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Super Science Stories (UK)

Country: UK
Total Issues: 3+14=17

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1949 – Jun-1950:	Science Fiction Index
	Index to British Science Fiction Magazines

Sep-1950 – Jun-1953:	Science Fiction Index
	Index to British Science Fiction Magazines

Publishers

Oct-1949 – Jun-1950: Thorpe & Porter
Sep-1950 – Jun-1953: Pembertons of Manchester

Prices

1/-

Pagecounts

Oct-1949 – Jun-1950: 96pp
Sep-1950 – Jun-1953: 64pp



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Super Science Stories (Australia)

Country: Australia

Australian reprint edition of Super Science Stories. Identical to the equivalent British reprint issues, except for pricing.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: all except #1, #4, #5, #7, #10)

Formats: pulp
Prices: 2/6d



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Super Science Stories (New Zealand)

Country: New Zealand

New Zealand reprint edition of Super Science Stories. Identical to the equivalent British reprint issues, except for pricing.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: all issues)

Formats: pulp

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Super Sports

Country: US
Total Issues: 59

Issues & Index Sources:  Sep-1938 – 1957: Sports Fiction Index (incomplete)

Publishers:   Columbia Publications
Editors:   Robert W. Lowndes
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   quarterly (Mar-1952 is Vol.9 no.3)
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Sports in the Pulp Magazines



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Super Sunday

Country: UK
Total Issues: 27

Issues & Index Sources:  15-Sep-1974 – 19-Jan-1975

Publishers:   Simavi
Formats:   broadsheet
Pagecounts:   8pp
Frequency:   weekly

Super Western

Country: US
Total Issues: 4+8+6=18

Issues & Index Sources

Aug-1937 – Mar-1938:	Western Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 3

Oct-1938 – Jan-1940, as Variety Western:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: Jan-1940)

Mar-1940 – Jun-1941, as All-Novel Western:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: Feb-1941)

Publishers

Aug-1937 – Mar-1938: Periodical House, Inc. (Ace Magazines)
Oct-1938 – Jun-1941: Ace Magazines

Editors

Rose Wyn

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

10c

Pagecounts

128pp

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



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Sure-Fire Detective (Canada)

Country: Canada

Despite the title this was not a Canadian reprint edition of Sure-Fire Detective Magazine but was a mixture of original stories and reprints from other US detective magazines. At some point after 1942 it changed to a true crime magazine.

The cover title was consistently Sure-Fire Detective but some issues were titled Sure-Fire Detective Stories internally.

Issues & Index Sources: 1941 – 1942?:

Crime Fiction Index

(Missing: any before Aug-1941; Oct-1941; Apr-1942; any after Aug-1942)

Publishers:   Duchess Printing and Publishing Co.
Formats:   pulp
Prices:   15c
Pagecounts:   96pp
Mentioned in:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulpster #11, 2001



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Sure-Fire Detective Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 3

Short-lived magazine from Aaron Wyn's Magazine Publishers featuring rather standard fare for the period.

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1937 – Jun-1937:	Crime Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 3

Publishers:   Magazine Publishers, Inc. (Ace Magazines)
Editors:   Harry Widmer
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines


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Sure-Fire Detective Stories

see under Off Beat Detective Stories

Sure-Fire Screen Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 3

Issues & Index Sources:  Feb-1934 – Apr-1934: General Fiction Index

Pulp Magazine Index 1
Publishers:   Dell
Editors:   M.C. Kelly
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps


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Sure-Fire Western

Country: US
Total Issues: 12

Issues & Index Sources:  Nov-1936 – Jan-1939: Western Fiction Index

Publishers:   Periodical House, Inc. (Ace Magazines)
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   started bimonthly but irregular
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western



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Sure-Shot Detective

Country: Canada

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources: May-1945 – ?

Publishers: Duchess Printing & Publishing Co.

Surfer

Country: US

Surfing culture magazine that has published some fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: 1962 – present:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Website:   www.surfer.com
Publishers:   Motor Trend Group (in 2019)
Editors:   Todd Prodanovich (in 2019)
Related Sites:   Wikipedia

The Surprise

Country: UK
Total Issues: 89

Boy's illustrated story-paper.

Issues & Index Sources

5-Mar-1932 – 11-Nov-1933:

Story Paper Index

(sample issues only)

#incorporated into The Bullseye

Publishers

Amalgamated Press

Editors

F.G. Cordwell; Philip Davis (Assistant Editor)

Pagecounts

28pp

Frequency

weekly

Surprise Library

Country: US
Total Issues: 100

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1910s: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Surprise Library, 140 Cedar St., New York, NY
Formats:   7 x 4 7/8"
Prices:   not priced (15c)
Pagecounts:   200-250
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Surprise Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 204

Issues & Index Sources:  1889 – 1892: Dime Novel Bibliography (Missing: #101 #202, #203)

Publishers:   Hovendon Company, 17 and 19 Waverley Place, New York, NY
Formats:   7 x 5"
Pagecounts:   200 to 300
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Surprise Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 100

Issues & Index Sources:  1889: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 57 Rose Street, New York, NY
Formats:   7 x 4 5/8"
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   250 to 400
Frequency:   tri-weekly and daily
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography