The original mission of the magazine ran thus: The Ecphorizer has been created to provide an intellectual forum for the members of San Francisco Regional Mensa — a place to listen and sound off, to hear and be heard.
Our aim is to generate in print the same sort of stimulating views and interchanges that enliven good Mensa gatherings.
[1]In 1983, The Ecphorizer creator, George Towner, had the journal listed in The International Directory of Little Magazines and Small Presses, effectively soliciting “Poetry, fiction, articles, satire, criticism, reviews, letters, non-fiction” from non-Mensa members, explaining “As the readership is primarily (but not exclusively) members of Mensa, material of interest to people of high intelligence is desired.” Circulation (in 1983) rose to 600.
Addition by Rhiannon Reh Hemsted; Tod Wicks who worked for IBM concurrently while George Towner was at Apple, also created this zine.
There is also a lost hoard of every single Marvel and DC comic ever printed prior to roughly 85.