Publication: Fantastic, July 1957

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Publication: Fantastic, July 1957Publication Record # 58301 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: Paul W. Fairman
Date: 1957-07-00
Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
Price:
$0.35^?$: US dollar
Pages: 132
Format:
digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
Type: MAGAZINE
Cover: Fantastic, July 1957 by Leo Summers
Notes: Vol 6, No 6. Cover illustrates "The Secret of Marracott Deep" (untitled in the magazine). 'Know Your Supermen' was previously credited to Ed Uchno but no justification was given for the credit. Cover is incorrectly credited to Edward Valigursky. See page 100 of August 1957 issue for apology.

Cover art supplied by Galactic Central

Editor Title: Fantastic - 1957 • [Fantastic] • (1957) • edited by Paul W. Fairman

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

3 • Editorial: Low Man on the Asteroid - "20 Million Miles to Earth" • [Editorial (Fantastic)] • essay by Paul W. Fairman
6 • The Secret of Marracott Deep • novella by Henry Slesar
53 • Change of Venue • short story by Richard Wilson
58 • Gas! • short story by Paul Dallas [as by Paul V. Dallas]
75 • Dark Miracle • short story by unknown [as by Ivar Jorgensen]
88 • Heads You Lose • short story by unknown [as by Gerald Vance]
96 • The Day Baseball Died • short story by Jim Cooper
110 • The Marriage Machine • short story by Henry Slesar [as by O. H. Leslie]
124 • According to You ... (Fantastic, July 1957) • essay by uncredited
128 • It Sounds Fantastic, But ... (Fantastic, July 1957) • essay by R. S. Craggs
129 • Know Your Supermen • essay by uncredited

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