Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
Total Issues: 712 (to Mar/Apr-2018)
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine is one of the longest-running
crime magazines, having recently celebrated it's fiftieth anniversary
(and 600th issue). For most of its life it has been a digest magazine,
changing briefly to a larger format from May 1957 through January 1958.
Although Hitchcock gave his name to the magazine, signed the brief
editorial introductions, and appeared on the cover for twenty-five
years, he never really had any direct involvement with the magazine.
Note that the cover title changed to Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine in 1993,
but the table of contents still retains the full name.
Issues & Index Sources
Publishers
Dec-1956 – Feb-1976: H.S.D. Publications, Inc., originally from 545 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, NY, then from 2441 Beach Court, Riviera Beach, FL 33404 and finally from 784 U.S. 1, Suite 6, North Palm Beach, FL 33408
Mar-1976 – Sep-1992: Davis Publications, Inc., 229 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003
Oct-1992 – present: Dell Magazines, 475 Park Avenue South, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Editors
Dec-1956 – Aug-1961: William Manners
Sep-1961 – Jan-1963: Lisa Belknap
Feb-1963 – Sep-1964: Richard E. Decker
Oct-1964 – May-1967: G.F. Foster
Jun-1967 – Feb-1976: Ernest M. Hutter
Mar-1976 – Nov-1981: Eleanor Sullivan
Dec-1981 – Jun-2002: Cathleen Jordan
Jul-2002 – present: Linda Landrigan
Formats
Dec-1956 – Mar-1957: digest
May-1957 – Jan-1958: quarto
Feb-1958 – present: digest
Pagecounts
128pp (now 160pp)
Frequency
Dec-1956 – Dec-1979: monthly
Jan-1980 – mid-Dec-1995: four weekly
1996: monthly
1997 – Dec-2003: monthly [with combined Jul/Aug issue]
Jan/Feb-2004 – Dec-2016: monthly [with combined Jan/Feb & Jul/Aug issues]
Jan/Feb-2017 – present: bimonthly
Sources: Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
Website: www.alfredhitchcockmysterymagazine.com
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