(July 1950)

Avon, 1950 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
132
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1950-04-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Avon Periodicals Inc.
Brand
An Avon Publication
Editing
Donald A. Wollheim

Issue Notes

On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals 1950, page 246

The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (painting)
Inks
? (painting)
Colors
? (painting)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

[contents page] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Introduction (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Donald A. Wollheim
Letters
typeset

The Planet-Smashers (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 24.5 pages (report information)

Script
Ray Cummings
Pencils
Martin (signed)
Inks
Martin (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

Letter From the Stars (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 4.5 pages (report information)

Script
A. E. Van Vogt
Pencils
Martin (signed)
Inks
Martin (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

Omega and the Wolf-Girl (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 13.5 pages (report information)

Script
Lester del Rey
Pencils
William F. McWilliam (signed)
Inks
William F. McWilliam (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

The Puzzle of Priipiirii (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
William Tenn
Pencils
Martin (signed)
Inks
Martin (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

Lunar Station (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
John Michel
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

The Man-Eating Lizards (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Henry Kuttner [as Edward Bellin]
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Pallas Rebellion (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
M. Malcolm White
Pencils
Gene Fawcette
Inks
Gene Fawcette
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Reprints

Crom the Barbarian (Table of Contents: 11)

Crom the Barbarian / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Gardner Fox
Pencils
John Giunta
Inks
John Giunta
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
sword and sorcery
Characters
Crom the Barbarian
Reprints

The Shipwrecked Bogey Man (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 5.75 pages (report information)

Script
Lloyd Williams
Pencils
William F. McWilliam (signed)
Inks
William F. McWilliam (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

Terror of the Mist-Maidens (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
A. Bertram Chandler
Pencils
William F. McWilliam (signed)
Inks
William F. McWilliam (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

The Discord Makers (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 8.25 pages (report information)

Script
Mack Reynolds
Pencils
William F. McWilliam (signed)
Inks
William F. McWilliam (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction

Forbidden Fruit (Table of Contents: 15)

text story / 4.5 pages (report information)

Script
Kris Neville
Pencils
William F. McWilliam (signed)
Inks
William F. McWilliam (signed)
Letters
typeset

Genre
science fiction
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. [no title indexed]
  2. 2. [contents page]
  3. 3. Introduction
  4. 4. The Planet-Smashers
  5. 5. Letter From the Stars
  6. 6. Omega and the Wolf-Girl
  7. 7. The Puzzle of Priipiirii
  8. 8. Lunar Station
  9. 9. The Man-Eating Lizards
  10. 10. Pallas Rebellion
  11. 11. Crom the Barbarian
    Crom the Barbarian
  12. 12. The Shipwrecked Bogey Man
  13. 13. Terror of the Mist-Maidens
  14. 14. The Discord Makers
  15. 15. Forbidden Fruit
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Salvatore Carotenuto
  • Pat Conolly
  • Dan Kurdilla
  • Mark Q
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Keith Smith
  • Jim Van Dore