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Fantastic Adventures [v12 # 8, August 1950] ed. Howard Browne (Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 25¢, 162pp, pulp, cover by H. W. McCauley) [Tom Daniels] 6 · The Editor’s Notebook · The Editor · ed 8 · The Devil With You! · Robert Bloch · na; illus. H. W. McCauley 69 · Wonder Drug · H. R. Stanton · ar 69 · The Mentanical Pets · Carter T. Wainwright · ar 70 · Window to the Past · Chester S. Geier · nv; illus. Virgil Finlay 88 · Crystalline Power Plant · A. T. Kedzie · ar 89 · The Uranian Emissary · Milton Matthews · ar 90 · Well I’ll Be Hexed! · Peter Phillips · nv; illus. Henry Sharp 115 · Shake Analyzer · L. A. Burt · ar 115 · Tailored Isotopes · Jon Barry · ar 116 · Where Tall Towers Gleam · Robert Moore Williams · ss; illus. Robert Gibson Jones 125 · Super Ramjets · Charles Recour · ar 126 · Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog · Frances M. Deegan · ss; illus. W. H. Hinton 136 · Warfare by the Sun! · Sandy Miller · ar 136 · The End Is Not Yet... · William Karney · ar 137 · Flying Saucer Scientist · Leslie Phelps · ar 137 · Arctic Bubble · John Weston · ar 138 · Your Rope Is Waiting! · William Brengle · ss; illus. Henry Sharp 149 · Underground Boiler · Ramsey Sinclair · ar 149 · The Venusian Collision · J. R. Marks · ar 150 · Reader’s Page · The Readers · lc 156 · Radiation Feeler · A. Morris · ar 157 · Fables from the Future · Lee Owens · ar
Fantastic Adventures [v12 # 9, September 1950] ed. Howard Browne (Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 25¢, 146pp, pulp, cover by Robert Gibson Jones) [Tom Daniels] 3 · The Editor’s Notebook · The Editor · ed 6 · Warrior Queen of Mars · Alexander Blade · na; illus. Robert Gibson Jones 43 · A King Passes · L. A. Burt · ar 43 · A Matter of Size · Jon Barry · ar 44 · Detonator · Walt Sheldon · ss; illus. Leo Ramon Summers 53 · Vee G-String · A. Morris · ar 53 · Caliornium No. 98 · J. R. Marks · ar 54 · The Ship Sails at Midnight · Fritz Leiber · nv; illus. Henry Sharp 69 · The Slow Advance · Carter T. Wainwright · ar 70 · The Last Bounce · William Tenn · nv; illus. Henry Sharp 93 · Flying Eggbeater · A. T. Kedzie · ar 93 · Power Tube · June Lurie · ar 94 · No Head for My Bier · Lester del Rey · nv; illus. Robert Gibson Jones 111 · Tooth and Fang · H. R. Stanton · ar 111 · Prediction Verified · William Karney · ar 112 · Lorelei Street · Craig Browning · ss; illus. Edmond Swiatek 126 · The Fifth Child · August Derleth · ss; illus. Robert Gibson Jones 132 · Look Fast for Molecules! · Milton Matthew · ar 133 · Armor Is Revived! · Leslie Phelps · ar 134 · Reader’s Page · The Readers · lc 142 · A New Frankenstein? · Lynn Standish · ar 142 · The Radioactive Rats · John Weston · ar 143 · The Circular Paradox · Cal Webb · ar 144 · Rocket Theory · Lee Owens · ar 146 · Radiation Killer · Max Long · ar
Fantastic Adventures [v12 #10, October 1950] ed. Howard Browne (Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 25¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Robert Gibson Jones) [Tom Daniels]

3 · The Editor’s Notebook · The Editor · ed
6 · The Masters of Sleep [Jan Palmer] · L. Ron Hubbard · n.; illus. Robert Gibson Jones
83 · Radiant Digitalis! · H. R. Stanton · ar
84 · Give the Devil His Due · Dallas Ross · ss; illus. Robert Gibson Jones
89 · Planet P - Unknown! · L. A. Burt · ar
89 · Supersonic Killer · Jon Barry · ar
90 · The Handyman · Lester Barclay · ss; illus. Henry Sharp
97 · The Magnetic Mystery · Carter T. Wainwright · ar
97 · Strip City · Walter Lathrop · ar
98 · Lest Ye Be Judged · Dave Dryfoos · ss; illus. Julian S. Krupa
103 · Eventual Immortality? · John Weston · ar
104 · Valiant Is the Word · H. B. Hickey · ss; illus. Henry Sharp
116 · Asteroid Invasion! · Milton Matthew · ar
117 · Rainbow in the House! · Charles Recour · ar
117 · The Vanishing Smokestack · Sandy Miller · ar
118 · Radio City - 2000! · Leslie Phelps · ar
118 · Negligence · June Lurie · ar
120 · Reader’s Page · The Readers · lc
125 · Last Survivor · Cal Webb · ar
125 · Fog and Fire · A. Morris · ar
126 · A Scientist’s Warning! · A. T. Kedzie · ar
127 · Fables from the Future · Lee Owens · ar
Fantastic Adventures [v12 #11, November 1950] ed. Howard Browne (Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 25¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Robert Gibson Jones) [Tom Daniels]

