''The Comet'' was an American

science fiction fanzine A science-fiction fanzine is an amateur or semi-professional magazine published by members of science-fiction fandom, from the 1930s to the present day. They were one of the earliest forms of fanzine, within one of which the term "''fanzine''" was ...

, the first of its kind.

History

It was first published in May 1930 by the

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Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

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. The fanzine's original editors were Raymond A. Palmer and Walter Dennis. Its second issue, dated July 1930, was called ''"?"'', and was the first issue to refer directly to science fiction. The third issue, dated August 1930, took on its third title, ''Cosmology'', a name it retained for the duration of its publication, which ended in 1933.

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Defunct science fiction magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1930 Magazines disestablished in 1933 Science fiction fanzines Magazines published in Chicago {{sf-fanzine-stub