sentences:  This was higher than any of its competition, but it also had the highest page count in the field at the time, with 196 pages.The initial editorial team was Leo Margulies as publisher, and Sam Merwin as editor; this was a combination familiar to science fiction fans from their years together at Thrilling Wonder Stories, which Merwin edited from 1945 to 1951.The publisher, King-Size Publications, also produced "The Saint Detective Magazine", which was popular, so "Fantastic Universe" enjoyed good distribution from the start—a key factor in a magazine's success.