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Planet Stories (UK) [#11, (July 1954)] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s, 1/-, 66pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the USA January 1954 issue. [PSP] · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Colliers Jun 28 ’52 · B-12’s Moon Glow · Charles A. Stearns · ss Planet Stories Jan ’54 · The Woman-Stealers of Thrayx · Fox B. Holden · nv Planet Stories Jan ’54 · Narakan Rifles, About Face! · Jan Smith · nv Planet Stories Jan ’54
Planet Stories (UK) [#12, (September 1954)] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s, 9d, 66pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the USA March 1954 issue. [PSP] 4 · The Man the Tech-Men Made · Fox B. Holden · na Planet Stories Mar ’54 40 · Sword of Tormain · Eric Storm · ss Planet Stories Mar ’54; illus. Emsh 55 · Mimsy’s Joke · Millard Grimes · ss Planet Stories Mar ’54 61 · The Galactic Ghost · Mack Reynolds · ss Planet Stories Mar ’54; illus. Lawrence Toromay
Planet Stories (UK) [n.d. (ca. 1955)] (Streamline Publications; London, 9d, 68pp, pulp) Reprints stories from the November 1952 Planet Stories. No date or number, but published after June 1954. [PSP] 2 · Captain Chaos · D. Allen Morrisey · ss Planet Stories Nov ’52 18 · The Conjuror of Venus · Conan T. Troy · nv Planet Stories Nov ’52 32 · A Planet Named Joe · S. A. Lombino · ss Planet Stories Nov ’52 41 · Shannach—the Last · Leigh Brackett · nv Planet Stories Nov ’52
Planet Stories (UK)
Planet Stories (UK) [(#1, 1955/1956)] ed. Anon. (Streamline Publications, 9d, 68pp, pulp) This issue is neither numbered nor dated, nor has any datable adverts, but is believed to be from 1955/56. Tuck lists this as #1 in the Pemberton’s series, but that is implausible given the date of the original issue. Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the November 1952 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie. 2 · Captain Chaos · D. Allen Morrissey · nv Planet Stories Nov ’52 18 · The Conjurer of Venus · Conan T. Troy · nv Planet Stories Nov ’52 32 · A Planet Named Joe · S. A. Lombino · ss Planet Stories Nov ’52 41 · Shannach—the Last · Leigh Brackett · nv Planet Stories Nov ’52
Playboy
Playboy [December 1953] (quarto) 22 · Introducing Sherlock Holmes [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss (r) 34 · A Horseman in the Sky · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Apr 14, 1889
Playboy [January 1954] (quarto)

22 · A Scandal in Bohemia [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Jul, 1891
32 · Bird of Prey · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine, New York: Viking, 1941
Playboy [February 1954] (quarto) 6 · New Cabin · Erskine Caldwell · ss, 1936 20 · The Adventure of the Copper Beeches [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Jun, 1892
Playboy [March 1954] (quarto)

6 · Fahrenheit 451 [Part 1 of 3] · Ray Bradbury · n. New York: Ballantine, 1953
12 · Medicine Man · Erskine Caldwell · ss Escapade Oct ’55
Playboy [April 1954] (quarto)

23 · Fahrenheit 451 [Part 2 of 3] · Ray Bradbury · n. New York: Ballantine, 1953
Playboy [May 1954] (quarto)

19 · Fahrenheit 451 [Part 3 of 3] · Ray Bradbury · n. New York: Ballantine, 1953
Playboy [June 1954] (quarto) 6 · A Woman of Fifty · William Somerset Maugham · ss (r)
Playboy [July 1954] (quarto) 21 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss Blue Book Nov ’07
Playboy [August 1954] (quarto)

19 · The Flying Machine · Ray Bradbury · ss The Golden Apples of the Sun, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1953
Playboy [September 1954] (quarto) 6 · Black Country · Charles Beaumont · ss 22 · Roll Out the Rolov! · Harry C. Crosby · ss Imagination Nov ’53
Playboy [October 1954] (quarto) 6 · Appearance and Reality · William Somerset Maugham · ss (r) 29 · Old West · Jack F. West · ss
Playboy [November 1954] (quarto) 7 · The Persistant Nude · Ernest Leogrande · ss 30 · August Afternoon · Erskine Caldwell · ss Esquire Aut ’33
Playboy [December 1954] (quarto) 7 · I’m Yours · Charles Schafhauser · ss
Playboy [January 1955] (quarto) 6 · The Concrete Mixer · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr ’49 10 · Carnival · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r) 13 · The Ears of Johnny Bear · John Steinbeck · ss Esquire
Playboy [February 1955] (quarto) 6 · A Change of Air · Ivan Gold · ss (r) 17 · The Most Horrible Story in the World [“The Most Horrible Story”] · John W. Jakes · ss Imagination Jan ’52
Playboy [March 1955] (quarto) There was no March 1955 issue.
Playboy [April 1955] (quarto) 6 · The Hunger · Charles Beaumont · ss 36 · A Tithe for Charity · P. G. Wodehouse · ss
Playboy [May 1955] (quarto) 6 · The Eighty-Yard Run · Irwin Shaw · ss 23 · Naked Lady · Mindret Lord · ss Weird Tales Sep ’34
Playboy [June 1955] (quarto) 6 · In the Cards · John Collier · ss, 1951 13 · Successful Love · Delmore Schwartz · ss
Playboy [July 1955] (quarto) 7 · Legend of the Crooked Coronet [“The Crooked Coronet”; Michael Wagstaffe] · Michael Arlen · ss The Strand Dec ’34 16 · Uncle Fred Flits By · P. G. Wodehouse · nv The Red Book Magazine Jul ’35 23 · A Steady, High-type Fellow · Herbert Gold · ss
Playboy [August 1955] (quarto) 6 · The Crooked Man · Charles Beaumont · ss
Playboy [September 1955] (quarto) 6 · The Closed Shop · William Somerset Maugham · ss Harper’s Bazaar Sep ’26 13 · Spy Story · Robert Sheckley · ss 25 · Mating Season · Charles Lee Robinson · ss
Playboy [October 1955] (quarto) 25 · The King · James Jones · ss 37 · The Taming of the Rake · Anson Mount · ss
Playboy [November 1955] (quarto) 10 · Burnt Toast · Mack Reynolds · ss 25 · All Married Women Are Bad, Yes? · Herbert Gold · ss 37 · Zip-Gun Boys on a Caper · Robert Turner · ss
Playboy [December 1955] (quarto) Information from EBAY auction.

