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AIM Magazine

Country: US

America's Intercultural Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: ?

Publishers:   P.O. Box 1174, Maywood, IL 60153 (in 2000)
Editors:   Myron Apilado (in 2000 - 2007)
Frequency:   quarterly
Mentioned in:   O. Henry Awards Website (not in 2002)

Ainslee's Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 9+6+346=361

The magazine began in March 1897 as The Yellow Kid, a humor semi-weekly, coat-tailing on the popularity of the "Yellow Kid" newspaper cartoons. In July 1897 it became a monthly as The Yellow Book. As the Yellow Kid boom faded, it changed format and was renamed Ainslee's in February 1898.

At first it was a general-interest magazine, with articles and stories, but in late 1902 it changed to an all-fiction format. Authors include Stanley J. Weyman, Bret Harte, Anthony Hope, Stephen Crane, Jack London, some of the earliest stories by O. Henry, Albert Payson Terhune, I.A.R. Wylie, E. Phillips Oppenheim.

Ainslee's lasted until December 1926, after which it was merged into Far West Illustrated.

Issues & Index Sources

20-Mar-1897 – 17-Jul-1897, as The Yellow Kid

Aug-1897 – Jan-1898, as The Yellow Book

Feb-1898 – Jan-1908, as Ainslee's Magazine:

General Fiction Index

Feb-1908 – Dec-1926, as Ainslee's:

General Fiction Index

#merges with Far West Illustrated

Publishers

  20-Mar-1897 – Dec-1898: Howard, Ainslee & Co.
  Jan-1899 – Sep-1902: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
  Oct-1902 – ?: Ainslee Magazine Co.

Editors

  20-Mar-1897 – Jan-1898: Joe Kerr (alias for William Melville Kerr)
  1898 – ?: Richard Duffy
  ?: Gilman Hall
  ?: Archibald Lowry Sessions

Formats

started as a slick (became a pulp in the 1920s?)

Prices

1898 – 1902: 5c
1902 – 1926: 15c

Pagecounts

96pp

Frequency

20-Mar-1897 – 17-Jul-1897: weekly
Aug-1897 – Dec-1926: monthly

Related Sites

MagazineArt

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

Online Sources

Online Books



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Ainslee's Smart Love Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 4+18+23=45

Arguably a revival of Ainslee's Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1934 – Mar-1935, as Ainslee's:

FictionMags Index

Apr-1935 – Sep-1936, as Ainslee's Smart Love Stories:

FictionMags Index

Oct-1936 – Aug-1938, as Smart Love Stories:

FictionMags Index

Publishers

Street & Smith Publications, Inc., NY

Formats

flat (bedsheet) format

Frequency

monthly

Mentioned in: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps



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Ainsworth's Great Works

Country: US
Total Issues: 17

Issues & Index Sources:  1860s: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   T.B. Peterson & Brothers, 306 Chestnut St, Philadelphia
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Ainsworth's Magazine

Country: UK
Total Issues: 155

Designed as a "family" magazine of "entertainment." Originally heavily illustrated by George Cruikshank, later by Phiz (though all artwork dropped by 1850). Mainly a vehicle for Ainsworth's own fiction (ran "Windsor Castle" 1842-3), but little other fiction of note. Circulation peaked at 7,000 in first year.

Issues & Index Sources

Feb-1842 – Dec-1854:	The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals Volume 3	(FicMags sample issue only)
	FictionMags Index	(FicMags sample issue only)

Publishers

  Feb-1842 – Jun-1842: Hugh Cunningham
  Jul-1842 – Oct-1843: Cunningham & Mortimer
  Nov-1843 – Oct-1845: John Mortimer
  Nov-1845 – Dec-1845: Henry Colburn
  Jan-1846 – Dec-1854: Chapman & Hall

Editors

  Feb-1842 – Jun-1845: William Harrison Ainsworth
  Jul-1845 – Nov-1845: Francis Mahoney & John Mortimer
  Dec-1845 – Dec-1854: William Harrison Ainsworth

Formats

standard

Prices

Feb-1842 – Jun-1842: 1/6d
Jul-1842 – ?: 2/6d

Frequency

monthly

Mentioned in: British Literary Magazines Vol. 3

Online Sources

Online Books

Air Action

Country: US
Total Issues: 3+3+2=8

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1938 – Apr-1939:	Adventure Fiction Index	(possibly further issues)
	Pulp Magazine Index 1	(possibly further issues)

Aug-1939 – Apr-1940, as Sky Raiders:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Apr-1940 – Sep-1940, as Air Action:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Publishers

Double-Action Magazines, Inc. (Columbia Publications), NY

Editors

Cliff Campbell

Formats

standard pulp

Pagecounts

132pp (later 16pp)

Frequency

bimonthly/quarterly

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



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Air Action (UK)

Country: UK

British reprint edition of Sky Raiders/Air Action.

