Checklists

Action Detective Magazine

Thin digest that ran for at least 46 issues, mainly printing stories by Australian authors, initially with two short stories per issue and later with just a single novelette. Indexing this title is complicated by the fact that multiple issues have been reported with the same issue number but with different contents.

1952 #1
#2 #3 #4
#5
#6 #7

1953 #8
#9
#10
#11
#12
#13
#14 #15
#16
#17
#18 #19

1954
#20
#21
#22 #23
#24
#25 #26
#27
#28
#29 #30
#31

1955 #32 #33 #34 #35
#36
#37
#38 #39
#40
#41
#42 #43

1956
#44
#45
#46

American Crime Magazine

Thin digest that ran for at least 36 issues, in two separate series. Despite the title and the boast that it contained "fast-moving drama by popular American authors" it seems to have contained only stories by Australian authors, probably a small number under multiple pseudonyms.

There was also an associated series of standalone novelettes published by the same publisher under the same series title of which only two undated examples are known - The Counterfeiters by Rex Young and Murder Madness by Steve Hawk.

1952 #1, Apr
#2, May #3, Jun #4, Aug
#5, Oct
#6, Nov

1953
#1, Jan
#2, Feb #3, May
#4, May
#5, Jul
#6, Aug #7, Sep #8, Oct #9, Nov #10, Dec

1954
#11, Jan #12, Feb #13, Mar
#14, Apr #15, May #16, Jun #17, Jul
#18, Aug #19, Sep #20, Oct
#21, Nov
#22, Dec

1955
#23, Jan #24, Feb
#25, Mar
#26, Apr #27, May
#28, Jun #29, Jul
#30, Aug
#31, Sep

American Detective Magazine

Thin digest that ran for at least 42 issues, in two separate series. Despite the title it seems to have contained only stories by Australian authors, probably a small number under multiple pseudonyms.

There was also an associated series of standalone novelettes published by the same publisher under the same series title of which only four undated examples are known - Bullets for Sale by E. Hamilton Clay, Singing Death by Gordon Alexander, and The Black Orchid and Bullets for Blondes, both by Steve Hawk.

1951
#1, Nov #2, Dec

1952
#3, Jan
#4, Feb
#5, Mar
#6, Apr
#7, May #8, Jun
#9, Sep
#10, Oct #11, Nov #12, Nov

1953 #1, Mar #2, Apr
#3, May
#4, Jun
#5, Jul
#6, Aug
#7, Sep #8, Oct #9, Nov #9, Dec

1954
#11, Jan #12, Feb #13, Mar
#14, Apr #15, May
#16, Jun #17, Jul
#18, Aug
#19, Sep
#20, Oct #21, Nov
#22, Dec
#23, Dec

1955
#24, Jan
#25 #26 #27
#28 #29 #30

American Detective Novels

Little is known about this publication, which is assumed to be a companion to American Detective Magazine. At least two of the issues contained multiple stories, but for the other issues identified to date only the lead novella is known and may comprise the total contents of the issue.

195?
#100 #101
#102
#103
#104
#105
#106
#107

American Sleuth

Thin digest that ran for at least 16 issues, reprinting stories from American crime pulps like Famous Detective Stories and Smashing Detective Stories. Indexing this title is complicated by the fact that multiple issues have been reported with the same issue number but with different contents.

1952 #1, Aug #2, Sep #3, Oct #4, Nov
#5

195? #6 #7 #8
#9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16

Carter Brown Long Story Magazine

Although called a magazine, this was really just a reprint series of Carter Brown novels previously published by Horwitz.

1959
#1
Jul
#2
Aug #3
Oct
#4
Nov
#5
Dec

1960
#6
Jan
#7
Feb #8
Mar #9
Apr
#10
May
#11
Jun
#12
Jul
#13
Aug
#14
Sep
#15
Oct
#16
Nov
#17
Dec

1961
#18
Jan
#19
Feb #20
Mar #21
Apr

Colin Calhoun Detective

A 64-page digest size Australian periodical in illustrated paper wrappers, including stories with illustrated titles.

