▁a ▁technical ▁editor . ▁Campbell ▁was ▁a ▁London ▁science ▁fiction ▁fan ; ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁brought ▁on ▁by ▁H ult on ▁Press ▁( publish er ▁of ▁the ▁very ▁successful ▁com ic ▁the ▁E agle ) ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁science ▁fiction ▁magazine , ▁but ▁the ▁project ▁had ▁been ▁abandoned ▁before ▁seeing ▁print . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁start ▁of ▁ 1 9 5 1 , ▁Hamilton ' s ▁science ▁fiction ▁titles ▁were ▁being ▁published ▁every ▁two ▁weeks . ▁On ▁ 1 ▁January ▁ 1 9 5 1 , ▁Hamilton ▁published ▁M ush room ▁Men ▁from ▁Mars , ▁by ▁Lee ▁St anton , ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁pseud onym ▁for ▁Richard ▁Con roy . ▁A ▁b anner ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁base ▁of ▁the ▁cover ▁reading ▁" Auth entic ▁Science ▁F iction ▁Series "; ▁the ▁same ▁b anner ▁appeared ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 5 ▁January ▁novel , ▁Re con no it re ▁Kre ll ig ▁II , ▁by ▁Jon ▁J . ▁De eg an , ▁also ▁a ▁pseud onym , ▁this ▁time ▁for ▁Robert ▁G . ▁Sh arp . ▁With ▁the ▁next ▁book , ▁Roy ▁Sh eld on ' s ▁Gold ▁Men ▁of ▁A ure us , ▁Land s borough ▁changed ▁the ▁b anner ▁to ▁read ▁" S cience ▁F iction ▁Fort night ly ▁No . ▁ 3 ", ▁thinking ▁that ▁the ▁ca ption ▁might ▁help ▁sales . ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁b anner , ▁a ▁contents ▁page ▁( including ▁a ▁date ▁and ▁issue ▁number ), ▁a ▁letter ▁column , ▁an ▁editor ial , ▁and ▁an ▁advert