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Fantastic [v2 #6, Nov./Dec. 1953] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Vernon Kramer)

4 · Let’s Do It for Love · Robert Bloch · ss
22 · Never Mind a Martian [Reggie] · William P. McGivern · nv
46 · What a Man Believes · Robert Sheckley · ss
54 · From This Dark Mind · Rog Phillips · ss
70 · A Portfolio · Gyula Zilzer · pi
74 · The Chase · Bill Peters · nv
95 · The Wrong People · Ralph Robin · ss
103 · The Siren Sounds at Midnight · Frank M. Robinson · ss
110 · Methuselah, Ltd. · Wallace West & Richard Barr · nv

Fantastic [v3 #1, Jan./Feb. 1954] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Vernon Kramer)

6 · The Dwarf · Ray Bradbury · ss
18 · Scream at Sea · Algis Budrys · ss
27 · The Will · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss
42 · The Disenchanted · Wallace West & John Hillyard · nv
60 · Wish It Away · Frank Freeman · vi
63 · The Good Dog · Jerome Bixby · ss
70 · A Portfolio · Ernest Schroeder · pi
74 · The Odyssey of Henry Thistle · Vern Fearing · nv
95 · Mr. Dittman’s Monsters · William P. McGivern · ss
102 · A Nice Thing to Know · Sam Merwin · ss
117 · The Sisters · Gordon Schendel · nv

Fantastic [v3 #2, April 1954] ed. Howard Browne (Ziff-Davis, 35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Augusto Marin)
Paul Fairman, Mng. Ed. Details supplied by Todd Mason.

1 · [cover vignette] · Augusto Marin · il
2 · A Portfolio · Louis Priscilla · pi; sketches.
4 · According to You · [The Readers] · lc; [the first in Fantastic? and a pretty pseudonymous-sounding bunch].
_4 · [letter] · Miller T. Ransome · lt
_4 · [letter] · Ralph Petori · lt
_4 · [letter] · G. L. Smith · lt
_4 · [letter] · Mrs. Laura Salk · lt
_4 · [letter] · Guy Kingman · lt
6 · The Letter · Doris E. Kaye · ss; illustrated by Ernest Schroeder
23 · [cartoon] · Gahan Wilson · ct
25 · Mr. Steinway · Robert Bloch · ss; illustrated by William Ashman
38 · The Young One · Jerome Bixby · nv; illustrated by Sanford Kossin
63 · One Foot in Yesterday · William Lindsay Gresham · ar; illustrated by William Ashman
68 · [cartoon] · Hanna · ct
70 · A Portfolio · Louis Priscilla · pi
75 · Beware the Fury · Theodore Sturgeon · nv; (aka “Extrapolation,” author’s title).; illustrated by Louis Priscilla
79 · “Could you direct me to the Vampire State Building?” · Frosty · ct
95 · The Moon and Nonsense [Reggie] · William P. McGivern · nv; illustrated by Louis Priscilla
101 · “Sorry, Sir—no browsing in the occult section” · Gahan Wilson · ct
114 · “No, no, Smithers! I said get me Rosenbaum!” · Anon. · ct
116 · Anything to Declare? · Naille Wilde · ss; illustrated, uncredited
127 · “That surrealist stuff bores me” · Carl Geren · ct

Fantastic [v3 #3, June 1954] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Ernest Schroeder)

6 · The Candles · Robert K. White · ss
19 · The Hungry · Robert Sheckley · ss
24 · The Vicar and the Devilkin · J. Munro MacLennan · ss
34 · The Curious Child · Richard Matheson · ss
44 · Death’s Bright Angel · Lawrence Chandler · ss
53 · You’ll Never Know · Vern Fearing · vi
56 · Target: Time · William Lindsay Gresham · ar
64 · Woman Driver · Randall Garrett · nv
104 · The Wasp · Richard Wilson · ss
116 · The Holes · Michael Shaara · ss
126 · Cat’s Cradle · Louis Este · ss

Fantastic [v3 #4, August 1954] (35¢, 132pp, digest)

6 · Boil One Cat · Lysander Kemp · ss
18 · You Can Live Forever · Milton Lesser · nv
56 · For Little George · Jay B. Drexel · ss
64 · Trilley the Spoiler · Winston Marks · ss
77 · The Seventh Bottle · Ivar Jorgensen (by Howard Browne) · nv
106 · Dr. Schpritzer’s Island · Vern Fearing · nv

Fantastic [v3 #5, October 1954] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Ernie Barth)

6 · Cosmic Appetite · Milton Lesser · ss
21 · Nite File · Stan Baer · ss
37 · The Outlaws · Lee Priestley · ss
52 · The Murder-Con · Jerome Bixby · nv
93 · Minister Without Portfolio · Michael Fischer · ss
98 · The Yellow Needle · Gerald Vance · nv

