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The Captain [1899]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 300

A "quality" boys' magazine, almost like a junior version of the same publisher's The Strand, noted for its school stories and adventure yarns; authors included R.S. Warren Bell, P.G. Wodehouse, John Buchan, Frank H. Shaw, etc.

Serials indexed in "Through the Years with The Captain" by Brian Doyle (Collector's Digest Annual, 1963).

Incorporated: Boys' Life

Issues & Index Sources

Apr-1899 – Mar-1924:	The Captain Magazine: A History, Index and Bibliography	(StyIdx sample issues only)
	Story Paper Index	(StyIdx sample issues only)

Publishers

George Newnes

Editors

  1899 – 1910: R.S. Warren-Bell
  1910 – 1922: Reeves Shaw
  1911 – 1912: Cecil H. Bullivant (Managing Editor)

Formats

standard format on slick paper (but pulp stock by 1918)

Prices

6d, rising to 1/-

Pagecounts

96pp

Frequency

monthly

Mentioned in: The Age of the Storytellers



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The Captain [1934]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 4?

Lofts gives issue 3 as a combined issue for July/Aug; if this was repeated for Sep/Oct, the total run would be 4 issues only. "In May-1934 a monthly paper was issued, price 6d and contained stories, articles on sport, rowing, etc., similar to the other Captain. It was of a larger size and authors included Francis Marlowe and Major Frederick Douglas. No more issues appeared after the holiday issue dated July/August, so it apparently was a failure." (W.O.G. Lofts)

Issues & Index Sources: May-1934 – Oct-1934

Publishers:   Rolls House
Pagecounts:   64pp
Frequency:   monthly; bimonthly

The Captain [2006]

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

Magazine devoted to the works of G.A. Henty. "Each issue features one of Henty's great adventure stories. The articles are geared toward increasing understanding, improving comprehension, and enhancing the reader's overall enjoyment of history and historical fiction."

Issues & Index Sources: Winter 2003 – Fall 2003

Publishers:   PrestonSpeed Publications, 51 Ridge Road, Mill Hall PA 17751
Prices:   $9.99
Frequency:   thrice yearly

Captain Billy's Whiz Bang

Country: US

Bawdy cartoon and joke magazine that started the Fawcett Publications magazine empire.

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1919 – 1930s

Publishers: Fawcett Publications



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Captain Combat

Country: US
Total Issues: 3

Robert Hogan wrote the lead Captain Combat stories under the alias Barry Barton.

Issues & Index Sources: Apr-1940 – Aug-1940:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Publishers:   Fictioneers Inc., 2256 Grove Street, Chicago, IL
Editors:   Robert J. Hogan
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   112pp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines


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Captain Combat (UK)

Country: UK

British reprint edition of Captain Combat.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s:

Adventure Fiction Index

(Missing: all issues)

Publishers: T.V. Boardman
Formats: pulp

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