Vol. 18, no. 3 (Christmas 1974)
| Editorial Staff | John Fricke, David L. Greene, James E. Haff, Peter E. Hanff, and Jerry V. Tobias |
Front cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from art by an unknown artist (The Wonderful Game of Oz)
Back cover art by Dick Martin, adapted from an advertisement by an unknown artist (Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz)
Christmas 1974 Selected Contents
This is a guide to the articles and reviews from the issue that will most benefit researchers, scholars, and collectors. The printed issue includes additional content such as news, editorial letters, and other commentary-based departments.
Patricia Tobias looks at the inconsistent and flawed character of the Woggle-Bug, determining him an outlier in Baum’s roster of characters and rendered “very human” through his sheer unlikability.
Bibliographia Pseudonymiana
Peter E. Hanff collates bibliographical data about the early printings of Baum’s works published under a pseudonym. This installment focuses on “Edith Van Dyne’s” Mary Louise and Mary Louise in the Country.
How the Ozites Met a Beauty Doctor
A reproduction of one installment of L. Frank Baum and Walt McDougall’s Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz newspaper comic page in 1904.
How Did the Woggle-Bug Do?
Michael Patrick Hearn chronicles the rise and fall of L. Frank Baum’s second musical, The Woggle-Bug, with extensive details of its production and reception by dissatisfied critics.