Partial reprint of the December 1951 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. |
Partial reprint of the June 1953 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. |
Partial reprint of the March 1951 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. |
Partial reprint of the March 1951 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. |
Partial reprint of the December 1953 (US) issue, plus a single story from elsewhere. Details taken from Table of Contents. |
Reprint of the March 1954 (US) issue, plus a single story from elsewhere. Details taken from Table of Contents. |
Short-lived risque companion to Snappy/Sizzling Romances and similar names. |
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Details supplied by John Eggeling. |
Details taken from Table of Contents. |
Title Changed from Snappy Detective Mysteries. |
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Details supplied by Steve Miller. |
Details supplied by Steve Miller. |
Following the initial success of Spicy Detective Stories the publishers attempted to reserve the “Spicy” adjective for themselves by producing ashcan issues for two proposed companion titles, Spicy Mystery Stories and Spicy Adventure Stories. Simultaneously, the same publishers (Harry Donenfeld & Frank Armer) produced three more ashcan issues, for a parallel line of “Snappy” titles. Each of these issues was 12 pages long and was dated July 1934. The three Snappies never did achieve real publication but, possibly in response to the launch of Snappy Detective Mysteries by a rival publisher, a second set of ashcan issues was prepared and copyrighted. They were a bit more substantial than the first issues (36 pages) and were all dated May 1935. |
This issue was an “ashcan” edition produced solely for the purposes of securing copyright. The issue was never distributed to the public. Details taken from Table of Contents. |
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Following the initial success of Spicy Detective Stories the publishers attempted to reserve the “Spicy” adjective for themselves by producing ashcan issues for two proposed companion titles, Spicy Mystery Stories and Spicy Adventure Stories. Simultaneously, the same publishers (Harry Donenfeld & Frank Armer) produced three more ashcan issues, for a parallel line of “Snappy” titles. Each of these issues was 12 pages long and was dated July 1934. The three Snappies never did achieve real publication but, possibly in response to the launch of Snappy Detective Mysteries by a rival publisher, a second set of ashcan issues was prepared and copyrighted. They were a bit more substantial than the first issues (36 pages) and were all dated May 1935. |
This issue was an “ashcan” edition produced solely for the purposes of securing copyright. The issue was never distributed to the public. |
Issue not indexed. |
--- see under Detective Classics. |
One of several gangster pulps published by Harold B. Hersey. However, by the time it was published, in 1931, public interest in gangsters was fading and it only lasted for four issues. |
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