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Stan's Weekly Express (1969) fanzine comic books 1972

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    Stan's Weekly Express (1969) fanzine 86-87
    Stan's Weekly Express (1969) fanzine #86-87
    Published Jun 1972 by WE.

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    Stan's Weekly Express (or WE, for short) was a weekly adzine published from 1969 to 1973 by Stanley Blair of Houston, Texas. It was a direct forerunner of the Comics Buyer's Guide. Blair founded the WSA (short for Stan's Weekly Express Seal of Approval) to serve as a guard against mail fraud for the blossoming comic fandom industry. (Thanks to http://www.comicbookfanthropology.com and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_Buyer's_Guide for the above information!) This September, 1972 double-issue is the first WE printed after Blair had his stroke. Features a four page story entitled "I Dig You, Dr. Frankenstein Baby!" by pulp fiction historian Nick Carr, which narrates Carr's trip to Germany and the castle of Dr. Berg Frankenstein; and a three page piece called "A Few Suggestions for the New Collector," by Robert Samson, in which Mr. Samson boldly states, "The collector's items of 1991 are on sale today!" Also featured is a full-page ad for "All in Color for a Dime," Dick Lupoff's and Don Thompson's classic collection of fandom musings.