Publication: Fantastic [UK], v1 #3

Publication: Fantastic [UK], v1 #3Publication Record # 547300 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: Howard Browne
Date: 1954-04-00
Publisher: Strato Publications
Price:
1/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: 132
Format:
pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
Type: MAGAZINE
Cover: Fantastic [UK], v1 #3 by Vernon Kramer (variant of Fantastic, January-February 1954)
Notes: Volume 1 Number 3. Date from Galactic Central. Content is from the January-February 1954 US issue with one story swapped. Artist credits from corresponding US issue (not always given). Note 35c price on cover.

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Editor Title: Fantastic [UK] - 1954 • [Fantastic [UK]] • (1954) • edited by Howard Browne

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2 • Love Is a Barometer • (1953) • short story by Del Molarsky
14 • Scream at Sea • (1954) • interior artwork by Ernie Barth
14 • Scream at Sea • (1954) • short story by Algis Budrys
22 • Cartoon: "Pardon me -- is this Venus?" • (1954) • interior artwork by Frosty
24 • The Will • (1954) • short story by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
26 • The Will • (1954) • interior artwork by Jay Landau [as by Landau]
40 • The Disenchanted • (1954) • interior artwork by Sanford Kossin
40 • The Disenchanted • (1954) • short story by John Hillyard and Wallace West
46 • Cartoon: "A trifle daring, don't you think?" • (1954) • interior artwork by Carl Geren
51 • Cartoon: no caption • (1954) • interior artwork by Gahan Wilson
55 • Cartoon: no caption • (1954) • interior artwork by De Persiis
58 • Wish It Away • (1954) • short story by Frank Freeman
59 • Wish It Away • (1954) • interior artwork by Augusto Marin
61 • The Good Dog • (1954) • short story by Jerome Bixby
63 • The Good Dog • (1954) • interior artwork by David Stone [as by D. Stone]
65 • Cartoon: "Okay---what wise guy put starch in my soup?" • (1954) • interior artwork by Carl Geren
68 • A Portfolio • (1954) • interior artwork by Ernest Schroeder
72 • The Odyssey of Henry Thistle • (1954) • novelette by Vern Fearing
72 • The Odyssey of Henry Thistle • (1954) • interior artwork by Sanford Kossin
94 • Mr. Dittman's Monsters • (1954) • short story by William P. McGivern
97 • Cartoon: "Spring positively does something to me, Miss Gorkle." • (1954) • interior artwork by De Persiis
102 • A Nice Thing to Know • (1954) • short fiction by Sam Merwin, Jr.
102 • A Nice Thing to Know • (1954) • interior artwork by Lee Teaford
111 • Cartoon: "Quick, Chauncey! The pilots' manual!" • (1954) • interior artwork by Vogel and wgr
117 • The Sisters • (1954) • short story by Gordon Schendel

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Publication: Fantastic [UK], v1 #3

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