Magazine Data File

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Magazine Issues

Real Northwest Adventures

see under Mystery Novels Magazine (Quarterly)

Real Police Cases

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: ?

Publishers: Golden Books of America

Real Police Stories

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: ?

Real Police Stories (UK)

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: ?

Publishers: L. Miller

Real Police Story

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: 1937

Publishers: Country Press Inc., 1100 W. Broadway, Louisville, KY, and Broadway and 11th, Louisville, KY

Real Romances

A "True Confessions" type of magazine in which none of the stories have bylines but where the masthead explicitly states all the stories are fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1943 – Jul/Aug-1961:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   Real Romances, Inc. ("A Hillman Publication")
Editors:   Mary Rollins
Prices:   15c



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Real Romances (Australia)

Total Issues: 22+

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s

Publishers: Transport Publishing Company

Real Screen Fun

Total Issues: 65

Ran a small amount of fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: Aug-1934 – Nov-1942?

Publishers: Tilsam Publications
Sources: Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Real Smart

Total Issues: 10?

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1930 – Jan/Feb-1931?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   The Crown Publishing Co., Inc., Wilmington, Delaware
Editors:   Henry Marcus
Sources:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Uncovered: The Hidden Art of Girlie Pulps



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Real Spicy Horror Tales

Total Issues: 1

A pulp parody.

Issues & Index Sources: Apr-1937:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   The Yale Record
Formats:   bedsheet
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps


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Real Sports

Total Issues: 5+6=11

Issues & Index Sources

Feb-1938 – Apr-1939:

Sports Fiction Index

(Missing: Jun-1938; Jan-1939)

Oct-1947 – Nov-1948:

Sports Fiction Index

(Missing: Jun-1948; Aug-1948; Nov-1948)

Publishers

Mar-1938 – Apr-1939: Western Fiction Publishing [Red Circle]
Oct-1947 – Nov-1948: Interstate Publishing

Formats

standard pulp

Sources: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Sports in the Pulp Magazines



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Real Stolen Sweets

see under Stolen Sweets

Real Story

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1950

Real Story Book (Frolics)

Total Issues: 20+5+7+9?=41?

A pulp-sized stapled magazine printed on pulp paper, this girlie magazine contains stories, poems, art, jokes, cartoons, and nude photos. By 1931 it had become a reprint magazine, binding unsold copies of other Detinuer Publishing pulps.

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1928 – Jul-1930, as Real Story Book:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Aug-1930 – Nov-1930, as Real Story Book Frolics:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Dec-1930 – Jun-1931, as Frolics

Jun-1931 – Apr-1932?, as Paris Frolics:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

  Detinuer Publishing Co.
  in 1931: The King Publishing Co.

Sources:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Uncovered: The Hidden Art of Girlie Pulps



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Real Telling Tales

see under Real Tempting Tales

Real Tempting Tales

Total Issues: 1+6=7

Issues & Index Sources

Sep-1934, as Real Telling Tales

Oct-1934 – Apr-1935, as Real Tempting Tales:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

The Burnham Company

Sources: Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Uncovered: The Hidden Art of Girlie Pulps



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Real War

Total Issues: 9

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1957 – Nov-1958:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers: Stanley Publications
Sources: It's a Man's World



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Real West

Issues seen for Sep-1969 and 1977.

Issues & Index Sources

196? – 197?

Frequency

  Jan-1973 – Jul-1975: monthly
  Sep-1975 – May-1976: bimonthly
  Jan-1980 – ?: every 6 weeks
  Jun-1982 – ?: bimonthly

Sources:   The Pulp Western

Real Western (Stories)

Total Issues: 149

Issues & Index Sources

Jan-1935 – Oct-1949, as Real Western:

Western Fiction Index

(incomplete)

Dec-1949 – Apr-1960, as Real Western Stories:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: Feb-1950; Jun-1950; Oct-1950; Feb-1951; Jun-1951)

Publishers

Jan-1935 – Nov-1939: Winford Publications, Inc. (Columbia Publications)
Nov-1940 – Apr-1960: Columbia Publications

Editors

A.A. Wyn at outset; Robert W. Lowndes under Columbia

Formats

Jan-1935 – Dec-1958: standard pulp
Feb-1959 – Apr-1960: digest

Prices

15c

Pagecounts

112pp

Frequency

bimonthly

Sources: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western



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