The Acolyte
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Fanzine published by Francis T. Laney and Samuel D. Russell (Duane W. Rimel, F. Lee Baldwin, and Harold Wakefield were contributing editors). They published 14 issues from 1942–46.
The Acolyte focused on articles about fantasy, with an emphasis on H. P. Lovecraft and the Lovecraft Circle. The first two issues were hectographed; the remainder were mimeographed.
(Laney's essay, "The Cthulhu Mythology: A Glossary", which was published in the Winter 1942 issue of The Acolyte, was expanded at the request of August Derleth and became part of the 1943 Arkham House Lovecraft anthology Beyond the Wall of Sleep.)
Awards and Honors
- In 2018, it was nominated for the 1946 Best Fanzine Retro Hugo, but lost to Forrest J Ackerman's Voice of the Imagi-Nation.
Issue | Date | Pages | Notes |
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1 | Fall 1942 | 28 | |
2 | Winter 1942 | 40 | |
3 | Spring 1943 | 32 | |
4 | Summer 1943 | 32 | |
5 V2.1 | Fall 1943 | 36 | |
6 V2.2 | Spring 1944 | 32 | |
7 V2.3 | Summer 1944 | 32 | |
8 V2.4 | Fall 1944 | 30 | |
9 V3.1 | Winter 1945 | 30 | |
10 V3.2 | Spring 1945 | 34 | |
11 V3.3 | Summer 1945 | 33 | |
12 V3.4 | Fall 1945 | 34 | |
13 V4.1 | Winter 1946 | 32 | |
14 V4.2 | Spring 1946 | 34 | Final issue |
- The Acolyte online at fanac.org.
Publication | 1942—1946 |
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