MARVEL TALES

   US SEMIPROZINE (the first 3 issues small- DIGEST-size, \#4 digest-size and \#5 BEDSHEET-size), 5 issues May 1934-Summer 1935. Published by Fantasy Publishers; ed William L. CRAWFORD, who was not only the publisher but also set the type himself. Some issues were distributed with several different covers. Distribution was very limited; MT was never generally available. Its fiction included works by Robert E. HOWARD, H.P. LOVECRAFT, Robert BLOCH's first story, "Lilies" (Winter 1934), and Clifford D.SIMAK's The Creator (Mar 1935; 1946 chap). The Winter 1934 issue commenced serialization of P. Schuyler MILLER's short novel "The Titan"; the magazine died before the serialization was completed, and the work was finally published as the title novella of Miller's The Titan (coll 1952). An even shorter-lived companion title was UNUSUAL STORIES.2. Variant titleused for 2 issues of MARVEL SCIENCE STORIES.

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