Item Overview

This listing is for an exceptionally rare, vintage 12-issue collection of FEAR Magazine, the premier British publication dedicated to fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Published by Newsfield between 1988 and 1991, FEAR is legendary among genre historians for its intelligent behind-the-scenes cinema coverage, definitive author interviews, and original short fiction.

This specific lot contains the following exact issues:

• 1988–1989: No. 1 (Premiere Issue), No. 3, No. 5, No. 6, No. 7

• 1990–1991: No. 17, No. 18, No. 19, No. 21, No. 23, No. 25, No. 30

Notable feature highlights across this specific selection include exclusive behind-the-scenes content on John Carpenter's They Live, Peter Straub, Waxwork, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Nightbreed, Pumpkinhead, RoboCop 2, and Night of the Living Dead. Featuring columns by Harlan Ellison and the unmatched, painterly cover art styles of Oliver Frey, this 12-issue run is a rare find for collectors of vintage horror print media, cinema historians, and completionists.

Detailed Condition Report

• Exterior: Good to Very Good vintage condition overall across the collection. Expect typical light shelf wear appropriate for periodicals of this era, including minor corner rubbing, faint edge creasing, and light spine stress lines. Covers retain excellent gloss and bold color depth. Free from unsightly subscription mailing address labels, preserving the stunning front artwork.

• Interior: Very clean interior text pages and graphic review layouts. All issues are securely bound by their original staples, intact, and complete. The pages are free from ink annotations, cutouts, or major page tears. Faint, uniform natural age-toning present along margins as expected with vintage paper stock.