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Obsolete!

Country: US
Total Issues: 8 (as at Jan-2014)

"Obsolete! Magazine is a quarterly tabloid publication in the tradition of the International Times and the other great underground rags of days past."

Issues & Index Sources:  Jun-2010 – present: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
Website:   obsoletemag.blogspot.com
Publishers:   Victor, Iowa
Editors:   Rich Dana
Frequency:   weekly
 

The Occasional Magazine

Country: Canada
Total Issues: 3+?

Issues & Index Sources

  Apr-1895 – Jun-1895: FictionMags Index
  Jul-1895 – ?, as The Maritime Monthly

Publishers

  Smith & Williams, halifax, Nova Scotia

Frequency

  monthly

Online Sources

  Canadiana

Occident

Country: US

Series 2 revived as a separate magazine, after being issued 4-Sep-1933 - 25-Apr-1934 as Literary supplement of the Daily Californian. Arbitrarily called ser. 2. Revived subsequently in 1945, 1967, 1979 and 1988. Vol. 83 omitted in numbering. Publication suspended Mar-1926 - Apr-1930.

Issues & Index Sources

  11-Aug-1881 – Apr-1933
  Sep-1934 – Nov-1937
  Spring 1945 – Spring 1964
  Spring/Summer 1967 – Spring 1975
  Fall 1979 – Fall 1981 (plus 2 issues in 1988 & 1990)

Publishers

  Feb-1907 – Mar-1926: The English Club of the University of California
  Apr-1930 – Apr-1933: The Associated Students of the University of California

Occult Detective Quarterly

Country: US
Total Issues: 13 (as at Oct-2024)

Issues & Index Sources

  Winter 2016/2017 – Winter 2019: Science Fiction Index
  Fall 2019 – present, as Occult Detective Magazine: Science Fiction Index (Missing: any after Mythos Special #2, 2024)

Website:   greydogtales.com/blog/occult-detective-magazine/

Publishers

  Electric Pentacle Press

Editors

  Sam Gafford & John Linwood Grant
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The Occult Digest

Country: US

"A Monthly Digest for Everybody, dedicated to the Laws of Higher Mind-Soul Expansion", the magazine regularly featured articles (or short fiction) on Kundalini, "The Astral Lover," the danger of being "Vamped" by ghosts, "An Occult Interpretation of Life's Secrets: Sex the Mystery of Mysteries Revealed," and the like.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-1925 – Mar-1947: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
Publishers:   The Occult Digest Company, 1904 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL; Maha Publishing Company, Chicago, IL
Editors:   Effa E. Danelson
Related Sites:   IAPSOP

Occult (Shorts)

Country: UK
Total Issues: 2

First issue is entitled Occult; second is Occult Shorts.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1945 – #2, 1946: Science Fiction Index
Publishers:   Gerald G. Swan
Editors:   Gerald G. Swan
Formats:   pocketbook
Prices:   7d
Pagecounts:   36pp
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The Ocean

Country: US
Total Issues: 11+8=19

One of the first specialist pulp magazines, dealing with sea stories. Authors include Charles F. Bourke, George Bronson-Howard, Edwin C. Dickinson, Steven Chalmers, Clarence B. Kelland. When revamped as The Live Wire, it was the first pulp to have all its illustrations in two colours. Absorbed into The Scrap Book in Sep-1908.

Issues & Index Sources

  Mar-1907 – Jan-1908: Adventure Fiction Index
  Feb-1908 – Sep-1908, as The Live Wire: Adventure Fiction Index

#merges with The Scrap Book

Publishers

  Frank A. Munsey

Formats

  pulp

Prices

  10c

Pagecounts

  192pp

Frequency

  monthly

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

Country: US
Total Issues: 21

After the first (print) issue, distributed in PDF format via e-mail.

Issues & Index Sources:  Fall 2001 – Fall 2006: Science Fiction Index
Website:   www.trantorpublications.com
Editors:   Richard Freeborn
Frequency:   quarterly
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia
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The Octopus

see under The Western Raider

Oddlands Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 5

Online SF magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  2008: Science Fiction Index
Editors:   Omar Singleton
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Odd Tales of Wonder Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 10

Issues & Index Sources:  Jun-2016 – May-2018
Website:   oddtalesofwonder.wixsite.com/oddtales


Odyssey [1976]

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources:  Spring 1976 – Summer 1976: Science Fiction Index
Publishers:   Gambi Publications, Brooklyn
Editors:   Roger Elwood
Formats:   large format, newsprint paper
Prices:   $1.00
Pagecounts:   80pp
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia

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Odyssey [1997]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 8

Issues & Index Sources:  #0, 1997 – #7, 1999: Science Fiction Index
Publishers:   Partizan Press, London
Editors:   Liz Holliday
Formats:   A4 Slick
Prices:   £3
Pagecounts:   72pp (average)
Frequency:   bimonthly
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia

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O'er Land and Sea Library

see under Aldine "O'er Land and Sea" Library

Off Beat Detective Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 35?

Sure-Fire Detective Stories was typical of the action-packed, violent, crime-adventure fiction of the mid-1950s which not only continued the tradition of the pulp magazines, but added to it by inserting a large measure of brutal sex. It ran for 9 issues from January 1957 to July 1958, and was then replaced by/renamed to Off Beat Detective Stories under which title it ran for a further 26 issues (at least). It is mainly remembered today for its graphic cover art, and for the occasional contributions from authors such as Robert Silverberg and Harlan Ellison.

Issues & Index Sources

  Jan-1957 – Jul-1958, as Sure-Fire Detective Stories: Crime Fiction Index
  Sep-1958 – May-1963, as Off Beat Detective Stories: Crime Fiction Index (Missing: Mar-1963, any after May-1963)

Publishers

  Pontiac Publishing, 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, Mass

Formats

  digest

Prices

  35c

Pagecounts

  128pp

Frequency

  generally bimonthly

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

Country: US

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources

  1934 – ?

Publishers

  in 1930s: Detective Stories Publishing Co., 731 Plymouth Ct., Chicago, IL
  in 1940s: Triangle Publications Inc., 400 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA
  1970 – 1972: TD Publishing Corp, 206 E. 43rd St., New York, NY
  1972 – ?: RGH Publishing Corp, 460 W 34th St., New York, NY

Frequency

  monthly

Mentioned in:   Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines

Online Sources

  Online Books (1 issue)

Official Police Cases

Country: US

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources:  1955 – ?
Publishers:   Factual Publications Inc., 471 Park Ave., New York, NY, and 171 Park Ave., New York, NY
Frequency:   bimonthly

Official Police Cases (Canada)

Country: Canada

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources:  ?
Publishers:   A.B.C. Publishing Co.; Fireside Publications Ltd.


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