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Popular Flying

An aviation magazine, primarily non-fiction, but famous for initiating Captain W. E. Johns's "Biggles" stories (as by William Earle, from the first issue). Later stories in the series appeared in The Boy's Own Paper and elsewhere.

Incorporated into a new magazine called Aeronautics which ran until 1962 and probably did not contain any fiction.

Issues & Index Sources

Apr-1932 – Jul-1939

Publishers

  1932 – 1933: John Hamilton
  1933 – 1935: Popular Flying Ltd.
  1935 – 1939: C. Arthur Pearson

Editors

Apr-1932 – Jul-1939: W. E. Johns
Aug-1939 – Sep-1939: Oliver Stewart

Frequency

monthly

Popular Football

Total Issues: 18?

Issues & Index Sources: Winter 1941 – Fall 1951:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Standard Magazines
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   quarterly, irregular during 1946
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide, DinSprt

Popular Love

Total Issues: 102

Issues & Index Sources

Sep-1936 – Winter 1955:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

#merges with Exciting Love

Publishers

Beacon Magazines, NY (Thrilling, in 1936)
Better Publications, NY (Thrilling, from 1941 to 1949 at least)

Editors

Martha Trask (in 1936)

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

10c (in 1936); 15c (from 1941 to 1949 at least)

Sources

UltGuide



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Popular Love (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of Popular Love.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1949

Formats: standard pulp
Sources: Pulpster11

The Popular Magazine

Total Issues: 612

First three issues purported to be a boys' magazine but rapidly converted to a men's fiction pulp from Feb-1904. Success came with Haggard's "Ayesha" (1905); also published C.J. Cutcliffe Hyne, Morgan Robertson, H.G. Wells, Rafael Sabatini, Zane Grey; it carved a niche as a middle-of-the-road family magazine. See also possible brief revival under Hardboiled.

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1903, as The Popular Magazine for Boys and "Old Boys"

Dec-1903 – Sep-1927, as The Popular Magazine:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

24-Sep-1927 – 31-Dec-1927, as Popular Stories:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

7-Jan-1928 – Oct-1928, as The Popular:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

20-Oct-1928 – Oct-1931, as The Popular Magazine:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

#merges with Complete Stories

Publishers

Street & Smith

Editors

Nov-1903 – 1904: Henry Harrison Lewis
1904 – 1928?: Charles Agnew MacLean

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

  Nov-1903 – Nov-1906: 10c
  Dec-1906 – 1916: 15c
  1916 – Oct-1931: 20c

Pagecounts

  Nov-1903 – Nov-1906: 194pp (first 3 issues 96pp)
  Dec-1906 – 1916: 224pp
  1916 – Oct-1931: 208pp

Frequency

  Nov-1903 – Sep-1909: monthly
  Oct-1909 – Sep-1927: twice-monthly
  24-Sep-1927 - 1-Jul-1928 (weekly)
  7-Jul-1928 - Jan-1931 (twice-monthly)
  Feb-1931 – Oct-1931: monthly

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide



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Popular Romances

see under Thrilling Confessions

Popular Schoolgirls' Stories

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s

Publishers: Anglo-American Magazine Co.
Pagecounts: 52pp

Popular Science Fiction

Total Issues: 6

Mostly reprints from US magazines.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1953 – #6, 1955:

Miller/Contento

Publishers:   Blue Diamond, Sydney, Australia
Editors:   Ronald Forster
Formats:   digest
Prices:   1/6d
Pagecounts:   64pp
Frequency:   thrice yearly



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Popular Screen

Mentioned in Henry Steeger's article in Pulp Era #67.

Issues & Index Sources: Sep-1934 – ?

Publishers: Popular Publications

Popular Sports Magazine

Total Issues: 63

Issues & Index Sources: Jun-1937 – Spring 1951:

Fictionmags Website

Publishers:   Better Publications (Standard Magazines)
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   bi-monthly, later quarterly but gaps in 1945/1946
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide, DinSprt



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Popular Western

Total Issues: 133

Issues & Index Sources: Nov-1934 – Nov-1953:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Better Publications (Standard Magazines)
Editors:   David X. Manners (in 1952/53)
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   briefly monthly; mostly bi-monthly; quarterly during late war years
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide, DinWest



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Popular Western (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of Popular Western.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Better/Thrilling Publications, Canada
Formats:   standard pulp
Sources:   Pulpster11


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Pornographic Onion (fnz)

Total Issues: 8

Fanzine with a mix of fiction, poetry and articles.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1970s

Publishers:   No-Eyed Monster Press, Ortonville, Michigan
Editors:   Norman Masters
Pagecounts:   58

Portents (fnz)

Total Issues: 6

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1986 – #6, 1988:

Miller/Contento

The Portico [1816]

A literary review.

Issues & Index Sources: 1816 – 1818

Publishers: The Delphian Club, Baltimore
Editors: John Neal

Portico [197?]

Canadian literary magazine

Issues & Index Sources: ? – present:

Miller/Contento

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario
Editors:   Steven Rauchman
Formats:   large digest
Prices:   C$1.50
Pagecounts:   96pp

Portland Review

College literary magazine. The 1984 (v30 #1) issue was a special SF/fantasy/horror issue.

Issues & Index Sources: 1955? – ?:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   Portland State University, Portland, OR 0360-3091
Editors:   Thomas A. Rhodes (in 1984)
Formats:   octavo s/b
Prices:   $4.00 (in 1984)
Pagecounts:   184pp (in 1984)