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Fantastic Universe [v3 #2, March 1955] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Alex Schomburg)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Frank Belknap Long · vi
4 · Meet Miss Universe · Jack Vance · ss
22 · Just for Tonight · Russ Winterbotham · ss
27 · Thing · Ivan Janvier · ss
35 · Action—Reaction [Dr. Gale] · F. B. Bryning · ss The Australian Magazine Jun 1952
43 · Jack the Giant Killer · Bryce Walton · ss
58 · The Big Jump · Evelyn E. Smith · ss
74 · Brave New Strain · Lee Priestley · ss
82 · The Sixth Season · Jacques Jean Ferrat · ss
92 · Assassin · Algis Budrys · ss
102 · They Are the Possessed · Irving E. Cox, Jr. · ss
117 · Exiles of Tomorrow · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ss
123 · Translation · James Blish · ss

Fantastic Universe [v3 #3, April 1955] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Kelly Freas)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Frank Belknap Long · vi
4 · Just Around the Corner · William Scarff · nv
30 · Miracle in the Moluccas · F. B. Bryning · ss Pocket Book Weekly Storyteller Apr 8 1950
39 · Who? · Algis Budrys · ss
49 · The Quality of Mercy · Robert F. Young · ss
59 · Life, Incorporated · Alice Eleanor Jones · ss
75 · Witch Hunt · Len Guttridge · ss
81 · The Visitor from Space · J. Harvey Haggard · ss
89 · Bye Bye, Mindy · Milton Lesser · ss
99 · A Rite for Stalek · Dorothy Madlé · ss
109 · Arrival at Anxiety · Jerome Bishop · ss
114 · Thunderbolt · John A. Sentry · ss
119 · The Hollywood Habit · William Morrison · ss
125 · Devil Play · Nathaniel Norsen Weinreb · ss

Fantastic Universe [v3 #4, May 1955] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Mel Hunter)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Frank Belknap Long · vi
4 · The White Rain Came [Lynn Fenlay] · Jacques Jean Ferrat · nv
41 · Flight from New Mu [Septimus Spink] · Joe Archibald · ss
52 · Space Doctor’s Orders [Dr. Gale] · F. B. Bryning · ss The Australian Magazine Jan 1953
60 · Terror in the Stars · John A. Sentry · ss
72 · Incident · Thomas J. O’Hara · vi
76 · Genus: Little Monster · R. E. Banks · ss
89 · The Huntress · Richard R. Smith · ss
94 · The Shark · Ivan Janvier · ss
102 · All Were Monsters · Manly Wade Wellman · ss
108 · Paradise Preserved · Dal Stivens · ss
114 · Inferiority Complex · Evan Hunter · vi
118 · The Loneliest Town · Max Dancey · vi
122 · Pink Grass Planet · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss

Fantastic Universe [v3 #5, June 1955] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Kelly Freas)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Frank Belknap Long · vi
4 · The Riddle of Ragnarok · Theodore Sturgeon (with Don Ward) · ss; given as “The Riddle of Ragnorak” on the cover and in the Table of Contents.
19 · In the Still Waters · Lester del Rey · nv
38 · The Grown-Up People’s Feet · Robert F. Young · vi
41 · The Last Trump · Isaac Asimov · ss
55 · Miss Quatro · Alice Eleanor Jones · ss
64 · Exchange · Robert Epstein · ss
70 · Teragram · Evelyn E. Smith · ss
77 · The Mech Fighter · Stuart McIver · ss
86 · Pass the Oxygen · F. B. Bryning · ss Future Science Fiction (Australia) v1 #5 1954
94 · The Soldier from the Stars · Poul Anderson · nv
116 · Hiding Place · William Morrison · ss
125 · The Deep Hole to China · Robert Sheckley · ss

Fantastic Universe [v3 #6, July 1955] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Mel Hunter)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Frank Belknap Long · vi
4 · The Man from the Flying Saucer · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv
27 · A Surface Raid · Philip K. Dick · ss
44 · A Lady in Satin · Irving E. Cox, Jr. · ss
59 · Honeymoon on Dlecka · Murray Leinster · ss
72 · Coming Generation [Elizabeth Buckley] · F. B. Bryning · ss The Australian Magazine Oct 5 1954, as “The Gambler”
82 · The Egg and the Professor · William A. Burns · ss
96 · As a Viking Should · Sam Carson · ss
110 · Proof · Eric Frank Russell · ss
117 · Rebirth · Frank Belknap Long · ss
123 · The Man Who Could Go Away · Ray Cummings · ss
127 · Moving with the Times · Dal Stivens · vi

