The Leading Edge, #1 April 1981

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Overview:

Title: The Leading Edge, #1 April 1981
Author: Michael W. Reed
Year: 1981
Publisher:
Pages: 50+[4]
Binding: octavo
Type: MAGAZINE
Title Reference: The Leading Edge - 1981
Notes: This is the version with the red cover. When the first issue sold out more quickly than they thought it would, a second printing was created with a red cover (because the printer was out of the green previously used). These are the most rare copies of this issue.
No publisher indicated.
Centerfold pages (between 26-27) are not numbered and are not included in the page numbering at the bottom of all the other pages.
There are a number of spot illustrations scattered throughout the issue which are not credited. Page 5 lists Dave Doering as Executive Editor, Michael W. Reed as Managing Editor, and Rayda Reed as Assistant Editor.