. (by W. Finch) · ct

18 · Scream at Sea · Algis Budrys · ss

27 · The Will · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss

42 · The Disenchanted · Wallace West & John Hillyard · nv

60 · Wish It Away · Frank Freeman · vi

63 · The Good Dog · Jerome Bixby · ss

70 · A Portfolio · Ernest Schroeder · pi

74 · The Odyssey of Henry Thistle · Vern Fearing · nv

95 · Mr. Dittman’s Monsters · William P. McGivern · ss

102 · A Nice Thing to Know · Sam Merwin · ss

117 · The Sisters · Gordon Schendel · nv

Fantastic [v3 #2, April 1954] ed. Howard Browne (Ziff-Davis, 35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Augusto Marin) []
Paul Fairman, Mng. Ed.
Details supplied by Todd Mason.

1 · [cover vignette] · Augusto Marin · il

2 · A Portfolio · Louis Priscilla · pi; sketches.

4 · According to You · The Readers · lc

_4 · [letter] · Miller T. Ransome · lt

_4 · [letter] · Ralph Petori · lt

_4 · [letter] · G. L. Smith · lt

_4 · [letter] · Mrs. Laura Salk · lt

_4 · [letter] · Guy Kingman · lt

6 · The Letter · Doris E. Kaye · ss; illustrated by Ernest Schroeder

23 · [cartoon] · Gahan Wilson · ct

25 · Mr. Steinway · Robert Bloch · ss; illustrated by William Ashman

38 · The Young One · Jerome Bixby · nv; illustrated by Sanford Kossin

63 · One Foot in Yesterday · William Lindsay Gresham · ar; illustrated by William Ashman

68 · [cartoon] · Hanna · ct

70 · A Portfolio · Louis Priscilla · pi

75 · Beware the Fury · Theodore Sturgeon · nv; illustrated by Louis Priscilla; aka “Extrapolation,” the author’s title.

79 · “Could you direct me to the Vampire State Building?” · Frosty · ct

95 · The Moon and Nonsense [Reggie] · William P. McGivern · nv; illustrated by Louis Priscilla

101 · “Sorry, Sir—no browsing in the occult section” · Gahan Wilson · ct

114 · “No, no, Smithers! I said get me Rosenbaum!” · [uncredited] · ct

116 · Anything to Declare? · Naille Wilde · ss; illustrated by [uncredited]

127 · “That surrealist stuff bores me” · Carl Geren · ct

Fantastic [v3 #3, June 1954] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Ernest Schroeder) []

6 · The Candles · Robert K. White · ss

19 · The Hungry · Robert Sheckley · ss

24 · The Vicar and the Devilkin · J. Munro MacLennan · ss

34 · The Curious Child · Richard Matheson · ss

44 · Death’s Bright Angel · Lawrence Chandler · ss

53 · You’ll Never Know · Vern Fearing · vi

56 · Target: Time · William Lindsay Gresham · ar

64 · Woman Driver · Randall Garrett · nv

104 · The Wasp · Richard Wilson · ss

116 · The Holes · Michael Shaara · ss

126 · Cat’s Cradle · Louis Este · ss

Fantastic [v3 #4, August 1954] (35¢, 132pp, digest) []

6 · Boil One Cat · Lysander Kemp · ss

18 · You Can Live Forever · Milton Lesser · nv

56 · For Little George · Jay B. Drexel · ss

64 · Trilley the Spoiler · Winston Marks · ss

77 · The Seventh Bottle · Ivar Jorgensen (by Howard Browne) · nv

106 · Dr. Schpritzer’s Island · Vern Fearing · nv

Fantastic [v3 #5, October 1954] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Ernie Barth) []

6 · Cosmic Appetite · Milton Lesser · ss

21 · Nite File · Stan Baer · ss

37 · The Outlaws · Lee Priestley · ss

52 · The Murder-Con · Jerome Bixby · nv

93 · Minister Without Portfolio · Michael Fischer · ss

98 · The Yellow Needle · Gerald Vance · nv

Fantastic [v3 #6, December 1954] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Ralph Castenir) []

6 · Water Cure · John Toland · na

56 · The Spidery Pied Pipers · Robert Moore Williams · ss

72 · The Courtship of 53 SHOTL 9 G · Niall Wilde · nv

92 · The Vicar of Skeleton Cove · Ivar Jorgensen · nv; given as by Lawrence Chandler on the cover and in the Table of Contents.

124 · The Appointment · Raymond Stark · ss

Fantastic [v4 #1, February 1955] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Henry Sharp) []

6 · The Patty-Cake Mutiny · Winston Marks · nv

32 · The Gun · John Bernard Daley · nv

54 · The Day After Eternity · Lawrence Chandler · nv

87 · Ourselves of Yesterday · T. D. Hamm · vi

90 · While My Love Waits · Henry Still · ss

107 · Cross Index · Randall J. Ross · ss; given as by Randall T. Ross in the Table of Contents.

111 · End of the Line · Thomas N. Scortia · vi

114 · Love That Potion [Reggie] · William P. McGivern · ss

Fantastic [v4 #2, April 1955] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky) []

6 · The Eye and I · C. H. Thames · nv

36 · Gold Is Anywhere · Henry Still · ss

50 · Death Has Strong Hands · Lawrence Chandler · nv

72 · Silent Night · Lysander Kemp · ss

80 · The Still Waters · Joy Hall · ss

92 · Killer in the Crib · Richard Wilson · ss

111 · The Big Bluff · Milton Lesser · ss

Fantastic [v4 #3, June 1955] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky) []

6 · Beyond the Black Horizon · Paul W. Fairman · nv

48 · The Typewriter · J. J. Allerton · ss

66 · Too Tough to Bury · Ron Butler · ss

79 · For the Greater Good · P. F. Costello · ss

94 · The Killer Within · C. H. Thames · nv

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