Fate Magazine - True Stories of the Strange and The Unknown. March, 1957. Armageddon, Guardian Angels, Family With Black Hands, Ancient Mechanical Genius, Psychic Sympathy, Mind Over Space, etc.

Evanston, IL: Clark Publishing Company, 1957. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Near Fine. Evanston, IL: Clark Publishing Company, 1957. The March, 1957 issue of Fate Magazine, Volume 10, Number 3, whole number 84. An early issue in Raymond A. Palmer's now-legendary paranormal-reporting non-fiction enterprise, which began with, in its first issue, Kenneth Arnold's cover account of flying crescents which "skipped like saucers across a pond", an event which, for whatever reason, kicked off the modern era of UFO events. After that, Fate introduced countless events which remain, to this day, fodder for paranormal documentaries and investigation. 12mo, illustrated perfect-bound wraps, 130 pp. Near Fine; touched at spine ends (scan), very small scale edgewear at right side of cover. That's it. Standard fifties-pulps age-toning to the pages, which, of course, remain supple. Very High grade condition for a periodical which often shows substantial wear from use. See scans. Uncredited cover art shows a Roman soldier in front of a nuclear mushroom cloud - ? - illustrating one of the lead articles, "Do We Stand at Armageddon?", in reference to Mid-East turmoil in 1957. One entry in a long (and continuing, to this day) trail of implied end-of-days scenarios. See the scanned image of the contents page for the articles herein, which cover such topics as that Armageddon, Guardian Angels, a Family With Black Hands, Ancient Mechanical Genius, Psychic Sympathy, Mind Over Space, a Ghost and of course much, much else, including the standard Departments, always engrossing in themselves, all on various other paranormal or inexplicable phenomena. Interior art and photography is largely uncredited. A piece of paranormal history, and an example of a unique branch of Americana, in very highly collectible condition. Scarce item. Please see scans. lT14