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Dapper

Country: US

Published Donald Westlake's "The Rape of Rodney Royal" in the June 1966 issue, and Lawrence Block's "Part of the Job" in the December 1967 issue.

Issues & Index Sources

Apr-1963 – Nov-1963, as Harlequin

Feb-1964 – Feb-1965, as HQ

Apr-1965 – May-1982?, as Dapper:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

Apr-1963 – Sep1-974: (Magnum-)Royal Publications, New York
Sep-1975 – Oct-1978?: Sunway Periodicals, Chatsworth, CA

Editors

Michael Britton (in 1963)



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Dare

Country: US

Magazine distributed through barbershops and college fraternities that occasionally featured fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1960s:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers: Cashin Publishing Co.
Editors: Jack Cashin

Dare-Devil Aces

Country: US
Total Issues: 135

Issues & Index Sources

Feb-1932 – Nov-1946:	Adventure Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Publishers

Popular Publications, NY

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

20c

Pagecounts

128pp

Frequency

  Feb-1932 – May-1941: monthly
  Jul-1941 – Jun-1944: bimonthly
  Jan-1946 – Mar-1946: monthly
  May-1946 – Nov-1946: bimonthly

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



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Dare-Devil Aces (Canada)

Country: Canada

Canadian reprint edition of Dare-Devil Aces.

Issues & Index Sources: Nov-1941 – ?:

Adventure Fiction Index

(Missing: all except Nov-1941 & Oct-1943)

Publishers:   Popular Publications Canada
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Pulpster #11, 2001



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Dare-Devil Aces (UK)

Country: UK

British reprint edition of Dare-Devil Aces.

Issues & Index Sources: late 1940s:

Adventure Fiction Index

(Missing: all issues)

Publishers: Thorpe & Porter
Formats: pulp


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Dare Devil Detective

Country: Canada

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s

Publishers: Daring Publishing Co.

Daredevil Detective Stories

Country: Canada
Total Issues: 14?

There were at least 14 issues of this Canadian pulp in 1941/1942. The first issue was published in May 1941 under the title Daring Detective, but the publisher was forced to change the magazine name to Daredevil Detective Stories because of conflict with the existing US true crime magazine of the same name.

Issues & Index Sources

May-1941, as Daring Detective:

Crime Fiction Index

Jul-1941? – Nov-1942?, as Daredevil Detective Stories:

Crime Fiction Index

(Missing: Jun-1942)

Publishers

  May-1941 – Feb-1942: Daring Publishing Company, 28 Wellington Street West, Toronto, Canada
  Mar-1942 - Apr-1942; Adam Publishing Company, Suite 403, 455 Spadina Ave, Toronto, Canada
  Aug-1942 – Oct-1942: Norman Book Company, 95 King Street, East, Suite 206, Toronto, Canada

Editors

Al Valentine

Prices

15c

Pagecounts

96pp

Mentioned in: The Pulpster #11, 2001



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DargonZine

Country: US
Total Issues: 49 + 184 = 233 (as at Jan-2025)

Fantasy and shared-world fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources

1984 – Oct-1988, as FSFnet:

Science Fiction Index

Nov-1988 – present, as DargonZine:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after v35 #1, 2024)

Website: www.dargonzine.org

Editors

  1984 – Oct-1988: Ornoth Liscomb
  Nov-1988 – Aug-1994: John L. White
  Oct-1994 – Dec-2006: Ornoth Liscomb
  Mar-2007 – Mar-2008: Liam Donohue
  Aug-2008 – Dec-2017: Jon Evans
  2019 – present: Jim Owens

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Daring [1950]

Country: US
Total Issues: 1?

Subtitled "the complete story magazine", Daring reprinted one of Universal's sleazy digest pbs and possibly only lasted for a single issue.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1954:

FictionMags Index

Publishers: Universal Publishing & Distributing


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Daring [1960]

see under (Man's) Daring (Action)

Daring Confessions

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-1937: FictionMags Index

Publishers:   Popular Magazines, Inc.
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps

Daring Confessions (Canada)

Country: Canada

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s?

Daring Crime Cases

Country: Canada

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s

Publishers: Norman Book Co. (1943-Jul-1946); Pastime Publications Ltd. (Sep-1946 - 1947); Alval Publishers of Canada Ltd. (1948-1950)



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Daring Detective

Country: US

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1934 – Mar-1935, as Detective Tabloid

Apr-1935 – Jun-1935, as Daring Detective Tabloid

Jul-1935 – ?, as Daring Detective

Publishers

1934 – 1943: Country Press Inc., 1100 W. Broadway, Louisville, KY, and Broadway and 11th, Louisville, KY
1949 – ?: Fawcett Publications, Fawcett Place, Greenwich, CT, and 22 W Putnam Ave., Greenwich, CT

Frequency

monthly

Mentioned in: Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Daring Detective (Canada)

see under Daredevil Detective Stories

Daring Romances

Country: US

Purportedly full of true stories, it is likely that much of the content was fictional.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers: Ace
Formats: quarto

The Dark

Country: US
Total Issues: 116 (to Jan-2025)

A quarterly digital magazine of dark and strange fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-2013 – present:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after #116, Jan-2025)

Website:   www.thedarkmagazine.com
Publishers:   TDM Press; Prime Books
Editors:   Jack Fisher, Sean Wallace, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Michael Kelly & Clara Madrigano
Frequency:   quarterly



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Dark Angel Rising

Country: UK
Total Issues: 10

Fiction fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: 2002 – Jan-2004:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: all after #4)

Publishers:   Angelet Press, 1 Trethiggey Crescent, Quintrell Downs, Newquay, Cornwall, TR8 4LF.
Formats:   A5
Pagecounts:   60pp



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