Journals in the Ron Graham Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection
Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Sydney Library
Listed are the bulk of the magazines (of adventure, fantasy, horror, science fiction and the weird) held in the Graham Collection. Holdings are provided, changes of title noted and country of publication given where this is not the United States. Note that the Graham holdings run only until 1978/79. Other titles and later holdings should be checked in the Library's online catalogue.
Adventure [1921]
Aug 1921-Jun 1953
Imperfect.
Air Stories
Aug 1929-Apr 1940
Imperfect.
Air Wonder Stories
1-11, Jul 1929-May 1930
See also Wonder Stories
All-Story Magazine
Mar 1905-17 Jul 1920
Title changed to All-Story Weekly on 17 March 1914.
Imperfect.
All-Story Weekly
Amazing Stories
1-52(2), Apr 1926-1979
Amazing Stories Quarterly
Winter 1928-Fall 1934
A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine
Dec 1949-Oct 1950
Analog
Feb 1960-Feb 1979
From February to September, 1960, the name Analog Science Fact & Fiction was superimposed over that of Astounding. In October, the latter name was dropped for Analog Science Fact-Fiction (1960-1961), changed in 1961 to Analog Science Fact-Science Fiction, and then in April 1965 to Analog Science Fiction-Science Fact.
See Astounding Science Fiction
Argosy
1889-1974
Imperfect
Argosy All-Story Weekly
1901-1929
Imperfect.
Arkham Sampler
Winter 1948-Fall 1949
Astonishing Stories
1-16, Feb 1940-Apr 1943
Astounding Science Fiction
1, Jan 1930-Mar 1933; Oct 1933-1960
Published initially as Astounding Stories of Super Science, ASF became Astounding Stories between February 1931 and November 1932 before briefly resuming its original name for the first three issues of 1933. From October 1933-Jan 1960, the name varied little (Astounding Stories, Astounding Science-Fiction and, from November, 1943, Astounding Science Fiction. In 1960 ASF began the name switch to Analog.
Authentic Science Fiction (UK)
8-85, 1951-1957
Title began as Authentic Science Fiction Series, became Science Fiction Fortnighly with issues 3-8, Science Fiction Monthly with issues 9-12, Authentic Science Fiction with issues 13-28, and finally Authentic Science Fiction Monthly with issues 29+
Imperfect.
Avengers
Sep 1939-Sep 1942
Avon Fantasy Reader
1-18, 1947-1952
Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader
1-2, Jan-Apr 1953
Avon Science Fiction Reader
1-3, 1951-1952
Beyond Fantasy Fiction
1-2(5), 1953-1955
Black Book
Dec 1933-Jun 1936
Imperfect.
Black Cat
1903-1918
Imperfect.
Black Mask
Jan 1927-Nov 1953
Imperfect.
Blue Book Magazine
Jun 1918-Feb 1953
Imperfect.
Captain Future
Winter 1940-Spring 1944
Captain Hazzard
1, 1938
Captain Zero
1, 1949
Comet
Dec 1940-Jul 1941
Cosmic Stories
Mar-Jul 1941
Cosmo (Ital)
1-74, 1957-1961
Imperfect.
Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy
Sep 1953-Jul 1954
Cuentos Fantasticos (Mex)
2-34, 1948-1957
Doc Savage
1934-1949
Imperfect.
Doctor Death
1-3, Feb-Apr 1935
Dream World
1-3, 1957
Dusty Ayres and his Battle Birds
Jul 1934-May/Jun 1935
Dynamic Science Fiction
Dec 1952-Jan 1954
Dynamic Science Stories
1-2, 1939
Note: bound with #1 of Uncanny Stories.
Eerie Mysteries
Aug 1938-Apr/May 1939
Note: bound with Eerie Stories.
Eerie Stories
1, Aug 1937
Eternity Science Fiction
1-2, 1972
Famous Fantastic Mysteries
Sep/Oct 1939-Jun/Jul 1953
Famous Monsters of Filmland
1-103, 1959-1973
Imperfect.
Famous Science Fiction
1-9, 1966/67-1969
Subtitled Tales of wonder.
Imperfect.
Fanciful Tales of Time and Space
1, Fall 1936
Semipro magazine (Shepherd/Wollheim).
Fantastic
1-9(5), 1952-1960; 15(2)-19(2) 1965-1969
Cover name had a number of variants after changing to Fantastic Science Fiction with v.5(1).
Imperfect.
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Fantastic Adventures
May 1939-Mar 1953
Fantastic Adventures Quarterly
Winter 1941-Spring 1951
Each issue comprised three unsold issues of Fantastic Adventures bound in a new cover.
Fantastic Novels
1-5, Jul 1940-Apr 1941; Mar 1948-Jun 1951
Revived with the title Fantastic Novels Magazine in 1948.
Fantastic Story Quarterly
1-8(2), 1950-1955
Name changed to Fantastic Story Magazine with the Summer 1951 issue.
