SPACEMEN #6 - January 1963 - MASKING TAPE ALONG SPINE EDGE

Description: Measures 8-13/32" X 10-7/8", 68 pp including covers -- b&w photos and illustrations -- Volume 2, Number 2 (January 1963) (real issue #6) -- published by Spacemen Inc. (PA). Group 9-2085 PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!!! The spine has been reinforced with masking tape -- otherwise typical 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: The Editors Space -- by FORREST J. ACKERMAN -- with photo from the film "GORATH" ; plus photo of FORREST J. ACKERMAN by himself; plus photo of FORREST J. ACKERMAN with DON GLUT & BERT GORDON Spacial Delivery (Letters from readers) -- With masthead illustration by JACK DAVIS Time For Space -- Thumbnail previews of former & upcoming science fiction movies and TV shows -- with photos from "OUT OF THIS WORLD" ; "GORATH" ; "METROPOLIS" (new Italian version) ; and "SPACESHIP VENUS DOES NOT REPLY" "RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON" -- with 6 photos from the movie "BUCK ROGERS" -- Part Two -- by SAM SHERMAN - with 9 photos from the 1939 serial ; plus 1 photo from the 1950 TV show Orbituary Department -- with photos from the movies and television shows "UNKNOWN WORLD" ; "THE BEAST WITH 1,000,000 EYES" ; "TERROR FROM THE YEAR 5000" ; "THE PHANTOM PLANET" ; "THE ANGRY RED PLANET" ; and "ASSIGNMENT OUTER SPACE" Thru Space & Time With "DONOVAN'S BRAIN" -- by FORREST J. ACKERMAN -- with photo of CURT SIODMAK ; plus photo from the movie "THE CREATURE WITH THE ATOM BRAIN" ; plus photo from the movie "THE INVISIBLE MAN RETURNS" ; plus Italian pulp magazine cover art for "DONOVAN'S BRAIN" ; plus photo from the movie "HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN" ; plus photo from the movie "THE LADY AND THE MONSTER" ; plus 2 photos from the movie "FLOATING PLATFORM NO. 1 DOES NOT REPLY" ; "plus photo from the movie "BLACK FRIDAY" ; plus photo from the movie "RIDERS TO THE STARS" ; plus photo from the movie "TRANSATLANTIC TUNNEL" ; plus photo from the movie "MAGNETIC MONSTER" Spacemen Of Distinction #3 -- with photo of RICHARD DIX from the movie "TRANSATLANTIC TUNNEL" "METROPOLIS" -- Part One -- with 12 photos from the movie O'Henry's Comet: Tales With A Twist In Their Tale: The Monster Maker: Part II (short story) -- by LEONARD SPAULDING The Super Space -- with photo from the movies "FRAU IM MOND" aka ""THE GIRL IN THE MOON" Spacial Coverage -- magazine cover photos related to the movies "THIS ISLAND EARTH" ; "THE GIANT MANTIS" ; "20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH" ; "PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE" ; "THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD" ; and "ORLAK" "FLYING DISC MEN FROM MARS" -- Part Two -- with 5 photos from the movie "JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANET" -- with 10 photos from the movie 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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