Helios

Zine
Title:	Helios
Publisher:
Editor(s):	Sam Moskowitz; Alex Osheroff (first issue)
Type:
Date(s):	1937-1938
Medium:	Print
Size:
Fandom:	Science Fiction
Language:	English
External Links:	Hosted online by fanac.org
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Helios was a science fiction fanzine printed from 1937-1938. Its first issue was edited by Alex Osheroff and Sam Moskowitz, and Moskowitz edited the rest alone.

Reviews

Helios, a neatly printed magazine published by Sam Moskowitz... sells for five cents a copy. The first contains many short and to-the-point items which should prove interesting to the more ardent fans. Featured are biographies of Morris Dollens and Jim Blish, a short story, and various articles by Donald A. Wollheim, Alex Osheroff, etc.

The Amateur Correspondent #1 pp 27-28. May 1937.

One thing that riles us is the confounded inconsistency with the numbers of the pages. You never do know exactly how many pages are in the magazine. The cover is less sloppier than last month's - therefore a bit better. However, much could be improved. The entire issue is decorated(??) with fine examples of how an artist shouldn't draw quite profusely. "A Witch Woman's Curse" by Fred Lawrence (alias Corwin Stickney - and we have proof) is not bad at all. In fact, it's okay. "Knock 'Em Down and Drag 'Em Out" is not as good as we had expected. "FanParade," by Donald Duck Liverwurst, is undoubtedly the "gem" of the issue. Other articles in the March-April issue (#6) are by Farsaci, Sykora,Fein, and again, Stickney. Commencing with this issue is "Reader's Opinion" which is a summary of what the readers thought of the various issues. Then, of course, there is "Comments from the Clientele." Moskie is to be praised for his commendable hectographing this issue, in that it is quite legible throughout the entire issue.

"Fan Mag Review" in Science Fiction Collector #19 pg. 24 (May 1938)