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In 1936-1937, David Kyle (who would go on to become a Columbia College alumnus) produced three issues of "The fantasy world" (or "The phantasy world"), believed to be the first comics fanzine ever. His daughter, Kerry Kyle, has donated a black-and-white copy of issue 1 and color copies of issues 2-3, as well as Kyle's 1939 manifesto, "A warning!" which cautioned attendees of the 1937 Newark science fiction convention about the possibility of coercion by the organizers.

John Fantucchio, aka "Fandom's Fantucchio," was a prolific artist in comics fanzines, while working his day job of art director at the CIA. His collection contains a comprehensive array of fanzines, original art, comic-con programs, and comics sales lists. Many of the fanzine titles are represented by complete runs, such as "Rocket's Blast Comicollector," and the art is notable for Fantucchio's use of a wide variety of materials, including Duoshade paper and Zipatone.

Mike Friedrich began his comics career as a fanzine contributor before, beginning at age 18, writing comics stories for both DC Comics and Marvel Comics. In the second half of the 1970s, he published Star*Reach, an independent comics anthology that included both mainstream and alternative artists. In the early 1980s, Friedrich used the same name for his comics creators agency. He was also co-founder of WonderCon, which Comic-Con International purchased in 2001. The collection includes client directories, income journals, client surveys, contracts, Star*Reach promotional swag, and more. Friedrich has received the Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic-Book Writing, which recognizes underappreciated comics writers.

Nine recorded interviews with comics creators such as Barry Windsor-Smith and Vaughn Bode, taped by Peter Kuper in the early 1970s, when he was working on his fanzine.

His fanzine collection is a collector's collection, representing the most important titles of the medium. His research materials provides substantive background to his books. There are taped interviews.