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    The Wide World Magazine:   (about)

    The Wide World Magazine [v84, #503, February 1940] (Newnes Ltd., 1/-, 96pp, standard) []
    Indicia notes that “Stories must be STRICTLY ORIGINAL AND TRUE IN EVERY DETAIL, and be accompanied by a written statement to this effect.” (emphasis in the original)

    Coated paper; heavily illustrated in black and white. First four pages (1-4) and last eight (5-12) are individually numbered and contain ads and two regular columns; the story content “guts” of the magazine has its own numbering system (pp. 337-420) obviously continuous throughout a volume. Good quality coated paper.

    Cover depicts a rough-looking individual (hobo?) sitting in the woods in front of a tent; a rifle lies beside him. He holds in his hands a money belt into which he is pouring gold coins while looking warily around.

    The gimmick of this magazine, as the note above indicates, is that all stories are reputedly true—though the blurbs regularly note that the names have been changed. Well, maybe. (It does allow for a nice feature that I don’t recall having seen before—a map of the world on page 337 with the “locality of every article and story in this issue” marked. I make it Canada two; US three; Brazil one; the UK one; Africa two; Australia two; India one; Philippines one; and the South Atlantic one.

    There’s a photo of Merlin Moore Taylor on page 351. Aside from numerous photographs, interior art is by W.R.S. Stott; S. Tresilian; Stanley L. Wood; Kenneth Inns; T.T. Cuneo; George Soper; Jack Nicolle; H.M. Brock; Claude Bendall; and Cyril Holloway.
    Details supplied by Denny Lien.

    The Wide World Magazine [v123, #734, November 1959] (George Newnes Limited, 1/9d, 242-303+xxivpp) []
    Details supplied by Steve Scott.
    • 242 · “Hurricane Force 12, Ballast Shifted” · Alex A. Hurst · ts
    • 251 · Whispering Courage · Reginald L. Ottley · ts
    • 254 · A Jonah at Dos Rios · Liam Ceannt · ts
    • 259 · Sepik River Free for All · E. J. Hendriks · ts
    • 264 · Killer of the Lifumba Lagoon · John Taylor · ts Maneaters and Marauders by John Taylor, Frederick Muller Limited, 1959
    • 273 · “Gimme a Line, Mister!” · Tom McGrath · ts
    • 276 · The Meat’s at the Post Office · Edwin Gold · ts
    • 279 · Is There Treasure in Hell? · Henry Wessels · ts
    • 284 · French Pierre and the Sultan’s Emeralds · Paul Smiles · ts
    • 289 · Between Ourselves · The Editor · ed
    • 292 · A Race to Remember · John Laffin · ts
    • 296 · I Was Buried Alive · Leslie Stafford · ts
    • 300 · “The Tiger” Turns the Tables · R. J. Otter · ts
    • 302 · The Wide World Brotherhood · [uncredited] · ms

    Wide World
    Title changed from The Wide World Magazine.

    Wigwag [#1(?), October 1989] ed. Alexander Caplen (Wigwag Magazine Co., $2.95, 96pp, quarto) []
    Details supplied by Ned Brooks.
    • 64 · When Sophie Stayed for Dinner · Daniel Menaker · ss; given as “Bedtime Story” in the Table of Contents.
    • 67 · Saving Fern · Jacqueline Carey · ss

    Wild & Wooly Mammoth Detective   (about)
    One-shot fanzine—a parody of the Ziff-Davis pulps.

    • Publishers:
      • Pulp Confidential Press; 1001 W. Collins Avenue, Collingswood, NJ 08107: Wild & Wooly Mammoth Detective.

    Wild & Wooly Mammoth Detective [v1 #1, 1991] (Pulp Confidential Press, $10.00, 12pp, 8.5″ x 5.5″, cover by George Chastain) []
    Has a cover “price” 25 cents. Produced in a numbered edition of 100 copies, distributed in a manila envelope with matching numbered label. 9 interior illustrations by George Chastain.
    Details supplied by Rick Hall.

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