 Sharp, which combined Sharp's earlier "The Eternal Man", from the August 1929 "Science Wonder" with "The Eternal Man Revives" from the Summer 1930 "Wonder Stories Quarterly".Although "Wonder Story Annual" was well-received and initially successful, it faced strong competition for sf readers from paperbacks, including reprint anthologies.In response it labelled itself "America's Best Science Fiction Anthology", but by 1953 the battle was lost, and that year's issue was the last.