· A Classic Affair · Charles Beaumont · ss
15 · The Next in Line · Ray Bradbury · nv Dark Carnival, Arkham House: Sauk City, WI, 1947
Playboy [January 1956] (quarto) 10 · Advice About Women · Erskine Caldwell · ss (r) 13 · Nunc Dimittis [“The Devious Bachelor”] · Roald Dahl · ss Colliers Sep 4 ’53 20 · Will for Nero · Rex Fabian · ss 33 · I Like Blondes · Robert Bloch · ss 41 · Love, the Healer · Herbert Gold · ss
Playboy [February 1956] (quarto) 10 · The Crack of Doom · Don Marquis · ss (r) 29 · Mary · John Collier · ss Harper’s Bazaar May ’39
Playboy [March 1956] (quarto) 12 · Couching at the Door · D. K. Broster · nv The Cornhill Magazine Dec ’33 17 · The First Night of Lent · Ray Bradbury · ss 47 · The Psychodynamist · Herbert Gold · ss
Playboy [April 1956] (quarto) 12 · The Cruise of the Aphrodite · H. E. Heckelmann · ss 31 · No More Gifts · Willard Marsh · ss 51 · Taste · Roald Dahl · ss New Yorker Dec 8 ’51
Playboy [May 1956] (quarto) 12 · The Splendid Source · Richard Matheson · ss 22 · The Shooting of Judge Price · Erskine Caldwell · ss 43 · The Monster Show · Charles Beaumont · ss
Playboy [June 1956] (quarto) Information from EBAY auction. 21 · The Darendinger Build-Up · William F. Nolan · ss 30 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Colliers Jun 28 ’52 52 · Last Gambit · Loring D. Mandel · ss
Playboy [July 1956] (quarto)

12 · The Deal · Alice Denham · ss Discovery #5, ed. Vance Bourjaily, Pocket, 1955
15 · The Truckdriver · Alberto Moravia · ss
61 · Nellthu · Anthony Boucher · vi F&SF Aug ’55
75 · A Liberal Darling · Anton Chekhov · ss
75 · Concerning the Drama · Anton Chekhov · ss
Playboy [August 1956] (quarto) Information from EBAY auction. 17 · Walk to the Station · Stanley Cooperman · ss 10 · You Can’t Have Them All · Charles Beaumont · ss 51 · Ad Lib Exit · Willard Marsh · ss
Playboy [September 1956] (quarto) 16 · Love, Incorporated · Robert Sheckley · ss 20 · The Doll · Hugh G. Foster · ss 69 · Get Out of My Life · John Wallace · ss
Playboy [October 1956] (quarto) 21 · The Right Kind of Pride · Herbert Gold · ss 30 · Put Them All Together, They Spell Monster · Ray Russell · ss 32 · Hospitality · Lesley Conger · ss 59 · A Pound of Flesh · Anson Mount · ss
Playboy [November 1956] (quarto) 20 · A Flourish of Strumpets · Richard Matheson · ss 32 · The Lover of the Coral Glades · Adrian Conan Doyle · ss 51 · The Flip Side · Charles Einstein · ss 73 · Falconry: Who Needs It? · P. G. Wodehouse · fa
Playboy [December 1956] (quarto) Information from EBAY auction. 20 · The Dark Music · Charles Beaumont · ss 37 · The Bitch in Heat · Robert Slater · ss 65 · The Hundred-Dollar Suicide · Henry Felsen · ss
Playboy [v 4 # 1, January 1957] (quarto) 16 · The Hustler · Walter S. Tevis · ss 26 · In a Season of Calm Weather · Ray Bradbury · ss 47 · The Mask and the Maiden · John Collier · ss
Playboy [v 4 # 2, February 1957] (quarto) 31 · The Traveling Salesman · Robert Bloch · ss 47 · The 44 Year Old Boy Disc-Jockey and the Sincere Type Songstress · Herbert Gold · ss 16 · A Second Father · Budd Schulberg · nv
Playboy [v 4 # 3, March 1957] (quarto)

16 · Night Ride · Charles Beaumont · ss
23 · The Decent Thing to Do · Dion Henderson · ss
34 · Sentence · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships, Dutton, 1954
34 · Daisies · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships, Dutton, 1954
34 · Politeness · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships, Dutton, 1954
Playboy [v 4 # 4, April 1957] (quarto) Information from EBAY auction. 18 · The Sergeant & the Slave Girl · T. K. Brown, III · ss 29 · All Through the Night · Nelson Algren · ss 47 · Victory Parade · Henry Slesar · ss
Playboy [v 4 # 5, May 1957] (quarto) Information from EBAY auction. 16 · Master of the Revels · Al Morgan · ss 47 · The Not Nice Guy · Herbert Gold · ss
Playboy [v 4 # 6, June 1957] (quarto) 17 · The Fly · George Langelaan · nv 26 · The Double Cross-up · T. K. Brown, III · ss

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