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Galaxy Science Fiction

Galaxy Science Fiction ran for 253 issues from 1950 to 1979, was revived for a single issue in 1980, and then for a further 8 issues in 1994-1995. For the first few years (between 1950 and 1961) there was a companion series of 46 Galaxy Science Fiction Novels published.

In 1973, the publishers were apparently trying to find a way to cut costs so they test-marketed a variant of the November 1973 issue with a montage of black and white drawings from that issue's interior illos in place of the color cover. There were rumors at the time that they may have done the same thing with another issue but no copy has yet been located.

A British Reprint Edition was published from 1953 to 1967 and was revived briefly from 1969 to 1975.

1950                  
v1 #1
Oct

v1 #2
Nov

v1 #3
Dec
1951
v1 #4
Jan

v1 #5
Feb

v1 #6
Mar

v2 #1
Apr

v2 #2
May

v2 #3
Jun

v2 #4
Jul

v2 #5
Aug

v2 #6
Sep

v3 #1
Oct

v3 #2
Nov

v3 #3
Dec
1952
v3 #4
Jan

v3 #5
Feb

v3 #6
Mar

v4 #1
Apr

v4 #2
May

v4 #3
Jun

v4 #4
Jul

v4 #5
Aug

v4 #6
Sep

v5 #1
Oct

v5 #2
Nov

v5 #3
Dec
1953
v5 #4
Jan

v5 #5
Feb

v5 #6
Mar

v6 #1
Apr

v6 #2
May

v6 #3
Jun

v6 #4
Jul

v6 #5
Aug

v6 #6
Sep

v7 #1
Oct

v7 #2
Nov

v7 #3
Dec
1954
v7 #5
Jan

v7 #5A
Feb

v7 #6
Mar

v8 #1
Apr

v8 #2
May

v8 #3
Jun

v8 #4
Jul

v8 #5
Aug

v8 #6
Sep

v9 #1
Oct

v9 #2
Nov

v9 #3
Dec
1955
v9 #4
Jan

v9 #5
Feb

v9 #6
Mar

v10 #1
Apr

v10 #2
May

v10 #3
Jun

v10 #4
Jul

v10 #5
Aug

v10 #6
Sep

v11 #1
Oct

v11 #2
Nov
 
1956
v11 #3
Jan

v11 #4
Feb

v11 #5
Mar

v11 #6
Apr

v12 #1
May

v12 #2
Jun

v12 #3
Jul

v12 #4
Aug

v12 #5
Sep

v12 #6
Oct

v13 #1
Nov

v13 #2
Dec
1957
v13 #3
Jan

v13 #4
Feb

v13 #5
Mar

v13 #6
Apr

v14 #1
May

v14 #2
Jun

v14 #3
Jul

v14 #4
Aug

v14 #5
Sep

v14 #6
Oct

v15 #1
Nov

v15 #2
Dec
1958
v15 #3
Jan

v15 #4
Feb

v15 #5
Mar

v15 #6
Apr

v16 #1
May

v16 #2
Jun

v16 #3
Jul

v16 #4
Aug

v16 #5
Sep

v16 #6
Oct

v17 #1
Nov

v17 #2
Dec
1959  
v17 #3
Feb
 
v17 #4
Apr
 
v17 #5
Jun
 
v17 #6
Aug
 
v18 #1
Oct
 
v18 #2
Dec
1960  
v18 #3
Feb
 
v18 #4
Apr
 
v18 #5
Jun
 
v18 #6
Aug
 
v19 #1
Oct
 
v19 #2
Dec
1961  
v19 #3
Feb
 
v19 #4
Apr
 
v19 #5
Jun
 
v19 #6
Aug
 
v20 #1
Oct
 
v20 #2
Dec
1962  
v20 #3
Feb
 
v20 #4
Apr
 
v20 #5
Jun
 
v20 #6
Aug
 
v21 #1
Oct
 
v21 #2
Dec
1963  
v21 #3
Feb
 
v21 #4
Apr
 
v21 #5
Jun
 
v21 #6
Aug
 
v22 #1
Oct
 
v22 #2
Dec
1964  
v22 #3
Feb
 
v22 #4
Apr
 
v22 #5
Jun
 
v22 #6
Aug
 
v23 #1
Oct
 
v23 #2
Dec
1965  
v23 #3
Feb
 
v23 #4
Apr
 
v23 #5
Jun
 
v23 #6
Aug
 
v24 #1
Oct
 
v24 #2
Dec
1966  
v24 #3
Feb
 
v24 #4
Apr
 
v24 #5
Jun
 
v24 #6
Aug
 
v25 #1
Oct
 
v25 #2
Dec
1967  
v25 #3
Feb
 
v25 #4
Apr
 
v25 #5
Jun
 
v25 #6
Aug
 
v26 #1
Oct
 
v26 #2
Dec
1968  
v26 #3
Feb
 
v26 #4
Apr
 
v26 #5
Jun

v26 #6
Jul

v27 #1
Aug

v27 #2
Sep

v27 #3
Oct

v27 #4
Nov

v27 #5
Dec
1969
v27 #6
Jan

v28 #1
Feb

v28 #2
Mar

v28 #3
Apr

v28 #4
May
 
v28 #5
Jul

v28 #6
Aug

