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Pluto, v. 1, issue 4, September 1940

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PLUTO        WHO SAID THAT?                27
& Joe Miller, I betcha! Back cover deserves superlatives. All in all you have a first class fan mag. My idea is you should eliminate the black ink completely.
   Good luck to PLUTO, & the IFA--somehow I don't think you're going to need it at all.
                Sincerely, 
               Joe Gilbert.

Joe Gilbert, we present here;
Deep South Scientifictioneer.
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                 From Denver, Colo.
Hi Pals, 
   Migawd! Five colors!!!!! I am slowly but surely going nuts with envy. And thirty two pages----ohhhhh! Don't mind me, I just swooned with extasy. How do you do it? The time you guys put in, to publish PLUTO, is appalling. And a cover by Wright! That does it; I'll be in no shape to do anything for months after that!
   The whole issue is good, but these are the best: I'm still laffing at "Gloobermory", by our good friend, Damon the demon. I had to put the mag down and laff at the thing when I finished it. "little Ledowns" was swell. "Business Is Verse", not too bad, "Uncivilized" good idea. Ray's science column, swell keep it going. I like Ray's style, & hope he don't run too worm eaten facts. His column should be a hi-light of issues to come.
   "Who Said That" is very good, keep it big & long. Why not answer the readers, & put it in a different color. "My Version Of PLUTO", is excellent. "Famous Jokes",---oh well. And don't let me forget the back cover. The superb piece of mimeography of the age. I hope that you will go down in fan mag history with that cover. It must have taken ages to draw, stencil, & mimeograph. Not to mention 5 stencils!! When you guys go in for something you don't mess around. I'll bet Tucker, & Korshak, & Reinsberg, swoon with estatic delight when they glimmer that. Wow! 
                        Lew Martin

If many more letters as enthusiastic as this,
   Are mailed in our direction,
We'll have to revise OUR opinion of PLUTO;
   They'll lead us to beleive, IT's PERFECTION!!
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             From Ft., Wayne, Ind.
Dear Marvic & LS&H Club:-
   I really cant find words to express my reaction to the 3rd issue of PLUTO. You've got a mag that is rapidly shooting its way up to the top. It surely will be recognized by fandom soon as a top-notcher. The multi-color mimeoing makes a great difference in a mag. 
   I was tremendously pleased by the article on the IFA. And the swell heading; it was big as a newspaper headline.
   I'll briefly outline some of the things that pleased me in this issue: Cover was certainly unusual. "Business Is Verse" was a pleasing novelty. Mackley was mediocre. "Uncivilized" presented a point that was too true. "Gloobermory" tickled my funny-bone, get more of Knight if possible. "Famous Jokes" if some one would only send in a good joke, it would be all "X". Back cover certainly a marvelous job of mimeographing, altho some of the means depicted were impractical.
   First issue of the IFA review, is out now, as you know; soon we are going to have the IFA, in full swing. The art work by Jenkinson, struck

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PLUTO WHO SAID THAT? 27 & Joe Miller, I betcha! Back cover deserves superlatives. All in all you have a first class fan mag. My idea is you should eliminate the black ink completely. Good luck to PLUTO, & the IFA--somehow I don't think you're going to need it at all. Sincerely, Joe Gilbert. Joe Gilbert, we present here; Deep South Scientifictioneer. ********************************************************* From Denver, Colo. Hi Pals, Migawd! Five colors!!!!! I am slowly but surely going nuts with envy. And thirty two pages----ohhhhh! Don't mind me, I just swooned with extasy. How do you do it? The time you guys put in, to publish PLUTO, is appalling. And a cover by Wright! That does it; I'll be in no shape to do anything for months after that! The whole issue is good, but these are the best: I'm still laffing at "Gloobermory", by our good friend, Damon the demon. I had to put the mag down and laff at the thing when I finished it. "little Ledowns" was swell. "Business Is Verse", not too bad, "Uncivilized" good idea. Ray's science column, swell keep it going. I like Ray's style, & hope he don't run too worm eaten facts. His column should be a hi-light of issues to come. "Who Said That" is very good, keep it big & long. Why not answer the readers, & put it in a different color. "My Version Of PLUTO", is excellent. "Famous Jokes",---oh well. And don't let me forget the back cover. The superb piece of mimeography of the age. I hope that you will go down in fan mag history with that cover. It must have taken ages to draw, stencil, & mimeograph. Not to mention 5 stencils!! When you guys go in for something you don't mess around. I'll bet Tucker, & Korshak, & Reinsberg, swoon with estatic delight when they glimmer that. Wow! Lew Martin If many more letters as enthusiastic as this, Are mailed in our direction, We'll have to revise OUR opinion of PLUTO; They'll lead us to beleive, IT's PERFECTION!! ********************************************************* From Ft., Wayne, Ind. Dear Marvic & LS&H Club:- I really cant find words to express my reaction to the 3rd issue of PLUTO. You've got a mag that is rapidly shooting its way up to the top. It surely will be recognized by fandom soon as a top-notcher. The multi-color mimeoing makes a great difference in a mag. I was tremendously pleased by the article on the IFA. And the swell heading; it was big as a newspaper headline. I'll briefly outline some of the things that pleased me in this issue: Cover was certainly unusual. "Business Is Verse" was a pleasing novelty. Mackley was mediocre. "Uncivilized" presented a point that was too true. "Gloobermory" tickled my funny-bone, get more of Knight if possible. "Famous Jokes" if some one would only send in a good joke, it would be all "X". Back cover certainly a marvelous job of mimeographing, altho some of the means depicted were impractical. First issue of the IFA review, is out now, as you know; soon we are going to have the IFA, in full swing. The art work by Jenkinson, struck