Writers / Artists: Dennis Smith

Letters page includes letters from Robert Bloch and Andrew Offutt.

This issue includes a two-page ad for Witzend #1.
Letters page includes letters from Maggie Thompson, Jerry Pournelle, Harry Warner Jr., and Fritz Leiber.

Features include the second installment of George Barr’s adaptation of Poul Anderson’s The Broken Sword.
Letters page includes letters from Ted White, Harry Warner Jr., Andrew Offutt, and George Barr.

Features include portfolios by Stephen Fabian and Robert Kline. Also included is Ellison’s “Repent Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman,” with illustrations by Tim Kirk.
Trumpet became Nickelodeon #1 in 1975 after Tom Reamy became embroiled in a publishing deal with Nostalgia Inc. that didn’t turn out as he had hoped or expected or been led to believe.
Trumpet #12 would be published in 1981, following the publication of Nickelodeon #1 and #2, when Ken Keller tried to resurrect the title. It would be the final issue.