Isaac Asimov

“ On the whole, I am pleased with your new magazine. That's an honest opinion—and I'll prove it by saying that it is not the best issue of any magazine that I have ever read; I know that it is the tendency in writing one's first letter on any magazine to be super-lavish in one's praises, but I hope you can offset the relative moderacy of my good opinion by its sincerity. The first issue of Comet is very definitely above par as far as first issues go; it is even above par as far as today's science-fiction in general goes. ”

“ But I'll tell you this—that the first issue gives me hopes. Once the magazine gains momentum, it's going places—and with you at the wheel, it's going to go lots of places.
But let's be more specific. Ho, for the praise and the good old constructive criticism. First of all, I like your broadness in the story field. The yarns vary from straight science-fiction ("Momus Moon") to science-action on one hand ("In the Earth's Shadow") and weird on the other ("Primal City") . You've got heavy science ("Ultimate Image") and brick science ("Equation for Time") . ”

“ It's better than having the drawing large and smothered in print.
"The Spacean" is amusing, but can you keep it up? It's the sort of thing that might easily drop into silly burlesque if one isn't careful. If you can hold it to the level of this first issue, it's got my vote of approval. ”