v29 #1
Sep

v29 #2
Oct

v29 #3
Nov

v29 #4
Dec
1970  
v29 #5
Feb

v29 #6
Mar

v30 #1
Apr

v30 #2
May

v30 #3
Jun

v30 #4
Jul

v30 #5
Aug/Sep

v30 #6
Oct/Nov

v31 #1
Dec
1971
v31 #2
Jan

v31 #3
Feb

v31 #4
Mar

v31 #5
Apr

v31 #6
May/Jun

v32 #1
Jul/Aug

v32 #2
Sep/Oct

v32 #3
Nov/Dec
1972
v32 #4
Jan/Feb

v32 #5
Mar/Apr

v32 #6
May/Jun

v33 #1
Jul/Aug

v33 #2
Sep/Oct

v33 #3
Nov/Dec
1973
v33 #4
Jan/Feb

v33 #5
Mar/Apr

v33 #6
May/Jun

v34 #7
Jul/Aug

v34 #8
Sep

v34 #1
Oct

v34 #2
Nov

v34 #3
Dec
1974
v34 #4
Jan

v34 #5
Feb

v34 #6
Mar

v34 #7
Apr

v35 #5
May

v35 #6
Jun

v35 #7
Jul

v35 #8
Aug

v35 #9
Sep

v35 #10
Oct

v35 #11
Nov

v35 #12
Dec
1975
v36 #1
Jan

v36 #2
Feb

v36 #3
Mar

v36 #4
Apr
 
v36 #5
Jun

v36 #6
Jul

v36 #7
Aug

v36 #8
Sep

v36 #9
Oct
   
1976
v37 #1
Jan

v37 #2
Feb

v37 #3
Mar
 
v37 #4
May
 
v37 #5
Jul
 
v37 #6
Sep

v37 #7
Oct

v37 #8
Nov

v37 #9
Dec
1977    
v38 #1
Mar

v38 #2
Apr

v38 #3
May

v38 #4
Jun

v38 #5
Jul

v38 #6
Aug

v38 #7
Sep

v38 #8
Oct

v38 #9
Nov

v39 #1
Dec
1978  
v39 #2
Feb

v39 #3
Mar

v39 #4
Apr

v39 #5
May

v39 #6
Jun
   
v39 #7
Sep
 
v39 #8
Nov/Dec
1979    
v39 #9
Mar/Apr
 
v39 #10
Jun
   
v39 #11
Sep/Oct
   
1980            
v40 #1
Jul
         
 
1994
v1 #1
Jan/Feb

v1 #2
Mar/Apr

v1 #3
May/Jun

v1 #4
Jul/Aug

v1 #5
Sep/Oct

v1 #6
Nov/Dec
1995
v2 #1, #7
Jan/Feb

v2 #2, #8
Mar/Apr
 
v2 #3, #9
Jul/Aug
   

Galaxy Science Fiction (variant covers)

1973                    
v3 #9
Nov
 
(UK edn)                    
#11
Nov
 

Galaxy Science Fiction Novels

1950
#1

#2
         
1951
#3

#4

#5

#6

#7
   
1952
#8

#9

#10

#11

#12
   
1953
#13

#14

#15

#16

#17

#18

#19
1954
#20

#21

#22

#23
     
1955
#24

#25
         
1956
#26

#27
         
1957
#28

#29

#30

#31

#32
   
1958
#33

#34

#35
       
1959
#36

#37

#38

#39
     
1960
#40

#41

#42

#43

#44
   
1961
#45

#46
         

Galaxy Science Fiction (UK)

1953
v3 #1

v3 #2

v3 #3

v3 #4
 
v3 #5
 
v3 #6

v3 #7

v3 #8

v3 #9
 
1954
v3 #10

v3 #11

v3 #12

#13

#14

#15

#16

#17

#18

#19

#20

#21
1955
#22

#23

#24

#25

#26

#27

#28

#29

#30

#31

#32

#33
1956
#34

#35

#36

#37

#38

#39

#40

#41

#42

#43

#44

#45
1957
#46

#47

#48

#49

#50

#51

#52

#53

#54

#55

#56

#57
1958
#58

#59

#60

#61

#62

#63

#64

#65

#66

#67

#68

#69
1959
#70

#71

#72
 
#73
 
#74
 
#75
 
#76
 
1960
#77
 
#78
 
#79
 
#80
 
#81
 
#82
 
1961
#83
 
#84
 
#85
 
#86
 
#87
 
#88
 
1962
#89

#90

#91

#92

#93

#94
 
1967
Jan/Feb

Mar/Apr

May/Jun

Jul/Aug

Sep/Oct
 
 
1969                
Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec
1970
Jan
 
Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug
       
 
1972    
#1
May/Jun

#2
Jul/Aug

#3
Sep/Oct

#4
Nov/Dec
1973
#5
Jan/Feb

#6
Mar/Apr

#7
May/Jun

#8
Jul/Aug

#9
Sep

#10
Oct

#11
Nov

#11
Dec
1974
#12
Jan

#12
Feb

#12
Mar

#14
Apr

#17
May

#18
Jun

#19
Jul

#20
Aug

#21
Sep

#22
Oct

#23
Nov

#24
Dec
1975
#25
Jan

#26
Feb