SPACEMEN 1965 YEARBOOK - FLASH GORDON - BUCK ROGERS

Description: Measures 8-9/32" X 10-7/8", 68 pp including covers -- b&w photos and illustrations -- Annual #1 (1965) -- published 1964 by Spacemen Inc. (PA). Group 9-2085 Significant wear to both front & rear spine edges, with 1/4" tear at front mid-upper spine edge & 1/4" tear at mid-spine edge, with 1-3/8" vertical tear in between both -- otherwise typical condition for a movie "fan" magazine of over 60 years, with wear & chipping to edges & corners, plus creases, scratches, folds, indentations, lesser tears, rub-wear, browning pages, soiling, foxing, etc -- overall condition Good Minus After the resounding success of FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND, publisher JAMES WARREN was anxious to create another movie magazine of equal popularity; and, together with FMOF mainstay FORREST J. ACKERMAN, the two of them decided upon a magazine devoted to science fiction films. And the logic for that decision was foolproof: the United States government was concentrating heavily upon winning the "space race" against Soviet Russia; shortly before the first issue of SPACEMEN had hit the newsstands, Project Mercury astronaut ALAN B. SHEPARD had become the first American to be launched into space, following Russian cosmonaut YURI GAGARIN by less than one month. In addition, "baby boomers" had discovered science fiction, and it had become a widely accepted genre in hardcover and paperback books, as well as comic books, movies, and television. But, surprisingly, SPACEMEN only lasted 8 regular quarterly issues, plus one annual. The "why" is only speculation; but it is entirely possible that the light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek form of writing that made FAMOUS MONSTERS so successful may have led potential readers of SPACEMEN to suspect that SPACEMEN would simply be more of the same -- and science fiction readers simply weren't interested in the puns and simplistic writing of FMOM. So SPACEMEN withered away; and, not so many years later, other science fiction movie magazines would rise to take its place, such as STARLOG and FILMFAX and OUTRE and others. But SPACEMEN holds the position of being probably the first serious continuous publication, devoted specifically to science fiction films -- and for that reason it's worth collecting. Contents: Front Cover -- illustrated by WALLY WOOD & RUSS JONES WELCOME To SPACEMEN 1965 Yearbook -- by FORREST J. ACKERMAN & JAMES WARREN -- with photo from the film "12 TO THE MOON" Guest Riders In The Sky -- with photos from "RIDERS TO THE STARS" ; "BRIGHT TOMORROW" ; "WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE" ; "THE EXPEDITION OF THE ROCKET ANGEL" ; and "IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE" The Ace Of Space : FLASH GORDON -- with 5 photos from the various 1936, 1938 & 1940 FLASH GORDON serials "JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANET" -- with 10 photos from the movie "FLYING DISC MEN FROM MARS" -- with 8 photos from the movie The Phantom Of The Space Opera -- with 18 photos from the movie "THE PHANTOM PLANET" Collision Course -- with 10 photos from the movie "WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE" Space Petrol (Science fiction movie quiz) "BUCK ROGERS" -- by SAM SHERMAN - with 10 photos from the 1939 serial Mail Order Ads Shipping charges include postage (including USPS Tracking on domestic shipments), packaging materials, labor & fuel (the nearest post office is 14 MILES away!); but I do combine shipping charges on multiple items -- so fill up that cart NOW an' save some $$$!

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