Fantastic Universe [v4 #1, August 1955] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Kelly Freas)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Frank Belknap Long · vi
4 · Epidemic on Venus · Ed M. Clinton, Jr. · nv
32 · Free Will · Dal Stivens · ss Science Fantasy #12 1955
36 · Operation Triplan · Mack Reynolds · ss
49 · Fresh Pastures · Garnett Radcliffe · ss
55 · The Advantages Are Tremendous · Curtis W. Casewit · ss
64 · A New World · Richard R. Smith · ss
76 · The Good Husband · Evelyn E. Smith · vi
79 · Escape Mechanism · Arthur Sellings · ss
89 · Grand Rounds · Alan E. Nourse · ss
102 · Homesick Lane · Norman Arkawy & Stanley Henig · ss
108 · Crazy, Mixed-Up Planet · Charles E. Fritch · nv
126 · Homecoming · J. Harvey Haggard · vi

Fantastic Universe [v4 #2, September 1955] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Mel Hunter)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Frank Belknap Long · vi
4 · The Cartels Jungle · Irving E. Cox, Jr. · nv
38 · The Long Voyage · Carl Jacobi · ss
52 · Mission from Space · Charles Eric Maine · ss
59 · Houlihan’s Equation · Walt Sheldon · ss
67 · The Doorway · Evelyn E. Smith · ss
72 · The Undiscovered Country · Algis Budrys · ss
88 · Rescue Squad · Thomas J. O’Hara · ss
99 · Operation Earthworm [Septimus Spink] · Joe Archibald · ss
112 · The Hoofer · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss
121 · The Sun Hunters · Joe L. Hensley · ss

Fantastic Universe [v4 #3, October 1955] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Kelly Freas)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Frank Belknap Long · vi
4 · Star-Flight · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv
30 · The Nostopath · Bryce Walton · ss
43 · An Apartment for Rent · Ruth Sterling · ss
48 · Rafferty’s Reasons · Frederik Pohl · ss
60 · Hawks Over Shem [Conan] · Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp · nv; rewritten by de Camp from “Hawks Over Egypt”
86 · Pink Fluff · Craig Rice · ss
99 · Run Around the Moon · Matt Carter · ss
114 · You Created Us · Tom Godwin · ss
125 · Weather Prediction · Evelyn E. Smith · ss

Fantastic Universe [v4 #4, November 1955] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Mel Hunter)

4 · So Near the Darkness · Theodore Sturgeon · nv
30 · Back to Normal · Richard Stockham · nv
50 · The First Sweet Sleep of Night · Robert F. Young · ss
61 · Final Exam · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss
68 · Device for Decadence · Ethel G. Lewis · ss
77 · Infant Prodigy [Elizabeth Buckley] · F. B. Bryning · ss
88 · The Magnificent Profession [Saddle & Spardleton] · Leonard Lockhard · ss
105 · The Elephant Hound · Charles W. Price, Jr. · ss
119 · Replay · Dal Stivens · vi
121 · Wild Flower · John Wyndham · ss

Fantastic Universe [v4 #5, December 1955] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Mel Hunter)

3 · The Story Behind the Cover... · Frank Belknap Long · vi
4 · Conan, Man of Destiny [Conan] · Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp · nv; rewritten by de Camp from a non-fantasy story by Howard.
29 · The Entity · Arthur Porges · ss
34 · The Conquerors · Ed M. Clinton, Jr. · ss
46 · The Quetenestel Towers · Robert F. Young · ss
53 · When Blindness Strikes · Winston Marks · ss
58 · The Mental Coin · Richard R. Smith · nv
82 · Jukebox · Arthur Sellings · ss
90 · Consultant Diagnostician [Elizabeth Buckley] · F. B. Bryning · ss
102 · Picture That! · Norman Arkawy · ss
109 · Floyd and the Eumenides · Evelyn E. Smith · ss

Fantastic Universe [v4 #6, January 1956] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Emsh)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Frank Belknap Long · vi
4 · The Minority Report · Philip K. Dick · nv
37 · The Head Hunters · William Morrison & Frederik Pohl · ss
54 · Wednesday’s Child · William Tenn · ss
71 · The Last Quarry · Bryce Walton · ss
82 · Keepers of the House · Lester del Rey · ss
94 · Life Force · Benjamin Ferris · ss
103 · The Nothing · Frank Herbert · ss
112 · You Got to Have Brains · Robert Bloch · ss
122 · Preview · Frank Belknap Long · vi
125 · Universe in Books · Hans Stefan Santesson · rc
_125 · Inside the Space Ships, by George Adamski · Hans Stefan Santesson · br
_126 · Happy Returns, by Manning Coles · Hans Stefan Santesson · br
_126 · The End of Eternity, by Isaac Asimov · Hans Stefan Santesson · br
_127 · Martians, Go Home, by Fredric Brown · Hans Stefan Santesson · br
_127 · The Rocket Pioneers, by Samuel Epstein & Beryl Williams · Hans Stefan Santesson · br
_128 · Another Kind, by Chad Oliver · Hans Stefan Santesson · br
_128 · The October Country, by Ray Bradbury · Hans Stefan Santesson · br

