The Masked Detective was launched in 1940 at the height of the popularity of the “pulp hero” magazines, and each issue featured a novel about Rex Parker, the “masked detective”, as well as a handful of short stories and departments. It appeared on a quarterly basis but only lasted 12 issues before becoming a casualty of the paper shortages of World War II. |
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Details supplied by Chad Calkins. |
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One story was announced for the unpublished Summer 1943 issue. |
Launched as a companion magazine to Fantasy and Fear and Peculiar Adventures. After the first issue, all three were gathered under the umbrella title of Pro Se Presents…, with each of the titles, using their original numbering, published once every three months in a rotating schedule. |
Details taken from Table of Contents. |
Details taken from Table of Contents. |
A short-lived magazine which published a series of stories by Arthur Hoerl, seemingly syndicated to various newspapers previously as “Master Mysteries”, although the sources have not yet been traced. The fifth issue appears to be, at least in the main, a reprint of stories published in earlier issues. |
Details taken from Table of Contents. |
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Issue not indexed. |
Issue not indexed. |
Details supplied by Steve Miller. |
A series of anthologies in magazine format; each issue featured a different genre. For convenience, all issues have been indexed even though only a small number are mystery/detective. |
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Details supplied by Steve Miller. |
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Details supplied by Steve Miller. |
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