Supermancon

Eastercon 5, Mancon 2, nicknamed Supermancon, was a convention held June 5–6, 1954 (Whitsun weekend), in Manchester, UK. The name came from it being the second Mancon, and had nothing to do with Superman. It was sponsored by the Nor'west Science Fantasy Club. The GoH was John Russell Fearn.

Dave Cohen and Eric Bentcliffe had originally made a bid for a Manchester convention to be called Supermancon at the 1952 convention. On that occasion they were beaten by a London bid that became Coroncon.

The SuperMancon Combozine was produced for the convention. It includes special issues of Space Times, Alpha, Medway Journal, BEM, Orbit, Zenith, Brennschluss and Space Diversions as well as trail for the forthcoming Femizine and what purported to be an extract from the twentieth issue of Nirvana, a fanzine where subscriptions were by invitation only.

Attendees[edit]

There are 133^[1] members of the 'Supermancon Society' listed in the combozine. Some of these didn't attend and in a few cases never had any intention of doing so.

In the table below names marked (A) are known attendees, names marked (AN) are known attendees who are not on the membership list, and names marked (N) are members who are known to have not been present. The remainder may have attended. In many cases that's the limit of our knowledge about them and where this is the case there won't be a page for them until and unless we find out some more. Names to which this applies are in italics. Additionally names marked * are family members of attendees who likely weren't fans per se.

This list is a work in progress. Names below are being checked to see if they're here under variants.

SuperMancon publications and photos on fanac.org.
Pictures at efanzines.
Article with pictures by Rob Hansen.

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↑ Actually 135 but two appear to be duplicates.
↑ Oddly, the Dave Cohen on the membership list is an Australian and not the Dave Cohen who chaired the convention.
↑ The membership list also includes A. Mercer who is presumably a duplicate.
↑ Listed twice on the membership list.
↑ Her name is given as 'Yonden' in the souvenir book.

Coroncon	Eastercon	Cytricon
Mancon	Mancon	Thirdmancon
	1954

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[1] Actually 135 but two appear to be duplicates.

[2] Oddly, the Dave Cohen on the membership list is an Australian and not the Dave Cohen who chaired the convention.

[3] The membership list also includes A. Mercer who is presumably a duplicate.

[4] Listed twice on the membership list.

[5] Her name is given as 'Yonden' in the souvenir book.

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