▁to ▁January ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁and ▁the ▁corresponding ▁U . S . ▁issues . ▁ ▁All ▁the ▁covers ▁were ▁rep aint ed ▁by ▁Canadian ▁artists ▁until ▁the ▁January ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁issue ; ▁there after ▁the ▁art work ▁from ▁the ▁original ▁issues ▁was ▁used . ▁ ▁Initial ly ▁the ▁fiction ▁content ▁of ▁the ▁Canadian ▁issues ▁was ▁un changed ▁from ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁but ▁starting ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 4 2 ▁the ▁Canadian ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁dropped ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁stories ▁in ▁each ▁issue , ▁replacing ▁them ▁with ▁either ▁stories ▁from ▁other ▁issues ▁of ▁We ird ▁T ales , ▁or , ▁occasionally , ▁material ▁from ▁Short ▁St ories . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁instances ▁a ▁story ▁appeared ▁in ▁the ▁Canadian ▁edition ▁of ▁the ▁magazine ▁before ▁its ▁appearance ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁version , ▁or ▁simultaneously ▁with ▁it , ▁so ▁it ▁is ▁evident ▁that ▁who ever ▁assemble d ▁the ▁issues ▁had ▁access ▁to ▁the ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁pending ▁story ▁file . ▁ ▁Because ▁of ▁the ▁re organ ization ▁of ▁material , ▁it ▁often ▁happened ▁that ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁Canadian ▁issues ▁would ▁have ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁single ▁story ▁by ▁the ▁same ▁author . ▁ ▁In ▁these ▁cases ▁a ▁pseud onym ▁was ▁invent ed ▁for ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁stories . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁four ▁separate ▁ed itions ▁of ▁We ird ▁T ales ▁distributed ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom . ▁ ▁In ▁early ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁three ▁issues ▁ab rid ged ▁from ▁the