[Ads-l] Antedating Zap Gun (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

OED has 1969 for "zap gun" (under entry for zap)

OED SF project has 1954.

_Fantasy Review_ Feb-Mar 1947 p 3
http://efanzines.com/FR/fr01.pdf
"ASF's competitor-mags are stocked by professional pulp-writers with plots about lush, semi-clad damsels, greenish monsters with nasty notions, stalwart heroes with zap-guns."

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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