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    Speed Stories   (about)

    • Publishers:
      • Headquarters Publishing Co., Inc., Myrick Building, Springfield, Mass.: Speed Stories.

    • Editors:

    Speed Stories [v1 #1, August-September 1931] (H.S. Clark & H. Hersey, pulp)
    Unpublished “ashcan” issue, probably containing no fiction.
    Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson.

    Spicy-Adventure Stories:   (about)
    Note that from late 1935 through late 1937, most issues appeared in two different versions—one uncensored and the other self-censored. The censored version was identifiable by a star within a box located at the top of the cover. The interior illustrations were typically “toned down” in the censored versions and some even had variant contents. Also in 1941 & 1942, most of the stories were retitled stories, attributed to “fake” authors, from earlier issues (or from other Culture magazines) apparently as part of a fraud by the editors.
    Details on these retitled reprints supplied by Glenn Lord. In addition, Kelly Mordaunt identified many of the cover artists.

    Spicy-Adventure Stories

    • Publishers:
      • Culture Publications, Inc.; 900 Market Street, Wilmington, DE.: Spicy-Adventure Stories.

    Spicy-Adventure Stories [Volume One Number One, July 1934] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 25¢, 12pp, pulp)
    Details taken from Table of Contents.
    • 3 · The Shanghai Jester · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Spicy Detective Stories April 1934
    • 9 · It’s a Small World · Arlie Paul · ss Love Revels Magazine February 1934

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