Joseph Wolfe Ferman (June 8, 1906 – December 29, 1974) was a Russian–born American science fiction publisher.
Ferman moved to the United States and began working on the magazine American Mercury, the primary publication of the Mercury Press, which added Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine in 1941.
Edward succeeded him as publisher in 1970,[1] with Joseph taking the title "Chairman of the Board" of what had become a family business.
[2] In 1957, he founded Venture Science Fiction Magazine with Robert P. Mills as its editor.
Other notable projects included the anthologies No Limits (1964), with stories taken from the pages of the first run of Venture, and Once and Future Tales (1964) with stories from F&SF, but not part of the Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction series.