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Men Only

Country: UK

Founded as a pictorial humour magazine for men, until the 1950s it was a second-stringer to the better-known Lilliput. By the 1960s it had developed into a large-format soft-porn magazine on the lines of Playboy and Penthouse.

Issues & Index Sources: Dec-1935 – present:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   George Newnes, later Paul Raymond
Editors:   Reginald Arkell (1930s - 1954);
Formats:   digest, later a big slick
Frequency:   monthly
Related Sites:   Wikipedia



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The Menorah

see under B'nai B'rith Magazine

The Menorah Journal

Country: US

A Jewish-American magazine, founded in New York City, described as "the leading English-language Jewish intellectual and literary journal of its era".

Issues & Index Sources: 1915 – 1962:

FictionMags Index

(partial issues only)

Publishers:   The Menorah Society, Harvard
Editors:   Henry Hurwitz
Related Sites:   Wikipedia

Men's Adventure Quarterly

Country: US
Total Issues: 11 (as at Jan-2025)

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-2021 – present: FictionMags Index (Missing: any after #11, Sep-2024)

Website:   www.menspulpmags.com
Publishers:   Subtropic Productions, LLC
Editors:   Robert Deis & Bill Cunningham
Formats:   quarto



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Men's Digest

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources

Jun-1957 – Aug-1976?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

? – 1968: Novel Books, Inc., 2715 North Pulaski Rd., Chicago, Illinois 60639
in 1969: Camerarts Publishing Co., 2715 N. Pulaski Rd., Chicago

Editors

Tony Licata

Formats

digest

Prices

50c

Pagecounts

50pp

Mentioned in: It's a Man's World



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Men's Pictorial

see under Western Tales

Men Today

Country: US
Total Issues: 97

Issues & Index Sources

Apr-1961 – Jan-1976:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

  Jan-1963: Reese
  Apr-1964 – ?: EmTee Publications

Mentioned in:   It's a Man's World



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The Mentor [1913]

Country: US

Featured a story in every issue from Apr-1930.

Issues & Index Sources

17-Feb-1913 – May-1930:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Jun-1930 – Jan-1931, as The Mentor—World Traveller:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

  17-Feb-1913 – 1914: Associated Newspaper School, Inc., New York City
  1914 – Jul-1922: The Mentor Association
  Aug-1922 – May-1930: Crowell Publishing Co.
  Jun-1930 – Jan-1931: World Traveler Magazine Corp.

Editors

  17-Feb-1913 – 1929: William D. Moffat
  1929 – May-1930: Hugh Anthony Leamy
  Jun-1930 – Jan-1931: Charles P. Norcross

Related Sites

Inherited Values



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The Mentor [1965]

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 95

Science fiction fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: 1965 – 2001

Editors: Ron Clarke
Related Sites: ZineWiki

The Merchant's Ledger

see under The New York Ledger

Mercury Mystery (Book-)Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 23

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine was the continuation of a long-running series of full-length (and condensed) mystery novels published in a digest-sized, paperback format, under the title of Mercury Mystery since March 1940. It ran for 23 issues (starting with #210) before merging with Bestseller Mystery Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources

Sep-1955 – Apr-1958, as Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine:

Crime Fiction Index

Jun-1958 – Apr-1959, as Mercury Mystery Magazine:

Crime Fiction Index

#merges with Bestseller Mystery Magazine

Publishers

Mercury Publications

Editors

Joseph W. Ferman

Formats

digest

Prices

35c

Pagecounts

128pp

Frequency

  Sep-1955 – May-1956: monthly
  Jun-1956 – Apr-1959: bimonthly

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



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Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia)

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 6 (at least)

Australian reprint edition of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1956 – ?:

Crime Fiction Index

(Missing: #2, any after #6)

Publishers: Atlas Publishers, Melbourne



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Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK)

Country: UK
Total Issues: 12

British reprint edition of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1963 – Feb-1964:

Crime Fiction Index

(Missing: Nov-1963)

Publishers: Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co., Ltd., 18 Bride Lane, London E.C.4
Mentioned in: Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Meridian

Country: US
Total Issues: 34 (as at Sep-2015)

Student run magazine encouraging new writers. Has published Rita Dove, Richard Russo, Anne Beattie, Carrie Brown.

Issues & Index Sources: Spring 1998 – present

Website:   www.readmeridian.org
Publishers:   English Dept., University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400121, Charlottesville, VA 22903-4121 (in 2000 - 2002)
Editors:   Ted Genoways & Elizabeth Styron
Formats:   review
Pagecounts:   176pp
Frequency:   twice yearly
Mentioned in:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)

Mermaid

Country: US

Men's magazine, published Ellison's "A Blue Note for Bayou Betty" and "The Gal With the Horizontal Mind" (1958).

Issues & Index Sources: 1958 – 1963?:

FictionMags Index

(Missing: v1 #5, 1959)

Publishers: Garden of Eve Publications, Inc., 222 West 33rd Street, New York 1



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Mermaid's Monthly

Country: US
Total Issues: 12

"Mermaids Monthly is a magazine all about mermaids. Happy mermaids, murderous mermaids; mermaids, merdudes, mermxs – maybe even a few highly confused manatees. Any cool aquatic chimeras that you could ever possibly think of with any and every fin color and combination."

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-2021 – Dec-2021:

Science Fiction Index

Website:   www.mermaidsmonthly.com
Publishers:   Mermaids Monthly, P.O. Box 748, 9245 State Route 22, Hillsdale, NY, 12529
Editors:   Julia Rios
Frequency:   monthly



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Merriwell Baseball Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 8

Issues & Index Sources:  5-Jun-1917 – Sep-1917: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Street & Smith, 79 Seventh Ave., New York, NY
Formats:   7 x 5"
Prices:   15c
Frequency:   semi-monthly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Merriwell Football Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 6

Issues & Index Sources:  Oct-1917 – Dec-1917: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Street & Smith, 79-89 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY
Formats:   7 x 5"
Prices:   15c
Pagecounts:   300-320
Frequency:   semi-monthly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Merriwell Library

Country: US
Total Issues: 38

Issues & Index Sources:  1932 – 1933

Publishers:   Street & Smith (New York)
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography