Vol. 21, no. 1 (Spring 1977)
| Editor-in-Chief | Jerry V. Tobias |
| Art Editor | Bill Eubank |
| Review Editor | David L. Greene |
| Research Editor | James E. Haff |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Drama Editor | Pat Tobias |
| Consulting Editors | John Fricke, Martin Gardner, Douglas G. Greene, Dick Martin |
Layout and cover design by Bill Eubank
Front cover art by an unknown artist (The Wizard of Oz 1939 Bobbs-Merrill edition)
Back cover art by an unknown artist (The Wogglebug Game of Conundrums)
Spring 1977 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.
The Magic of Baum
Hugh Pendexter III looks at the different varieties and operatives of magic across Baum’s Oz books and other fantasies.
The Wizard in Many Tongues
More international editions, described by Douglas G. Greene. Corrections for this article were printed in the Autumn 1978 issue.
Jack Pumpkinhead Pawns the Sawhorse
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.
Substance and Shadow
Dick Martin‘s brief memoir piece about his childhood with Oz, which spawned the Bugle‘s recurring first-person “Adventures in Oz” column.
The Wogglebug Game
David L. Greene provides basic information about the “Woggle-Bug craze” that led to the rare and unlicensed Parker Brothers parlor game pictured on this issue’s back cover.
Bibliographia Pseudonymiana
James E. Haff collates bibliographical data about the books Baum wrote under psuedonyms. This installment focuses on Aunt Jane’s Nieces at Millville. Corrections for this article were published in the next issue, Autumn 1977.
Reviews
The Wizard of Oz at Sacramento’s Music Circus (theater; reviewer Stephen C. Jett)
The Purple Dragon and Other Fantasies by L. Frank Baum (fiction; reviewer Ruth Berman)
W. W. Denslow by Douglas G. Greene and Michael Patrick Hearn (non-fiction; reviewers Russell P. MacFall and Dick Martin)
Elbert Hubbard, Rebel with Reverence: A Granddaughter’s Tribute by Mary Roelofs Stott (non-fiction; reviewer Douglas G. Greene)
Down the Yellow Brick Road: The Making of The Wizard of Oz by Doug McLelland (non-fiction; reviewer John Fricke)
The Wizard of Oz adapted by Horace J. Elias (fiction; reviewer John Fricke)