Imperfect.
Fantastic Universe Science Fiction
2-11(4), 1954-1958
Imperfect.
Fantasy [1938] (UK)
1-3, 1938-1939
Subtitled A magazine of thrilling science fiction.
Fantasy [1946] (UK)
1-3, 1946-1947
Fantasy Book
3-8, 1948-1951
Imperfect.
Fantasy Fiction
1-2, May-Nov 1950
First issue had the title Fantasy Fiction, the second Fantasy Stories.
Fantasy Magazine
1 (Mar, Aug, Nov), 1953. Title changed to Fantasy Fiction Magazine with the August issue.
Fantasy Magazine: the digest of imaginative literature
2(5)-39, Jan 1934-Jan 1937
Originally Science Fiction Digest [1932], whose numbering it continues.
Note: bound with Wollheim's Science Fiction bibliography, 1, 1935 and with Scientifiction: the British Fantasy Review, 1-7, 1937-1938
Fantasy Review (UK)
1-4, 1947-1949
Fantasy Stories
See Fantasy Fiction.
Fantasy: thrilling science fiction (UK)
1-6, 1946
Fiction: la revue litteraire de l'etrange (Fr)
30-229, 1956-1973
Imperfect.
Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine
1, 1936
Flying Saucers from Other Worlds
Jun-Oct, 1957
Future combined with Science Fiction Stories (UK)
3-14, 1952-1954
British reprint of Future fiction and became Future Science Fiction Stories with n.6.
Future Fiction
Nov 1939-Feb 1943; May/Jun 1950-Mar 1960
Absorbed its sister publication Science Fiction in 1941 to become Future combined with Science Fiction. The magazine then went through a number of further title variations, finally becoming Future Science Fiction with v.28, 1955+.
Imperfect.
Future Science Fiction (Aust)
1-6, 1953-1955
Futuristic Stories (UK)
1-2, 1946
Galaxy Science Fiction
Oct 1950-1979
Hapna! (Swed)
2, 1954-Mar 1958
Imperfect.
Hidden World
1-9, 1961-1962
Imperfect.
Horizon du Fantastique (Fr)
18-22, 1971
Imperfect.
Horror Stories [1935]
Jan 1935-Apr 1941
If
1, Mar 1952-Nov/Dec 1974
Subtitled Worlds of Science Fiction until November 1961, when the cover logo changed to Worlds of If Science Fiction.
Imagination
Oct 1950-Oct 1958
Imaginative Tales
1, 1954-May 1958
Continued as Space Travel.Imperfect.
Infinity Science Fiction
1-4(2), 1955-1958
Imperfect.
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction
Spring 1977-Sep/Oct 1978
Jungle Stories [1938]
Winter 1938-Winter 1953
Imperfect.
Los Cuentos Fantasticos
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
Fall 1949-Nov 1978
Title of the first issue was Magazine of Fantasy.
Magazine of Horror and Strange Stories
1-36, 1963-1971
Marvel Science Stories
1-9, 1938-41; 1950-1952
Title went through a number of variations - originally Marvel Science Stories, it became Marvel Tales (Dec 1939-May 1940), Marvel Stories (Nov 1940-Apr 1941), Marvel Science Stories (Nov 1950-May 1951) and Marvel Science Fiction (Aug 1951-May 1952).
Marvel Tales [1934]
May 1934-Summer 1935
Semiprozine with limited distribution.
Miracle Science and Fantasy Stories
1-2, 1931
Mysterious Traveler
1-5, 1951-1952
Mysterious Wu Fang
Nov 1935-Mar 1936
Imperfect.
Mystery Tales
Mar 1938-Jul 1940
Imperfect.
Mystic
1-16, 1953-1956
Nebula Science Fiction (UK)
1-41, Autumn 1952-Aug 1959
New Worlds (UK)
5-201, 1949-1971
Imperfect.
Orbit (Aust)
1, Apr 1954
Orbit Science Fiction
1-5, 1953-1954
Other Worlds
1-26, 1949-Oct 1957
Out of this World Adventures
1(1-2), 1950
Planet Stories
1939-1955
Imperfect.
Planet Stories (UK)
1-12, 1950-1951
Rocket Stories
1-3, Apr-Sep 1953
Satellite
1-3(3), 1956-1959
Imperfect.
Saturn
1-5, 1957-1958
Subtitled The magazine of science fiction. Issue numbering continued over subsequent title changes - Saturn Web Detective Stories (1958-59), Web Detective Stories (1959-61) (both not held) and Web Terror Stories (1962-65).
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Space Travel
Jul-Nov 1958
A continuation of Imaginative Tales.
Science Fantasy Magazine (UK)
1950-Feb 1966
Science Fiction [1939]
Mar 1939-Sep 1941
Merged with Future Fiction in Oct 1941 to become Future combined with Science Fiction.
