Glorm

Zine
Title:	Glorm
Publisher:	James T Crawford - issues 1-8, 17, Glorm Junior and Glorm Transitions Foster Publications specifically Adrienne Foster - issues 9-13
Editor(s):	James T. Crawford
Date(s):	1975 to at least 1977
Series?:
Medium:	print
Genre:	non-fiction and art
Fandom:	comics, science fiction, media, horror
Language:	English
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Glorm is a general SF zine with a heavy emphasis on comics, media, and horror. Its subtitle was "the philosophical fanzine."

It began as two zines published in parallel. One was a large digest size (7" by 8 1/2"), with issues that had about 125 pages. The plan was for it to be published six times a year. The other was "Glorm Junior."

After three issues of the larger zine, this plan was abandoned as this was too much work and the responses to it had "not been exactly overwhelming."

This means that "Glorm Junior 3" is the same as "Glorm 4" and at that point, "Glorm Junior" was dropped and both zines became one zine running about 40-50 pages an issue.

In 2013 Crawford donated his collection of zines to the University of Iowa Libraries. This included his Glorm collection, which is difficult to locate these days:

• Glorm Junior
• Glorm Transitions
• Glorm Special Edition #1 (1975)
• Glorm Special Edition #2 (1976)
• Glorm issues #1-#13 and issue #17

After issue #8, Crawford stopped publishing the zine himself, with Foster Publications (operated by Adrienne Foster) taking over and Crawford remaining as editor. This arrangement ceased after Issue 13, with issues 14-16 never appearing and Crawford providing an explanation in issue 17, which he published himself, returning to the duplicator.

Issue 1

Glorm #1, 1975. Edited and published by Jim Crawford.

Contents:

• 'Scientific Therom and It's Relation To The Mythology in Comic Books'
• 'Land of the Lost' - overview of the television series, Land of the Lost
• Kamandi overview - overview of the comic, Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth (DC Comics)
• Personal letter from the publisher to a fan
• & more

Issue 2

Glorm #2, 1975. Edited and published by Jim Crawford.

Issue 3

Issue #3 front cover, artist unknown

Glorm #3, 1975. Edited and published by Jim Crawford. 125 pages.

Contents:

• Tales to Astonish Index - (partial?) index of the writers and artists whose work appeared in each issue of Tales to Astonish (Marvel Comics) 1959-1968
• a three-page article blasting Space:1999
• Land of The Lost - overview of the television series, Land of the Lost

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  Issue #3 back cover - Silver Surfer, artist unknown.

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  Issue #3 interior art - Namorita, artist unknown

Issue 4

Glorm 4 ("Glorm Junior 3"), 1975 and contains 52 pages. The art is by Bobby Wright, and others; none of it is clearly credited.

front cover of issue #4 art by Bobby Wright

back cover of issue #4 by Bobby Wright

• editorial
• a reply by Anne Foster to the article about Space:1999 in the previous issue
• Aliens in Comics, part one (Aliens in Horror and SF Comics and Television)
• The Quantification of Female Sex in Comics, part one
• Space:1999: War Games: A Critique of the Show (poor acting, unnecessary violence, extremely poor science)
• Reviews of Comic-Related Items
• a four-page article by Adrienne Foster about the club High Steppin' Trekkies
• a bio of the editor, James T. Crawford
• Hail to the Air Force, fiction
• Boulder, fiction

From the editor:

Well, here is the third issue of GLORM Junior. In a way this specific issue was never planned. After very long, and very difficult consideration, I finally decided that turning out GLORM, the 123 page version of my fanzine was too much work, and simple economies prevent me from publishing that size of a fanzine every four months, and have less than fifty issues sell.

In addition, and, this la the more serious factor, the response to GLORM as to the content, discussions, arguments, and theories, has not exactly been overwhelming. Certainly I have received around a half a dozen letters, some of them going into great detail on opinions about GLORM and its contents, but that is only maybe six letters out of fifty or sixty copies mailed out. Thus, the low rate of returns, the lack of dialogue, bothers me most.

Therefore? I have decided that I will abandon the regular publication of GLORM, as far as printing a hundred copies of a 125 or so page zine? Instead, I am going to drop GLORM junior altogether, and publish GLORM for the I-SAPA members? Since the I-SAPA schedule is bi-monthly, I will be cutting down the size of GLORM considerably, down to about, probably 40 or 50 pages, but will concentrate on more in-depth articles on comics. I hope, sincerely, that I-SAPA members will actively respond to the contents of GLORM and build a meaningful forum of discussion around the ideas and theories set forth in my fanzine.

Since, however, GLORM will now be in a smaller printing and smaller size, the amount, of artwork will be cut considerably, as it is doubtful that my staff artists on GLORM will desire to continue contributing when the zine is no longer up for sale. Still, I can hope.

One other advantage is that it will enable me to undertake more in-depth articles, doing research over a longer period of time, and printing results in parts. For example, in this issue you will find the first part of an article on how aliens are treated in comics and related media.

I hope you enjoy the contents of GLORM and will read them carefully and comment on the ideas and theories present.

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Issue 7

Glorm 7, 197? Special Tom O'Reilly art issue

Issue 9

cover of issue #9

Glorm 9 was published in February 1977 and contains 32 pages.

• Censorship in Comics: A Function of What?
• Man-Thing: An Analysis (Part One)
• A Comic of Significance
• The Philosophy of Star Trek: "The Conscience of the King"
• Fiction: And Then Again
• Fiction: In Silence Dwells the Guardian

Issue 10

cover of issue #10

Glorm 10 was published in April 1977 and contains 32 pages.

• Man-Thing (Part Two)
• Sex in Comics!
• Why Does Sci-Fi Fail on Television?
• Dr. Strange Today (Part One)
• The Philosophy of Star Trek: "Who Mourns For Adonis?"
• Fiction: Room 107
• Fiction: Ten short poems
• Reviews: Several SF related albums

Issue 11

cover of issue #11 by Bobby Wright

Glorm 11 was published in June 1977 and contains 32 pages.

• Doctor Strange Today (Part Two)
• Violence and Sex in Comics: A Statistical Study
• Man-Thing: An Analysis (Part Three)
• General Philosophical Beliefs
• Fiction: Room 304
• Fiction: And the Earth Shall Be Barren
• Fiction: For All Eternity
• Fiction: Seven short poems.

Issue 12

Cover of issue #12 by Bobby Wright

Glorm 12 was published in August 1977 and contains 32 pages.

• Man-Thing: An Analysis (Conclusion)
• Doctor Strange Today (Part Three)
• Reviews of some British Star Trek Publications
• 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kirby, and Ancient Astronauts
• Space: 1999 Annual
• Sex in Comics
• Facts and Speculations on the Paranormal
• Paranormal, Unidentified Flying Objects and Truth
• The Philosophy of Star Trek: "The Corbormite Maneuver"
• Fiction: Three poems

Issue 13

Cover of issue #13 by Bobby Wright

Glorm 13 was published in October 1977 and contains 32 pages.

• The Philosophy of the Silver Surfer
• Aliens in Science Fiction: 'Star Trek' vs. 'Space: 1999'
• The Younger Generation Speaks
• Dr. Strange: Conclusion
• First Daylight Photo of... What Are They?
• The Paranormal: Flying Saucers and the Coast Guard? ? ?

Issue 17

Glorm 17, after October 1977.

• James T. Crawford explains the missing Glorm issues, and why he has reverted back to the ditto version of the zine.