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Best Detective Cases (UK)

Country: UK

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s

Publishers: L. Miller & Son Ltd.

Best Detective Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 95+24+26=145

As Best Detective Magazine it was predominantly reprint, but when relaunched as Crime Busters it featured "all new stories" mainly with series characters such as "The Gadget Man" and "The Death Angel".

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1929 – Sep-1937:

Crime Fiction Index

Nov-1937 – Oct-1939, as Crime Busters:	Crime Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Nov-1939 – May-1943, as Street & Smith's Mystery Magazine:	Crime Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Publishers

Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 79 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY

Editors

Nov-1929 – Sep-1937: Frank E. Blackwell
Nov-1937 – May-1943: John L. Nanovic

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

Nov-1929 – Aug-1935: 25c
Sep-1935 – May-1943: 10c (rose to 15c in 1940)

Pagecounts

Nov-1929 – Aug-1935: 160pp
Sep-1935 – May-1943: 128pp

Frequency

monthly to Jul-1940; then bimonthly

Mentioned in: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Best Detective Magazine (Canada)

Country: Canada

Canadian reprint edition of Best Detective Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1935:

Crime Fiction Index

(Missing: all issues)

Formats: standard pulp
Mentioned in: The Pulpster #11, 2001


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Best Football Novels

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  Dec-1942: Sports Fiction Index

Publishers:   Standard Magazines, NY
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps


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Best for Boys

Country: UK
Total Issues: 27+83+50+12+12=184

Merges with Ching-Ching's Own in September 1890,

Issues & Index Sources

29-Mar-1890 – 20-Sep-1890

27-Sep-1890 – 23-Apr-1892, as Best for Boys Ching-Ching's Own

30-Apr-1892 – 17-Jun-1893, as Best for Merry Boys

24-Jun-1893 – 9-Sep-1893, as Bits for Boys:

Story Paper Index

16-Sep-1893 – 2-Dec-1893, as The Prince

(UK)

Publishers

29-Mar-1890 – 20-Sep-1890: Lucas
27-Sep-1890 – 9-Sep-1893: "Best for Boys" Publishing Company, Limited, 17 Gough Square, Fleet Street, London EC

Formats

tabloid

Pagecounts

16pp

Frequency

weekly

Best for Boys Library

Country: UK

Issues & Index Sources: 1890 – 1892

Publishers: Best for Boys Co.

Best for Men

Country: US
Total Issues: 89?

Issues & Index Sources: Jun-1961 – Mar-1980: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)



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Best for Merry Boys

see under Best for Boys

Best Love Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 1+3=4

AHGTTP list four futher issues in 1949/1950, but these are actually issues of a comic book (#33-#36) which succeeded Sub-Mariner in 1949.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1936:

FictionMags Index

Jan-1943 – Jul-1943:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers

Dec-1936: Western Fiction Publishing
Jan-1943 – Jul-1943: Western Fiction Publishing

Formats

standard pulp

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


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Best Love Stories

see under Cupid's Diary

The Best of Argosy Annual

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

A retrospective anthology in magazine format, issued to celebrate Argosy's one hundredth anniversary. Approximately one third of the contents are SF or fantasy, most of them reprinted from related magazines rather than from Argosy itself.

Issues & Index Sources: 1976:

General Fiction Index

Publishers:   Popular Publications, Inc.; New York
Editors:   Andrew Sugar
Formats:   large
Prices:   $1.95
Pagecounts:   132pp


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The Best of Back Brain Recluse

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1987:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Chris Reed; Smallfield, Surrey
Editors:   Chris Reed
Prices:   £1.50
Pagecounts:   60pp


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The Best of Flying Aces

see under Flying Aces

The Best of Ghosts & Scholars

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: 1986:

Science Fiction Index


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The Best of the Mage

see under The Mage

The Best Science Fiction

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1964 – #2, 1964: Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Galaxy Publishing Co., New York
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia


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Bestseller Mystery Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 17

Conversion of the digest novel series 'Bestseller Mystery' to a magazine. Issues numbered #210-#226.

Issues & Index Sources: Jul-1958 – Apr-1961:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers:   Mercury Press, NY
Editors:   Joseph W. Ferman
Formats:   digest
Prices:   35c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Mentioned in:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Bestsellers (UK)

see under Complete Bestsellers

Bestsellers (US)

Country: US

Contains 2 or 3 book condensations in each issue.

Issues & Index Sources: Dec-1945 – 1947?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers: Mercury Press

Best Sports (Magazine)

Country: US
Total Issues: 11+10=21

Issues & Index Sources

Jan-1937 – Feb-1938, as Best Sports Magazine:

Sports Fiction Index

(Missing: Feb-1938)

May-1938 – Dec-1939, as Best Sports:

Sports Fiction Index

Oct-1947 – Dec-1951, as Best Sports:

Sports Fiction Index

(Missing: Sep-1948)

Publishers

1937 – 1948: Manvis Publications 'Red Circle'
Feb-1950 – Dec-1951: Atlas News

Editors

Robert O. Erisman

Formats

standard pulp

Frequency

Quarterly

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



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Best Stories

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources:  Mar-1946 – ?: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)

Publishers:   B.E.C. Publishing, 1745 Broadway, NY 19
Frequency:   monthly