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Spearhead

Country: US

A literary and poetry zine which included contributions from Stanton Coblentz, e.e.cummings, August Derleth, David H. Keller, Lilith Lorraine, Clark Ashton Smith, and William Carlos Williams.

Issues & Index Sources: 1949? – Spring 1951

Publishers:   Spearhead Press, Martinsville, Virginia
Editors:   Thomas H. Carter
Related Sites:   ZineWiki

Special Detective

Country: US
Total Issues: 3

Launched by the then editor of Detective Fiction Weekly, Special Detective featured a blend of fiction (mainly by authors familiar from Detective Fiction Weekly) and factual articles. After the third issue the former were phased out and the magazine continued as a true crime magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Sep-1937 – Nov-1937:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers: Haig-Kostka Publications Inc., 434 Main Street, Mount Morris, Illinois
Mentioned in: Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Special Detective Cases

Country: US

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources

1937 – ?

Publishers

1948 – mid 1950s: Detective House Inc., 114 E. 32nd St., New York, NY, and 441 Lexington Ave., New York, NY
in 1950s: Skye Publishing Co., 270 Park Ave., New York, NY, 60 W 46th St., New York, NY, and Louisville, KY

Frequency

bimonthly

Special Detective Cases (Canada)

Country: Canada

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: Aug-1941 – ?

Publishers: Magazine Publishing House of Canada (Aug-1941 - 1945); Pastime Publications (1946-1947); Merchants House (Jan-1948); Alval Publishers of Canada (1948-1950)

Special Detective Yearbook

Country: US

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s

Special Garvice Library

Country: US
Total Issues: 24

Issues & Index Sources:  1900 – 1910: Dime Novel Bibliography (incomplete)

Publishers:   Mutual Book Co., Boston, MA
Formats:   7¼ x 4¾"
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   218
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Special Report: Fiction

Country: US

A short-lived product of Whittle Communication LP which flourished in the early '90s, as part of a set of SPECIAL REPORT magazines explicitly aimed at doctors' offices and similar sites.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1990s

Publishers: Whittle Communication LP
Formats: slick bedsheet

Spectacle

Country: US
Total Issues: 1?

A quarterly illustrated fiction and lifestyle magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Winter 2018:

FictionMags Index

Publishers: Spectacle Media Inc.
Editors: Kevin Hale & Danny Dumas

The Spectator [1711]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 555+80=635

Mayo says: "On the whole the Spectator published less fiction than the Tatler, perhaps because it gave increased emphasis to literary criticism. Nevertheless The Spectator did make one new and significant addition to the repertory of 18thC magazine fiction: the oriental tale." Examples are "The Vision of Mirza", "The Letter from a Monkey", "The Story of Hilpa".