195? #1 #2
#3 #4 #5 #6 #7
#8
#9 #10 #11
#12
#13

Crime Factory

Hardboiled crime quarterly. Converted to an ebook after the 9th issue, some of which issues also appeared in print.

2001
#1
Feb
#2
May
#3
Aug
#4
Nov

2002
#5
Feb
#6
May
#7
Aug #8
Nov

2003 #9
Feb

2010 v2 #1
Jan v2 #2
Mar v2 #3
May
v2 #3.5
Jun v2 #4
Jul v2 #5
Sep

2011
v2 #6 v2 #7 v2 #8 Kung Fu Factory

2012 v2 #9
(Jan) v2 #10
(May) v2 #11
(Sep) Horror Factory

2013 v2 #12
(Feb)
v2 #13
(May)
v2 #14
(Sep)

2014
v2 #15
(Jan)
Pink Factory
v2 #16
(Oct)

2015
v2 #17
(Feb)

2016
v2 #18
(Mar)
v2 #19
(Oct)

Crime Story Magazine

Little is known about this magazine. A series of at least 12 issues labelled "Volume 6" was published by Blue Diamond with dates from Jun-1952 to Apr-1954 at least. Other issues have been seen with no dates and just issue numbers, published by Blue Diamond or Page Publications, which appear to duplicate the contents of the other series and are assumed to be later reprints.

Other issues probably exist.

1952 v6 #1
Jun
v6 #2
Sep
v6 #3
Nov

1953 v6 #4
Jan v6 #5
Mar v6 #6
Oct
v6 #7
Dec

1954 v6 #8
Feb
v6 #9
Apr

195? v6 #10 v6 #11
v6 #12 #1 #2 #3
#4
#5 #6
#7 #8

Detective Fiction

A short-lived monthly magazine of mainly Australian stories.

1948
#1
Dec

1949 #2
Jan #3
Feb #4
Mar

Detective Monthly

Another thin Australian digest mainly printing original stories by Australian authors.

Dates of issues unclear; may be other issues.

195?
#1
#2 #3
#4 #5
#6
#7
#8 #9
#10
#11
#12

Detective Stories

Thin digest that ran for two separate series with a blend of original stories by Australian authors and reprints from American pulps. The issue numbering is somewhat erratic so it is impossible to tell what other issues may have existed - it is unlikely there were any volumes in the first series before v6, but it is unknown whether there was a v7 or any further issues in v8 or beyond.

The contents of the only known issues of the second series are direct reprints from the first series, with different covers, and one issue (#9) is also identical to the only known issue (#1) of Manhunt Stories, also published by Page Publications.

1952 v6 #1
Jun
v6 #2
Sep v6 #3
Nov

1953 v6 #4
v6 #5
Apr
v6 #6
Jun
v6 #7
Oct v6 #8
Dec

1954
v1 #9
Feb
v6 #10
v6 #11

195? v8 #5 v8 #11

195? #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 v6 #8 #9

Detective Story Magazine

Another thin Australian digest printing original stories by Australian authors.

May be other issues.

1947 #1
Dec

Double Action Detective

Another thin Australian digest printing original stories by Australian authors.

Other issues may exist.

19??
#1 #2

Downtown Detective

Another thin Australian digest, mainly printing original stories by Australian authors.

Dates of issues not known; may be other issues

19??
#1
#2
#3 #4 #5
#6 #7 #8 #9 #10
#11 #12

19?? #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24

19?? #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30 #31 #32 #33 #34 #35

East-Side Detective

Another thin Australian digest, this one with a mixture of original stories and reprints from American pulps.

Dates of issues unclear; other issues may exist.

1954
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10 #11

1955 #12
#13

Homicide Stories

Date of issue(s) unclear; may be other issues. The contents of the only known issue (#1) are identical to the December 1953 of Detective Stories, also published by Page Publications.

19??
#1

Invincible Detective Magazine

Published monthly, these magazines contained 5 or more short stories reprinted from various American detective pulps, including Detective Fiction Weekly, Detective Tales, Dime Detective Magazine, Famous Detective Stories, Fifteen Detective Stories and New Detective Magazine.

