Peon

A fanzine with 38 issues published by Charles Lee Riddle from 1948 to 1957 -- astonishingly, while Riddle was also serving a career in the Navy.

Peon itself was unusual in several ways. To begin with, Riddle launched the fanzine by sending copies to 300 fans -- a huge number for the time -- and got almost 100 LoCs in response. It paid a dollar for the best letter in each issue and used an odd paper size, just a bit smaller than standard (the US Government special standard for that era of 8"x10.5".)

Awards and Honors

• 1956 — Nominated for the 1956 Best Fanzine Hugo

Issue	Date	Pages	Notes
1 V1.1	July 1948	20
2 V1.2	September 1948	20
3 V1.3	October 1948	22
4 V1.4	November 1948	20
5 V1.5	December 1948	8
6 V1.6	May 1949	34
7 V2.1	February 1949	20
8 V2.2	May 1949	34
9 V2.3	August 1949	24
10 V2.4	October 1949	20
11 V2.5	December 1949	22
12 V2.6	March 1050	20
13	May 1950	46
14 V3.2	July 1950	26
15 V3.3	October 1950	30	marked "V2.3"
16 V3.4	December 1950	40	marked "V2.4"
17 V4.1	February 1951	32
18 V4.2	April 1951	18
19 V4.3	June 1951	28
20 V4.4	September 1951	26
21 V4.5	December 1951	30
22	May 1952	38
23 V5.2	July 1952	32
24 V5.3	November 1952	34
25 V5.4	December 1952	30
26 V6.1	February 1953	36
27 V6.2	May 1953	36
28 V6.4	September 1953	30
29 V6.5	November 1953	32
30 V6.1	January 1954	36	There was no Vol 7 -- 6 was re-used!
31 V6.2	March 1954	40	"
32 V6.3	August 1954	40	"
33 V6.4	November 1954	42	"
34 V8.1	February 1955	40
35 V8.2	May 1955	42
36 V8.3	December 1955	34
37 V9.1	October 1956	26
38 V10.1	February 1957	32	Final issue

• Peon online at fanac.org.
• Archived website.

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Publication

1948—1957

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