Billed as having "five complete novels" in each issue, although each
is condensed to a mere 20 pages each. One story in the second issue
is original.
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A late entry into the gangster-story pulp field, Ten Story Gang
only lasted for six issues before being renamed Gangland Detective
Stories and then folding three issues later (although there is
possibly one more issue after September 1940).
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v1 #3
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Publishing a mixture of weird menace, "daring mystery" and stories of
the "sinister and strange" from well-known authors like G.T.
Fleming-Roberts and Stewart Stirling, 10 Story Mystery Magazine lasted
for a mere 9 issues before succumbing to the wartime paper shortages and
merging with Dime Mystery Magazine.
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v1 #3
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v1 #4
Jun |
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v2 #1
Aug |
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v2 #3
Dec |
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Apr |
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Initially a Canadian reprint edition of 10 Story Mystery Magazine,
but subsequently reprinted from other US pulps such as Dime Detective.
Other issues probably exist.
| 1941 |
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Dec |
| 1942 |
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v17 #1
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v17 #2
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v17 #3
Jan |
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v17 #4
May |
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v17 #5
Jul |
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Jul |
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Nov |
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v17 #15
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Jul |
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Nov |
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Despite the title, this magazine reprinted stories from Dime Mystery Magazine.
It was published in Canada for distribution in the UK.
Other issues may exist.
| 1946 |
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Oct |
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Dec |
British reprint edition of 10 Story Mystery Magazine.
Other issues may exist.
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Despite the title, the stories in Terror Detective Story Magazine
displayed neither terror nor detection, but focussed instead on blatant
sexual content. Despite the presence of well-known authors like Harlan
Ellison, Fredric Brown & Henry Slesar, the magazine had little to
recommend it and folded after 4 issues.
| 1956 |
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Oct |
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Dec |
| 1957 |
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Feb |
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Apr |
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Announced as a companion to Three Western Novels, no trace of this magazine
has yet been found and it may not exist.
| 2018 |
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v1 #1
Jul |
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v1 #2
Dec |
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v2 #1
Jul |
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Dec |
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Jul |
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v3 #2
Dec |
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One-off companion magazine to Thrilling Romances.
Online magazine that did not have formal covers for each issue.
| 1998 |
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Hallowe'en |
Holidays |
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Intended as a weird-menace pulp to cash in on the success of sister
publications Dime Mystery Magazine, Horror Stories and Terror
Tales, Thrilling Mysteries folded after a single issue when Standard
Magazines sued over the use of the word 'Thrilling' and the two companies
settled out of court.
| 1935 |
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v1 #1
Apr |
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Thuglit is a hardcore noir crime magazine that
had an earlier existence as an online zine.
| 2012 |
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#1, Sep/Oct |
#2, Nov/Dec |
| 2013 |
#3, Jan/Feb |
#4, Mar/Apr |
#5, May/Jun |
#6, Jul/Aug |
#7, Sep/Oct |
#8, Nov/Dec |
| 2014 |
#9, Jan/Feb |
#10, Mar/Apr |
#11, May/Jun |
#12, Jul/Aug |
#13, Sep/Oct |
#14, Nov/Dec |
| 2015 |
#15, Jan/Feb |
#16, Mar/Apr |
#17, May/Jun |
#18, Jul/Aug |
#19, Sep/Oct |
#20, Nov/Dec |
| 2016 |
#21, Jan/Feb |
#22, Mar/Apr |
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Although published long after the demise of the pulp magazine,
Tightrope hoped to gain from the publicity of a popular television
series of the same name. The pulp size and format was an anachronism
and, despite the better-than-average run of contemporary crime-adventure
stories, the magazine folded after only four issues.
| 1960 |
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v1 #1
Apr |
v1 #2
May |
v1 #3
Jun |
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Aug |
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Annual pulp, reprinting mystery fiction by well-known writers from
other Standard Magazines titles. While rumours exist of a 1950 issue
it has never been located and was probably not published.
| 1951 |
v1 #2 |
| 1952 |
v1 #3 |
| 1953 |
v2 #1 |
Little is known about this magazine which promised "12 Smashing Murder Stories" in
each issue. It began with vol.2 no.5 and so presumably replaced an earlier title,
but it is not known what.
| 1938 |
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v2 #5
Sep |
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v2 #6
Dec |
| 1939 |
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Mar |
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A crudely (hand) assembled digest-sized magazine, with pages stapled
together (without spine, seemingly as issued), official page numbers
penned over printed numbers, some pages crossed out (much like an
uncorrected proof). It is unclear if this was ever offered for sale.
| 1956 |
v1 #1
Jan |
v1 #2
Feb |
v1 #3
Mar |
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Pulp magazine that reprinted contents of various US pulps of various
genres. For instance, the Spring 1945 issue contained 96 pages each from
an undated issue of Range Riders Western, 96 pages from an undated issue
of Sky Fighters, 96 pages from the December 1943 issue of Phantom
Detective and 96 pages from the October 1944 issue of Texas Rangers.
