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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