A complete issue · 146 pages · 1953
Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 37
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1953 — all 146 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 146 pages · 1953
Authentic Science Fiction Monthly, No. 37, September 1953 This all-British issue features five science fiction stories. The lead novelette, "The Adaptable Man" by Bryan Berry, concerns Stewart Wesson, a Earth expatriate running a general store on Mars who encounters his old friend Captain Dick McLeod, a spaceship pilot on leave. Meanwhile, Agent 7 communicates with handlers about manipulating Wesson's health to accomplish some undisclosed objective, hinting at espionage intrigue. Charles Eric Maine contributes "Repulsion Factor," Jon J. Deegan's "Beyond the Barriers," and Brindley Ford's "The Shining Ark," though their plots remain unclear from OCR fragments. Alan Hunter's "The Piper"—the winning entry in the magazine's amateur fiction competition—is also included. Additional columns cover the science fiction handbook, fanzine news, and book reviews.
Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.