Confusion in the FSM 1982 year...

Issue #1 - Spring 82

Vol. 1:
-Fall 82
-Winter 82
-Spring 83
-Summer 83

I'm fascinated at the thought of a near-complete set of FSM finding its way all the way down to Guatamala. We're talking about 20+ year old magazines that have lasted way longer than any of the books I worked on at my previous employer!

Anyway, here's the break down of the early issues, straight from the bright red bound 1982-84 volume in my office:

Spring 1982 - "test" issue released in January to see if there was a market for such a magazine. There was, so....
Fall 1982 was the "charter issue," Vol. 1, No. 1, of the new quarterly magazine, followed by....
Winter 1982
Spring 1983
Summer 1983
Fall 1983
January/February 1984, at which point FSM became bi-monthly.

This means I am only 1 magazine away from having the entire collection !!![:0]

Spring 1982

Thank you people !!!!

I once found the Spring, 1982 issue at a hobby shop for two bucks! Needless to say, I'm holding on to that puppy!

FSM is one of only three rags that I've managed to collect from the very first ish to the last/current. It's also the only full collection that I've managed to acquire chronologically, issue by issue, as it was published. And, of the three collections, it's the only one I still have today.

Now if I could only remember where they all are...


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