Issues & Index Sources

in 1939, as Sky Raiders (UK):

Adventure Fiction Index

in 1940, as Air Action (UK):

Adventure Fiction Index

Publishers

Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd.

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

6d


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Air Adventures [1928]

Country: US
Total Issues: 11+7=18

Ran Erle Stanley Gardner serial "A Bolt from the Blue" (Oct-1928 - Feb-1929). Other authors include T.T. Flynn, H. Bedford-Jones, Gilbert Patten;

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1928 – Aug-1929:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 3

Sep-1929 – Mar-1930, as Flyers - Air Adventures:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 3

Publishers

Air Adventures, Inc. (Clayton Magazines)

Editors

'Casey Jones' until Aug-1929, then Allan K. Echols

Formats

standard pulp

Pagecounts

144pp

Frequency

monthly

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



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Air Adventures [1939]

Country: US
Total Issues: 2+1=3

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1939 – Feb-1940:

Adventure Fiction Index

Nov-1945:

Adventure Fiction Index

Publishers

Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., Chicago

Formats

pulp

Frequency

Dec-1939 – Feb-1940: bimonthly

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


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Airgedlámh

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1

Semi-professional magazine. Magazine was assembled by Dave McFerran, published after his death by David Sutton and Stephen Jones. All profits from the magazine go to the Cancer Research Campaign.

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 1980:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   David A. Sutton & Stephen Jones; London.
Editors:   Dave McFerran
Formats:   8¼" x 11¾"
Prices:   £1.50
Pagecounts:   34pp


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Air Mail

Country: UK

The Royal Air Forces Association's Membership Magazine, published initially "to further the best interests of airmen and airwomen, particularly when they return home after World War II". Published occasional fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: 1943? – present:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Website:   www.rafa.org.uk
Publishers:   The Royal Air Forces Association
Formats:   7" x 9" (in 1940s)
Prices:   6d (in 1940s)
Pagecounts:   24pp (in 1940s)

Airplane Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 24

Issues & Index Sources

Mar-1929 – May-1931:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 4

Publishers

Ramer Reviews, Inc.

Editors

William L. Mayer & Co. Inc.

Formats

Mar-1929 – Aug-1929: large pulp/bedsheet
Sep-1929 – May-1931: standard pulp

Pagecounts

100pp

Frequency

monthly

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



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Air Stories [1927]

Country: US
Total Issues: 57+2+2=61

Issues & Index Sources

Aug-1927 – Apr-1932:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 3

Spring 1937 – Winter 1937:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 3

Spring 1939 – Winter 1939:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 3

Publishers

Fiction House, NY

Editors

Aug-1927 – Apr-1932: J.B. Kelly
Spring 1937 – Winter 1939: Malcolm Reiss

Formats

standard pulp

Pagecounts

128pp

Frequency

Aug-1927 – Apr-1932: monthly
Spring 1937 – Winter 1939: irregular

Related Sites

The Pulp Magazines Project

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



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Air Stories [1935]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 60

Issues & Index Sources

May-1935 – Apr-1940:

Adventure Fiction Index

Publishers

George Newnes

Editors

T. Stanhope Sprigg

Formats

standard pulp; illustrated

Prices

  May-1935 – Mar-1938: 7d
  Apr-1938 – Jul-1939: 9d
  Aug-1939 – Apr-1940: 7d

Pagecounts

96pp

Frequency

monthly

Mentioned in: The Age of the Storytellers



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Air Trails [1928]

Country: US
Total Issues: 30+7+20+16+32=105

Magazine was mostly one lead novel, featuring Bill Barnes, by George L. Eaton, plus one or two short stories. When magazine went non-fiction the Barnes adventures continued in Doc Savage. After Mar-1939 became a hobbyist magazine and dropped all fiction after Sep-1939 issue. It was retitled Young Men in 1954.

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1928 – Mar-1931:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 4

Apr-1931 – Oct-1931, as Street & Smith's Air Trails:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 4

Feb-1934 – Sep-1935, as Bill Barnes Air Adventurer:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Oct-1935 – Jan-1937, as Bill Barnes Air Trails:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Feb-1937 – Sep-1939, as Air Trails:	Adventure Fiction Index	(magazine continues without fiction)
	Pulp Magazine Index 1	(magazine continues without fiction)

Publishers

Street & Smith Publications, Inc., NY

Editors

  1928 – 1931: Paul Chadwick
  1931 – 1937: F. Orlin Tremaine
  1937 – 1954: William Winter

Formats

Oct-1928 – Jan-1936: standard pulp
Feb-1936 – Sep-1939: bedsheet

Pagecounts

128pp

Frequency

monthly

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




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Air Trails [1976]

Country: US
Total Issues: 10

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 1976 – Winter 1978: Adventure Fiction Index (Missing: Winter 1978)

Pulp Magazine Index 1



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