SF

(Did you mean Science Fiction (the Greatest Form of Literature)?)

SF was a fanzine edited by John L. Magnus, Jr., beginning in 1952, the first ish distributed at Chicon 2. It was part of Fanvariety Enterprises with at least eight issues in the early ’50s. Issue 9 was named Vamp and issues 10 and on were titled Varioso.

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	September 1952	28	titled SF
2	October 1952	32
3	November 1952	32
4	December 1952	52
5	January 1953	40
6	February 1953	40
7	June 1953	52
8	October 1953	52	last issue named SF
9	May 1953	22	named Vamp
10	June 1954	24	Now named Varioso
11	August 1954	20
12	1954	20
13	1955	20
14	1956	30
14.5	1956	1
15	October 1957	20
16	July 1958	24
17	September 1958	24
18	November 1958	18

• SF online at fanac.org
• Vamp and Varioso online at fanac.org

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Publication

1952—1958

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https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/SF