Thin digest that ran for at least 37 issues, in two separate series. Despite the title and the boast that it contained "fast-moving drama by popular American authors" it seems to have contained only stories by Australian authors, probably a small number under multiple pseudonyms.

Some issues may have just been titled American Crime.

There was also an associated series of standalone novelettes published by the same publisher under the same series title of which only two undated examples are known - THE COUNTERFEITERS by Rex Young and MURDER MADNESS by Steve Hawk.

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True crime.

From the fourth issue the subtitle "Fact Cases" was added to the cover (only) so this magazine is sometimes referred to as American Detective Fact Cases or even American Detective Cases on issues where the word "Fact" is obscured by the cover art.

Thin digest that ran for at least 42 issues, in two separate series. Despite the title it seems to have contained only stories by Australian authors, probably a small number under multiple pseudonyms. Some issues were just been titled American Detective.

There was also an associated series of standalone novelettes published by the same publisher under the same series title of which only four undated examples are known - BULLETS FOR SALE by E. Hamilton Clay, SINGING DEATH by Gordon Alexander, and THE BLACK ORCHID and BULLETS FOR BLONDES, both by Steve Hawk.

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True crime.

Little is known about this publication, which is assumed to be a companion to American Detective Magazine. Most of the issues contained multiple stories, but for some of the issues identified to date only the lead novella is known and may comprise the total contents of the issue.

Contained Old Sleuth stories and reprints from Beadle publications and some Sherlock Holmes stories.

The original series had 40 issues. The amount was increased to 50 and again to 59 at various times during the 1920s, with an additional 5 "replacement issues".

A series of Australian booklets, numbered but not dated.

Ran as a magazine for 31 issues and was then followed by a novel series of the same name.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-1948 – ?:

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Publishers:   American Family Publishing Corporation, Chicago
Editors:   John W. Mullen & Leslie Thorne
Formats:   US quarto
Prices:   5c
Frequency:   monthly

First two issues were non-fiction, an outgrowth of the Chicago Newsletter. When relaunched it was a high-gloss semi-pro slick with emphasis on good artwork and presentation. Two or three stories per issue. Authors include Tanith Lee, T.M. Wright, Mercedes Lackey, Elizabeth Engstrom.

A series of booklets published in Britain during World War II. Most featured nude photographs on the covers, and are understandably quite rare now.

A female equivalent of The American Boy, originally a Girl Scout magazine.

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Publishes occasional fiction, e.g. "Molly's Baby" by Pat Lowery Collins (Jun-1989).

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Issues & Index Sources:  1-Nov-1935 – 14-Sep-1956:

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Publishers:   New York
Editors:   Florence Lindemann

Merged with Woman's Magazine of St. Louis in 1905.

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Issues & Index Sources:  1892

Publishers:   International Book Company
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography