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[[Mike McInerney]], [[Arnie Katz]] and [[rich brown]] published 60 issues (including two half-issues) of the modestly named '''''Focal Point''''', a "[[fanzine]] of news, views and reviews," during the mid-1960s.

Brown and [[Arnie Katz]] revived the ''Focal Point'' title for a second and third volume in the early '70s.

'''Volume 1''' ([[Mike McInerney]] and [[rich brown]])
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 Issue || Date || Pages || Notes 
1 ||January 8, 1965 ||2 || 
2 ||January 1965 ||24 ||Included ''[[Barricini]] #1'' 
3 ||February 1965 ||2 || 
4 ||March 1965 ||6 || 
5 ||March 1965 ||4 || 
6 ||March 1965 ||6 || 
7 ||April 1965 || || 
8 ||May 1965 || || 
9 ||May 1965 ||6 || 
10 ||June 1965 ||6 || 
11 ||June 1965 ||2 || 
12 ||July 1965 ||8 || 
13 ||August 1965 ||2 || 
14 ||September 1965 ||6 || 
15 ||November 1965 ||4 || 
16 ||November 7, 1965 ||4 ||Features a [[Rotsler]] cartoon and an account of crashers at a [[LASFS]] Halloween party, who injured [[Owen Hennifen]] and [[Dian Pelz]] with a knife and gun. 
17 ||December 1965 ||4 || 
18 ||January 8, 1966 ||2 || 
19 ||January 1966 ||2 || 
20 ||February 1966 ||4 ||''[[Fan-Noise]] #1'' was a [[rider]] 
21 ||1966 ||4 || 
22 ||mid-August 1966 ||4 || 
23 ||June 25, 1966 || ||This was apparently a [[hoax]] issue by an unknown 3rd party 
23 ||1966 ||2 ||Special [[Tricon]] Issue, ed. by [[Mike McInerney]] only 
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'''Volume 2''' ([[rich brown]] and [[Arnie Katz]])
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 Issue || Date || Pages || Notes 
6 ||June 1970 || || 
7 ||June 22, 1970 ||16 || 
8 ||July 1970 || || 
9 ||July 1970 ||12 || 
10 ||August 1970 || || 
11 ||August 1970 || || 
12 ||August 1970 ||10 || 
12.5 ||1970 ||54 ||Special [[Bob Shaw]] issue 
13 ||September 1970 ||12 || 
14 ||September 1970 || || 
15 ||October 12, 1970 ||16 || 
16 ||October 1970 ||18 || 
17 ||November 9, 1970 ||22 || 
18 ||November 23, 1970 ||12 || 
19 ||December 7, 1970 ||12 || 
20 ||December 21, 1970 ||20 || 
21 ||January 4, 1971 ||18 || 
22 ||January 1971 ||12 || 
23 ||February 1, 1971 || || 
24 ||February 15, 1971 || || 
25 ||March 1, 1971 ||12 || 
26 ||July 1972 ||36 ||Date is correct and on issue 
27 ||March 29, 1971 ||12 || 
28 ||April 12, 1971 || || 
29 ||April 26, 1971 ||12 || 
30 ||May 31, 1971 ||14 ||Final issue of Volume 2 
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'''Volume 3''' ([[rich brown]] and [[Arnie Katz]])
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 Issue || Date || Pages || Notes 
31 (V3.1) ||July 6, 1971 ||30 || 
32 (V3.2) ||August 17, 1971 ||36 || 
(V3.3) ||October 1971 || || 
34 (V3.4) ||November 6, 1971 ||24 || 
35 (V3.5) ||July 1972 || ||Final issue 
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{{publication | website=http://eFanzines.com/FocalPoint/index.htm | start=1965 | end=1972}}
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