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Planet Stories (UK) [#2, (August 1950)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 64pp+, pulp)
Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the Spring 1950 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie.

2 · The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears · Keith Bennett · nv Planet Stories Spr 1950
20 · Flame-Jewel of the Ancients · Edwin L. Graber · na Planet Stories Spr 1950
48 · Forever and the Earth · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Spr 1950
55 · Madmen of Mars · Erik Fennel · ss Planet Stories Spr 1950

Planet Stories (UK) [#3, (January 1951)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, 64pp+, pulp)
Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the Summer 1950 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie.

2 · Warrior Maid of Mars · Alfred Coppel · nv Planet Stories Sum 1950
22 · Flowering Evil · Margaret St. Clair · ss Planet Stories Sum 1950
26 · Death-by-Rain · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Sum 1950
32 · Collision Orbit · Clyde Beck · nv Planet Stories Sum 1950
43 · Alpha Say, Beta Do · Alfred E. Maxwell · ss Planet Stories Sum 1950
50 · Moon of Treason · Emmett McDowell · ss Planet Stories Sum 1950
62 · Unwelcome Tenant · Roger Dee · ss Planet Stories Sum 1950

Planet Stories (UK) [#4, (May 1951)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, 64pp+, pulp)
Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the January 1951 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie.

4 · Witch of the Demon Seas · A. A. Craig · nv Planet Stories Jan 1951
36 · Tiger by the Tail [Dominic Flandry] · Poul Anderson · nv Planet Stories Jan 1951
53 · Task to Luna · Alfred Coppel · ss Planet Stories Jan 1951
56 · Poison Planet · William Oberfield · ss Planet Stories Jan 1951
65 · Guest Expert · Allen K. Lang · vi Planet Stories Jan 1951

Planet Stories (UK) [#5, (July 1951)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, 68pp, pulp)
Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the Fall 1950 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie.

4 · The Rebel of Valkyr · Alfred Coppel · nv Planet Stories Fll 1950
29 · Star Ship [Psychotechnic League] · Poul Anderson · nv Planet Stories Fll 1950
48 · Death-Wish · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fll 1950
58 · Meem · Margaret St. Clair · ss Planet Stories Fll 1950

Planet Stories (UK) [#6, (August 1953)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 68pp, pulp)
Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the July 1953 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie.

4 · Where the Gods Decide · James McKimmey, Jr. · nv Planet Stories Jul 1953
20 · Gama Is Thee! · Stanley Mullen · nv Planet Stories Jul 1953
38 · Task of Kayin · William Morrison · ss Planet Stories Jul 1953
48 · Spoilers of the Spaceways · W. Bradford Martin · nv Planet Stories Jul 1953

Planet Stories (UK) [#7, (October 1953)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 68pp, pulp)
Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the May 1953 (US) issue, plus a column from elsewhere. Details supplied by Alistair Durie.

4 · Temptress of Planet Delight · B. Curtis · nv Planet Stories May 1953
32 · Give Back a World · Raymond Z. Gallun · nv Planet Stories May 1953
48 · Last Run on Venus · James McKimmey, Jr. · nv Planet Stories May 1953
66 · Video-Technics · Pat Jones · cl Startling Stories

Planet Stories (UK) [#8, (November 1953)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 68pp, pulp)
Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the September 1953 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie.

4 · Bunzo Farewell · Charles V. De Vet · ss Planet Stories Sep 1953
17 · The Flight of the Eagle · Sol Galaxan · ss Planet Stories Sep 1953
26 · Miss Tweedham’s Elogarsn · Robert Moore Williams · ss Planet Stories Sep 1953
36 · The Un-Reconstructed Woman · Hayden Howard · ss Planet Stories Sep 1953
45 · Preview of Peril · Alfred Coppel, Jr. · ss Planet Stories Sep 1953
58 · Death Star · James McKimmey, Jr. · ss Planet Stories Sep 1953

Planet Stories (UK) [#9, (February 1954)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 68pp, pulp)
Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the November 1953 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie.

4 · The Prison of the Stars · Stanley Mullen · nv Planet Stories Nov 1953
30 · The Fatal Third · Theodore L. Thomas · ss Planet Stories Nov 1953
38 · Beyond the X Ecliptic · Fox B. Holden · nv Planet Stories Nov 1953
63 · The Golden Apples of the Sun · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Nov 1953

Planet Stories (UK) [#10, (April 1954)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, 66pp, pulp)
Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the USA March 1953 USA issue.

