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Cabinet 14: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Paul Valdez, Jetbees of Planet J in Thrills Incorporated. Sydney: Associated General Publications, [1950]. Pulp Literature Special Collections PN6120.95.S33 TH28

Belli Luigi, Master-mind Menace. Manchester: World Distributors Manchester Ltd., with Sydney Pemberton, publisher, 1950. Pulp Literature Special Collections PR9610.L84 M37

____, The Metal Monster. Manchester: World Distributors Manchester Ltd., with Sydney Pemberton, publisher, 1950. Pulp Literature Special Collections PR9610.L84 M47

Between 1950 and 1952, Horwitz published Thrills Incorporated, Australia’s first science-fiction magazine, and their success enabled them to survive the lifting of import restrictions in 1958, which put a lot of smaller business out of action. This issue promotes Jetbees of Planet J by Paul Valdez, who was in fact Alan Yates, a PR officer for Qantas.

G. C. Bleeck, another contributor to Thrills Incorporated, wrote The Metal Monster and Master-mind Menace under Belli Luigi, one of his many pseudonyms. When the cover of The Metal Monster was re-used (a usual occurrence) for Crime Flies the man had changed from spacesuit and boots to pyjamas and no shoes. The robot’s light beam had changed to X-ray vision.

Paul Valdez, Jetbees of Planet J in Thrills Incorporated. Sydney: Associated General Publications, [1950]. Pulp Literature Special Collections PN6120.95.S33 TH28

Belli Luigi, Master-mind Menace. Manchester: World Distributors Manchester Ltd., with Sydney Pemberton, publisher, 1950. Pulp Literature Special Collections PR9610.L84 M37

____, The Metal Monster. Manchester: World Distributors Manchester Ltd., with Sydney Pemberton, publisher, 1950. Pulp Literature Special Collections PR9610.L84 M47