Pacificon Combozine
Pacificon Combozine was a science fiction fanzine collection issued for the Pacificon Convention in July 1946.
Pacificon was the 4th Worldcon which was held July 4 to the 7th, 1946. Pacificon Combozine, Fourth World Science-Fiction Convention, was created specially for the occasion. Each fanzine editor was asked to submit 4 to 6 pages, plus covers, of a special edition of their fanzine, either new material or reprints, on 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper, to be assembled alphabetically with the other fanzines, with a special commemorative cover.
Pacificon Combozine comprised 22 zines: The Atomic Age by Arthur Louis Joquel II; Atres Artes by Harold W. Cheney, Jr.; Black Flames, by Jim-E. (Virginia) Daugherty; Chanticleer, by Walt Leibscher; En Garde by Abby Lu Ashley and Al Ashley; Fan by Walter J. Daugherty; Fanews by Walt Dunkelberger; Five Fingers; Guteto by Myrtle Douglas (Morojo); Ichor, by Dale Hart; Lethe, by Jack Riggs; Le Zombie, by Wilson 'Bob' Tucker; Martian News Letter; Matters of Opinion, by Jack Speer; Phanteur, by D.B. Thompson; Plenum, by Milton A Rothman; Psycho; Shangri L'Affaires, published by LASFS; The Timebinder, by E. Everett Evans; 2B or Not 2B by Ron Maddox; VOMbozine, by Forrest J Ackerman and Myrtle Douglas (Morojo); Wolf Fan, and others.
Also included was art work by Virgil Finlay.
As reported in File 770, in 2010 a copy of Pacificon Combozine sold for $3,500.00.
