Ballyhoo (Australia) [Winter (June? 1956)] (Atlas Publications of Melbourne, 1/6, 68pp, digest s/s)
cover: cartoon of two men in spaceship reading Burma Shave posters in space “When you ride / a magnetic wave / look your best / Burma Shave.” Blurbs: Special Chock Full of Space Issue / The World’s Funniest Magazine. Distributed by Gordon & Gotch. Details supplied by Denny Lien.
- ifc. · [fake ad for Ballyhoo’s Space Queen (pinup girl in spacesuit)] · Anon. · hu
- 3 · Table of Contents · Anon. · ms; blurb: This is Sirius!
- 4 · [fake ad for hotel, The Pluto Plaza] · Anon. · hu
- 5 · [fake ad for Lunar Luggage] · Anon. · hu
- 5-7 · Litter to the Editors · Anon. · lc; all spoof letters and names.
- 6 · [fake ad for Camp Hy-in-Sky] · Anon. · hu
- 7 · [fake ad for Martian Tourist Bureau] · Anon. · hu
- 8 · [fake ad for Stellar Spaceways travel bureau] · Anon. · hu
- 9-10 · The Ballyhoo Trophy · Anon. · hu; for “breaking the sound barrier”.
- 10 · [fake ads for Heavenrude Outboard Motor for saucers and for Crooks Tour] · Anon. · hu
- 11 · Space Platform Xz204c Does Not Answer · Anon. · vi
- 12,14 · Supersonic Heterodyne - Be My Cosmic Valentine · Paul C. Law · vi
- 13 · [cartoon - couple in UFO above earth quarelling about route] · Anon. · ct
- 15-16 · I Didn’t Planet That Way! · Donald A. Shaw · vi
- 16 · [fake ad for Saturn Junior Chamber of Commerce] · Anon. · hu
- 17 · [“damn the galactic asteroids—full speed ahead!”] · Bob Campbell · ct
- 18 · Let’s Build a Stereo Way to the Stars · Paul C. Law · vi
- 19 · [parents in spaceship with kid who has to “stop” at each planet] · Herb Green · ct
- 19-20 · Trouble by the Light Year · Parke Cummings · hu; idea for a space-age radio soap opera plot.
- 20 · [fake ad for Fathersill’s Mark VIII anti-spacesickness pill] · Anon. · hu
- 21 · Ghost Writers in the Sky · Paul C. Law · vi
- 22 · [fake ad on masking bad breath by wearing a space helmet] · Anon. · hu
- 23 · Commercial for the Atomic Age · Paul C. Law · hu
- 24-25 · Space Music: The Hit Parade of 2054 · Richard James · hu
- 25 · [“I fell for that Orson Welles trick ONCE.”] · Wesley Thompson · ct
- 26-29 · Watch Out, Mars, This Ship Is Loaded · Anon. · hu; newspaper columns from Luella Parsnips, Beater De Russos, Dame Eateth Lions, Saccandra.
- 27 · [fake ad for LUNA-C rocket line] · Anon. · ms
- 29 · Handy Guide to Martian Conversation · W. F. Miksch · hu
- 30-31 · It Was Written in the Stars—But Not Very Well · Paul C. Law · vi
- 31 · [hitchiker on motor scooter] · Jean Belvur, [?] · ct; not sf-related.
- 32 · A Martian by Any Other Name · Parke Cummings · hu
- 32 · [fake ad for Manny’s Moontel and Rocket Court] · Anon. · hu
- 33-36 · The Stratosphere Sun— · Anon. · hu; fake future newspaper.
- 37-39 · Classified Space · Anon. · hu; fake classified ads for paper.
- 40 · Read All Questions Carefully · Parke Cummings · hu; fake space quiz.
- 41 · [upside down pinup girl photo; blurb Ballyhoo Gets Back to Earth] · Anon. · ms
- [from here on, only some of the cartoons retain a space theme; all the written text is mundane humor]
- 42-44 · The Missing Cheque in Reverse · Bill Majeski · ss
- 45 · [pudgy guy in spacesuit] · Al Kaufman · ct
- 46-47 · After Forty—What? · Dick Asbaugh · hu
- 47 · [sleeping man’s beard used as tickler by necking couple] · Leon · ct
- 48 · [wife finds husband on moon with alien girl] · Herbert Goldberg · ct
- 49 · All Change! · Parke Cummings · hu
- 50 · [moochers on park bench want to share newspaper] · Marku · ct
- 50 · How to View with Alarm · Anon. · hu
- 51 · [aliens to be offered Marilyn Monroe calendars] · W. A. Brown · ct
- 52 · [man on stretcher sticks up stretcher carriers] · Fred · ct
- 52-53 · You and Your Job · Robert Fontaine · hu
- 53 · [jealous husband shares rides behind wife on her skis] · Anon. · ct
- 54 · Golf Is Just a Matter of Course · Dick Emmons · hu
- 54 · [small skater loses his pants and skates] · Lassalvy, [?] · ct
- 55 · [guy in space helmet startled by paper airplane overhead] · Anon. · ct
- 56-58 · You’ve Got to Have a System · Anon. · hu
- 56 · [room painters use teeter-totter] · Paul · ct
- 57 · [reporter calls in story while fleeing armed thug] · Anon. · ct
- 58 · [bather’s umbrella matches pattern of his tent] · BIL · ct
- 59 · [father fed up with child chasing pet with hatchet] · Smythe · ct
- 60 · I’ve Been Sheared · Dick Emmons · hu
- 60 · [small bather wrings out his long beard] · [byline unreadable] · ct
- 61 · [couple on desert island, but she knows judo] · [byline unreadable] · ct
- 62,64,66 · Louder and Phonier · Anon. · hu; several short jokes.
- 63 · [real ad for Atlas’ “Science Fiction Library” (six titles)] · Anon. · ms
- 65 · [real ad for Atlas’ “Crime Library” (nine titles)] · Anon. · ms
- 66 · [real subscription form for Ballyhoo (“a magazinier magazine”)] · Anon. · ms
- ibc. · Ye Olde Fashioned Ballyhoo Almanacke for Ye June of Ye 1956 · Anon. · ms
- bc. · [real ad for Squire magazine] · Anon. · ms
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