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Startling Crime Cases

 Country: Canada

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-1943 – ?
Publishers:   Magazine Publishing House of Canada (1943); Al White Publications (1946); Pastime Publications (1946-1947); Alval Publishers of Canada (1948-1950)

Startling Crimes

 Country: US

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1940s

Startling Detective (Adventures)

 Country: US

Started life as a love fiction pulp, changed briefly to a true romance magazine, then to a crime fiction pulp, before settling down for most of its life (from Jul-1930) as a true crime magazine.

Issues & Index Sources

  Mar-1928 – Dec-1928?, as Love Affairs: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)
  Jan-1929? – Aug-1929, as True Love Affairs: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
  Dec-1929 – Jun-1930, as Startling Detective Adventures: Crime Fiction Index
  Jul-1930 – Oct-1941, as Startling Detective Adventures: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
  Nov-1941 – Jan-2001?, as Startling Detective: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)

Publishers

  Mar-1928 – Jun-1930: Fawcett Publications
  1931 – ?: Country Press Inc., 1100 W. Broadway, Louisville, KY, and Broadway and 11th, Louisville, KY

Formats

  initially standard pulp

Frequency

  Mar-1928 – Aug-1944: mainly monthly, with some gaps
  Jan-1946 – Jun-1947: monthly
  Aug-1948 – Jan-2001: mainly bimonthly

Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines

Online Sources

  Online Books
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Startling Detective Yearbook

 Country: US

True crime.

Issues & Index Sources:  ?
Publishers:   Globe Communications Corp, Pittsford, NY
Frequency:   annual

Startling Mystery Magazine

 Country: US
Total Issues: 2

An attempt to cash in on the popularity of the "shudder pulps", Startling Mystery Magazine used reprint covers and paid authors only half the then-going rate. Perhaps as a result it folded after only two issues, though a third issue was planned.

Issues & Index Sources:  Feb-1940 – Apr-1940: Crime Fiction Index
Pulp Magazine Index 1
Publishers:   Fictioneers, Inc., imprint of Popular Publications
Editors:   Costa Caroussa
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   15c
Pagecounts:   112pp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
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Startling Mystery (UK)

 Country: UK
Total Issues: 1?

British reprint edition of Startling Mystery Magazine. There was probably only one issue which reprinted stories from the first issue of the American edition.

Issues & Index Sources:  early 1940s: Crime Fiction Index
Publishers:   Pembertons of Manchester
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Startling Mystery Stories

 Country: US
Total Issues: 18

Startling Mystery Stories specialised in stories where either the detective or villain had supernatural powers or their scientific equivalent. Despite a steadily growing circulation during its 18 issues it was killed in 1971 by increasing costs and distribution problems.

Issues & Index Sources:  Summer 1966 – Mar-1971: Crime Fiction Index
Science Fiction Index
Publishers:   Health Knowledge Inc.
Editors:   Robert A.W. Lowndes
Formats:   digest
Prices:   50c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   mostly quarterly
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia
Mentioned in:   Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
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Startling Science Stories

 Country: US
Total Issues: 32+39=71

Issues & Index Sources

  Aug-1997 – Mar-2000: Science Fiction Index
  Apr-2000 – Jun-2003, as Alien Worlds: Science Fiction Index

Publishers

  Fading Shadows, Inc.; Seymour, TX

Editors

  Tom & Virginia Johnson

Formats

  octavo

Prices

  $5.00 (in Dec-2000)

Pagecounts

  84pp

Frequency

  monthly
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Startling Space Stories

 Country: UK
Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources:  Nov-2007 – Jan-2014
Website:   www.rainfallsite.com/Chapbooks01.html
Publishers:   Rainfall Books
 
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Startling Stories

 Country: US
Total Issues: 99+14+2=115 (as at Oct-2024)

Issues & Index Sources

  Jan-1939 – Fall 1955: Science Fiction Index
  #1, 2007 – Summer 2012: Science Fiction Index
  2021 – present: Science Fiction Index (Missing: any after v34 #2, 2022)

