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Dime Mystery (Book) Magazine

Dime Mystery (Book) Magazine started off as a fairly staid pulp under the name Dime Mystery Book Magazine featuring a full-length "two-dollar novel" and a few short stories. However this was not a successful formula and after only ten issues the publisher, Popular Publications, changed the title to Dime Mystery Magazine, featuring several novelettes and short stories. Even more significantly the emphasis was changed to "weird menace", which was much more popular and allowed the magazine to continue for a further 144 issues.

In 1950 the name was changed again to 15 Mystery Stories, but it lasted for only five issues under this title before folding in late 1950. There were two different Canadian reprint editions, one in the 1930s and one in the late 1940s, and at least 6 issues of a British reprint edition, 3 under the abbreviated title of Mystery Stories. There was also a second British reprint edition under the name of Mask Detective.

1932
v1 #1
Dec

1933
v1 #2
Jan
v1 #3
Feb
v1 #4
Mar
v2 #1
Apr
v2 #2
May
v2 #3
Jun
v2 #4
Jul
v3 #1
Aug
v3 #2
Sep
v3 #3
Oct
v3 #4
Nov
v4 #1
Dec

1934
v4 #2
Jan
v4 #3
Feb
v4 #4
Mar
v5 #1
Apr
v5 #2
May
v5 #3
Jun
v5 #4
Jul
v6 #1
Aug
v6 #2
Sep
v6 #3
Oct
v6 #4
Nov
v7 #1
Dec

1935
v7 #2
Jan
v7 #3
Feb
v7 #4
Mar
v8 #1
Apr
v8 #2
May
v8 #3
Jun
v8 #4
Jul
v9 #1
Aug
v9 #2
Sep
v9 #3
Oct
v9 #4
Nov
v10 #1
Dec

1936
v10 #2
Jan
v10 #3
Feb
v10 #4
Mar
v11 #1
Apr
v11 #2
May
v11 #3
Jun
v11 #4
Jul
v12 #2
Aug
v12 #2
Sep
v12 #3
Oct
v12 #4
Nov
v13 #1
Dec

1937
v13 #2
Jan
v13 #3
Feb
v13 #4
Mar
v14 #1
Apr
v14 #2
May
v14 #3
Jun
v14 #4
Jul
v15 #1
Aug
v15 #2
Sep
v15 #3
Oct
v15 #4
Nov
v16 #1
Dec

1938
v16 #2
Jan
v16 #3
Feb
v16 #4
Mar
v17 #1
Apr
v17 #2
May
v17 #3
Jun
v17 #4
Jul
v18 #1
Aug
v18 #2
Sep
v18 #3
Oct
v18 #4
Nov
v19 #1
Dec

1939
v19 #2
Jan
v19 #3
Feb
v19 #4
Mar
v20 #1
Apr
v20 #2
May
v20 #3
Jun
v20 #4
Jul
v21 #1
Aug
v21 #2
Sep
v21 #3
Oct
v21 #4
Nov
v22 #1
Dec

1940
v22 #2
Jan
v22 #3
Feb
v22 #4
Mar
v23 #1
Apr
v23 #2
May
v23 #3
Jul
v23 #4
Aug
v24 #1
Sep
v24 #2
Oct
v24 #3
Nov
v24 #4
Dec

1941
v25 #1
Jan
v25 #2
Feb
v25 #3
Mar
v25 #4
May
v26 #1
Jul
v26 #2
Sep
v26 #3
Nov

1942
v26 #4
Jan
v27 #1
Mar
v27 #2
May
v27 #3
Jul
v27 #4
Sep
v28 #1
Nov

1943
v28 #2
Jan
v28 #3
Mar
v28 #4
May
v29 #1
Jul
v29 #2
Sep
v29 #3
Nov

1944
v29 #4
Jan
v30 #1
Mar
v30 #2
May
v30 #3
Jul
v30 #4
Sep
v31 #1
Nov

1945
v31 #2
Jan
v31 #3
Mar
v31 #4
May
v32 #1
Jul
v32 #2
Sep
v32 #3
Nov

1946
v32 #4
Jan
v33 #1
Feb
v33 #2
May
v33 #3
Jul
v33 #4
Sep
v34 #1
Nov

1947
v34 #2
Jan
v34 #3
Mar
v34 #4
May
v35 #1
Jul
v35 #2
Sep
v35 #3
Oct
v35 #4
Nov
v36 #1
Dec

1948
v36 #2
Jan
v36 #3
Feb
v36 #4
Apr
v37 #1
Jun
v37 #2
Aug
v37 #3
Oct
v37 #4
Dec

1949
v38 #1
Feb
v38 #2
Apr
v38 #3
Jun
v38 #4
Aug
v39 #1
Oct
v39 #2
Dec

1950
v39 #3
Feb
v39 #4
Apr
v40 #1
Jun
v40 #2
Aug
v40 #3
Oct

Canadian reprint edition

Some issues are extrapolated and have not been confirmed. Other issues may exist.

1934
v6 #4
Nov v7 #1
Dec

1935
v7 #2
Jan v7 #3
Feb
v7 #4
Mar v8 #1
Apr v8 #2
May v8 #3
Jun
v8 #4
Jul v9 #1
Aug
v9 #2
Sep
v9 #3
Oct
v9 #4
Nov
v10 #1
Dec

1936
v10 #2
Jan
v10 #3
Feb
v10 #4
Mar
v11 #1
Apr
v11 #2
May
v11 #3
Jun
v11 #4
Jul
v12 #1
Aug
v12 #2
Sep
v12 #3
Oct

1949
v38 #2
Apr v38 #3
Jun v38 #4
Aug v39 #1
Oct v39 #2
Dec

1950
v39 #3
Feb
v39 #4
Apr
v40 #1
Jun v40 #2
Aug
v40 #3
Oct

British reprint edition

The first issues exists in two variants - one priced 1/- and the other priced 1/6d; other issues may exist.

195?

Mask Detective

1960

Apr/May

Jun/Jul