Science Fiction [1941] (Can)
1-6, 1941-1942
Science Fiction Digest [1932]
1-12, Sep 1932-Dec 1933. In 1934, the title changed to Fantasy Magazine.
Note: bound with The Planet, Jul-Dec 1930 and The Time Traveller, Jan-1932-Winter 1933.
Science Fiction Digest [1954]
1-2, 1954
Note: bound with Vortex.
Science Fiction Monthly (Aust)
Aug 1955-Feb 1957
Science Fiction Monthly (UK)
1-27, 1974-1976
Science Fiction Plus
1-7, 1953
Science Fiction Quarterly
Summer 1940-Spring 1943; May 1951-Feb 1958
Science Stories
1-4, 1953-1954
Science Wonder Quarterly
1-3, Fall 1929-Summer 1930
Continued as Wonder Stories Quarterly
Science Wonder Stories
1-12, Jun 1929-May 1930
See also Wonder Stories
Scoops: the story paper of tomorrow (UK)
1(Feb 10),1934-20(Jun 23), 1934
Juvenile.
Sinister Stories
1-2, 1940
Space Fact and Fiction (UK)
1-8, 1954
Space Science Fiction
1-7, May 1952-Jul 1953
Space Stories
Oct 1952-Jun 1953
Spaceway
1-12, 1953-1970
Spider
1-2, Oct-Nov 1933
Star Science Fiction
1, 1958
Note: bound with Venture Science Fiction.
Startling Stories
Jan 1939-Fall 1955
Stirring Science Stories
1-3, 1941
Strange
1-3, 1952
Subtitled The magazine of true mystery.
Strange Stories
1-13, Feb 1939-Feb 1941
Strange Tales (UK)
1-2, 1946
Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror
1-3(1) Sep 1931-Jan 1933
Super Science Novels
Mar-May 1941
See Super Science Stories
Super Science Stories
May 1940-May 1943; Jan 1949-Aug 1951
Three issues (Mar-Aug) in 1941 were published under the title Super Science Novels. The magazine was revived in 1949 as SSS and followed the original SSN volume numbering for 15 more issues.
Suspense [1951]
1-4, 1951-1952
Tales of the Uncanny (UK)
1934, 1936
Imperfect.
Tales of Tomorrow (UK)
1-11, 1950-1954
Tales of Wonder (UK)
1-16, 1937-1942
Terror Tales [1934]
2-51, 1934-1951
Thrilling Mystery
1-64, 1935-1944
Imperfect.
Thrilling Wonder Stories
8(1)-44(3), Aug 1936-Winter 1956
TWS was a continuation (after being sold to a new publishing house and with a 4 month hiatus) of Wonder Stories. It continued the same volume numbering.
Uncanny Stories
1939-1940
Imperfect.
Uncanny Tales [1939]
2(6) Apr/May, 1939; 3(1-4), 1939-1940
Uncanny Tales [1940] (Can)
Nov 1940-Oct 1943
Unearth
1-7, 1977-1978
Imperfect.
Universe Science Fiction
1-10, Jun 1953-Mar 1955
Unknown
Mar 1939-Oct 1943
Unknown (UK)
5(5)-41, Mar 1942-Winter 1949
Imperfect.
Unknown Worlds
Oct 1941-Oct 1942
Unusual Stories
0-3, 1934-1935
A partial issue in 1934 (with Advance issue printed on the cover) was left unfinished in favour of publishing Marvel Tales. The following year Unusual Stories was recommenced with a new vol.1.
Note: bound with Marvel Tales.
Urania (Ital)
2-537, 1952-1970
Imperfect.
Utopia Magazin (Ger)
2-26, 1955-1959
Vanguard Science Fiction
1, 1958
Note: bound with Venture Science Fiction.
Venture Science Fiction
1-10, 1957-1966; 11-16, 1969-1970
Published in two series - first by Fantasy House, then by Mercury Press.
Note: bound with Star Science Fiction and Vanguard Science Fiction.
Vision of Tomorrow (Aust)
1-12, Aug 1969-Sep 1970
Published in Australia by Ronald E. Graham, but edited and printed in England.
Vortex Science Fiction
1-2, 1953
Note: bound with Science Fiction Digest [1954].
War Birds
1935
Imperfect.
Web Terror Stories
4(1)-5(2), 1962-1965
See Saturn.
Weird Tales
1923-1954
Imperfect.
Wonder Stories
2(1)-7(8), Jun 1930-Apr 1936
An amalgamation of Air Wonder Stories and Science Wonder Stories. Volume numbering continued that of Science Wonder Stories. In 1936, WS was sold to a new publisher, recommencing later in the year as Thrilling Wonder Stories.
Wonder Stories Quarterly
Fall 1930-Winter 1933
Worlds Beyond
1-3, 1950
Worlds of If Science Fiction
See If.
Worlds of Fantasy (UK)
1-14, 1950-1955
Worlds of Tomorrow
1-23, 1963-1967