 The first issue was dated 1950 and appeared in the summer of that year.The reprinted novels were "Twice in Time", by Manly Wade Wellman; "Gateway to Paradise", by Jack Williamson; "The Onslaught from Rigel", by Fletcher Pratt (titled "Invaders from Rigel" when it eventually saw publication in book form in 1960), and "The Death of Iron", by S.S. Held, a French writer (the novel was translated into English by Pratt for the original serialization in "Wonder Stories", which began in 1932).The magazine also reprinted some shorter material, including "The Brain-Stealers of Mars" by John W. Campbell, "Nothing Sirius" by Fredric Brown, "The Irritated People" by Ray Bradbury, and "The Eternal Man", by D.D.