Famous Fantastic Mysteries/Fantastic Novels
Famous Fantastic Mysteries was a fantasy fiction magazine offering
reprints of scientific and fantastic classics from earlier decades. It
ran from 1939 to 1953 for a total of 81 issues.
Published by the Frank A. Munsey Company, the publication began with an
issue cover-dated September-October 1939, initially priced at 15 cents
and edited by Mary Gnaedinger. With the first issue featuring A.
Merritt's The Moon Pool and Ray Cummings' The Girl in the Golden Atom,
the first issue was a success, and the schedule then went from
bi-monthly to monthly. Virgil Finlay was the magazine's leading
illustrator.
A Canadian reprint edition was published during the 1950s.
Confronted with numerous requests for reprints, Gnaedinger launched
a spinoff magazine, Fantastic Novels, in June 1940.
It also had a Canadian reprint edition in the 1950s and a British reprint edition for 2 issues in 1950.
1939 |
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1940 |
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1941 |
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1942 |
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1943 |
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1944 |
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1945 |
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1946 |
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1947 |
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1948 |
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1949 |
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1950 |
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1951 |
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1952 |
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1953 |
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2016 |
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2017 |
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1948 |
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1949 |
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1950 |
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1951 |
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1952 |
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1940 |
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1941 |
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1948 |
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1949 |
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1950 |
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1951 |
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1948 |
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1950 |
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1951 |
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There were two undated issues in 1950 or thereabouts. One is unnumbered
and is a full reprint of the November 1949 (US) issue, while the other
is numbered as #1 and is a partial reprint of the May 1949 (US) issue.
The first is thought to have appeared first but doesn't list a
publisher, although it carries a Thorpe & Porter advert on the back,
while the second gives the publisher as "Pembertons (of Manchester)".
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