4 · The Warlock of Sharrador · Gardner F. Fox · nv Planet Stories Mar 1953
34 · Chicken Farm · Ross Rocklynne · ss Planet Stories Mar 1953
45 · Ricardo’s Virus · William Tenn · ss Planet Stories Mar 1953
54 · Amour, Amour, Dear Planet! · Mark Clutter · ss Planet Stories Mar 1953

Planet Stories (UK) [#11, (May 1954)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, 66pp, pulp)
Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the USA January 1954 issue

4 · A Sound of Thunder · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s Jun 28 1952
12 · B-12’s Moon Glow · Charles A. Stearns · ss Planet Stories Jan 1954
22 · The Woman-Stealers of Thrayx · Fox B. Holden · nv Planet Stories Jan 1954
48 · Narakan Rifles, About Face! · Jan Smith · nv Planet Stories Jan 1954

Planet Stories (UK) [#12, (June 1954)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 66pp, pulp)
Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the USA March 1954 issue

4 · The Man the Tech-Men Made · Fox B. Holden · na Planet Stories Mar 1954
40 · Sword of Tormain · Eric Storm · ss Planet Stories Mar 1954; illustrated by Emsh
55 · Mimsy’s Joke · Millard Grimes · ss Planet Stories Mar 1954
61 · The Galactic Ghost · Mack Reynolds · ss Planet Stories Mar 1954; illustrated by Lawrence Toromay

Planet Stories (UK) (about)

Planet Stories (UK) [(#1, 1955/1956)] (Streamline Publications, 9d, 68pp, pulp)
This issue is neither numbered nor dated, nor has any datable adverts, but is believed to be from 1955/56. Tuck lists this as #1 in the Pemberton’s series, but that is implausible given the date of the original issue. Date based on Atlas advert. Partial reprint of the November 1952 (US) issue. Details supplied by Alistair Durie.

2 · Captain Chaos · D. Allen Morrissey · nv Planet Stories Nov 1952
18 · The Conjurer of Venus · Conan T. Troy · nv Planet Stories Nov 1952
32 · A Planet Named Joe · S. A. Lombino · ss Planet Stories Nov 1952
41 · Shannach—the Last · Leigh Brackett · nv Planet Stories Nov 1952

Planetary Stories (about)
Online magazine.

Planetary Stories [#1, v1 #1, 2005] ed. Shelby Vick (online) (Full Text)

Space Marshal vs King Jorx [Space Marshal] · Shelby Vick · ss
Darkstar Silverarm · Rick Brooks · ss Startling Science Stories #12 1998
Moult Revolt · Shelby Vick · ss
Neutron McGuirk [Nadir McGuirk] · Michael Shack · ss; given as by Jerry Page in the Table of Contents.
Revolt on Mimas · Rick Brooks · ss
Tolerance Station: True Confessions from Space · Shelby Vick · ss
Walkabout · Shelby Vick & Richard W. Brown · ss
Editorial · Shelby Vick · ed
From the Vibrating Ether · [The Readers] · lc

Planetary Stories [#2, v1 #2, 2005] ed. Shelby Vick (online, cover by William Jackson) (Full Text)

Doomed Lensmen [Lensmen] · Sybly White · na The Third Foundation #77 1977 (+5); illustrated by Gordon Monson
Trouble on Shrlndu · Shelby Vick · ss; illustrated by Clif Jackson
Editorial · Shelby Vick · ed
From the Vibrating Ether · [The Readers] · lc

Planetary Stories [#3, v1 #3, 2005] ed. Shelby Vick (online, cover by William Jackson) (Full Text)

Smokescreen · Rick Brooks · ss
Spectre of Space · Shelby Vick · ss
Fine Print · L. Baehne · ss
Nadir of the Purple Sage [Nadir McGuirk] · Gerald W. Page · ss
Great Unsung Heroes of the Space Age: Earle K. Bergey and the Development of the Lady Space Captain’s Uniform · Gerald W. Page & Jerry Burge · ar
The Mighty Mimeo [The Binary Bar] · Ahrvid Engholm · ss
Editorial · Shelby Vick · ed
From the Vibrating Ether · [The Readers] · lc

Planetary Stories [#4, v1 #4, 2006] ed. Shelby Vick (online, cover by William Jackson) (Full Text)

Time Was [Space Marshal] · Shelby Vick · ss
Reluctant Hero · Bob Bolin · ss
Farewell to the Nadir [Nadir McGuirk] · Michael Shack · ss Spicy Armadillo Stories Apr 1991; illustrated by Roy Coker
Out of the Dark · Shelby Vick · ss
The Stars My Fornication · Ian Covell · ss
Crash Cameron and the Slime Beast · S. Dale · vi Vertex Jun 1973, as by Steven Utley
The City in the Syrtis · Carleton Grindle · ss Spaceway May/Jun 1970
The Unkindest Cut of All · Steven Utley · ss Perry Rhodan #20 1972
Editorial · Shelby Vick · ed
From the Vibrating Ether · [The Readers] · lc

Planetary Stories [#5, v1 #5, 2006] ed. Shelby Vick (online, cover by William Jackson) (Full Text)

