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Fantastic Universe

Fantastic Universe ran for 69 issues, from June 1953 to March 1960, under two different publishers. It was part of the explosion of science fiction magazine publishing in the 1950s in the United States, and was moderately successful, outlasting almost all the other magazines of the period. The main editors were Leo Margulies and Hans Stefan Santesson; under Santesson's tenure the quality declined somewhat, and the magazine became known for printing much UFO-related material.

1953          
v1 #1
Jun/Jul

v1 #2
Aug/Sep

v1 #3
Oct/Nov
 
1954
v1 #4
Jan
 
v1 #5
Mar
 
v1 #6
May
 
v2 #1
Jul
 
v2 #2
Sep

v2 #3
Oct

v2 #4
Nov

v2 #5
Dec
1955
v2 #6
Jan

v3 #1
Feb

v3 #2
Mar

v3 #3
Apr

v3 #4
May

v3 #5
Jun

v3 #6
Jul

v4 #1
Aug

v4 #2
Sep

v4 #3
Oct

v4 #4
Nov

v4 #5
Dec
1956
v4 #6
Jan

v5 #1
Feb

v5 #2
Mar

v5 #3
Apr

v5 #4
May

v5 #5
Jun

v5 #6
Jul

v6 #1
Aug

v6 #2
Sep

v6 #3
Oct

v6 #4
Nov

v6 #5
Dec
1957
v7 #1
Jan

v7 #2
Feb

v7 #3
Mar

v7 #4
Apr

v7 #5
May

v7 #6
Jun

v8 #1
Jul

v8 #2
Aug

v8 #3
Sep

v8 #4
Oct

v8 #5
Nov

v8 #6
Dec
1958
v9 #1
Jan

v9 #2
Feb

v9 #3
Mar

v9 #4
Apr

v9 #5
May

v9 #6
Jun

v10 #1
Jul

v10 #2
Aug

v10 #3
Sep

v10 #4
Oct

v10 #5
Nov
 
1959
v11 #1
Jan
 
v11 #2
Mar
 
v11 #3
May
 
v11 #4
Jul
 
v11 #5
Sep

v11 #6
Oct

v12 #1
Nov

v12 #2
Dec
1960
v12 #3
Jan

v12 #4
Feb

v12 #5
Mar