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A British fanzine
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'''''Cosmos''''' was a [[UK]] [[fanzine]] published by [[John F. Burke]] in 1937–8. That at least is the information given in the British Fanzine Bibliography and the editorial address, 57 Beauclair Drive, is indeed Burke's although the information below is that no editor is explicitly credited. The Bibliography further says that it was produced in a single copy and then circulated. There are two known issues and may be more.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 01:33, 10 June 2024

Did you mean the other Cosmos titles?

Cosmos was a UK fanzine published by John F. Burke in 1937–8. That at least is the information given in the British Fanzine Bibliography and the editorial address, 57 Beauclair Drive, is indeed Burke's although the information below is that no editor is explicitly credited. The Bibliography further says that it was produced in a single copy and then circulated. There are two known issues and may be more.

Vol. 1 No. 1. Dated Spring 1937, although editorial dated May 28 1938.
Published at 57 Beauclair Drive, Liverpool 15,  No editor stated.				
Typed with headings written in various coloured inks.  Cover similarly produced with drawings in silver ink (or chalk possibly) on thick black paper.
Cover attributed to [[David A. Breese]].
Size 6 inches by 8 3/4 inches.  No price stated.
60 pages. Pages not numbered although index is.
							
2	*	Contents page
3	*	Anonymous	*	Editorial
5	*	D. McIlwain	*	The ever rolling stream	*	ss
19	*	[[Robert E. Howard]]	*	Which will scarcely be understood	*	pm	''[[Weird Tales]]'' Oct 1937
22	*	James Halfacre	*	Trains	*	ss
26	*	[[John F. Burke]]	*	The road to Valhalla	*	ss
48	*	Paul Gabriel	*	Double exposure	*	ss	
54	*	Edgar Daniel Kramer	*	Bride of Baal	*	pm	Weird Tales May 1936
56	*	[[Mary Elizabeth Counselman]]	*	Witch-burning	*	pm	Weird Tales Oct 1936
58	*	[[H. P. Lovecraft]]	*	The Canal	*	pm	Weird Tales Jan 1938
							
Vol. 1 No. 2. No dates although artwork dated 1938.
Published at 57 Beauclair Drive, Liverpool 15,  No editor stated.
Typed with headings written in various coloured inks.  Cover similarly produced with drawings in silver ink (or chalk possibly) on thick black paper.
Cover attributed to [[David A Breese]].  Interior illustrations by Elivo and Guy Allen.
Size 6 inches by 8 3/4 inches.  No price stated.
90 pages. Pages numbered, but incorrectly.						
							
2	*	Contents page		
3	*	Anonymous	*	Editorial
5	*	[[John F. Burke]]	*	The other side	*	ss
15	*	[[Clark Ashton Smith]]	*	Song of the Necromancer	*	pm	''[[Weird Tales]]'' Feb 1937
17	*	E. D. Kramer	*	Omega	*	pm
18	*	David McIlwain	*	Immortals of Mun	*	nvt	illo Guy Allen
50	*	C. A. Butz	*	Swamp Demons	*	pm	Weird Tales Aug-Sept 1936
51	*	Felix Kowalewski	*	Death of an artist	*	pm	Weird Tales March 1937
52	*	[[Charles Eric Maine]]	*	From dusk till dawn	*	ss	illo by Elivo?
60	*	[[Robert E. Howard]]	*	The singer in the mist	*	pm	Weird Tales Apr 1938
61	*	Anonymous	*	Spacedrome K3	*	ss	illo Guy Allen
80	*	[[Henry Kuttner]]	*	Ragnarok	*	pm	Weird Tales June 1937
80	*	Dorothy Quick	*	Unsought advice	*	pm	Weird Tales May 1937
82	*	Letters from readers
87	*	[[Lord Dunsany]]	*	The banker and the broker	*	pm


Publication 19371938
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