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Action [1938]

Country: US

A Catholic pictorial news magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Apr-1938 – Apr-1939

Publishers: E.V. Corridan, NY
Frequency: monthly

Action [1953]

Country: US
Total Issues: 6?

Issues & Index Sources:  Mar-1953 – Dec-1953?: FictionMags Index (Missing: Mar-1953; any after Oct-1953)

Publishers:   Picture Magazines, Inc., 105 East 35th Street, New York 16, NY (Volitant)
Mentioned in:   It's a Man's World



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Action Adventure Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 145

Photocopy reprints of classic pulp novels.

Issues & Index Sources

May-1997 – Jan-2005:

Adventure Fiction Index

Publishers

Fading Shadows, Inc.

Editors

Tom & Ginger Johnson

Prices

$5.00

Frequency

May-1997 – Aug-2001: twice monthly
Sep-2001 – Dec-2004: monthly



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Action Caravan

Country: US
Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources: May-1951

Formats: digest


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Action Detective

Country: US

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: ?

Action Detective Magazine

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 46

Mostly Australian authors; early issues contained two stories, later issues a single novelette.

Issues & Index Sources: Jun-1952 – 1956?:

Crime Fiction Index

(Missing: #3, #4, #8, #32, #34)

Publishers:   Action Comics Pty. Ltd., 14 Bond Street, Sydney
Prices:   8d
Pagecounts:   34pp
Mentioned in:   Australian Crime Fiction



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Action Detective Tales

see under New All-Action Stories

Action for Men

Country: US
Total Issues: 128?

Issues & Index Sources

1957? – Feb-1978?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

  1957? – Jun-1959: Hillman Periodicals Inc.
  1959 – 1977: Vista Publications, Inc.

Mentioned in:   It's a Man's World



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Action Illustrated

Country: US
Total Issues: 4?

Issues & Index Sources: Dec-1962 – Apr-1963

Publishers: Major Magazine Publishing


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Action Life

Country: US
Total Issues: 6?

Issues & Index Sources:  Aug-1963 – Nov-1964: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)

Publishers:   Atlas Magazines Inc.
Mentioned in:   It's a Man's World



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Action Monthly Magazine

Country: Australia

Issues & Index Sources:  1952 – 1953?: General Fiction Index (Missing: #1, #4, #9, any after #14)

Publishers:   Transport Publishing Company, Sydney, New South Wales
Prices:   8d
Pagecounts:   34pp



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Action Novels

Country: US
Total Issues: 25

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1928 – Dec-1932/Jan-1933:

Adventure Fiction Index

Fall 1937 – Spring 1939:

Adventure Fiction Index

Publishers

Fiction House, NY

Editors

Malcolm Reiss

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

20c

Pagecounts

128pp

Frequency

bimonthly (1928-1933); quarterly (1937-1939)

Mentioned in: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Action-Packed Western

Country: US
Total Issues: 11?+22=33?

Began in 1937 (or earlier) then suspended and relaunched in 1954

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1937 – Dec-1939:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: any before Oct-1937; Dec-1938; any after Dec-1939)

Jul-1954 – May-1958:

Western Fiction Index

Publishers

  1938 – 1939: Columbia Publications, NY
  1939: Chesterfield Publications (Columbia Publications)
  1954 – 1958: Columbia Publications, NY

Editors

1954 – 1958: Robert A.W. Lowndes

Formats

standard pulp

Frequency

  Jun-1938 – Dec-1939: irregular
  Jul-1954 – May-1958: bimonthly

Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western



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Action Sports Fiction

Country: Australia

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1950s: Sports Fiction Index (sample issue only)

Publishers:   Fiction Enterprises, Sydney
Prices:   2/6d
Pagecounts:   72pp


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Action Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 224

Issues & Index Sources

Sep-1921 – Summer 1950:

Adventure Fiction Index

Publishers

Fiction House, NY

Formats

standard pulp

Frequency

  Sep-1921 – Dec-1932: monthly
  Nov-1933 – Mar-1934: irregular
  Jun-1934 – Jun-1936: bimonthly
  Aug-1936 – Jan-1937: monthly
  Feb-1937 – Apr-1943: bimonthly
  Summer 1943 – Fall 1950: quarterly

Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western

Online Sources

Online Books (5 issues)



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Action Stories (Canada)

Country: Canada

Canadian reprint edition of Action Stories.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1930s:

Adventure Fiction Index

(partial issue only)

Formats: standard pulp


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Action Stories (UK)

Country: UK
Total Issues: 58

British reprint edition of Action Stories.

Issues & Index Sources

Apr-1923 – Jan-1928:

Adventure Fiction Index

(Missing: all issues)

1949 – ?:

Adventure Fiction Index

(Missing: all except #5, 1950)

Publishers

Apr-1923 – Jan-1928: Hutchinson & Co., 34 Paternoster Row, London EC4
1949 – ?: Pemberton's (of Manchester) Ltd.

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

  Apr-1923 – Dec-1923: 9d
  Jan-1924 – Nov-1924: 7d
  Dec-1924 – Feb-1925: 9d

Pagecounts

120pp

Mentioned in: The Age of the Storytellers


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