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{{DISPLAYTITLE:The Comet}}''(Did you mean a different [[Comet]]?)''


A [[genzine]] [[published]] by [[Tom Wright]] in 1940–1, "assisted by" [[Joe Fortier]] in variously titled roles.

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 Issue || Date || Pages || Notes 
1 || January 1940 || 24 || 
2 || March–April 1940 || 24 || Contents page 3 has stickers with addresses of Wright as Editor and Fortier as "Editor ''[[Scientifan]] -- [[Mercury]]''". P. 13 "An Autobiography of [[Damon Knight]]", with photo. "Starting next issue THE COMET will be a quarterly […] will give more time to […] prepare ''[[Dawn (Wright)|DAWN]]'', a yearly companion"; both of these happened only later.
3 || May–June 1940 || 20 || Switched from [[hecto]] to [[mimeo]]; "published bi-monthly by Tom Wright […] will be out the second Saturday of every other month". "Editor – Tom Wright, Business Manager – Joe Fortier, Advisor – [[Jim Tillman]]". Pp. 5–12 [[Harry Warner, Jr.]]'s story "Horror's Cellar". "Added Photo and Autobiography by [[Walt Daugherty]] 5c", "on slick paper", not a part of issue itself. 
4 || October?&nbsp;1940 || 30 || number and month in parentheses in [[Evans-Pavlat Fanzine Index]].
''[[The Denventioneer]] Comet'' || March? 1941 || 6 || "Wright, assisted by Fortier, is the editor." Cover [[Bob Studley]], [[illos]] [[Jack Fields]], [[Tom Wright]] and [[W. T. Bell]]. "PAGE FOUR" (numbers spelled out in the running header) a brief [[humor]]ous [[article]] by [[Ray Bradbury]] on Martians, pp. 5–6 a story by [[Robert G. Thompson]], "concluded on page 3." <p> ''[[The Denventioneer]]'' issue is not numbered or dated, but presumed to be issue 5 based on [[Evans-Pavlat Fanzine Index|Pavlat Evans list]], which in 1952 added a note: "One report says this issue not distributed, another (in ''[[Twilight Echoes|Twighlight Echoes]]'' Win 44, p. 4) calls it a convention issue." and dated both "(March 1941)". This corresponds to the internal evidence (the issue may have been prepared slightly earlier):<p>On p. 3 Wright says he "meant to send out a small [[hecto]]ed issue of THE COMET as a [[Christmas Card|Xmas greeting]], but (…) the hecto didn't work" and thanks "all those that sent me greetings." He starts the [[editorial]], "I suppose for many of you this is the first glimpse at THE COMET" and plugs the [[Denvention]], listing "quite a few [[fans]] from the [[Bay Area|bay district]] here in [[California]]" who would attend, and asks "Will I see you there?"<p>On the contents page, he says "Since THE COMET has gone quarterly, the next (spring) issue will be the First [[annish|Anniversay Issue]]" with extra length and production values but dependent on [[advertising]]. Clearly, this never materialized, so the [[zine]] ceased instead (see ''primary [[annishthesia]]''); Wright also kept asking for any kind of material.
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{{publication | start=1940 | end=1941 |Locale=Martinez, CA}}
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