Pabular

The English magazine Pabular was first published in 1974 by Nick Bolton and ran for just over eight exciting volumes. It was mainly edited by the well respected Fred Robinson (later by Walt Lees and Stephen Tucker) and the art editor throughout was the talented Eric Mason. The contributors include: Jack Avis, Gaeton Bloom, John Carney, Peter Duffie, Alex Elmsley, Dominique Duvivier, Cy Endfield, Bob Farmer, Flip, Piet Forton, Roberto Giobbi, Paul Hallas, Steve Hamilton, Francis Haxton, Larry Jennings, Peter Kane, Fred Kaps, Gerald Kosky, Trevor Lewis, Ed Marlo, Bob Ostin, Patrick Page, John Ramsay, Bob Read, Sam Schwartz, Arthur Setterington, Al Smith, Juan Tamariz, Stephen Tucker, Dai Vernon, Roy Walton, Tommy Wonder and William Zavis.

CONTENTS:

• SPECTATOR MAGICIAN (Tony Faro): Here is a great card effect...

CONTENTS:

• SUPERTRANSPORTATION (Ian Baxter): The four Aces and the four Kings change places among themselves.
• BEHAVIORAL BLUFF (Fred Robinson): A spectator picks a card among five (free choice) and you show the other four cards to be indifferent. You have predicted this card. You’ll love the method.
• BLANK FACES (Phil Wye): A selected card is revealed by using four double-blank cards on which messages appear.
• PAST HELP (Roy Walton): Four cards are selected by four spectators and then discovered by you with the assistance of four very famous magicians. Entirely self-working.
• SPOTTING THE SPOT (Leslie May): A...

CONTENTS:

• PLAY IT AGAIN SAM (Peter Duffie & Roy Walton): Seven pairs are shown and then separated. They assemble again in pairs with a final surprise.
• TRANSPO INK (Fabian-Aldo Colombini): Four cards with red spots and four cards with blue spots. They change place one by one (can be done with regular cards as well).
• FOUR GONE CONCLUSION (Bob Haines): Two selected cards are lost in the deck. Four cards are shown to be all alike. Two of the cards disappear and the two left are the selections.
• YOUR VERY OWN (Roy Walton): A group of cards is mixed by a spectator and then magically sort themselves out into...

CONTENTS:

• SIMPLIFIED FOLLOW THE LEADER (Max Maven): An easy version of the Follow the Leader theme, using jumbo cards cut into quarters.
• EYES DOWN (Vic Allen): A comedy revelation of a selected card using an eye (a toy eye of course).
• HANDY ACES (Simon Lovell): A selected card disappears from between the four Aces held by a spectator, only to reappear face up in the deck.
• IMMEDIATE ACES (Max Maven): A quick yet effective Ace assembly using only eight cards.
• THE PISCATORIAL PEG (Wally Boyce): You produce the wrong card and clip it on a peg which is placed inside a bag with the deck. When the peg is...

CONTENTS:

• TWINK PLUS (Max Maven): Two cards selected by you and two selected by a spectator match.
• OLDFINGER (Arthur Setterington): A box contains a finger which is laid on a face-down card. A lady is invited to remove the card. Suddenly the finger comes alive and jump into a vertical position. The card is a duplicate of a previously selection.
• SECONDS OUT (Al Smith): Simply stated, the effect is that of a quadruple coincidence.
• KRIX (Al Smith): A version of the Twisting The Aces trick, using the A-2-3-4 of one suit with a surprise ending.
• EVEN BREAK (Walt Lees): You show two cards and request a spectator to...

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Pabular was first published in 1974 by Nick Bolton and ran for just over eight exciting volumes. It is probably the finest ever British close-up magazines to be published. It was mainly edited by the well respected Fred Robinson (later by Walt Lees and Stephen Tucker) and the art editor throughout was Eric Mason.

The first effect in the magazine was by Roy Walton and contributors include: Jack Avis, Gaeton Bloom, John Carney, Tony Corinda, Ted Danson, Will Dexter, Bob Driebeek, Shiv Duggal, Peter Duffie, Alex Elmsley, Dominique Duvivier, Cy Endfield, Bob Farmer, Flip, Piet Forton,...