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'''The Fabulous Faust Fan-Zine''' was a fanzine edited and published by Darrell C. Richardson in the U.S.A.   
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'''The Fabulous Faust Fan-Zine''' was a fanzine edited and published by Darrell C. Richardson.   
  
The first issue appeared in June 1948. Four issues were released, all dealing with the life and works of author Frederick Faust who wrote pulp fiction novels and stories under such pseudonyms as Max Brand, George Owen Baxter, Evan Evans, George Challis, John Frederick, David Manning, Peter Henry Moreland and several others. His work included ''Destry'', the basis for the 1940's film ''Destry Rides Again'', starring Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart; and ''Dr. Kildare'', upon which movies and television shows were based. It was a 64-page illustrated zine with fiction, articles, verse and many special features. The last issue appeared in December 1952.
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The first issue appeared in June 1948 from Covington, Kentucky, U.S.A. Four issues were released, all dealing with the life and works of author Frederick Faust who wrote pulp fiction novels and stories under such pseudonyms as Max Brand, George Owen Baxter, Evan Evans, George Challis, John Frederick, David Manning, Peter Henry Moreland and several others. His work included ''Destry'', the basis for the 1940's film ''Destry Rides Again'', starring Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart; and ''Dr. Kildare'', upon which movies and television shows were based. It was a 64-page illustrated zine with fiction, articles, verse and many special features. The last issue appeared in December 1952.
  
 
The cover art was done by William F. Nolan ([[Rhodomagnetic Digest]]).
 
The cover art was done by William F. Nolan ([[Rhodomagnetic Digest]]).
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Revision as of 22:41, 19 February 2013

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The Fabulous Faust Fan-Zine was a fanzine edited and published by Darrell C. Richardson.

The first issue appeared in June 1948 from Covington, Kentucky, U.S.A. Four issues were released, all dealing with the life and works of author Frederick Faust who wrote pulp fiction novels and stories under such pseudonyms as Max Brand, George Owen Baxter, Evan Evans, George Challis, John Frederick, David Manning, Peter Henry Moreland and several others. His work included Destry, the basis for the 1940's film Destry Rides Again, starring Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart; and Dr. Kildare, upon which movies and television shows were based. It was a 64-page illustrated zine with fiction, articles, verse and many special features. The last issue appeared in December 1952.

The cover art was done by William F. Nolan (Rhodomagnetic Digest).

  • 1 No. 1 June 1948: contributors included Chester D. Cuthbert, S.A. McElfresh, William F. Nolan, Phil Richman, and others.
  • Vol. 1 No. 2 December 1948: contributors included Carl Brandt, Chester D. Cuthbert. S.A. McElfresh, William F. Nolan, and others.
  • Vol. 1 No. 3 January 1950: Contributors included Chester D. Cuthbert, Frank Hartl, Gilbert McLennan, William F. Nolan, J.L. Schoolcraft, and others. This issue included the first printing of a long autobiographical letter Frederick Faust wrote to Jane Faust.
  • Vol. 2 No. 1 December 1952 - Contributors included L. Ron Hubbard, Vida Jameson, William F. Nolan, Samuel Peeples.

Letters came from John Blair, Ray Bradbury (Futuria Fantasia), Carl Brandt, Jane Faust Easton, Steve Fisher, R, Pinckney McLean, Gilbert J. McLennan, William F. Nolan, Frank O'Rourke, and John L. Schoolcraft.

This was William F. Nolan's first published work.