Fantastic [v3 #6, December 1954] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Ralph Castenir)

6 · Water Cure · John Toland · na
56 · The Spidery Pied Pipers · Robert Moore Williams · ss
72 · The Courtship of 53 SHOTL 9 G · Niall Wilde · nv
92 · The Vicar of Skeleton Cove · Ivar Jorgensen · nv; given as by Lawrence Chandler on the cover and in the Table of Contents.
124 · The Appointment · Raymond Stark · ss

Fantastic [v4 #1, February 1955] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Henry Sharp)

6 · The Patty-Cake Mutiny · Winston Marks · nv
32 · The Gun · John Bernard Daley · nv
54 · The Day After Eternity · Lawrence Chandler · nv
87 · Ourselves of Yesterday · T. D. Hamm · vi
90 · While My Love Waits · Henry Still · ss
107 · Cross Index · Randall J. Ross · ss; given as by Randall T. Ross in the Table of Contents.
111 · End of the Line · Thomas N. Scortia · vi
114 · Love That Potion [Reggie] · William P. McGivern · ss

Fantastic [v4 #2, April 1955] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · The Eye and I · C. H. Thames · nv
36 · Gold Is Anywhere · Henry Still · ss
50 · Death Has Strong Hands · Lawrence Chandler · nv
72 · Silent Night · Lysander Kemp · ss
80 · The Still Waters · Joy Hall · ss
92 · Killer in the Crib · Richard Wilson · ss
111 · The Big Bluff · Milton Lesser · ss

Fantastic [v4 #3, June 1955] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · Beyond the Black Horizon · Paul W. Fairman · nv
48 · The Typewriter · J. J. Allerton · ss
66 · Too Tough to Bury · Ron Butler · ss
79 · For the Greater Good · P. F. Costello · ss
94 · The Killer Within · C. H. Thames · nv

Fantastic [v4 #4, August 1955] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · The Girl in Tube 14 · Dick Purcell · nv
40 · Come Tuesday · Winston Marks · ss
53 · Occupation Force · Frank Herbert · ss
58 · The Smashers · Paul W. Fairman · nv
96 · He Ran All the Way · Milton Lesser · nv

Fantastic [v4 #5, October 1955] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · Scavengers of Space · Clee Garson · nv
38 · Signal Thirty-Three · Lee Grant · nv
64 · What Number Are You Calling? · Ron Butler · nv
87 · Recruiting Officer · Alice Eleanor Jones · ss
102 · This Is My Son · Paul W. Fairman · nv

Fantastic [v4 #6, December 1955] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · All Walls Were Mist · Paul W. Fairman · nv
36 · “Madam, I Have Here—” · Ivar Jorgensen · ss
44 · The Man Who Read Minds · John Toland · ss
62 · He Took What He Wanted · C. H. Thames · nv
92 · Between Two Worlds · Milton Lesser · nv

Fantastic [v5 #1, February 1956] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · Black Blockade · Paul W. Fairman · na
52 · Quick Cure · Randall Garrett · ss
68 · The Sore Spot · Ivar Jorgensen · nv
90 · Mind Bet · George Julius · ss
96 · Leave It to Umpax · Eric Dean · nv

Fantastic [v5 #2, April 1956] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · The Monarch of Mars · John Pollard · na
53 · The Hero · Milton Lesser · ss
68 · The Rough Rock Road · E. K. Jarvis · na
116 · House of Toys · Karl Stanley · ss

Fantastic [v5 #3, June 1956] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · Conception: Zero · Gerald Vance · nv
44 · Dream Girl · Robert Silverberg · nv
66 · All Good Men · Milton Lesser · nv
88 · Everybody’s Watching You · C. H. Thames · nv
118 · Round Trip · Karl Stanley · ss

Fantastic [v5 #4, August 1956] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · Guardian of the Crystal Gate · Robert Silverberg · nv
32 · The Long Forgotten · Henry Still · ss
46 · O’ Captain, My Captain · Ivar Jorgensen (by Robert Silverberg) · ss
56 · Growing Pains · Robert Arnette · ss
72 · The Slow and the Dead · Robert Randall · nv
105 · Revolt of the Synthetics · Ralph Burke · ss

Fantastic [v5 #5, October 1956] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

8 · The Passionate Pitchman · Stephen Wilder · nv
46 · The Man Who Knew Everything · Randall Garrett · ss
60 · An Eye for the Ladies · Darius John Granger · ss
74 · Peter Merton’s Private Mint · Lee Archer · ss
88 · The Girl from Bodies, Inc. · Leonard G. Spencer · nv
120 · The Pint-Sized Genie · Kate Wilhelm · ss

