▁issue , ▁but ▁no ▁other ▁fiction , ▁though ▁there ▁were ▁various ▁non - f iction ▁depart ments ▁such ▁as ▁" Project iles " ▁( read ers ' ▁letters ), ▁an ▁editor ial , ▁book ▁reviews , ▁f anz ine ▁reviews , ▁and ▁science ▁related ▁articles , ▁qu izz es , ▁and ▁news ▁columns . ▁In ▁issue ▁ 2 6 , ▁dated ▁October ▁ 1 9 5 2 , ▁the ▁first ▁install ment ▁of ▁Front ier ▁Leg ion , ▁a ▁serial ▁by ▁Sydney ▁J . ▁B ounds , ▁appeared . ▁With ▁issue ▁ 2 9 , ▁the ▁full - length ▁novel , ▁Im mort al ' s ▁Play th ings ▁by ▁William ▁F . ▁Temple , ▁was ▁accompanied ▁by ▁a ▁short ▁story , ▁Ray ▁Brad bury ' s ▁" Wel come , ▁Brothers !" ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁part ▁four ▁of ▁Front ier ▁Leg ion . ▁The ▁serial ▁was ▁stretch ed ▁out ▁over ▁six ▁issues ▁by ▁printing ▁scarcely ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁dozen ▁pages ▁in ▁each ▁install ment ; ▁it ▁finally ▁completed ▁in ▁issue ▁ 3 1 . ▁ ▁With ▁issue ▁ 3 6 ▁( August ▁ 1 9 5 3 ), ▁the ▁cover ▁text ▁changed ▁from ▁advert ising ▁a ▁" Full - length ▁Nov el " ▁to ▁" Full - length ▁Story "; ▁the ▁" feature d ▁story ", ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁called ▁in ▁the ▁contents ▁page , ▁was ▁still ▁the ▁longest ▁piece ▁of ▁fiction ▁in ▁the ▁issue , ▁but ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁necessarily ▁even ▁close ▁to ▁novel ▁length . ▁Issue ▁ 4 1 ,