The Barsoomian #2 – September 1951

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What a difference a month made.  Barsoomian #2 looked a lot better from a reproduction viewpoint and featured a reprint of a really good article by Darrell C. Richardson.  The real surprise to me was Joe’s final paragraph in his “Kaor” editorial.  I had no idea that ERB Inc. actually had plans to publish new books in 1950-51.  Most of them never got published until the mid- to late-‘60s and mostly by other publishers.  Some more names from ads and letters of fans who were well-known when I began publishing: Stanleigh B. Vinson, Maurice B. Gardner, David S. Bluestone and John F. Cooke.  It’s hard for me to believe Stan Vinson actually needed books for his collection.  I had the pleasure of visiting him at his home in 1964 and his collection was the stuff dreams are made of!

The new cover to this reprint is by David O. Kohr, Jr.  Dave contributed a lot to my first few issues of The Barsoomian and we actually co-published issue #10 at his parent’s home in Philadelphia.  He also published two issues of “The Amtorian” around the same time.  He kind of dropped out of fandom after our joint effort and I never heard from him again.

~ Paul Allen