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• 2 • Editorial (OAK Leaves, V1n9) • essay by David Anthony Kraft
• 3 • Synopsis (The Swordsman of Mars) • short fiction by uncredited
• 3 • The Swordsman of Mars (The Serial vs. the Book Version) • essay by D. Jon Zimmerman
• 4 • The Swordsman of Mars, Chapter 1 • (1933) • short fiction by Otis Adelbert Kline
• 4 •  The Martian tried to throw and dodge at the same time • interior artwork by uncredited
• 15 • The Swordsman of Mars, Chapter XXII • (1933) • short fiction by Otis Adelbert Kline
• 17 • The Swordsman of Mars, Chapter XXIII • (1933) • short fiction by Otis Adelbert Kline
• 21 • The Swordsman of Mars: A Glossary • essay by David Anthony Kraft
• 24 • Otis Adelbert Kline: An Appreciation • essay by Vernell Coriell
• 25 •  The Swordsman of Mars Avalon cover • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller (variant of cover art for The Swordsman of Mars 1960)
• 25 •  The Swordsman of Mars Ace cover • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller (variant of cover art for The Swordsman of Mars 1961) [as by Emsh]
• 25 •  Harry Thorne, on a strange mission to the Red Planet, finds Martians masters of trickery as well as science • interior artwork by uncredited
• 26 •  Thorne struck, though he knew it would spell his doom • interior artwork by uncredited
• 26 •  The leathery neck was arched for the kill • interior artwork by uncredited
• 27 •  Thorne's horde swept upward to battle • interior artwork by uncredited
• 27 •  He spurted along the narrow ledge with Thaine on his shoulder • interior artwork by uncredited