Fanvariety

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Opus was a fanzine published by Max Keasler of St Louis. Its first issue was a joint issue with Ray Nelson's fanzine Universe and named Universal Fanvariety. Starting with issue 2 it was named Fanvarity and then in 1952 it was effectively continued under the name Opus. Note that the number of Opus was all over the map using a mixture -- different each issue -- of the Fanvariety numbering scheme, a new start-from-1 Opus numbering scheme and a V2#1... scheme.

Staff: Marie-Louise Share (Associate Editor) and Nancy Gerding (Assistant Editor).

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1	October 1950	18	titled Universal Fanvariety
2	November 1950	20
3
4	January 1951	46
5	February 1951	26
6	March 1951	26
7	April 1951	24
8	May 1951	26
9	June 1951	24
10	July 1951	28
11	August 1951	30
12	September 1951	30
13	November 1951	32
#1	January 1952	28	Now titled Opus
#15 V2.2	January 1952	28	(This may actually have been the February issue)
#3	March 1952	28
#4	May 1952	28
#5 #18 V2.5	June 1952	22
#6 #19 V2.6	July 1952	22
#20 V2.7	January 1953	36

Fanvariety online at fanac.org Opus online at fanac.org

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Publication

1950—1953

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