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Fantastic Adventures (UK) [#17, (February 1953)] ed. Anon. (Thorpe and Porter Ltd., 1/-, 100pp, pulp) Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the September 1951 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie.


Fantastic Adventures (UK) [#18, (April 1953)] ed. Howard Browne (Thorpe and Porter Ltd., 1/-, 100pp, pulp) Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the October 1951 (US) issue. The editorial column “The Editor’s Notebook” is listed in the table of contents but is not in the magazine. Details supplied by Alistair Durie.


Fantastic Adventures (UK) [#19, (May 1953)] ed. Howard Browne (Thorpe and Porter Ltd., 1/-, 100pp, pulp) Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the April 1952 (US) issue. The editorial column “The Editor’s Notebook” is listed in the table of contents but is not in the magazine. Details supplied by Alistair Durie.


Fantastic Adventures (UK) [#20, (June 1953)] ed. Howard Browne (Thorpe and Porter Ltd., 1/-, 100pp, pulp) Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the June 1952 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie.
  • fc. · Woman in Skin 13 · Walter Popp · cv
  • 6 · The Editor’s Notebook · The Editor · ed Fantastic Adventures Jun ’52
  • 7 · The Man with the Grindstone Nose · E. Bruce Yaches · ms Fantastic Adventures Jun ’52
  • 8 · The Woman in Skin 13 · Paul W. Fairman · na Fantastic Adventures Jun ’52; illus. David Stone
  • 42 · The Robot That Had No Brain · Walt Crain · ms Fantastic Adventures Jun ’52
  • 43 · The Unending Flow · L. A. Burt · ms Fantastic Adventures Jun ’52
  • 43 · Old Ape-Men Never Die! · June Lurie · ms Fantastic Adventures Jun ’52
  • 44 · The Lion’s Mouth · Stephen Marlowe · ss Fantastic Adventures Jun ’52; illus. Paul Lundy
  • 55 · The Electrobile · Salem Lane · ms Fantastic Adventures Jun ’52
  • 56 · The Man Nobody Knew · Don Wilcox · nv Fantastic Adventures Jun ’52; illus. Dave Stone
  • 74 · Were the Saucers Real? · Merritt Linn · ms Fantastic Adventures Jun ’52
  • 75 · Man or Ape? · John Weston · ms Fantastic Adventures Jun ’52
  • 76 · Mortality Unlimited · Russell Branch · ss Fantastic Adventures Jun ’52; illus. L. Sterne Stevens
  • 90 · The Satellite Wrecker · Charles Recour · vi Fantastic Adventures Jun ’52
  • 92 · Madhouse for a Nucleus · A. T. Kedzie · ms Fantastic Adventures Jun ’52
  • 94 · The Pit of Gravity · Frederick Booth · ms Fantastic Adventures Jun ’52
  • 96 · We Are Not Alone! · Jon Barry · ms Fantastic Adventures Jun ’52


Fantastic Adventures (UK) [#21, (August 1953)] ed. Anon. (Thorpe and Porter Ltd., 1/-, 100pp, pulp) Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the July 1950 (US) issue, plus five fillers from elsewhere. Details supplied by Alistair Durie.


Fantastic Adventures (UK) [#22, (September 1953)] ed. Howard Browne (Thorpe and Porter Ltd., 1/-, 100pp, pulp, cover by Frank Navarro) Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the January 1953 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie.
  • 3 · Inside Stuff · June Lurie · ms Fantastic Adventures Jan ’53
  • 3 · Cycles—Cause and Effect · Don Morrow · ms Fantastic Adventures Jan ’53
  • 7 · There’s Got to Be Ether · Charles Recour · ms Fantastic Adventures Jan ’53
  • 7 · “Copters Is a-Comin’” · Sam Dewey · ms Fantastic Adventures Jan ’53
  • 8 · The House That Hate Built · Peter Dakin · na Fantastic Adventures Jan ’53; illus. Ed Emsler
  • 63 · Little Giants · Joe Kleig · ms Fantastic Adventures Jan ’53
  • 63 · Man Is Boss? · Mildred Low · ms Fantastic Adventures Jan ’53
  • 64 · A Case for Mephisto · Frank McGivern · ss Fantastic Adventures Jan ’53; illus. Dave Stone
  • 76 · The Gods of Madness · Chester S. Geier · ss Fantastic Adventures Jan ’53; illus. Dick Francis
  • 91 · Bullets with Brains · Omar Booth · ms Fantastic Adventures Jan ’53
  • 91 · Planets Made to Order · E. Bruce Yaches · ms Fantastic Adventures Jan ’53
  • 93 · Snow, Beautiful Snow · A. T. Kedzie · ms Fantastic Adventures Jan ’53
  • 95 · Hissing Stars · Jon Barry · ms Fantastic Adventures Jan ’53
  • 95 · Tiny Typer · A. T. Kedzie · ms Fantastic Adventures Jan ’53
  • 96 · Mechanical Man · Tom Edsman · ms Fantastic Adventures Jan ’53
  • 96 · The Life Secret · Morris Small · ms Fantastic Adventures Jan ’53


Fantastic Adventures (UK) [No. 23, 1953] ed. Howard Browne (Thorpe & Porter, 1/-, 100pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the December 1951 (US) issue. Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP]


Fantastic Adventures (UK) [No. 24, 1954] ed. Howard Browne (Thorpe & Porter, 1/-, 100pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the December 1952 (US) issue, plus a single story from the April 1952 (US) issue. Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP]


Fantastic Collectibles Magazine


Fantastic Collectibles Magazine [#145, January 2004] ed. Ray F. Bowman (Bowman; Carmel, IN, quarto) [JB/DKL]


Fantastic Collectibles Magazine [#146, November 2005] ed. Ray F. Bowman (Bowman; Carmel, IN, quarto) [CB]


Fantastic Novels (UK)


Fantastic Novels (UK) [(#1, 1950)] ed. Anon. (Thorpe and Porter Ltd., 1/-, 132pp, pulp, cover by Virgil Finlay) This issue is neither numbered nor dated, nor has any datable adverts, but is believed to be the first issue. The publisher is also unclear, some sources suggest it is Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd. but the magazine carries a Thorpe & Porter advert on the back. Reprint of the November 1949 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie.


Fantastic Novels (UK)


Fantastic Novels (UK) [No. 1 (December 1950)] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 64pp+, pulp) Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the May 1949 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie.


Fantastic Stories of the Imagination


Fantastic Stories of the Imagination [No.25, Summer 2004] ed. Edward J. McFadden (DNA Publications; Radford, VA, $5.95, 52pp, quarto, cover by Tim White) An 8 page Wildside Press catalogue is bound in between pages 26 and 27. [GRM]


Fantastic Story Mag


Fantastic Story Mag [v 1 #2, Nov 1953] ed. Ron Ellik (ph)


Fantastic Story Magazine


Fantastic Story Magazine [v5 #2, March 1953] ed. Samuel Mines (Best Books, Inc., 25¢, 148pp, pulp, cover by Alex Schomburg) from ToC. [RS2]


Fantastic Story Quarterly (Canada)


Fantastic Story Quarterly (Canada) [v1 #2, Summer 1950] (Better Publications of Canada; Toronto, 25¢, 164pp, pulp, cover by ?) [WD]


Fantastic Story Quarterly (Canada) [v1 #3, Fall 1950] (Better Publications of Canada; Toronto, 25¢, 164pp, pulp, cover by ?) [WD]


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