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The Phantom Detective

Country: US
Total Issues: 170

The Phantom Detective was Standard Magazine's response to the launch of The Shadow Magazine by Street & Smith. Although it ran for far fewer issues (170 instead of 325) its less frequent schedule meant it held the record for the longest-running single-character pulp, lasting for over 20 years.

Issues & Index Sources:  Feb-1933 – Summer 1953: Crime Fiction Index
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Publishers:   Standard Magazines
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   10c (increased during war years)
Pagecounts:   128pp (but varied during war years)
Frequency:   monthly to Feb-1942, bimonthly to Mar-1949, then quarterly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
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The Phantom Detective (Canada)

Country: Canada

Canadian reprint edition of The Phantom Detective.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1940s: Crime Fiction Index (sample issue only)
Publishers:   American News Co., Toronto
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Pulpster #11, 2001
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The Phantom Detective (UK)

Country: UK

British reprint edition of The Phantom Detective.

Issues & Index Sources:  c. 1950: Crime Fiction Index (Missing: all except #2 & #4)
Publishers:   Pemberton's of Manchester
Formats:   standard pulp
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Phantom Detective Cases

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1?

One of the many undated "one shot" magazines published in the UK in the years after the Second World War. Second in a loose series with Crime Confessions, Mystery Crime Cases and Dynamic Detective Cases.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jul-1948: Crime Fiction Index
Publishers:   John Spencer & Co.
Prices:   1/-
Pagecounts:   24pp
Mentioned in:   Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
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Phantom Drift

Country: US
Total Issues: 10

Subtitled "A Journal of New Fabulism" and specialising in cross-genre fabulist fiction and poetry.

Issues & Index Sources:  Oct-2011 – Dec-2020: Science Fiction Index (Missing: #4, Oct-2014; #6, Oct-2016)
Website:   www.phantomdrift.org
Publishers:   Phantom Drift Limited
Editors:   David Memmott
Formats:   trade paperback
Prices:   $15.00
Frequency:   annual
 
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Phantom Mystery Magazine (UK)

Country: UK
Total Issues: 9

British reprint edition of The Phantom Detective.

Issues & Index Sources:  Aug-1961 – Apr-1962: Crime Fiction Index
Publishers:   Atlas Publishing, London
Mentioned in:   Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
 
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Phantoms

Country: UK
Total Issues: 6

Small press fantasy/horror fiction magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jul-1996 – May-1997: Science Fiction Index
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Phantom Suspense-Mystery Magazine (Australia)

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 6 (at least)

Australian crime magazine reprinting from American magazines such as Manhunt Detective Story Monthly, Pursuit Detective Story Magazine and Hunted Detective Story Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1950s: Crime Fiction Index
Publishers:   The Original Novels Foundation, 149 Castlereagh Street, Sydney
Pagecounts:   116pp
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Phantom Whispers

Country: US
Total Issues: 2 (as at Jan-2025)

A short story anthology magazine made by independent writers in the pulp tradition of old fantasy, sci-fi, and horror fanzines.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 2024 – present: Science Fiction Index (Missing: any after #2, 2024)
Publishers:   Ian Nol Publications
Editors:   Ian Nol
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Phenomena

Country: US

Subtitled "The Literary Magazine for Supernatural & Horror Enthusiasts". "A strange mixture of fantasy fiction, New Age twaddle, and Hollywood celebrity worship".

Issues & Index Sources:  c. 1983: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
Publishers:   Foster Publications, P.O. Box 6783, San Jose, CA 95150-6783.
Formats:   saddle-stapled wide digest (8.5 inches tall by 7 inches wide)
Prices:   $1.75
Pagecounts:   32pp

Philadelphia City Paper

Country: US

A free alternative weekly newspaper published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Issues & Index Sources:  Nov-1981 – 8-Oct-2015: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)
Related Sites:   Wikipedia

Philadelphia Home Weekly

Country: US
Total Issues: 1255

Issues & Index Sources:  1843 – 1867
Publishers:   George W. Childs
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography


The Philadelphia Independent

Country: US

A broadsheet probably inspired in part by the New York Observer, and containing some fiction.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-2002? – 2004: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
Publishers:   Mattathias Schwartz
Editors:   Mattathias Schwartz
Formats:   broadsheet
Prices:   50c

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Country: US

A morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia metropolitan area of the United States and has published some fiction. Originally titled The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Issues & Index Sources:  1-Jun-1829 – present: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
Website:   www.philly.com
Publishers:   Philadelphia Media Network (in 2018)
Editors:   Stan Wischnowski (in 2018)
Related Sites:   Wikipedia

The Philadelphia Library

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  1880: Dime Novel Bibliography
Publishers:   Juan Lewis, Philadelphia, PA
Formats:   12¼ x 8 2/3"
Pagecounts:   32
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography


Philadelphia Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 3 (to Jun-2005)

Subtitled "Fiction/Art/Poetry of the Delaware Valley".

Issues & Index Sources:  Fall 2004 – present: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)
Website:   www.philadelphiastories.org
Publishers:   Carla Spataro
Editors:   Carla Spataro & Christine Weiser
Formats:   quarto semigloss slick
Prices:   $10 a year
Pagecounts:   20pp
Frequency:   Quarterly


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