Thanks to Michael Thomas I was able to look at a copy of issue #4 (1978) of the Runequest zine, Wyrm's Footnotes.

Thanks to Michael Thomas I was able to look at a copy of issue #4 (1978) of the Runequest zine, Wyrm's Footnotes. On page 4, I found a list of the first fifty people who purchased the game Nomad Gods, and it includes a one "J E Holmes, Los Angeles CA". I just checked and Holmes mentions Wyrm's Footnotes and Nomad Gods in the section on Runequest in his FRPG book.