The Nekromantikon

Large mimeographed fanzine published by Manly Banister in the early 1950s which featured mainly weird and fantasy fiction by such future pros such as E. C. Tubb, Marion Zimmer Bradley, David R. Bunch, and Bob Tucker.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	Spring 1950	56	The first issue is dated Spring 1950, 8x10 inches, with (2-color) cover and interior illustrations (linoleum cuts by Banister), 5 stories (by Banister, Edward Ludwig, M. Houston, George Hart and Greg Bowers), 2 articles (by Banister and Eva Firestone), 4 poems (by M. Houston, Rory Faulkner, Emily A., and Val Seanne), and an introduction by Banister. 52 pages plus wrap-around cover (an extra article (reprinted, about flying saucers) is on the inside bacover, and the back cover is an ad for the N.F.F.F.). Price, given on the Table of Contents, was 25¢.
2	Summer 1950	62
3	Autumn 1950	66
4	Winter 1950	52
5	1951	94

• The Nekromantikon online at fanac.org.

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—1950s

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