Badger Books

Badger Books were published in a number of genres, predominantly war, westerns, romance, supernatural and science fiction.

The best-known author of Badger Books is Lionel Fanthorpe, who wrote a large proportion of the supernatural and science fiction titles.

[1][2] Samuel Assael (born 1920) set up his London-based publishing company, John Spencer & Co., in 1947.

[1] In common with other "pulp" or mass-market publishers of the time, Badger Books focused on quantity rather than quality.

A new title in each of the major genres appeared each month, generally written to tight deadlines by low-paid authors.

Badger Books SF-58 and SF-61, both dating from 1961 and bearing the byline "John E. Muller" -- but "The Mind Makers" is by Lionel Fanthorpe and "Alien" is by John Glasby .