6 · The Editor’s Notebook · The Editor · ed
7 · Solar Guardian? · Carter T. Wainwright · ar
8 · Mistress of the Djinn [Godwin] · Geoff St. Reynard · n.; illus. Henry Sharp
75 · More Medical Magic! · H. R. Stanton · ar
75 · The Shrinking Thinker · William Karney · ar
76 · Long Beer — Short Horn · Mack Reynolds · ss; illus. Henry Sharp
83 · Spark Shaving! · L. A. Burt · ar
83 · Gamma-Ray Sensor · Jon Barry · ar
84 · I Take This Earthman · Charles V. De Vet · ss; illus. Julian S. Krupa
98 · The Dreaming Trees · John W. Jakes · ss; illus. James B. Settles
106 · Chalk One Up! · Leslie Phelps · ar
107 · Evil Surrounds Us · A. T. Kedzie · ar
107 · Packaged Power! · Milton Matthew · ar
108 · One Way · Gilbert Grant · ss; illus. Henry Sharp
118 · Sorry, No Uranium · Sandy Miller · ar
118 · Pinpointer · J. R. Marks · ar
119 · The Moving Strip · John Weston · ar
119 · Automation Is Here! · Charles Recour · ar
120 · Reader’s Page · The Readers · lc
127 · Oceanic Depths · A. Morris · ar
128 · Tritonian Terror · June Lurie · ar
129 · Out of the Darkness · Lee Owens · ar
Fantastic Adventures [v12 #12, December 1950] ed. Howard Browne (Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 25¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Robert Gibson Jones) [Tom Daniels] 3 · The Editor’s Notebook · The Editor · ed 6 · When the World Tottered · Lester del Rey · na; illus. Robert Gibson Jones 69 · The Corneal Lens · June Lurie · ar 70 · To the Victors · H. B. Hickey · ss; illus. Edmund B. Swiatek 78 · Omniranger · Leslie Phelps · ar 79 · The Metal Arm · H. R. Stanton · ar 79 · Antibiotic Accelerator · Carter T. Wainwright · ar 80 · Chrysalis · L. Major Reynolds · ss; illus. J. Allen St. John 88 · Mechanical Cow · Milton Matthew · ar 88 · Lady Luck Is a Tramp! · William Karney · ar 89 · Finders, Keepers... · L. A. Burt · ar 89 · Supply and Demand · Jon Barry · ar 90 · The Devil Finds Work · Mack Reynolds · ss; illus. Robert Gibson Jones 94 · Atomic Submarine · A. T. Kedzie · ar 94 · Factory on Wheels · Charles Recour · ar 95 · Hobby of the Future · Sandy Miller · ar 96 · Earthbound · Alfred Coppel · ss; illus. Robert Gibson Jones 102 · The Scientific Fan · Lynn Standish · ar 103 · Hot-Spot Machining · Ramsey Sinclair · ar 103 · Idiot Stick · J. R. Marks · ar 104 · The Wizard of Blue Gap · Frances M. Deegan · ss; illus. J. Allen St. John 116 · Cybernetic Quibble · A. Morris · ar 117 · Enough to Eat? · Cal Webb · ar 118 · Reader’s Page · The Readers · lc 125 · Fables from the Future · Lee Owens · ar
Fantastic Adventures [v13 # 5, May 1951] ed. Howard Browne (Ziff-Davis, Inc., 25¢, 132pp, pulp, cover by Robert Gibson Jones) Managing Editor L. E. Shaffer. Also contains many apparently pseudonymous filler articles. [TM] 3 · The Editor’s Notebook · L. E. Shaffer · ed 6 · Invasion from the Deep · Paul W. Fairman · na; illus. Virgil Finlay 48 · Make Room for Me! · Theodore Sturgeon · nv; illus. Gerald Hohns 66 · “...As Others See Us” · Raymond F. Jones · nv; illus. Virgil Finlay 90 · Fix Me Something to Eat · William P. McGivern · ss; illus. Henry Sharp 104 · The Eye of Tandyla [Poseidonis] · L. Sprague de Camp · nv; illus. Virgil Finlay 122 · Reader’s Page: · letter · Gerry Holzman · lt · letter · Mrs. John P. Gates · lt · letter · Roger N. Dard · lt · letter · Lee Hoffman · lt · letter · Anthony K. Van Riper · lt · letter · Arline Gingold · lt · letter · Dennis Strong · lt · letter · David Rike · lt · letter · Mrs. Earl E. Blevins · lt; details reactions to the FA QUARTERLY—a rebinding of three early 1950 issues—for Spring ’50, revealing that FA published Leiber’s YOU’RE ALL ALONE and “The Ship Sails at Midnight” as well as stories by Robert Bloch [two], William Tenn, Lester Del Rey, Peter Phillips, Walt Sheldon, August Derleth, and, unsurprisingly, William McGivern and Chester Geier in that quarter. · letter · Mary A. Morley · lt · letter · P. Ogden · lt · letter · Carlysle Gentry · lt · letter · Lee Louis Martello · lt · letter · Glen W. Daniels · lt · letter · Tom Covington · lt · letter · The Editor · lt
Fantastic Adventures [v14 # 6, June 1952] ed. Howard Browne (Ziff-Davis, 25¢, 132pp, pulp, cover by Walter Popp) managing ed. L. E. Shaffer. Fiction only. [WD] 8 · The Woman in Skin 13 · Paul W. Fairman · na 44 · The Lion’s Mouth · Stephen Marlowe · ss 56 · The Man Nobody Knew · Don Wilcox · nv 76 · Mortality Unlimited · Russell Branch · ss 92 · Ask a Foolish Question · Milton Lesser · nv
