Vol. 32, no. 1 (Spring 1988)
| Editor-in-Chief | Michael Gessel |
| Production Editor | Dan Smith, Lynne Smith |
| Bibliography Editor | Peter E. Hanff |
| Review Editor | Stephen J. Teller |
| Contributing Editors | John Fricke, Martin Gardner, Douglas G. Greene, Michael Patrick Hearn, Dick Martin, Dorothy Curtiss Maryott, Patrick Maund |
Front cover art by unknown artist (American Colortype Co. valentine cards)
Back cover art by unknown artist (Royal Shakespeare Company Wizard of Oz poster)
Spring 1988 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.
Communications and Oz
Kenneth R. Shepherd examines Baum’s conceit of contacting Oz via wireless telegraph and uses it as a springboard to look at how the Great Outside World communicates with Oz.
Oz in Russia: The Yellow Fog
In this newest installment of his continuing series, March Laumer dissects Alexander Volkov’s fifth Magic Land book. This recurring feature began in the Spring 1975 issue.
The MGM Scrapbook: Believe It or Not: Maud Gage Baum
The full transcript of a segment of the Ripley’s Believe It or Not radio show on September 22, 1939, that featured an interview with Maud Gage Baum and a fictionalized recreation of how Baum came to publish The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Includes an introduction by John Fricke.
The Ozmapolitan
A facsimile of the four-page promotional “newspaper” produced by Reilly & Britton in 1926. This follows a facsimile of the 1904 edition in the Spring 1963 issue; the 1926 edition in the Autumn 1966 issue; the 1927 edition in the Winter 1977 issue; and the 1963 edition in the Autumn 1983 issue. The 1970 edition would follow in the Autumn 1995 issue.
Bibliographia Baumiana: A New Wonderland and The Magical Monarch of Mo
Bibliographia Baumiana provides bibliographical details of non-Oz works by Baum, occasionally updating past articles alongside new ones. This installment, by Patrick Maund and Peter E. Hanff, examines A New Wonderland and The Magical Monarch of Mo. An earlier assessment of these titles appeared in the Spring 1967 issue. Accompanied by a selection of contemporary reviews of both volumes.
In Memoriam
Mervyn LeRoy (producer, MGM’s The Wizard of Oz); Charlie Smalls (composer, The Wiz); Ken Harper (producer, The Wiz); and Parker Fennelly (actor, 1933 Wizard of Oz radio series).
Reviews
The Wizard of Oz by the Royal Shakespeare Company (theater; reviewer B.A. Baker)
The Ice King of Oz by Eric Shanower (graphic novel; reviewer Robin Olderman)
Twinkle and Chubbins introduction by Michael Patrick Hearn (fiction; reviewer Barbara S. Koelle)
Le Magicien Oz, in Mini-Contes illustrated by Magda (fiction; reviewer Stephen J. Teller)
The Marvelous Land of Oz illustrated by A. B. Markevich (fiction; reviewer Douglas G. Greene)
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus afterword by Max Apple (fiction; reviewer Ray Soulard, Jr.)
The Wizard of Oz as told by Art Carney Wonderland Records edition (spoken word album; reviewer Greg Ehrbar)