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Action Stories

One of the great multi-genre pulps, Action Stories ran for an impressive 224 issues over a 30-year period. Launched in September 1921 by Fiction House, it managed a regular monthly schedule for 11 years, to the end of 1932, when there was a brief hiatus. It then picked up again on a (mainly) bi-monthly basis from 1934 to 1943, before dropping back to a quarterly schedule for the final seven years of its life.

A British reprint edition ran from April 1923 to January 1928, as well as in the 1950s, but precise details are not known at this stage. There was also a Canadian reprint edition in the 1930s at least.

1921
v1 #1
Sep v1 #2
Oct
v1 #3
Nov
v1 #4
Dec

1922
v1 #5
Jan
v1 #6
Feb v1 #7
Mar
v1 #8
Apr
v1 #9
May
v1 #10
Jun v1 #11
Jul
v1 #12
Aug
v2 #1
Sep
v2 #2
Oct
v2 #3
Nov v2 #4
Dec

1923
v2 #5
Jan
v2 #6
Feb
v2 #7
Mar
v2 #8
Apr
v2 #9
May
v2 #10
Jun
v2 #11
Jul v2 #12
Aug
v3 #1
Sep
v3 #2
Oct
v3 #3
Nov
v3 #4
Dec

1924
v3 #5
Jan
v3 #6
Feb v3 #7
Mar
v3 #8
Apr
v3 #9
May
v3 #10
Jun
v3 #11
Jul
v3 #12
Aug
v4 #1
Sep
v4 #2
Oct
v4 #3
Nov
v4 #4
Dec

1925
v4 #5
Jan
v4 #6
Feb
v4 #7
Mar
v4 #8
Apr
v4 #9
May
v4 #10
Jun
v4 #11
Jul
v4 #12
Aug
v5 #1
Sep
v5 #2
Oct
v5 #3
Nov
v5 #4
Dec

1926
v5 #5
Jan
v5 #6
Feb
v5 #7
Mar
v5 #8
Apr
v5 #9
May
v5 #10
Jun
v5 #11
Jul
v5 #12
Aug
v6 #1
Sep
v6 #2
Oct
v6 #3
Nov
v6 #4
Dec

1927
v6 #5
Jan
v6 #6
Feb
v6 #7
Mar
v6 #8
Apr
v6 #9
May
v6 #10
Jun
v6 #11
Jul v6 #12
Aug
v7 #1
Sep
v7 #2
Oct
v7 #3
Nov
v7 #4
Dec

1928
v7 #5
Jan
v7 #6
Feb
v7 #7
Mar
v7 #8
Apr
v7 #9
May
v7 #10
Jun
v7 #11
Jul
v7 #12
Aug
v8 #1
Sep
v8 #2
Oct
v8 #3
Nov
v8 #4
Dec

1929
v8 #5
Jan
v8 #6
Feb
v8 #7
Mar
v8 #8
Apr
v8 #9
May
v8 #10
Jun
v8 #11
Jul
v8 #12
Aug
v9 #1
Sep
v9 #2
Oct
v9 #3
Nov
v9 #4
Dec

1930
v9 #5
Jan
v9 #6
Feb
v9 #7
Mar
v9 #8
Apr
v9 #9
May
v9 #10
Jun
v9 #11
Jul
v9 #12
Aug
v10 #1
Sep
v10 #2
Oct
v10 #3
Nov
v10 #4
Dec

1931
v10 #5
Jan
v10 #6
Feb
v10 #7
Mar
v10 #8
Apr
v10 #9
May
v10 #10
Jun
v10 #11
Jul
v10 #12
Aug
v11 #1
Sep
v11 #2
Oct
v11 #3
Nov
v11 #4
Dec

1932
v11 #5
Jan
v11 #6
Feb
v11 #7
Mar
v11 #8
Apr
v11 #9
May
v11 #10
Jun
v11 #11
Jul
v11 #12
Aug
v12 #1
Sep
v12 #2
Oct
v12 #3
Nov
v12 #4
Dec

1933
v12 #5
Nov/Dec

1934 v12 #6
Jan/Feb
v12 #7
Mar/Apr
v12 #8
Jun
v12 #9
Aug
v12 #10
Oct
v12 #11
Dec

1935
v12 #12
Feb
v13 #1
Apr
v13 #2
Jun
v13 #3
Aug
v13 #4
Oct
v13 #5
Dec

1936
v13 #6
Feb
v13 #7
Apr
v13 #8
Jun
v13 #9
Aug
v13 #10
Sep
v13 #11
Oct
v13 #12
Nov
v14 #1
Dec

1937
v14 #2
Jan
v14 #3
Feb
v14 #4
Apr
v14 #5
Jun
v14 #6
Aug
v14 #7
Oct
v14 #8
Dec

1938
v14 #9
Feb
v14 #10
Apr
v14 #11
Jun
v14 #12
Aug
v15 #1
Oct
v15 #2
Dec

1939
v15 #3
Feb
v15 #4
Apr
v15 #5
Jul
v15 #6
Oct
v15 #7
Dec

1940
v15 #8
Feb
v15 #9
Apr
v15 #10
Jun
v15 #11
Aug
v15 #12
Oct
v16 #1
Dec

1941
v16 #2
Feb
v16 #3
Apr
v16 #4
Jun
v16 #5
Aug
v16 #6
Oct
v16 #7
Dec

1942
v16 #8
Feb
v16 #9
Apr
v16 #10
Jun
v16 #11
Aug
v16 #12
Oct
v17 #1
Dec

1943
v17 #2
Feb
v17 #3
Apr
v17 #4
Summer
v17 #5
Fall
v17 #6
Winter

1944
v17 #7
Spring
v17 #8
Summer
v17 #9
Fall
v17 #10
Winter

1945
v17 #11
Spring
v17 #12
Summer
v18 #1
Fall
v18 #2
Winter

1946
v18 #3
Spring
v18 #4
Summer
v18 #5
Fall
v18 #6
Winter

1947
v18 #7
Spring
v18 #8
Summer
v18 #9
Fall
v18 #10
Winter

1948
v18 #11
Spring
v18 #12
Summer
v19 #1
Fall
v19 #2
Winter

1949
v19 #3
Spring
v19 #4
Summer
v19 #5
Fall
v19 #6
Winter

1950
v19 #7
Spring
v19 #8
Summer

British reprint edition

It is not currently clear if all the issues in the first series exist. A later reprint series exists in the 1950s, but few details are currently known.

1923 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

1924 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

1925 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

1926 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

1927 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

1928 Jan

1949

#1

1950
#5

Canadian reprint edition

Other issues probably exist.

1932
Aug