Fantastic Adventures (UK)
Fantastic Adventures (UK) [(# 1, 1950)] ed. Howard Browne (Thorpe and Porter Ltd., 1/6d, 164pp, pulp) This issue is neither numbered nor dated, nor has any datable adverts, and authorities differ as to whether this was the first or second issue. Reprint of the April 1950 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie. fc. · Face Beyond the Veil · Robert Gibson Jones · cv 6 · The Editor’s Notebook · The Editor · ed Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50 8 · The Face Beyond the Veil [Davey & Zaney] · Franklin Bahl · na Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50; illus. H. W. MacCauley 41 · Out of the Past... · H. R. Stanton · vi Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50 42 · The Living Vortex · Stanley Mullen · nv Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50; illus. Julian S. Krupa 62 · The Assassin · Charles Recour · vi Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50 63 · Color Coming Up! · A. T. Kedzie · ms Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50 63 · Eternal Wanderer · W. R. Chase · vi Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50 64 · The Chalice of Circe · Willard Hawkins · nv Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50; illus. Edmond Swiatek 86 · Don’t Come to Mars! [with Emil Petaja] · Henry Hasse · ss Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50; illus. Leo Ramon Summers 96 · Isolationist · Mack Reynolds · ss Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50; illus. Julian S. Krupa 102 · Hope! · Carter T. Wainwright · vi Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50 103 · Synthetic Age · Jon Barry · ms Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50 103 · Gassy Network · L. A. Burt · ms Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50 104 · He Took It with Him · Clark Collins · ss Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50; illus. H. W. MacCauley 111 · The Chilly Visitor · William Karney · vi Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50 112 · The Lunar Point of View · S. M. Tenneshaw · ss Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50; illus. Murphy Anderson 121 · The Talking Machine · Leslie Phelps · ms Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50 122 · Call of Duty · J. J. Allerton · ss Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50; illus. Leo Ramon Summers 136 · Grandfather Paradox · John Weston · vi Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50 137 · Crystal Growers · Sandy Miller · ms Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50 137 · Kobald in the Hearth · Ramsey Sinclair · vi Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50 138 · Blueprint for Destruction · Lyle Burke · ss Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50; illus. Edmond Swiatek 149 · Arnhem Discovery · June Lurie · ms Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50 150 · Reader’s Page · The Readers · lt Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50 156 · Temple of Terror · Milton Matthew · vi Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50 157 · Fables from the Future · Lee Owens · gp Fantastic Adventures Apr ’50; Opening Gambit, vi; The Ones Who Came Before, vi; Crash Landing!, vi; Flat-Top Killer, vi; Do Unto Others..., vi
Fantastic Adventures (UK) [(# 2, September 1950)] ed. Howard Browne (Thorpe and Porter Ltd., 1/6d, 164pp, pulp) Date based on Atlas advert, but authorities differ as to whether this was the first or second issue. Reprint of the March 1950 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie. fc. · Diana and the Golden Ring · Robert Gibson Jones · cv 6 · The Editor’s Notebook · The Editor · ed Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50 8 · Diana and the Golden Ring · S. M. Tenneshaw · nv Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50; illus. Robert Gibson Jones 26 · Dynamind! · L. A. Burt · ms Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50 26 · Prophecy— · Jon Barry · ms Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50 27 · Galactic Bomb! · Carter T. Wainwright · vi Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50 27 · Growth