Fantastic [v5 #6, December 1956] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · The Mummy Takes a Wife · Clyde Mitchell (by Randall Garrett & Robert Silverberg) · nv
23 · Death Rattle · O. H. Leslie · ss
28 · The Fifth Stone · Alfred Coppel · ss
46 · Coward’s Death · Ivar Jorgensen (by Henry Slesar) · ss
58 · Choke Chain · Robert Silverberg · nv
78 · The Chimp · Henry Slesar · ss
96 · Man of Many Bodies · Ralph Burke · ss

Fantastic [v6 #1, February 1957] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · Biddy and the Silver Man · E. K. Jarvis · nv
30 · World of Women · Harlan Ellison · nv
56 · The Mystery of Deneb IV · Robert Silverberg · ss
68 · Beauty Contest? · Henry Slesar · ss
81 · My Robot · O. H. Leslie · ss
86 · An Enemy of Peace · Ralph Burke · ss
99 · A Kiss for the Conqueror · Clyde Mitchell (by Henry Slesar) · ss

Fantastic [v6 #2, March 1957] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · The Goddess of World 21 · Henry Slesar · nv
47 · Forgotten World · Robert Silverberg · ss
58 · Citadel of Darkness · Ralph Burke · ss
78 · The Dead Companions · Stanley Mullen · ss
90 · Swords Against the Outworlders · Calvin Knox · nv
119 · Freak Show · Hall Thornton · ss

Fantastic [v6 #3, April 1957] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · The Vengeance of Kyvor [Part 1 of 2] · Randall Garrett · na
36 · A Night in Benny’s Bar · Wilmon Menard · ss
46 · Abe Lincoln—Android · O. H. Leslie · ss
66 · Bottle Baby · Henry Slesar · nv
99 · Graygortch · Don Wilcox · ss
121 · The Unemployed · Doris Greenberg · vi

Fantastic [v6 #4, May 1957] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · Satan Is My Ally · Harlan Ellison · nv
30 · The Metal Martyr · Henry Slesar · ss
46 · Monday Immortal · Ralph Burke · ss
60 · The Vengeance of Kyvor [Part 2 of 2] · Randall Garrett · na
88 · Hell’s Own Parlor · Paul Dallas · ss
104 · Mourners for Hire · Ellis Hart · ss

Fantastic [v6 #5, June 1957] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · A Pattern for Monsters · Randall Garrett · na
55 · Attic for Rent · Genevieve Haugen · ss
62 · Deadly Honeymoon · Adam Chase · ss
78 · Operation Female · Paul Dallas · ss
94 · The Secret of the Shan · Richard Greer (by Robert Silverberg & Randall Garrett) · ss
106 · And Then He Was Two · Ivar Jorgensen · ss

Fantastic [v6 #6, July 1957] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Leo Summers)

6 · The Secret of Marracott Deep · Henry Slesar · na
53 · Change of Venue · Richard Wilson · ss
58 · Gas! · Paul V. Dallas · ss
75 · Dark Miracle · Ivar Jorgensen · ss
88 · Heads You Lose · Gerald Vance · ss
96 · The Day Baseball Died · James Cooper · ss
110 · The Marriage Machine · O. H. Leslie · ss

Fantastic [v6 #7, August 1957] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · Coffin Run · Lee Correy · nv
34 · Call Me Zombie! · Robert Silverberg · ss
45 · Traveling Man · Henry Slesar · nv
70 · Inheritance · O. H. Leslie · ss
86 · Tailor-Made Killers · Ivar Jorgensen (by Henry Slesar) · ss
104 · Phoenix Treatment · Harlan Ellison · ss

Fantastic [v6 #8, September 1957] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · The Cave of Miracles · Harlan Ellison · nv
34 · A Home Among the Stars · E. K. Jarvis · ss
49 · The Breeder · P. F. Costello · ss
61 · Damn the Metal Moon · Ellis Hart · ss
72 · Saucer! Saucer! · Henry Slesar · ss
82 · The Exquisite Nudes · Adam Chase · nv

Fantastic [v6 #9, October 1957] (35¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Edward Valigursky)

6 · The Moon Stealers · E. K. Jarvis (by Harlan Ellison) · nv
32 · A World Called Vicious · James A. Cox · ss
46 · The Barbarian · G. L. Vandenburg · ss
60 · The Ugly Beauty · Genevieve Haugen · ss
74 · Operation Graveyard · Ivar Jorgensen · nv
100 · March of the Yellow Death · Ellis Hart · ss
125 · Scientific Mysteries: Weather - Servant or Master? · Leigh Marlowe · ar

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