Anomaly #1 to #4

Anomaly #1. Jan Stranad’s fanzine, too. [oug]

Anomaly #2

1970. Jan Strnad. Fanzine. 42[+2] pgs. [bob,ober,plogg].
Pay attention, page numbering starts from Inside Front Cover!

“Noisy Minstrel” as Contents page [PICT].
Inside Front Cover aka pg 1 (!)-Richard Corben. B&W.

“Buifra the Darkk – Sands of Quanam” [PICT].
8 picts: pgs 2-8. a-Richard Corben. B&W.
Written story, “Sands of Quanam” by Stanley S. Wiater. Main character is called Buifra the Darkk.

“Tomes” [PICT].
1 pict: pg 29. a-Richard Corben. B&W.
For book review by Jan Strnad.

Anomaly #3

1971. Jan Strnad. 56 pages. B&W. Fanzine. [bob,ober,ebay]

“Anomaly #3” aka “A Brief Encounter at War” [PICT].
Wraparound Cover Art-Richard Corben. B&W.
Robotic alien with a star hovering over his head, rising out of a crater on a moon-like.

“His Master’s Voice” [PICT].
1 pict: pg 39. [© 1970, art2, pg 5]-Richard Corben. B&W. Reprinted in color in Anomaly #4 (1972).

Survivors of the Suicide World, Episode 3: “A Brief Encounter at War” [SYNOPSIS].
11 pgs: pgs 40-50. s-Jan Strnad, a/r[FiF, pgs 73-83]-Richard Corben. B&W reworked versions (titled as “Encounter at War”) in Anomal #4 (1972).

Anomaly #4

Nov. 1972. Bud Plant. 7″x10″. $.50. 32[+4] pages. Cover: glossy color. Guts: newsprint.
1st. Says, “First Printing Nov. 1972”
2nd. Also says, “First Printing Nov. 1972”, believed to be indistinguishable from the 1st. [id,oug]

“Scratch My Back” [PICT].
Front Cover Art [art2, pg 60]-Richard Corben. Color.

“His Master’s Voice” [PICT].
Back Cover Art [FiF, pg 9, art2, pg 5, B&W Anomaly #3 1971)]-Richard Corben. Color.

“Alice in Wonderlust [VERS.1]” [SYNOPSIS].
3 pgs: pgs 1-3. s-Jan Strnad, a-Richard Corben. B&W. Reprinted in Richard Corben Complete Works #1 (1985).

“Encounter at War” [SYNOPSIS].
13 pgs: pgs 20-32. s-Jan Strnad, a/r[early B&W version in Anomaly #3 (1971), under name, Survivors of the Suicide World, Episode 3: “A Brief Encounter at War”]-Richard Corben. B&W. This is a reworked version, same as (B&W?) in Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #4 (1975) and a color version in Den [III] #4 (1988).