Vol. 29, no. 1 (Spring 1985)
| Editor-in-Chief | John Fricke |
| Production Editor | Dan Smith, Lynne Smith |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Review Editor | Douglas G. Greene |
| Contributing Editors | Martin Gardner, Michael Gessel, Michael Patrick Hearn, Dick Martin, Dorothy Curtiss Maryott, Patrick Maund, Ethan Mordden, Douglas Rossman |
Front and back cover photographs by an unknown photographer (Return to Oz)
Spring 1985 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.
“Planet in a Panic Over Queer Visitor”
Not just one but a series of “interplanetary telegrams” written by L. Frank Baum for the Philadelphia North American from August 18 to August 28, 1904. This is followed by the full-page “Proclamation Extraordinary” that heralded the arrival of Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz on August 28, 1904.
Costume Wizardry in Return to Oz
Becky Lorberfeld looks at the process used by Raymond Hughes, costume designer of Return to Oz, for the upcoming film. Although this is not a traditional interview feature, it includes brief quotes from Hughes throughout.
“Wogglebug’s Creator Tells of Inspiration”
An interview with L. Frank Baum, reprinted from the Philadelphia North American on October 3, 1904.
Bibliographia Baumiana: The Posthumous Books
Douglas G. Greene provides bibliographical data about two Baum titles that were not published until after the author’s death: The Musical Fantasies of L. Frank Baum, The High-Jinks of L. Frank Baum, The Uplift of Lucifer, A Kidnapped Santa Claus, The Purple Dragon and Other Fantasies, the Pamami Press productions (Nelebel’s Fairyland, Strange Tale of Nursery Folk, The Runaway Shadows, and The Christmas Stocking), The Runaway Shadows and Other Stories, and Scenario of Prince Silverwings.
The MGM Scrapbook: The Wizard Rates . . .
John Fricke provides ratings information for the MGM telecasts from 1956 to 1985.
Reviews
Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion by Jack Zipes (non-fiction; reviewer Seraphim J. Sigrist)
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Coles Publishing Company edition (fiction; reviewer Douglas G. Greene)
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz Dover edition (fiction; reviewer Douglas G. Greene)
The Oz Game Book edited by Robin Olderman (fiction; reviewer David Maxine)
Dorothy and the Lizard of Oz by Richard A. Gardner (fiction; reviewer Paul S. Ritz)