Other issues may exist.
| 1942 |
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Spring |
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Despite the title True Gangster Stories was mainly fiction. It had
two separate short runs, each beginning with Vol.1 No.1, even though the title had previously been
used for the final issue of Double-Action Gang Magazine.
| 1941 |
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Feb |
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Jul |
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| 1942 |
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Jun |
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Aug |
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British reprint edition of True Gangster Stories. Other issues may exist.
Initially reprinting "Two $2.00 Mystery Novels" as Two-Books Detective
Magazine, the magazine changed slightly with the third issue to
Two-Book Detective Magazine with a tagline of "Two Full-Length Mystery
Novels", each of which was original. After a couple of issues this
expanded to "Four Full-Length Mystery Novels" which made nonsense of the
title, so that was changed a few issues later to New Detective
Magazine.
| 1933 |
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Summer |
v1 #2
Fall |
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v1 #3
Dec/Jan |
| 1934 |
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v1 #4
Feb/Mar |
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v1 #5
May |
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v1 #6
Jul |
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v1 #7
Sep |
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v1 #8
Nov |
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| 1935 |
v1 #9
Jan |
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v1 #10
Mar |
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v2 #1
May |
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v2 #2
Jul |
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v2 #3
Sep |
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v2 #4
Dec |
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Canadian Reprint Edition of Two-Book/New Detective Magazine. Other issues probably exist
| 1933 |
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v1 #3
Dec/Jan |
| 1934 |
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| 1935 |
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v2 #3
Sep |
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Although implying that it reprinted two full-length, published, novels in
each issue, to compete with other similar magazine on the newsstand, 2 Book Mystery Magazine
actually reprinted novelettes from other pulps, particulary Private Detective Stories and
folded after only two issues.
| 1946 |
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v1 #1
Feb |
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v1 #2
Jun |
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Two-Fisted Detective Stories was another of the action-packed,
violent, crime-adventure fiction magazines of the mid-1950s which added large
measures of brutal sex to rough and ruthless tales of murder and mayhem.
| 1959 |
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v1 #1
Jun |
v1 #2
Jul |
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v1 #3
Sep |
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v1 #4
Dec |
| 1960 |
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v1 #5
Feb |
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v1 #6
Apr |
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v2 #1
Jun |
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v2 #2
Aug |
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v2 #3
Oct |
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v2 #4
Dec |
The first issue was devoted entirely to Robert E. Howard, but
the second issue contained a selection of fiction from other authors.
| 1984 |
#1 |
| 1988 |
#2 |
Short-lived magazine featuring a gripping action novel about "Conway
Clark, International Undercover Ace" in each issue, as well as several
other short stories and novelettes.
| 1938 |
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v1 #1
Dec |
| 1939 |
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v1 #2
Feb |
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v1 #3
Apr |
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Short-lived magazine with a mix of reprints from US pulps and original stories.
| 1951 |
Spring |
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| 1952 |
Spring |
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Short-lived attempt to merge the gang and love pulp genres. Last issue titled Underworld Love Stories
| 1931 |
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v1 #1
Nov |
v1 #2
Dec |
| 1932 |
v1 #3
Jan |
v1 #4
Feb |
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Underworlds was launched as a tri-annual paperback magazine that
sought "to create a bridge between crime fiction (especially, but not
necessarily exclusively, of the noir school) and horror fiction". It
folded after only two issues in two years.
| 2002 |
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#1
Dec |
| 2003 |
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| 2004 |
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#2
Mar |
Following the successful launch of Manhunt, the publishers launched a
similar magazine as Verdict but it never made a mark in a crowded market
and folded after only 4 issues, The same publishers tried again three years
later but, again, the magazine folded after a brief run.
| 1953 |
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v1 #1
Jun |
v1 #2
Jul |
v1 #3
Aug |
v1 #4
Sep |
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| 1956 |
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v1 #1
Aug |
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v1 #2
Nov |
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| 1957 |
v2 #1
Jan |
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British reprint edition with the first four issues reprinting from
Verdict, the fourth from Manhunt and the remaining three issues from
Pursuit.
| 1953 |
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v1 #1
Aug |
v1 #2
Sep |
v1 #3
Oct |
v1 #4
Nov |
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| 1954 |
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v1 #5
Apr |
v1 #6
May |
v1 #7
Jun/Jul |
Aug |
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Published as a direct challenge to Spicy Detective Stories, the
stories in Vice-Squad Detective were even sexier and it is believed
that most copies were seized by police prior to distribution, which may
explain why there was no second issue.
Although dated as 1933 by many authorities, its publication was noted in
the July 1935 issue of Author & Journalist.
| 1935 |
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