Fantasy Commentator
A sercon fanzine edited by A. Langley Searles. It was published in two series, the first in the 40s and 50s, and the second starting in 1978.
In the first series he published The Immortal Storm, Sam Moskowitz' pioneering history of fandom between 1945 and 1952. It was also the venue for publication of Searles' bibliographies of topics such as "Science Fiction in Blue Book" and "Science Fiction in the Munsey Magazines".
Following its 1978 revival, he published it annually until 1990 and semi-annually thereafter. This later incarnation of the Commentator was noted for the series of articles which eventually became two works on the genre by Eric Leif Davin, Pioneers of Wonder: Conversations With the Founders of Science Fiction, in 1999, and Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction, 1926-1965, 2006.
Fantasy Commentator was nominated for the 1946 Best Fanzine Retro Hugo at L.A.con III in 1996.
| Issue | Volume | Date | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V1.1 | 1943 | |
| 2 | V1.2 | June 1944 | 16 |
| 3 | V1.3 | September 1944 | |
| 4 | V1.4 | December 1944 | 20 |
| 5 | V1.5 | Winter 1944 | 32 |
| 6 | V1.6 | Spring 1945 | 32 |
| 7 | V1.7 | Summer 1945 | 34 |
| 8 | V1.8 | Fall 1945 | 36 |
| 9 | V1.9 | Winter 1945 | 34 |
| 10 | V1.10 | Spring 1946 | |
| 11 | V1.11 | Spring 1946 | 36 |
| 12 | V1.12 | Fall 1946 | 28 |
| 13 | V2.1 | Winter 1946-47 | 26 |
| 14 | V2.2 | Spring 1947 | 34 |
| 15 | V2.3 | Summer 1947 | 36 |
| 16 | V2.4 | Fall 1947 | 36 |
| 17 | V2.5 | Winter 1948 | 38 |
| 18 | V2.6 | Spring 1948 | 38 |
| 19 | V2.7 | Summer 1948 | 40 |
| 20 | V2.8 | Fall 1948 | 40 |
| 21 | V3.1 | Winter 1948 | 34 |
| 22 | V3.2 | Spring 1949 | 30 |
| 23 | V3.3 | Summer 1949 | 30 |
| 24 | V3.4 | Winter 1949 | 30 |
| 25 | V3.5 | Winter 1951 | 36 |
| 26 | V3.6 | Spring 1952 | 36 |
| 27 | V3.7 | Spring 1953 | 30 |
| 28 | V3.8 | Fall 1953 | 30 |
| 29 | V4.1 | Winter 1978-79 | 48 |
| 30 | V4.2 | Winter 1979-80 | 76 |
| 31 | V4.3 | Winter 1981 | 68 |
| 32 | V4.4 | Winter 1982 | 72 |
| 33 | V5.1 | Winter 1983 | 76 |
| 34 | V5.2 | Winter 1984 | 76 |
| 35 | V5.3 | Fall 1985 | 76 |
| 36 | V5.4 | Fall 1986 | 78 |
| 37 | V6.1 | Fall 1987 | |
| 38 | V6.2 | Fall 1988 | 80 |
| 39 | V6.3 | Summer 1989 | 80 |
| 40 | V6.4 | Winter 1989 | 80 |
| 41 | V7.1 | Fall 1990 | 76 |
| 42 | V7.2 | Fall 1991 | 84 |
| 43 | V7.3 | Spring 1992 | 84 |
| 44 | V7.4 | Fall 1992 | 84 |
| 45&46 | V8.1&2 | Winter 1993-94 | 148 |
| 47&48 | V8.3&4 | Fall 1995 | 150 |
| 49 | V9.1 | Fall 1996 | 80 |
| 50 | V9.2 | Fall 1997 | 80 |
| 51 | V9.3 | Fall 1998 | 76 |
| 52 | V9.4 | Spring 2000 | 76 |
| 53&54 | V10.1&2 | Winter 2001 | 138 |
| 55&56 | V10.3&4 | Spring 2003 | 138 |
| 57&58 | V11.1&2 | Summer 2004 | 176 |
| 59&60 | V11.3&4 | Spring 2011 | 163 |
| Publication | Website | 1943—2004 |
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