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Le Zombie, v. 5, issue 4, whole no. 51, January 1943

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DEPT'S OF THE INTERIOR
OUR ANNUAL EYEBROW LIFTER DEPT: Julie Unger probably thought he was being tremendously funny when, one day late in November, he came out with the news that he was editor of a new pro mag called Odd Tales and even went so far as to include a photograph of "it" with his newsheet. Isn't Mr Unger aware that Tucker and Singleton are the only accredited humorists in fandom?
TSK TSK DEPT: We know of one fan whom we shan't embarrass by naming, who fell hook-line and sinker. He fell so hard he went about gathering up samples of his own art-work to send Unger, with hopes of selling a few originals for future issues. We predict that Mr Unger will meet a shady gentleman with a shotgun in some Brooklyn alley some night. 
EXPOSE DEPT: Many fanzines and fans have been bombarded with mail from Weaver Weaver (you do follow us, we presume? Sometimes we call him Mr A.) now in an army camp. It seems that Weaver Beaver has been participating in an army newspaper contest, the prize of which is a date with a movie star. At first it was announced that the star was to be Carole Landis, but because of some last minute hitch it turned out to be Legs Dietrich...you know: Marlene. To trim a novel into a fifty-word letter, the gist of the matter is this: Beaver Weaver won, as we all knew he would. His puns were just too-too divine---they had to be-----he's been practicing them on fandom long enough!
Came the day when he collected his prize date with the movie star! What fun! He sent us a picture of the two of them together. Maybe one of these days, if some other fanzine dosn't beat us to it, we'll run that photograph on the cover. It is reported that the girl was less-lively than Mr A anticipated, but he took it all in good fun. The girl turned out to be a huge, life-size cardboard cut-out from a billboard poster. Oh Mr Weaver, ain't you the Casanova tho!
MUSING DEPT: We wonder if anyone reads these things?
BOOKIE DEPT: With great pleasure we pass the tip along to book lovers that Woolworth's dime stores are offering "The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck" (a mad scientist-horror yarn) and "Portrait of a Man With Red Hair" (remember Unknown's "Fear"?) at 49[cents] a copy. Some chain drug stores offer "Lunacy Becomes Us" by Adolf Hitler and company --- an amusing collection of statements made by the Nazi mob, such as the assertion that Hitler really is the Son of God come back to Earth again, and "proof" that neither Jesus nor his parents were Jews.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH DEPT: Up in Chicago currently we are being treated to the greatest show on earth: how to publish three issues of a fanzine with each issue bearing a different name. Or perhaps we are wrong. Perhaps the guy has started, and stopped, three separate fanzines within the last few months. Anyway, in June, Charles Nutt, published Science Fiction, Jr. For the second issue he chaged the title to Starlit Fantasy. But that wasn't all. Now comes the third issue----or is it really a new fanzine altogether. Anyway, he calls it Utopia. Doc Swisher may now retire to the corner and quietly tear out his hair. We are confidentally looking forward to the fourth issue, which will undoubtedly be called Science Fiction Guesswhat.
OBSERVATION DEPT: We hear also that Tom Ludowitz has discontinued Space Tales, but will begin publishing another one shortly. Why bother?

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DEPT'S OF THE INTERIOR OUR ANNUAL EYEBROW LIFTER DEPT: Julie Unger probably thought he was being tremendously funny when, one day late in November, he came out with the news that he was editor of a new pro mag called Odd Tales and even went so far as to include a photograph of "it" with his newsheet. Isn't Mr Unger aware that Tucker and Singleton are the only accredited humorists in fandom? TSK TSK DEPT: We know of one fan whom we shan't embarrass by naming, who fell hook-line and sinker. He fell so hard he went about gathering up samples of his own art-work to send Unger, with hopes of selling a few originals for future issues. We predict that Mr Unger will meet a shady gentleman with a shotgun in some Brooklyn alley some night. EXPOSE DEPT: Many fanzines and fans have been bombarded with mail from Weaver Weaver (you do follow us, we presume? Sometimes we call him Mr A.) now in an army camp. It seems that Weaver Beaver has been participating in an army newspaper contest, the prize of which is a date with a movie star. At first it was announced that the star was to be Carole Landis, but because of some last minute hitch it turned out to be Legs Dietrich...you know: Marlene. To trim a novel into a fifty-word letter, the gist of the matter is this: Beaver Weaver won, as we all knew he would. His puns were just too-too divine---they had to be-----he's been practicing them on fandom long enough! Came the day when he collected his prize date with the movie star! What fun! He sent us a picture of the two of them together. Maybe one of these days, if some other fanzine dosn't beat us to it, we'll run that photograph on the cover. It is reported that the girl was less-lively than Mr A anticipated, but he took it all in good fun. The girl turned out to be a huge, life-size cardboard cut-out from a billboard poster. Oh Mr Weaver, ain't you the Casanova tho! MUSING DEPT: We wonder if anyone reads these things? BOOKIE DEPT: With great pleasure we pass the tip along to book lovers that Woolworth's dime stores are offering "The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck" (a mad scientist-horror yarn) and "Portrait of a Man With Red Hair" (remember Unknown's "Fear"?) at 49[cents] a copy. Some chain drug stores offer "Lunacy Becomes Us" by Adolf Hitler and company --- an amusing collection of statements made by the Nazi mob, such as the assertion that Hitler really is the Son of God come back to Earth again, and "proof" that neither Jesus nor his parents were Jews. THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH DEPT: Up in Chicago currently we are being treated to the greatest show on earth: how to publish three issues of a fanzine with each issue bearing a different name. Or perhaps we are wrong. Perhaps the guy has started, and stopped, three separate fanzines within the last few months. Anyway, in June, Charles Nutt, published Science Fiction, Jr. For the second issue he chaged the title to Starlit Fantasy. But that wasn't all. Now comes the third issue----or is it really a new fanzine altogether. Anyway, he calls it Utopia. Doc Swisher may now retire to the corner and quietly tear out his hair. We are confidentally looking forward to the fourth issue, which will undoubtedly be called Science Fiction Guesswhat. OBSERVATION DEPT: We hear also that Tom Ludowitz has discontinued Space Tales, but will begin publishing another one shortly. Why bother?