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• fep •  Homeward Bound • (1953) • interior artwork by Ed Valigursky
• 2 • A Chat with the Editor (If, November 1953) • [A Chat with the Editor (If)] • (1953) • essay by Larry T. Shaw
• 4 •  The Custodian • (1953) • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Kelly Freas]
• 5 • The Custodian • (1953) • novelette by William Tenn
• 24 • See No Evil • (1953) • short story by Dean McLaughlin
• 24 •  See No Evil • (1953) • interior artwork by Paul Orban
• 40 •  Where There's Hope • (1953) • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Kelly Freas]
• 41 • Where There's Hope • (1953) • short story by Jerome Bixby
• 46 •  Homo Inferior • (1953) • interior artwork by Rudolph Palais
• 47 • Homo Inferior • (1953) • novelette by Mari Wolf
• 85 • Trees Are Where You Find Them • (1953) • short story by Arthur Dekker Savage
• 85 •  Trees Are Where You Find Them • (1953) • interior artwork by Philip Parsons
• 91 • The Eyes Have It • (1953) • short story by James McKimmey, Jr.
• 91 •  The Eyes Have It • (1953) • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
• 99 • Personalities in Science: Hans Albrecht Bethe • [Personalities in Science] • (1953) • essay by uncredited
• 103 • I'll Kill You Tomorrow • (1953) • short story by Helen Huber
• 103 •  I'll Kill You Tomorrow • (1953) • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Kelly Freas]
• 110 •  Turning Point • (1953) • interior artwork by Philip Parsons
• 111 • Turning Point • (1953) • short story by Alfred Coppel
• 123 • Science Briefs (If, November 1953) • (1953) • essay by uncredited
• bep •  Engines On • (1953) • interior artwork by Ed Valigursky