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Best Detective Magazine/Crime Busters/Street & Smith's Mystery Magazine

As Best Detective Magazine the magazine was predominantly reprint, but after 95 issues it was relaunched, in November 1937, as Crime Busters featuring "all new stories" mainly with series characters such as The Gadget Man and The Death Angel. However, this only lasted for 24 issues and in November 1939 the magazine was relaunched again, this time as Street & Smith's Mystery Magazine, dropping the most colourful of the series characters. This final incarnation lasted for only 26 issues before the magazine finally folded during World War II.

A Canadian reprint edition of Best Detective Magazine is known to exist, and seems to be a direct reprint of the US edition.

1929
v1 #1
Nov
v1 #2
Dec

1930
v1 #3
Jan
v1 #4
Feb
v1 #5
Mar
v1 #6
Apr v2 #1
May v2 #2
Jun v2 #3
Jul
v2 #4
Aug v2 #5
Sep v2 #6
Oct
v3 #1
Nov
v3 #2
Dec

1931
v3 #3
Jan
v3 #4
Feb
v3 #5
Mar
v3 #6
Apr
v4 #1
May
v4 #2
Jun
v4 #3
Jul
v4 #4
Aug
v4 #5
Sep
v4 #6
Oct
v5 #1
Nov
v5 #2
Dec

1932
v5 #3
Jan
v5 #4
Feb
v5 #5
Mar
v5 #6
Apr
v6 #1
May
v6 #2
Jun
v6 #3
Jul
v6 #4
Aug
v6 #5
Sep
v6 #6
Oct
v7 #1
Nov
v7 #2
Dec

1933
v7 #3
Jan
v7 #4
Feb v7 #5
Mar
v7 #6
Apr v8 #1
May
v8 #2
Jun
v8 #3
Jul
v8 #4
Aug v8 #5
Sep
v8 #6
Oct
v9 #1
Nov
v9 #2
Dec

1934
v9 #3
Jan
v9 #4
Feb
v9 #5
Mar
v9 #6
Apr
v10 #1
May
v10 #2
Jun
v10 #3
Jul
v10 #4
Aug
v10 #5
Sep
v10 #6
Oct
v11 #1
Nov v11 #2
Dec

1935
v11 #3
Jan
v11 #4
Feb
v11 #5
Mar
v11 #6
Apr
v12 #1
May
v12 #2
Jun
v12 #3
Jul
v12 #4
Aug
v12 #5
Sep
v12 #6
Oct
v13 #1
Nov
v13 #2
Dec

1936
v13 #3
Jan
v13 #4
Feb
v13 #5
Mar
v13 #6
Apr
v14 #1
May
v14 #2
Jun
v14 #3
Jul v14 #4
Aug
v14 #5
Sep
v14 #6
Oct
v15 #1
Nov
v15 #2
Dec

1937
v15 #3
Jan
v15 #4
Feb
v15 #5
Mar
v15 #6
Apr
v16 #1
May
v16 #2
Jun
v16 #3
Jul v16 #4
Aug
v16 #5
Sep
v1 #1
Nov
v1 #2
Dec

1938
v1 #3
Jan
v1 #4
Feb
v1 #5
Mar
v1 #6
Apr
v2 #1
May
v2 #2
Jun
v2 #3
Jul
v2 #4
Aug
v2 #5
Sep
v2 #6
Oct
v3 #1
Nov
v3 #2
Dec

1939
v3 #3
Jan
v3 #4
Feb
v3 #5
Mar
v3 #6
Apr
v4 #1
May
v4 #2
Jun
v4 #3
Jul
v4 #4
Aug
v4 #5
Sep
v4 #6
Oct
v5 #1
Nov
v5 #2
Dec

1940
v5 #3
Jan
v5 #4
Feb
v5 #5
Mar
v5 #6
Apr
v6 #1
May
v6 #2
Jun
v6 #3
Jul
v6 #4
Sep
v6 #5
Nov

1941
v6 #6
Jan
v7 #1
Mar
v7 #2
May
v7 #3
Jul
v7 #4
Sep
v7 #5
Nov

1942
v7 #6
Jan
v8 #1
Mar
v8 #2
May
v8 #3
Jul
v8 #4
Sep
v8 #5
Nov

1943
v8 #6
Jan
v9 #1
Mar
v9 #2
May

Canadian reprint edition

Other issues may exist.

1936
Aug