Sword & Fantasy #4

Editor:		James Van Hise.
Publisher:		James Van Hise.
Date of publication:		October 2005.
Binding:		Side stapled.
Number of pages:		86 plus covers.
Size:		8½ x 11 inches.

Front of fanzine by Wally Wood

Thunder in the Dawn by Virgil Finlay page 57

Auto-biography by Virgil Finlay page 68

Virgil Finlay related items:
Sword & Fantasy #4 contains the following Virgil Finlay related items.

• Page 57: drawing 'Thunder in the Dawn' (thumb), 1951.
• Page 60: cover of 'Weird Tales', July 1938.
• Page 66: drawing 'Thunder in the Dawn' (rapier), 1951.
• Pages 68 and 70: Auto-biography by Virgil Finlay himself, including a photograph, reprinted from Science Stories, April 1954.
• Page 69: drawing 'Creep, Shadow!' (chase), 1951.
• Page 70: drawing 'The Lost Door', October 1936.
• Page 71: drawing 'Monsieur Seeks a Wife', 1951.

Contents:
The contents of Sword & Fantasy #4 is as follows.

• Page 2: Editorial.
• Page 4: The Weird Tales Panel
• Page 16: "The Challenge From Beyond" (from the Sept, 1935 Fantasy Magazine).
• Page 27: An Interview with Karl Edward Wagner (from DAGON #25, 1989).
• Page 36: Modern Sword & in Comics, by James Van Hise.
• Page 46: The Legend of the Water Horse, by Jim and Ruth Keagan.
• Page 50: An Interlude in Cross Plains, by Rick McCollum (from REHupa #127).
• Page 56: The Elak Stories of Henry Kuttner, by Richard Toogood.
• Page 67: Henry Kuttner's Obit (from Science Times February 1958).
• Page 68: Virgil finlay Auto Bio (from Science Stories April 1954).
• Page 72: Dragonheart: the Chuck Pogue Interview.
• Page 79: REH in Paperback, by Jim Van Hise.
• Page 83: The Krenkel and Frazetta Question, by Stephen J. Cassinelli.

Notes:
The front cover art by Wally Wood is reproduced from the color version of the original art that first appeared on the dustjacket of the Gnome Press hardcover 'The Return of Conan (1957). Artwork in the issue is by Wally Wood, Rick McCollum, Mahlon Fawcett, Jim and Ruth Keagan, Andrew Warner, Hugh Rankin, Margaret Brundage, Charlie Williams, Virgil Finlay and others.