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American digest-size fantasy and science fiction magazineCreated by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search EngineDated: 1952
Fantastic 1952 Summer front
Fantastic was an American science fiction and fantasy magazine that was published from 1952 to 1980. It was known for publishing stories by some of the most well-known and influential authors in the science fiction and fantasy genres, including Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, and Robert Heinlein, among others. The magazine was published in digest size, which is smaller than a standard magazine, and it featured both short stories and serialized novels.

Fantastic was initially published by Ziff-Davis and was edited by Howard Browne as a fantasy companion to Amazing Stories. Early sales were good, and the company quickly decided to switch Amazing from pulp format to digest and to cease publication of their other science fiction pulp, Fantastic Adventures. Within a few years sales fell, and Howard Browne, the editor, was forced to switch the focus to science fiction rather than fantasy. Browne lost interest in the magazine as a result and the magazine generally ran poor-quality fiction in the mid-1950s, under Browne and his successor, Paul W. Fairman. The magazine experienced some financial difficulties in the 1950s, and it was sold to Sol Cohen in 1958. Cohen relaunched the magazine as Fantastic Science Fiction and Fantasy, and it became known simply as Fantastic again in 1962. Under Cohen's ownership, the magazine continued to publish a mix of science fiction and fantasy stories, as well as articles and features about science fiction and fantasy in general.

Fantastic remained popular throughout the 1960s and 1970s, but it struggled to compete with other science fiction and fantasy magazines in the late 1970s, and it was ultimately unable to survive the rise of science fiction and fantasy franchises in other media, such as movies and television. The magazine published its final issue in 1980. Despite its short run, Fantastic left a lasting impact on the science fiction and fantasy genres and is remembered as an important and influential publication.
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Cover of Fantastic Universe,March 1957

Fantastic universe 195808 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Fantastic universe 195808 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cover of Fantastic Universe, August 1958

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Fantastic universe 195905

Cover of Fantastic Universe, May 1959

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Fantastic universe 195702

Cover of Fantastic Universe, February 1957

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Fantastic universe 195612

Cover of Fantastic Universe, December 1956 Public domain scan of a magazine cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Fantastic universe 195407

Cover of Fantastic Universe, July 1954

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Fantastic universe 195811

Cover of Fantastic Universe, November 1958

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Fantastic 195912 - A cover of fantastic science fiction stories

Cover of Fantastic, December 1959 Public domain scan of a magazine cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Fantastic universe 196001

Cover of Fantastic Universe, January 1960

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Fantastic universe 195711

Cover of Fantastic Universe, November 1957

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Fantastic 195709 - A magazine cover for fantastic fiction

Cover of Fantastic, September 1957 Public domain scan of a magazine cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fantastic 195808 - Drawing. Public domain image.
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Life on Uranus - A magazine cover for life on uranus

Back cover of June 1940 issue of en:Fantastic Adventures.

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Fantastic universe 195412

Cover of Fantastic Universe, December 1954

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Fantastic universe 195801

Cover of Fantastic Universe, January 1958

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Cover of Fantastic, January-February 1953

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Cover of Fantastic Universe, June 1957

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Fantastic 195707 - A cover of a magazine with a woman in a bikini

Cover of Fantastic, July 1957 Public domain scan of a magazine cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Fantastic universe 195810

Cover of Fantastic Universe, October 1958

Fantastic 1952 Summer front

Fantastic 1952 Summer front

Cover of Summer 1952 issue of Fantastic. Artist is Barye Philips and L.R. Summers. Copyright was either Philips and Summers, or more likely Ziff-Davis, who published the magazine.

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Fantastic adventures 194310

Cover of Fantastic Adventures, October 1943 Public domain scan of a magazine cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Fantastic adventures 194802

Cover of Fantastic Adventures, February 1948

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Fantastic adventures 195212

Cover of Fantastic Adventures, December 1952

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Fantastic universe 195909

Cover of Fantastic Universe, September 1959

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Fantastic 196101 - Drawing. Public domain image.

Cover of Fantastic, January 1961

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Fantastic 196307 - Public domain portrait print

Cover of Fantastic, July 1963 Public domain scan of a magazine cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Fantastic universe 195601

Cover of Fantastic Universe, January 1956

Fantastic 196112 - A book cover with a picture of a man in a space suit
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Cover of Fantastic Universe, March 1954

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Cover of Fantastic Universe, August 1957 Public domain scan of a magazine cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Cover of Fantastic Universe, March 1959 Public domain scan of a magazine cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Fantastic 196309 - The cover of fantastic stories of imagination

Cover of Fantastic, September 1963 Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fantastic 196310 - A magazine cover with a woman in a white dress

Fantastic 196310 - A magazine cover with a woman in a white dress

Cover of Fantastic, October 1963 Public domain scan of a magazine cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Fantastic universe 195606

Cover of Fantastic Universe, June 1956 Public domain scan of a magazine cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Fantastic universe 195912

Cover of Fantastic Universe, December 1959

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Fantastic universe 196003

Cover of Fantastic Universe, March 1960

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Fantastic universe 195401

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Fantastic universe 195910

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Cover of November 1954 issue of en:Fantastic Universe. Artist is Alex Schomburg. Copyright was held either by Schomburg, or more likely by King-Size Publications, Inc, who published the magazine. Since the ... More

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Cover of Fantastic, May 1958 Public domain scan of a magazine cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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Fantastic universe 195410

Cover of Fantastic Universe, October 1954

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