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(1923 – ????)

[[Oakland, CA]], [[fan]] '''Joe Fortier'''  ([[nicknamed]] '''[[2J4]]''' in imitation of [[4sj]]) started reading [[sf]] in 1933 and was introduced to [[fandom]] by [[Harry Warner, Jr.]] in 1938.  He was a charter member of [[The National Fantasy Fan Federation]] (N3F) in 1941, and an early member of the N3F's advisory board.  He was a member of the [[Science Fictioneers]], the [[IFF]], the [[Golden Gate Fantasy Progress]], the [[SFL]] and [[New Fandom]].

He was the [[Type Fifteen Fan]]. 

At the [[Denvention]] in 1941 he presented the [[San Francisco]] [[bid]] for the 1942 [[Worldcon]].

His photo appears (with fellow fan [[Tom Wright]]) on page 172 of [[Harry Warner]]'s [[fan history]], ''[[All Our Yesterdays]]'' ([[Advent]], 1969).

For an early short biography, see {{WhosWho1940|page=6}}. ''Nee'' John Reitrof per his 1944 FAPAzine ''[[Twilight Echoes]]''.

He was the subject of a Founding Member article by [[Jon D. Swartz]] in {{TNFF|date=April 2018 issue |volume=77|number=21}}.

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* ''[[Comet (Wright)]]'' [1940-41] (with [[Tom Wright]])
* ''[[Dawn]]'' [early-mid 50s]
* ''[[Fan Editor and Publisher]]'' [1942] (with [[Harry Jenkins]])
* ''[[Mercury]]'' [1940]
* ''[[Scientifan]]'' [1942] (for [[FAPA]])
* ''[[Starlight]]'' [1941] (with [[Tom Wright]] and [[James Bush]])
* ''[[Twilight Echoes]]'' [1944-45]

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