Detective Novel(s) Magazine
For most of its life Detective Novels Magazine offered two short novels, a small selection of
short stories and a few features as fillers, mainly on a bimonthly schedule, and is best known
for the two series of stories featuring Jerry Wade (the Candid Camera Kid) and The Crimson Mask.
In 1944 the format changed to featuring just a single "novel" and a handful of short stories and
the title was changed accordingly to Detective Novel Magazine.
There was also a Canadian reprint edition in the
1940s and a British reprint edition in the 1950s.
1938 |
![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novels_193801-02_v1_n1_tn.jpg) v1 #1 Jan/Feb |
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1939 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novels_193902_tn.jpg) v3 #1 Feb |
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1940 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novels_194002_tn.jpg) v5 #1 Feb |
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1941 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novels_194102_tn.jpg) v7 #1 Feb |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novels_194110_tn.jpg) v8 #2 Oct |
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1942 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novels_194206_tn.jpg) v9 #3 Jun |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novels_194210_tn.jpg) v10 #2 Oct |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novels_194212_tn.jpg) v10 #3 Dec |
1943 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novels_194302_tn.jpg) v11 #1 Feb |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novels_194304_tn.jpg) v11 #2 Apr |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novels_194306_tn.jpg) v11 #3 Jun |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novels_194308_tn.jpg) v12 #1 Aug |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novels_194310_tn.jpg) v12 #2 Oct |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novels_194312_tn.jpg) v12 #3 Dec |
1944 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novels_194402_tn.jpg) v13 #1 Feb |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novel_194412_tn.jpg) v14 #3 Dec |
1945 |
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1946 |
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1947 |
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1948 |
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1949 |
![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novel_194902_tn.jpg) v22 #2 Feb |
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Canadian reprint edition
Some issues are extrapolated and have not been confirmed.
Other issues probably exist.
1941 |
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v7 #2 Jul |
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1942 |
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v8 #2 Feb |
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1943 |
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1944 |
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v11 #1 Mar |
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v11 #2 Jun |
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1945 |
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v16 #2 Oct |
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1946 |
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v17 #1 Feb |
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v17 #3 Jun |
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1947 |
v18 #3 Jan |
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v19 #2 May |
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v19 #3 Jul |
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v20 #1 Sep |
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v20 #2 Nov |
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1948 |
v20 #3 Jan |
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v21 #1 Mar |
v21 #2 Spring |
![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novel_canada_1948fal_tn.jpg) v21 #3 Fall |
![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_novel_canada_1948win_tn.jpg) v22 #1 Winter |
British reprint edition
Other issues probably exist
1950 |
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