Website:   www.wildsidepress.com

Publishers

  Jan-1939 – Jul-1949: Better Publications, Inc., Chicago
  Sep-1949 – Mar-1951: Better Publications, Inc., Springfield, MA
  Winter 1951 – Winter 1955: Better Publications, Inc., Kokomo, IN
  Spring 1955 – Fall 1955: Standard Magazines, Inc., Kokomo, IN
  #1, 2007 – Summer 2012: Wild Cat Books
  2021 – present: Wildside Press

Editors

  Jan-1939 – May-1941: Mort Weisinger
  Jul-1941 – Fall 1944: Oscar J. Friend
  Winter 1945 – Sep-1951: Sam Merwin, Jr.
  Nov-1951 – Fall 1954: Sam Mines
  Winter 1955 – Fall 1955: Alexander Samalman
  #1, 2007 – Summer 2012: Ron Hanna
  2021 – present: Douglas Draa

Formats

  Jan-1939 – Fall 1955: standard pulp
  #1, 2007 – Summer 2012: paperback

Prices

  initially 15c (rose to 25c by Nov-1948)
  #1, 2007 – Summer 2012: $10.00
  2021 – present: $19.99

Pagecounts

  initially 128pp (varied from 112pp - 144pp)
  #1, 2007 – Summer 2012: 64pp
  2021 – present: 252pp

Frequency

  bimonthly, but quarterly Jun-1943 - Fall 1946, and monthly Jan-1952 - Jun-1953

Related Sites

  Science Fiction Encyclopedia

Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps
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Startling Stories (Canada)

 Country: Canada
Total Issues: 7+3+12=22

Canadian reprint edition of Startling Stories.

Issues & Index Sources

  Summer 1945 – Fall 1946: Science Fiction Index (Missing: all issues)
  May-1948 – Sep-1948: Science Fiction Index (Missing: all except May-1948)
  Mar-1949 – Jan-1951: Science Fiction Index (Missing: all issues)

Publishers

  Summer 1945 – Fall 1946: Publication Enterprises Ltd., Toronto
  May-1948 – Sep-1948: Pines Publications Ltd., Toronto
  Mar-1949 – Jan-1951: Better Publications of Canada Ltd., Toronto

Formats

  standard pulp

Mentioned in:   The Pulpster #11, 2001
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Startling Stories (UK)

 Country: UK
Total Issues: 18

Issues & Index Sources:  Jun-1949 – May-1954: Science Fiction Index
Index to British Science Fiction Magazines
Publishers:   Pembertons of Manchester
Prices:   1/-
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Startling Stories (Australia)

 Country: Australia

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

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1950s: Science Fiction Index (Missing: all issues)
Formats:   pulp
Prices:   2/6d
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Startling Stories (New Zealand)

 Country: New Zealand

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

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1950s: Science Fiction Index (Missing: any before #13; #15; #17)
Formats:   pulp
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine

 Country: US
Total Issues: 30

Largely filled with articles about the cast, characters and other features of the third Star Trek series. Most issues contain what are described as "synopses," which are brief prose adaptations of the show's scripts, analogous to the ones James Blish did for the original series.

Issues & Index Sources

  #1, 1993 – #25, 1998: Science Fiction Index (Missing: #2, 1993)

Publishers

  #1, 1993 – #9, 1994: Starlog Communications International, New York
  #10, 1995 – #25, 1998: Starlog Group, Inc.; New York

Editors

  David McDonnell
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Star Trek Explorer

 Country: US
Total Issues: 12 (as at Oct-2024)

Mostly filled with articles about the cast, characters and other features of the various Star Trek series. Each issue also contains two original stories, with another two in a subscriber-only digital supplement.

Issues & Index Sources:  Winter 2021/2022 – present: Science Fiction Index (Missing: any after #12, Sep-2024)
Website:   www.titan-comics.com/magazines
Publishers:   Titan Publishing
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