Fanzine:The Acolyte

=The Acolyte=

Title:  The Acolyte 

Published by: Originally, 720 10th St., Clarkston, Washington. Later, 1005 West 35th Place, Los Angeles 7, California.

Editor:, &amp; Samuel D. Russell.

Years of Publication: 1942-1946

Issues: 14. The Horvat collection (Univ. of Iowa) includes with this fanzine an apparent special issue titled "Howard Phillips Lovecraft, 1890-1937, A Tentative Bibliography" (Winter 1943).

Description/Overview: An H.P. Lovecraft fanzine. Included early essays by Fritz Leiber about Lovecraft's fiction. The Futurian War Digest described it in 1943 as: "It is devoted to H.P. Lovecraft and features fantasy and the supernatural, including fiction and poetry besides authoritative articles. And as the editor has access to many unpublished essays etc by Lovecraft, and a number of works of Clark Ashton Smith, there are undoubtedly many treats in store." Print runs between 120 and 200 copies

Awards: Nominated for the 1946 Best Fanzine Retro Hugo.

External Links: Wikipedia, ZineWiki, and Fanac, which has scans of issues 10-12.