CASTLE OF FRANKENSTEIN -Calvin Beck 1957 mockup test magazine SPACEWAYS handmad

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This is a mock-up for a never-published magazine, Spaceways, created by Calvin Beck in 1957, prior to creating Castle of Frankenstein. Following employment as an editor for publisher Joe Weider, Calvin Beck (1929–1989) entered the monster magazine arena in 1959 with his one-shot Journal of Frankenstein, which had only a small circulation. As an experiment, Beck printed part of the run on slick paper. After a hiatus and a title change, Beck returned with the debut issue of Castle of Frankenstein in 1962.

 

This hand-made mock-up of Spaceways (vol I - No. 1, Jan. 1958) features collaged elements from existing magazines and science-fiction pulps mixed with typewritten text. Address for Calvin Beck's "New World Enterprises Syndicate, Inc." in North Bergen, NJ is inside front cover. "Contents copyrighted 1957" is at bottom of inside cover. Mock-up is 28 pages with about 8 blank pages that have handwritten "TEXT" in the middle.

 

The interior is stapled together in three locations on spine. The cover is a separate piece from the interior, as originally created, since the cover has no staple holes.

 

 

Link to eBay auction for Calvin Beck SPACEWAYS (Castle of Frankenstein pre-cursor) mockup magazine http://Support-the-Collectors-Society.com/itm/110770961086?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

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Ends Sunday 1/9 !

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Ends today, Sunday!