GALAXY Science Fiction: June 1956 (Volume 12, Number 2)
Illustrations by Ed Emshwiller, Weiss, Dick Francis. Cover by Ed Emshwiller: "This Is For Your Own Good!"

Novelets: "Mezzerow Loves Company" by F. L. Wallace
"The Venus Trap" by Evelyn E. Smith
"In the Cards" by Alan Cogin.

Stories: "Death Wish" by Ned Lang
"The Scapegoat" by Richard Maples
"The Moralist" by Jack Taylor.

Science: "For Your Information: Mutant of the Iron Horse" by Willy Ley

H. L. Gold's editorial is "Freedom from Everything." Book reviews by Floyd C. Gale.