Mission to Madness [Lantern of Lost Worlds] · Gerald W. Page & Kenneth Pembrooke · na
Drums on Petros · Bob Bolin · ss
Goddess of the Golden Forest · Eric Lee · ss
One Time in a Gap · Shelby Vick · ss
The Captain of the Tempest [Lantern of Lost Worlds] · Gerald W. Page & Carleton Grindle · ss
A Friendly Game at Trooper Keith’s [Lantern of Lost Worlds] · Gerald W. Page · ss
And Strange at Ecbatan, McGuirk [Nadir McGuirk] · Michael Shack · ss Spicy Armadillo Stories Aug 1992
Charon and Chrybdis · Lee Tenibor · ss
Announcing—Wonderlust: Launching our new sister magazine! · Anon. · ms
Contest · Anon. · cn
The Adventure of the Disappearing Sovereign [Sherlock Holmes] · Terry Alan Klasek · nv
Tucker 1914-2006 · Anon. · ob
From the Vibrating Ether · [The Readers] · lc

Planetary Stories [#6, v2 #1, February 2007] ed. Shelby Vick (online, cover by William Jackson) (Full Text)

Sixth Fandom · Shelby Vick · ar
The Jungles of Time · Tom Condarcure · ss
Gran’s World · Bob Bolin · ss
Red Planet McGuirk [Nadir McGuirk] · Michael Shack · ss
Corsairs of the Cosmic Legion · Gerald W. Page · ss
Hoy Ping Bob and the Barbarian Queen · Gerald W. Page · ss
Boofer and the Manticore · Leo Tifton · ss
The Kyth · Eric Lee · ss
The Temple of Eden · Donald Sullivan · ss
Blood on the Armadillo’s Snout · Gerald W. Page · ss
From the Vibrating Ether · [The Readers] · lc

Planetary Stories [#7, v2 #2, June 2007] ed. Shelby Vick (online, cover by Paul McCall) (Full Text)

Editorial · Shelby Vick · ed
Thralls of the Endless McGuirk [Nadir McGuirk] · Michael Shack · ss
Manned Voyages · Gerald W. Page · pm Spicy Armadillo Stories Spr 1990
Until the Suns Set · Bob Bolin · ss
Seeds · Gerald W. Page · ss
Unsteady State · Mary Ann van Hartesveldt · ss
The Manticore · Eric Lee · ss
The Upgrade Anomaly · Carleton Grindle · ss
The Waywalkers · Gerald W. Page · ss
Armadillos and Tigers and Bears, Oh My! · Gerald W. Page · ss
Bradbury · Guy Lillian, III · ar Challenger
From the Vibrating Ether · [The Readers] · lc
Flashy Feature#1: August, 1928 · Captain Feature · ar
Flashy Feature#2: Ray Bradbury—Master of the Starways! · Captain Feature · ar
Flashy Feature#3: Pulp Portfolio · Captain Feature · ar
Mars McCoy plug · Anon. · ms
Write! · Anon. · ms
Links for You · Anon. · cl
Our Contest · Anon. · cn

Planetary Stories [#8, v2 #3, September 2007] ed. Shelby Vick (online, cover by Bill Jackson) (Full Text)

Editorial · Shelby Vick · ed
I, Nadir [Nadir McGuirk] · Michael Shack · ss
The Hive of the Flare Beasts [Solar Ranger] · Lee Tenibor · ss
The Man with Two Minds · Donald Sullivan · ss
Fermi’s Fraternity · Lou Antonelli · ss
Out of the Woodwork · Doug Kaye · ss
Last and First Scientifiction Magazines · Ralph 124SJ41+ · ss
100 Ferocious Little Forry Stories—Abridged!
_ · The Terror of Terria X · Shelby Vick · vi
_ · Return of the Creature · J. DeForrest Ur-Human · vi
_ · The Return of Forry Rhodan · Weaver Wrong · vi
_ · Gastro Diplomacy · Ron Fortier · vi
Entry from the Journal of the Last Sancren Man · Amanda Lawrence Auverigne · ss
Hollywood Armadillo [The Armadillo] · Gerald W. Page · ss Spicy Armadillo Stories Apr 1991; illustrated by Paul McCall
From the Vibrating Ether · [The Readers] · lc
A Flashy Feature: Forrest J Ackerman: A Baby on Neptune, A Grownup in Tinseltown · Captain Feature · ar
PUNishment · Greg Frost · hu
There’s More Than Wonder · Art Lortie · ar
Springboard: Is Anybody There...? · Anon. · ms
Write! · Anon. · ms
A Trip to the Moon · Shelby Vick · ar
Contest · Anon. · cn
Links for You · Anon. · cl
The Zine Dump-X · Guy Lillian, III · fr Challenger
Corflu Silver · ShelVy · ms

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