and Error · H. R. Stanton · vi Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50 28 · Girl from Mars · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50; illus. Rod Ruth 34 · Detour from Tomorrow · Rog Phillips · ss Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50; illus. Rod Ruth 44 · Video Advance · Leslie Phelps · ms Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50 44 · The Dream · William Karney · vi Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50 45 · The Martian Landing · A. T. Kedzie · vi Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50 46 · Inoculation · Roger Flint Young · ss Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50; illus. Julian S. Krupa 56 · Oil Aplenty! · Milton Matthew · ms Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50 56 · Checkmate... · Sandy Miller · vi Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50 57 · Enemy Sighted... · Walter Lathrop · vi Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50 58 · Mr. Destiny Follows Through · Gilbert Grant · nv Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50; illus. Edmond Swiatek 77 · Drug-Eater Reception · W. R. Chase · vi Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50 78 · The World of the Lost [by Richard S. Shaver] · Paul Lohrman · na Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50; illus. Bill Terry 151 · Murder Moon · John Weston · vi Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50 152 · Reader’s Page · The Readers · lt Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50 155 · Slipstick Sharpies · A. Morris · ms Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50 156 · Fables from the Future · Lee Owens · gp Fantastic Adventures Mar ’50; Visit in the Dawn, vi; The Crystalline Beast, vi; The Chill, vi; Android Revolt!, vi; Psycho..., vi; Rocket-on-a-Rocket!, vi; Super-wink, vi; Blind Spot, vi
Fantastic Adventures (UK) [# 3, (October 1950)] ed. Howard Browne (Thorpe and Porter Ltd., 1/6d, 164pp, pulp) Date based on Atlas advert. Reprint of the May 1950 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie. fc. · Mental Assassins · H. J. Blumenfeld · cv 6 · The Editor’s Notebook · The Editor · ed Fantastic Adventures May ’50 8 · The Mental Assassins · Gregg Conrad · na Fantastic Adventures May ’50; illus. H. W. MacCauley 42 · Teleported Invasion · Carter T. Wainwright · vi Fantastic Adventures May ’50 43 · The Grav-Dancers · H. R. Stanton · vi Fantastic Adventures May ’50 44 · Elementals of Jedar · Geoff St. Reynard · ss Fantastic Adventures May ’50; illus. Rod Ruth 58 · The Monsters · Leslie Phelps · vi Fantastic Adventures May ’50 59 · Best-Dressed Man—1980 · William Karney · vi Fantastic Adventures May ’50 59 · “Pi-Romaniacs” · Charles Recour · ms Fantastic Adventures May ’50 60 · Vanguard of the Lost · John D. MacDonald · nv Fantastic Adventures May ’50; illus. Julian S. Krupa 78 · Fido · Mack Reynolds · ss Fantastic Adventures May ’50; illus. Julian S. Krupa 86 · The Mine-Layer · Milton Matthew · vi Fantastic Adventures May ’50 87 · “Quiet—Please!” · A. T. Kedzie · ms Fantastic Adventures May ’50 87 · Saboteur... · J. R. Marks · vi Fantastic Adventures May ’50 88 · The Remarkable Flirgleflip · William Tenn · nv Fantastic Adventures May ’50; illus. Leo Ramon Summers 106 · Spawn of Darkness · Craig Browning · nv Fantastic Adventures May ’50; illus. Edmond Swiatek 123 · Heli-Taxi · Sandy Miller · vi Fantastic Adventures May ’50 123 · The Monument · Jon Barry · vi Fantastic Adventures May ’50 123 · Vampire’s Paradise · L. A. Burt · ms Fantastic Adventures May ’50 124 · The Trumpet · J. J. Allerton · ss Fantastic Adventures May ’50; illus. Rod Ruth 133 · The Man and the Neutrons · Walter Lathrop · vi Fantastic Adventures May ’50 134 · Birds of a Feather · Lester Barclay · nv Fantastic Adventures May ’50; illus. Henry Sharpe 149 · Mr. Merriman’s Mad Mix-Up · Lynn Standish · vi Fantastic Adventures May ’50 150 · Reader’s Page · The Readers · lt Fantastic Adventures May ’50 156 · And the Rains Came... · Dan Corliss · vi Fantastic Adventures May ’50 157 · Fables from the Future · Lee Owens · gp Fantastic Adventures May ’50; untitled [“‘Damn!’ Bill Raymond, the co-officer of the New Delhi-Chicago rocket”], vi; The Dopesters, vi; The Witch of Adonai, vi; Waterproof!, vi

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