Desperately seeking former spy fanzine publisher

November 2nd, 2009

Desperately seeking former spy fanzine publisher

…Well, not desperately. But definitely seeking information on these “Top Secret” magazines, of which I have three issues, soon to be four after this recent eBay purchase goes through:

Names included in the editorial page credits include (hoping for some self-Googling here):

David Caruba, editor
Brandon Twine, managing editor
Paul Haber, assistant editor
Harold Behar Jr., art and design
Robert Caruba Jr., business manager
Quentin Foote, publicity
Scott Williamson, art coordinator

The magazine was published from August 1985-July 1986 out of Maplewood, NJ by Caruba Enterprises. They’re an interesting look at spy-fi fandom in the mid-80s, in between the heyday of the 60s and the revival of Bond popularity in the 90s, with a number of quality interviews, articles and appreciations.

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Mister 8 is a blog about secret agents, spies, international crime-fighters and other characters and tropes of spy fiction, and an occasional comic featuring the titular Mister 8 and his work for DOS. This blog is published as often as the author can muster the energy to do so, and content ranges widely from talk of TV shows and movies, to scans of out-of-print comics, to tabs and chords from the great spy themes.

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