Colossus

Colossus was a 36-page, single-issue fanzine published in Winter 1943 by Donald Houston and Terry Overton.

Exactly when it appeared is a little uncertain but probably around January. Futurian War Digest #24 (November 1942) refers to the 'forthcoming Overton-Houston fanzine (price 6d, 40 half-foolscap pages, out Dec 1st)' but Overton's own Galaxy #4 (January 1943) implied without naming the title that it hadn't yet been published but 'all going well, it will occur during January. In fact we can almost guarantee this.' At the Midvention in April 1943 R. Rowland Johnson spoke with Houston about 'Phoenix (formerly Colossus) which may or may, not see the light of day'. As far as we can tell, it didn't.

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Publication

1943

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