Assorted Sci-Fi Magazines: Collection 10 (UK & USA: 5 issues)

An assortment of five sci-fi and fantasy magazines including:

Futuristic Science Stories: #6 (April 1952). ''Futuristic Science Stories was one of four almost identical low-quality sf magazines published by Spencer in the 1950s; the others were Tales of Tomorrow, Wonders of the Spaceways and Worlds of Fantasy. Futuristic published some of the most dire of all British sf of the early 1950s, but it also published the first stories by Lan Wright and Lionel Fanthorpe, both in issue no 6 (January 1952). The magazine attracts collectors chiefly because it is so awful'' (Encyclopedia of SF/4th Edition). Includes 'Out Of The Past' by L. V. Heald, 'Worlds Without End' by Lionel Roberts, 'Heritage' by Law Wright, 'Sirius Rampant' by T. W. Wade & 'The Legacy' by Jerome Strickland.

Super-Science Fiction: Vol. 2, #2 (February 1958). Super-Science Fiction was an American digest science fiction magazine published from 1956 to 1959, edited by W. W. Scott and published by Feature Publications. Robert Silverberg and Harlan Ellison.

Includes 'Worlds Of Origin' by Jack Vance, 'Prison Planet' by Robert Silverberg, 'Secret Weapon' by Arthur Zirul, 'The Red, Singing Sands' by Koller Ernst, 'The Happy Sleepers' by Calvin M. Knox, 'The Old Timer' by Richard R. Smith & 'Time Travel Inc.' by Robert F. Young.

Features a cover by Frank Kelly Freas. With a career spanning more than 50 years, he was known as the "Dean of Science Fiction Artists" and he was the second artist inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.

British Space Fiction Magazine: Vol. 2, #5 (October 1955). ''Vargo Statten Science Fiction Magazine owed its existence to the success of Scion's paperback-book line, which included many sf novels written by John Russell Fearn writing as ''Vargo Statten''. Only the first five issues had ''Vargo Statten'' in the title - it was renamed The British Science Fiction Magazine for issues 6 - 12, then retitled again as The British Space Fiction Magazine for issues 13 - 19.

Includes writing by: Vargo Satten, Douglas Dodd, Barrington J. Bayley, Dan F. Seeson, Harry Cohn, M. M. Commander, H. M. Carstairs & Clifford Searle.

Features cover art by Ronald Turner, a British illustrator and comic book artist.

The American Mercury: Vol. 61, #260 (August 1945). The American Mercury was an American magazine published from 1924 to 1981. It was founded as the brainchild of H. L. Mencken and drama critic George Jean Nathan. The magazine featured writing by some of the most important writers in the United States through the 1920s and 1930s.

Includes writing by: Henry Steele Commager, Willard Waller, Alson J. Smith, John D. Hill, George Jean Nathan, Stewart H. Holbrook, Aiken Welch, William Henry Chamberlin, Jerome Mellquist, Raymond Vernon, Alan Devoe, Lyle Owen, Ray Bradbury, Thomas M. Johnson, Leona Ames Hill, Mary Poole, Robert P. Tristram Coffin & Charles Angoff.

Features cover art by Albert Hirschfeld, an American caricaturist best known for his black and white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars in which he hid the name of his daughter Nina after her birth in 1945.

Space Adventures (Classics): #10 (Spring 1970). Fantastic Adventures was an American pulp fantasy and science fiction magazine, published from 1939 to 1953 by Ziff-Davis. It was initially edited by Raymond A. Palmer, who was also the editor of Amazing Stories, Ziff-Davis's other science fiction title. In 1965, Sol Cohen acquired both Amazing Stories and Fantastic from Ziff-Davis, along with reprint rights to all the stories that had appeared in the Ziff-Davis science fiction magazines, including Fantastic Adventures. Cohen published multiple reprint titles, and frequently reprinted stories from Fantastic Adventures. This magazine was essentially a reprint of Fantastic Adventures from January, 1951.

Includes writing by: Henry Kuttner, Ross Rocklynne, Burt B. Listen, J. J. Allerton, H. B. Hickey, Don Wilcox & Thornton Ayre.

Includes cover art by Robert Gibson Jones, who, in addition to covers for their non-genre titles like Mammoth Adventure, Mammoth Detective, and Mammoth Western, Jones painted 90 covers for Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures; later in the 1950s, he painted covers for Universe Science Fiction, Other Worlds, and Mystic Magazine.

Five issues in Good - Excellent condition.

(Out of Print)
Format: Soft Cover
Size: 5" x 8" (130mm x 200mm)
Condition: VG - Very Good
Code: ASSORTEDSF10