The Comet

"The Comet" was the first science fiction fanzine, and was first published in May 1930 by the Science Correspondence Club in Chicago. Its original editors were Raymond A. Palmer and Walter Dennis.cite conference | first = Sam | last = Moskowitz | authorlink = Sam Moskowitz | coauthors = Joe Sanders | title = The Origins of Science Fiction Fandom: A Reconstruction | booktitle = Science Fiction Fandom | pages = 17-36 | publisher = Greenwood Press | date = 1994 | location = Westport, CT | accessdate = 2008-05-14] The second issue of the magazine, dated July 1930, was called "?", and was the first issue to refer directly to science fiction. The third issue, dated August 1930, took on its third title, "Cosmology", a name it retained for the duration of its run, which ended in 1933.

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