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Girls' and Boys' Penny Magazine

Country: UK
Total Issues: 36

"An almost identical magazine (to Boys' and Girls' Penny Magazine) appeared on the market with a similar title. Actually it was the more interesting of the two, as it catered for older boys and girls. Apart from the main story there were interesting articles on hurricanes, the Great Wall of China, the transformation of insects and short contributions by the famous Theodore Hook." (W.O.G. Lofts, "The Start of Boys' Papers")

Issues & Index Sources: 17-Oct-1832 – 19-Jun-1833

Publishers:   W. Strange
Prices:   1d
Frequency:   weekly

Girls' Best Friend

see under The Girls' Friend

Girls' Best Stories

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources: 1949

Publishers: Friendly Fiction, 93 Brownspring Drive, Eltham

Girls' Book of Stories

Country: UK
Total Issues: 2?

Issues & Index Sources:  1932? – 1933?: FictionMags Index

Publishers:   Dean & Son
Frequency:   annual

Girls' Cinema

Country: UK
Total Issues: 631

Becomes (or incorporated into): Film Star Weekly (adult)

Issues & Index Sources: 16-Oct-1920 – 19-Nov-1932

Publishers:   Amalgamated Press, Fleetway House
Editors:   Maud Hughes
Prices:   2d
Pagecounts:   28pp
Frequency:   weekly (every Tuesday)

Girls' Companion

Country: UK
Total Issues: 32

Issues & Index Sources:  18-Jun-1921 – 21-Jan-1922

Publishers:   Charles Shurey
Frequency:   weekly

Girls' Companion at Home and at Play

Country: UK
Total Issues: 19

Issues & Index Sources:  5-May-1908 – 18-Sep-1908

Publishers:   R.V. Beverage; C.W. Bradley from ?
Frequency:   weekly

Girls' Complete Story Novelette

Country: UK
Total Issues: 6

Issues & Index Sources:  1931

Publishers:   Gramol
Frequency:   monthly

Girls' Crystal

Country: UK
Total Issues: 908

Entitled The Crystal, 1-9; Girls' Crystal, 10-908. Incorporates: School Girl's Weekly from 26-May-1939; Schoolgirl from 25-May-1940. Becomes Girls' Crystal (comic).

Issues & Index Sources

26-Oct-1935 – 21-Dec-1935, as The Crystal

28-Dec-1935 – 14-Mar-1953, as Girls' Crystal:

Story Paper Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

Amalgamated Press

Editors

C. Eaton Fearn (who also wrote fiction for the paper as Gail Western)

Formats

smaller format from 1940

Prices

Pagecounts

28pp; 24pp

Frequency

weekly

Related Sites

Friardale



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Girl's Detective Mysteries

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Companion to the short-lived Boy's Adventure Stories, this magazine folded after a single undistinguished issue.

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1936:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers:   Layne Publishing, NY
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   15c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines


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