Fantastic Universe [v5 #1, February 1956] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Kelly Freas)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Frank Belknap Long · vi
4 · The End of the Journey · Edmund Cooper · ss
22 · Grandma’s Lie Soap · Robert Abernathy · ss
38 · Shades of Davy Crockett · Theodore Pratt · ss
45 · The Man Who Had Spiders · Roger Dee · ss
54 · Passage to Anywhere · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv
76 · The Vapor Horn · Ethel G. Lewis · ss
85 · A Woman’s Right · Robert Silverberg · ss
96 · For Men Must Work— · F. B. Bryning · ss The Australian Journal Aug 1955
114 · Young Man with a Trumpet · Frank Belknap Long · vi
117 · The Cybernetic Kid · John Jakes · ss

Fantastic Universe [v5 #2, March 1956] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Mel Hunter)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Frank Belknap Long · vi
4 · The Assistant Self · F. L. Wallace · nv
40 · The Other Kids · Robert F. Young · ss
44 · Justice · J. F. Hutton · ss
51 · The Vidiot · Ib Melchior · ss
59 · The Forerunners · Norman Arkawy & Stanley Henig · ss
70 · Death Between the Stars · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ss
84 · The Skag Castle · Robert Sheckley · nv
105 · Memorium · Basil Wells · ss
110 · Testing · Jacques Jean Ferrat · ss
124 · Vacation on Earth · Richard E. Lowe · ss

Fantastic Universe [v5 #3, April 1956] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Kelly Freas)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Frank Belknap Long · vi
4 · The Lair of the Phoenix · Stanley Mullen · nv
41 · Second Sight · Alan E. Nourse · ss
52 · Meet Miss Solar System · Milton Lesser · ss
65 · On the Average · Frank B. Bryning · ss Forerunner Aut 1953
75 · The Spectacles · Frank Belknap Long · vi
77 · Seed of Tomorrow · Sam Carson · ss
86 · The Neurotic Rose [C.P. Ransom] · H. Nearing, Jr. · ss
98 · The Ninety-Minute War · Richard E. Lowe · ss
109 · Sole Solution · Eric Frank Russell · vi
112 · The Blood-Stained God [Conan] · Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp · ss Tales of Conan, Gnome 1955; rewritten by de Camp from “The Curse of the Crimson God”.

Fantastic Universe [v5 #4, May 1956] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Emsh)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Frank Belknap Long · vi
4 · The Ivory Tower · Milton Lesser · nv
39 · Show Your Might · Richard Wilson · vi
42 · The Strength of Ten · Algis Budrys · ss
50 · The Trespassers · Edward Ludwig · ss
62 · Enough Is Enough · J. Anthony Ferlaine · ss
66 · The Bloodless Laws · Henry Slesar · ss
80 · Satan on Holiday [Satan on Earth] · Ralph Bennitt · ss
97 · Hell Fire · Isaac Asimov · vi
100 · A Question of Time · Edmund Cooper · nv

Fantastic Universe [v5 #5, June 1956] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Emsh)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Frank Belknap Long · vi
4 · The Mechanical Man · Algis Budrys · nv
35 · Reaching for the Stars · Sydney J. Bounds · ss
44 · Blind Lightning · Harlan Ellison · ss
57 · The Triangulated Izaak Walton · Mack Reynolds · ss
66 · Lights Out for Rosalie · Ethel Lewis · ss
73 · The Laugh · Robert Abernathy · ss
80 · Snowstorm on Mars [Lynn Fenlay] · Jacques Jean Ferrat · nv
106 · Eau de Morgue · Arthur T. Harris · ss
112 · The Gay-Hearted Jay · Dal Stivens · vi
115 · The Death Wish · Margaret St. Clair · ss

Fantastic Universe [v5 #6, July 1956] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Ed Moritz)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Frank Belknap Long · vi
4 · The Thinking Machine · Raymond F. Jones · nv
29 · Requiem in Granite · Robert F. Young · ss
34 · Founding Fathers · Robert Bloch · ss
50 · The Winner and New... · Ib Melchior · ss
55 · Peace in the Wilderness · Marion Zimmer Bradley · nv
80 · The Movie-Makers · Henry Slesar · ss
94 · The Rewrite Man · Ward Moore · ss
110 · Absolutely Inflexible · Robert Silverberg · ss
121 · The Humming Cloud · Eric Clausen · ss

Fantastic Universe [v6 #1, August 1956] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Ed Moritz)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Frank Belknap Long · vi
4 · So Bright the Vision · Clifford D. Simak · nv
42 · The Robot Carpenter · Frank B. Bryning · ss
54 · Attack from Within · Burton Crane · nv
79 · Fair Exchange · Mack Reynolds · vi
81 · The Far-Off Stars · Ruth Sterling · ss
85 · The Only Conqueror · Norman Arkawy · ss
94 · Room for Improvement · Mann Rubin · ss
102 · Hail to the King · Edward W. Ludwig · vi
106 · The Voiceless Sentinels · Roger Dee · ss
117 · The Macauley Circuit · Robert Silverberg · ss

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