1949 v1 #1
Dec

1950 v1 #2
Jan
v1 #3
Feb v1 #4
Mar v1 #5
Apr v1 #6
May v1 #7
Jun
v1 #8
Jul v1 #9
Aug
v1 #10
Sep v1 #11
Oct v1 #12
Nov v1 #13
Dec

1951 v2 #14
Jan
v2 #15
Feb
v2 #16
Mar v2 #17
Apr v2 #18
May v2 #19
Jun
v2 #20
Jul v2 #21
Aug v2 #22
Sep v2 #23
Oct v2 #24
Nov
v2 #25
Dec

1952
v3 #26
Jan v3 #27
Feb
v3 #28
Mar v3 #29
Apr v3 #30
May v3 #31
Jun v3 #32
Jul
v3 #33
Aug
v3 #34
Sep v3 #35
Oct v3 #36
Nov v3 #37
Dec

1953 v4 #38
Jan v4 #39
Feb v4 #40
Mar v4 #41
Apr v4 #42
May v4 #43
Jun v4 #44
Jul v4 #45
Aug
v4 #46
Sep v4 #47
Oct v4 #48
Nov v4 #49
Dec

1954 v5 #50
Jan v5 #51
Feb v5 #52
Mar
v5 #53
Apr
v5 #54
May v6 #55
Jun

1954 v5 #56
1st Jul v5 #57
2nd Jul
v5 #58
1st Aug v5 #59
2nd Aug
v5 #60
1st Sep v5 #61
2nd Sep v5 #62
1st Oct
v5 #63
2nd Oct v5 #64
1st Nov v5 #65
2nd Nov v5 #66
1st Dec v5 #67
2nd Dec

Leisure Detective

Thin digest that ran for at least 54 issues, mainly printing stories by Australian authors, initially with two short stories per issue and later with just a single novelette.

Dates of issues unclear; other issues may exist.

19??
#1 #2
#3
#4 #5
#6
#7 #8
#9
#10
#11
#12

#13 #14 #15 #16
#17
#18 #19 #20 #21 #22
#23 (var. 1)
#23 (var. 2)

#24
#25
#26
#27 #28 #29
#30
#31 #32
#33 #34 #35

#36
#37 #38 #39 #40 #41 #42 #43
#44 #45
#46 #47

#48 #49 #50 #51 #52
#53 #54

Manhunt Stories

Date of issue(s) unclear; may be other issues. The contents of the only known issue (#1) are identical to the only known issue (#9) of the second series of Detective Stories, also published by Page Publications.

19?? #1

Mike Hervey Detective Monthly Magazine

The title was constant as Mike Hervey Detective Monthly Magazine on the contents page, but the cover title became Mike Hervey's Detective Monthly Magazine with issue 7. All the stories in all the issues were written by Mike Hervey.

1952 #1
#2
#3

1953
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
#11 #12
#13

Modern Detective Magazine

Australian digest mainly printing original stories by Australian authors, although two of the issues reprinted stories from US pulp magazines.

Other issues may exist.

1954
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6 #7
#8 #9
#10 #11

Popular Detective

Another thin Australian digest, this one with a mixture of original stories and reprints from American pulps.

Other issues may exist.

1954
#1 #2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
#10
#11
#12 #13
#14

Smashing Detective

Another thin Australian digest about which very little is known. Other issues may exist.

1954
#1
#2

Thrilling Detective

Another thin Australian digest, this one seemingly containing only original stories.

Other issues may exist.

195?
#1
#2 #3 #4
#5
#6 #7
#8 #9
#10 #11
#12

195?
#13
#14
#15
#16

1955
#17
#18
#19 #20 #21
#22
#23
#24

Tip-Top Thriller

Advertised as forthcoming in an issue of Tip-Top Western but may not have been published.

Underworld Stories

Another thin Australian digest, this one seemingly containing only reprint stories Subtitled "incorporating Crime Story Magazine" even though Crime Story Magazine was being published at the same time.

Other issues probably exist.

1953
v5 #1
Jun

Westend Detective

Another thin Australian digest, mixing and reprint stories.

Other issues may exist.

195? #1
#2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12

195? #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19 #20 #21 #22 #23 #24

195? #25 #26 #27 #28 #29 #30
#31 #32 #33 #34