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Walt Kessel was a 1940s Savannah, GA [[fan]] who, though basically [[gafiated]] by then, helped to bring [[Lee Hoffman]] into [[fandom]]
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'''Walt Kessel''', a [[faned]] and [[fanartist]], was one of two 1940s [[fans]] in [[Savannah]], [[Georgia]]. (The other was [[Fred Warth]].)
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Though basically [[gafiated]] by then, he helped to bring later Savannah fan [[Lee Hoffman]] into [[fandom]]. [[LeeH]] dedicated the second issue of ''[[Quandry]]'' to Kessel and Warth, calling Warth her [[fanzine]]’s “[[ghod]]-uncle” and Kessel, “ghod-pappy.”
  
 
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* ''[[Off of the Planet Adventures]]'' [1952] (One of many editors to what was probably a one-shot)
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* ''[[Off of this Planet Adventures]]'' [1952] (One of many editors to what was probably a one-shot)
  
 
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Walt Kessel, a faned and fanartist, was one of two 1940s fans in Savannah, Georgia. (The other was Fred Warth.)

Though basically gafiated by then, he helped to bring later Savannah fan Lee Hoffman into fandom. LeeH dedicated the second issue of Quandry to Kessel and Warth, calling Warth her fanzine’s “ghod-uncle” and Kessel, “ghod-pappy.”

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