The Fabulous Faust Fan-Zine

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The Fabulous Faust Fan-Zine was a fanzine edited and published by Darrell C. Richardson in the U.S.A.

The first 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.

The cover art was done by William F. Nolan

  • 1 No. 1 June 1948: contributors included William F. Nolan, Chester D. Cuthbert , and others.
  • Vol. 1 No. 2 December 1948: contributors included William F. Nolan, Chester D. Cuthbert and others.
  • Vol. 1 No. 3 January 1950: Contributors included William F. Nolan, Chester D. Cuthbert and others.
  • Vol. 2 No. 1 December 1952 - Contributors included L. Ron Hubbard, Samuel Peeples, and William F. Nolan.

Other writers for the zine included Gilbert J. McClennan.

This was William F. Nolan's first published work. He later went on to write Logan's Run and many other books.