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Magazine Issues

Complete Aviation Novel Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 7+4=11

Issues & Index Sources

Apr-1929 – Oct-1929:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Nov-1929 – Feb-1930, as Complete Flying Novel Magazine:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Publishers

Apr-1929 – Oct-1929: Ramer Reviews, Inc.
Nov-1929 – Feb-1930: Good Story Magazines

Editors

Apr-1929 – Oct-1929: William L. Mayer
Nov-1929 – Feb-1930: probably Douglas Dold

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

20c

Pagecounts

128pp

Frequency

monthly

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



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Complete Bestsellers

Country: UK

Complete Bestsellers usually reprinted a novel in each issue, but Vol 3 No 9 (1983), titled "Best of Aldiss", contains ten Brian Aldiss short stories, including two originals.

Issues & Index Sources

May/Jun-1981 – 1982

1983, as Bestsellers:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers

Viaduct Publications Ltd.

Formats

10.5" by 8.5"

Prices

95p

Pagecounts

80pp

Complete Cowboy

Country: US
Total Issues: 24?+18=42?

Usually a long lead novel and two or three short stories and features. Title on cover during 1940's read Complete Cowboy Wild Western Stories.

Issues & Index Sources

Jan-1939 – Winter 1946:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: Jan-1939; Feb-1941; Jun-1942; Nov-1942; Jan-1943)

Jul-1946 – Apr/May-1950, as Complete Cowboy Novel Magazine:

Western Fiction Index

Publishers

Blue Ribbon Magazines (Columbia Publications), NY

Editors

Robert W. Lowndes

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

15c

Pagecounts

96pp

Frequency

bimonthly, but quarterly in mid-40s

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



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Complete Cowboy (UK)

Country: UK

Issues & Index Sources:  1943: Western Fiction Index

Publishers:   Gerald G. Swan
Prices:   7d
Pagecounts:   48pp


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Complete Cowboy Novel Magazine

see under Complete Cowboy

Complete Cowboy Wild Western Stories

see under Complete Cowboy

Complete Detective

Country: US
Total Issues: 6

A short-lived pulp from Western Fiction Publishing, not to be confused with the more successful Complete Detective Novel Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: May-1938 – Oct-1939:	Crime Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 2

Publishers:   Western Fiction Publishing [Red Circle]
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   116pp
Frequency:   quarterly but irregular
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Complete Detective Cases

Country: US

True crime. Continued numbering from Complete Detective.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1939 – Jun-1953:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers

Macfadden Publishing, Washington and South Avenues, Dunellen, NJ
in 1950s: Skye Publishing Co., 270 Park Ave., New York, NY, 60 W 46th St., New York, NY, and Louisville, KY

Frequency

bimonthly



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Complete Detective Novel Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 76

Issues & Index Sources

Jun-1928 – Jan/Feb-1935:	Crime Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 3

Publishers

  Jun-1928 – Feb-1931: Novel Magazine Corporation, NY
  Mar-1931 – Oct-1931: Radio-Science Publications
  Nov-1931 – Jan/Feb-1935: Teck Publishing Corporation

Editors

Jun-1928 – Feb-1931: Kenneth W. Hutchinson
Mar-1931 – Jan/Feb-1935: B.A. Mackinnon

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

25c

Pagecounts

128pp

Frequency

monthly (last two issues bimonthly)

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



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Complete Detective Novel Magazine (Canada)

Country: Canada

Canadian reprint edition of Complete Detective Novel Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1930s:

Crime Fiction Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers: Teck Publishing Corporation
Formats: standard pulp


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Complete Detective Stories [1941]

Country: Canada
Total Issues: 1?

A short-lived Canadian magazine about which virtually nothing is known. The title was reused a few years later for a true crime magazine and again in 1946 for another fiction magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Jun-1941:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers: Victory Publishing Company, Suite 309-10 Hamilton Trust Building, Toronto, ON
Formats: standard pulp


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Complete Detective Stories [1945]

Country: Canada

Despite the title this is a true crime magazine, subtitled "Actual Cases from Police Records", and appears unrelated to the 1941 and 1946 magazines of the same name.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1945

Complete Detective Stories [1946]

Country: Canada
Total Issues: 1?

A short-lived Canadian magazine about which virtually nothing is known. It appears unrelated to the 1941 and 1945 magazines of the same name.

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1946:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers: Associated Weekly Newspapers, Wellington Street, Toronto
Frequency: bimonthly

Complete Flying Novel Magazine

see under Complete Aviation Novel Magazine

Complete Gang Novel (Magazine)

Country: US
Total Issues: 11

Issues & Index Sources

Mar-1931, as Complete Gang Novel:

Crime Fiction Index

Apr-1931 – May-1932, as Complete Gang Novel Magazine:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers

Complete Gang Novel imprint of Hersey's Good Story Magazine

Editors

Kenneth Owens; M.J. Keiley;

Formats

standard pulp

Frequency

bimonthly to Aug/Sep-1931, then monthly

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



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Complete Love Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 80

The May/Jun-1951 to Feb-1952 issues were a hybrid comic/pulp magazine, and from Apr-1952 on it became a fully-fledged comic and continued as such until Sep-1956.

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1938 – Oct-1951:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Periodical House, Inc. (Ace Magazines)
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Complete Love Magazine (Canada)

Country: Canada

Canadian reprint edition of Complete Love Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: late 1940s:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers: Ace International Publishing Corp
Formats: pulp


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Complete Love Novel Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 7

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-1930 – Sep/Oct-1930: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)

Publishers:   Novel Magazine Corp.
Frequency:   mostly monthly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps


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Complete Man

see under Ken for Men