SPACEMEN #1 - July 1961 - MASKING TAPE ALONG SPINE EDGE

Description: Measures 8-15/32" X 10-29/32", 68 pp including covers -- b&w photos and illustrations -- Volume 1, Number 1 (July 1961) -- published by Spacemen Inc. (PA). Group 9-2085 PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!!! The spine has been reinforced with masking tape -- plus there is a chunk missing at the front lower left corner -- plus pages 33 thru 36 are loose from the spine, and had been previously "repaired" with adhesive tape, which has left brownish stains at the staple points of pages 32 thru 38 -- plus 6" crease across front cover, from upper left midcover to lower left midcover -- plus 7" crease across front cover, from right top edge to lower right midcover -- plus 3/8" tear at front left top edge -- otherwise typical "well-read" condition for a movie "fan" magazine of over 60 years, with wear & chipping to edges & corners, plus creases, scratches, folds, indentations, tears, rub-wear, browning pages, soiling, foxing, etc -- overall condition Fair Plus to Good Minus After The resounding success of FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND, publisher JAMES WARREN was anxious to create another movie magazine of equal popularity; and, together with FMOF mainstay FORREST J. ACKERMAN, the two of them decided upon a magazine devoted to science fiction films. And the logic for that decision was foolproof: the United States government was concentrating heavily upon winning the "space race" against Soviet Russia; shortly before the first issue of SPACEMEN had hit the newsstands, Project Mercury astronaut ALAN B. SHEPARD had become the first American to be launched into space, following Russian cosmonaut YURI GAGARIN by less than one month. In addition, "baby boomers" had discovered science fiction, and it had become a widely accepted genre in hardcover and paperback books, as well as comic books, movies, and television. But, surprisingly, SPACEMEN only lasted 8 regular quarterly issues, plus one annual. The "why" is only speculation; but it is entirely possible that the light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek form of writing that made FAMOUS MONSTERS so successful may have led potential readers of SPACEMEN to suspect that SPACEMEN would simply be more of the same -- and science fiction readers simply weren't interested in the puns and simplistic writing of FMOM. So SPACEMEN withered away; and, not so many years later, other science fiction movie magazines would rise to take its place, such as STARLOG and FILMFAX and OUTRE and others. But SPACEMEN holds the position of being probably the first serious continuous publication, devoted specifically to science fiction films -- and for that reason it's worth collecting. Contents: Cover Art -- illustrated by BASIL GOGOS WELCOME To The World's Newest Magazine -- by FORREST J. ACKERMAN & JAMES WARREN -- with photo from the film "12 TO THE MOON" Spacial Delivery (Letters from readers) -- With masthead illustration by JACK DAVIS, plus fan letters from FRITZ LANG & RAY BRADBURY Shape Of Space To Come -- Thumbnail previews of former & upcoming science fiction movies -- with photos from "MARS ATTACKS THE WORLD" ; "INVADERS FROM MARS" ; "DESTINATION MOON" ; "THIS ISLAND EARTH" ; "CONQUEST OF SPACE" ; "SPACEWAYS" ; and "APRIL 1, 2000". Guest Riders In The Sky -- with photos from "RIDERS TO THE STARS" ; "BRIGHT TOMORROW" ; "WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE" ; "THE EXPEDITION OF THE ROCKET ANGEL" ; and "IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE" Voyage Of The Space Eagle -- with photos from the movie "12 TO THE MOON" O'Henry's Comet: Tales With A Twist In Their Tale: The Space Smuggler (short story) -- by JIM HARMON Collision Course -- with photos from the movie "WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE" Menace From The Moon -- with photos from the movie "BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE" Space Monsterama -- with photos from the movies "THIS ISLAND EARTH" ; "20 MILLION MILES FROM EARTH" ; "THE CREEPING UNKNOWN" ; "IT CONQUERED THE WORLD" ; "WORLD WITHOUT END" ; "THE BEAST WITH 1,000,000 EYES" ; and "KING DINOSAUR" Orbituary Department -- with photos from the movies "KING OF THE ROCKETMEN" ; "ROCKETFLIGHT TO THE MOON" aka "SPACESHIP NO. 1 STARTS" ; "THE INVASION OF THE SAUCER-MEN" ; "JUST IMAGINE" ; "THE GIRL IN THE MOON aka FRAU IN MOND" ; and "I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE" Mail Order Ads Shipping charges include postage (including USPS Tracking on domestic shipments), packaging materials, labor & fuel (the nearest post office is 14 MILES away!); but I do combine shipping charges on multiple items -- so fill up that cart NOW an' save some $$$!

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