• Publication: Psychotic, September-October 1954Publication Record # 855712 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
• Editor: Richard E. Geis
• Date: 1954-09-00
• Publisher: Richard E. Geis
• Price:
  $0.20^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
• Pages: [52]
• Format:
  quarto^?8.5" by 11" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
• Type: FANZINE
• Cover: Psychotic, September-October 1954 by Dave Rike
• Notes: Information from Science Fiction Review. Mimeographed, no covers, side-stapled. Pages not numbered. The book reviews are in a column titled "The Psycho-Analyst". "The Observation Room" is a review of fanzines. "Section 8" is letters. Art credited on the TOC. This is the first issue of Psychotic with a TOC.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

•  Psychotic, September-October 1954 • interior artwork by Richard Bergeron and Jim Bradley and Bill Dignin and Robert Kellogg and Charles Wells [as by Richard Bergeron and Jim Bradley and Bill Dignin and Bob Kellogg and Charles Wells]
• [3] • The Leather Couch (Psychotic, September-October 1954) • essay by Richard E. Geis
• [6] • The Padded Cell (Psychotic, September-October 1954) • essay by Vernon L. McCain
• [12] • Third Leg Theme • poem by Richard E. Geis
• [13] • A Bit of Hebephrenia • essay by Richard E. Geis
• [14] • The "Incident" Revisited • essay by Harlan Ellison
• [19] • The Observation Ward (Psychotic, September-October 1954) • essay by Richard E. Geis
• [26] • A New Brand • poem by Dennis Murphy
• [27] • The Dark Others • poem by Isabella Dinwiddie
• [28] •   Review: Jack of Eagles by James Blish • review by Noah W. McLeod
• [29] •   Review: Brain Wave by Poul Anderson • review by Noah W. McLeod
• [32] • Homecoming • short story by Terry Carr
• [34] • Section 8 • essay by Richard E. Geis
• [34] •  Letter to Psychotic, September-October 1954 • essay by Wilson Tucker [as by Bob Tucker]
• [36] •  Letter to Psychotic, September-October 1954 • essay by Dave Rike
• [38] •  Letter to Psychotic, September-October 1954 • essay by Redd Boggs
• [39] •  Letter to Psychotic, September-October 1954 • essay by Howard Lyons
• [40] •  Letter to Psychotic, September-October 1954 • [Letters: Robert Bloch] • essay by Robert Bloch
• [40] •  Letter to Psychotic, September-October 1954 • essay by Richard Bergeron
• [41] •  Letter to Psychotic, September-October 1954 • essay by Ron Ellik
• [41] •  Letter to Psychotic, September-October 1954 • essay by Dean A. Grennell
• [42] •  Letter to Psychotic, September-October 1954 • essay by Charles Wells
• [43] •  Letter to Psychotic, September-October 1954 • essay by Fred Chappell
• [44] •  Letter to Psychotic, September-October 1954 (2) • essay by Wilson Tucker [as by Bob Tucker]
• [45] •  Letter to Psychotic, September-October 1954 • essay by Harry Warner, Jr.
• [45] •  Letter to Psychotic, September-October 1954 • essay by Peter Graham
• [47] • The Reason Why • essay by Lynn Hickman
• [51] • 2nd Session (September-October 1954) • essay by Richard E. Geis