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Real Romances

Country: US

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)

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 22+

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s

Publishers: Transport Publishing Company

Real Screen Fun

Country: US
Total Issues: 65

Ran a small amount of fiction.

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

Publishers: Tilsam Publications
Mentioned in: Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Real Smart

Country: US
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
Mentioned in:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Uncovered: The Hidden Art of Girlie Pulps



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Real Spicy Horror Tales

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

A pulp parody.

Issues & Index Sources: Apr-1937:

Science Fiction Index

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


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Real Sports

Country: US
Total Issues: 5+6=11

Issues & Index Sources

Feb-1938 – Apr-1939:

Sports Fiction Index

(Missing: Jan-1939)

Oct-1947 – Nov-1948:

Sports Fiction Index

(Missing: Aug-1948)

Publishers

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

Formats

standard pulp

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



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Real Stolen Sweets

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Real Story

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1950

Real Story Book (Frolics)

Country: US
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.

Mentioned in:   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

Country: US
Total Issues: 1+6=7

Issues & Index Sources

Sep-1934, as Real Telling Tales:

FictionMags Index

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

FictionMags Index

(Missing: Jan-1935; Apr-1935)

Publishers

The Burnham Company

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



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Real War

Country: US
Total Issues: 9

Issues & Index Sources:  Oct-1957 – Nov-1958: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)

Publishers:   Stanley Publications
Mentioned in:   It's a Man's World



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Real West

Country: US

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

Mentioned in:   The Pulp Western

Real Western (Stories)

Country: US
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

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

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



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Real Western (Canada)

Country: Canada

Started as a locally-produced Canadian pulp called Real Western reprinting stories from assorted US pulps. Changed name briefly in 1945 to Western Magazine and then reappeared in the late 1940s, after the import restrictions had been lifted, as a Canadian reprint edition of Real Western.