G-Men (Detective)
G-Men was launched by Standard Magazines in 1935 and rapidly established itself as
the most popular of those featuring federal agent crime stories. It ran for 53 monthly
issues until Feb-1940 at which point the decline of interest in "G-Man" stories caused a
slight change in title (and emphasis) to G-Men Detective and a shift to a bimonthly
schedule (occasionally falling to quarterly) which it maintained for a further 59 issues
until the magazine folded in Winter 1953.
The magazine also had a long-running British reprint edition which was
published by Atlas Publishing & Distributing and ran for 45 issues or so in the 1940s.
There was also a Canadian reprint edition, although very little is known about it.
1935 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193510_v1_n1_tn.jpg) v1 #1 Oct |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193511_tn.jpg) v1 #2 Nov |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193512_tn.jpg) v1 #3 Dec |
1936 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193601_tn.jpg) v2 #1 Jan |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193602_tn.jpg) v2 #2 Feb |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193603_tn.jpg) v2 #3 Mar |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193604_tn.jpg) v3 #1 Apr |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193605_tn.jpg) v3 #2 May |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193606_tn.jpg) v3 #3 Jun |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193607_tn.jpg) v4 #1 Jul |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193608_tn.jpg) v4 #2 Aug |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193609_tn.jpg) v4 #3 Sep |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193610_tn.jpg) v5 #1 Oct |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193611_tn.jpg) v5 #2 Nov |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193612_tn.jpg) v5 #3 Dec |
1937 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193701_tn.jpg) v6 #1 Jan |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193702_tn.jpg) v6 #2 Feb |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193703_tn.jpg) v6 #3 Mar |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193704_tn.jpg) v7 #1 Apr |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193705_tn.jpg) v7 #2 May |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193706_tn.jpg) v7 #3 Jun |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193707_tn.jpg) v8 #1 Jul |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193708_tn.jpg) v8 #2 Aug |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193709_tn.jpg) v8 #3 Sep |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193710_tn.jpg) v9 #1 Oct |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193711_tn.jpg) v9 #2 Nov |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193712_tn.jpg) v9 #3 Dec |
1938 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193801_tn.jpg) v10 #1 Jan |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193802_tn.jpg) v10 #2 Feb |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193803_tn.jpg) v10 #3 Mar |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193804_tn.jpg) v11 #1 Apr |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193805_tn.jpg) v11 #2 May |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193806_tn.jpg) v11 #3 Jun |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193807_tn.jpg) v12 #1 Jul |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193808_tn.jpg) v12 #2 Aug |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193809_tn.jpg) v12 #3 Sep |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193810_tn.jpg) v13 #1 Oct |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193811_tn.jpg) v13 #2 Nov |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193812_tn.jpg) v13 #3 Dec |
1939 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193901_tn.jpg) v14 #1 Jan |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193902_tn.jpg) v14 #2 Feb |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193903_tn.jpg) v14 #3 Mar |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193904_tn.jpg) v15 #1 Apr |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193905_tn.jpg) v15 #2 May |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193906_tn.jpg) v15 #3 Jun |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193907_tn.jpg) v16 #1 Jul |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193908_tn.jpg) v16 #2 Aug |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193909_tn.jpg) v16 #3 Sep |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193910_tn.jpg) v17 #1 Oct |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193911_tn.jpg) v17 #2 Nov |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_193912_tn.jpg) v17 #3 Dec |
1940 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194001_tn.jpg) v18 #1 Jan |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194002_tn.jpg) v18 #2 Feb |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194003_tn.jpg) v18 #3 Mar |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194005_tn.jpg) v19 #1 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194007_tn.jpg) v19 #2 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194009_tn.jpg) v19 #3 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194011_tn.jpg) v20 #1 Nov |
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1941 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194101_tn.jpg) v20 #2 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194103_tn.jpg) v21 #1 Mar |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194105_tn.jpg) v21 #2 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194107_tn.jpg) v21 #3 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194109_tn.jpg) v22 #1 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194111_tn.jpg) v22 #2 Nov |
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1942 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194201_tn.jpg) v22 #3 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194203_tn.jpg) v23 #1 Mar |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194205_tn.jpg) v23 #2 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194207_tn.jpg) v23 #3 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194209_tn.jpg) v24 #1 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194211_tn.jpg) v24 #2 Nov |
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1943 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194301_tn.jpg) v24 #3 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194303_tn.jpg) v25 #1 Mar |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194306_tn.jpg) v25 #2 Jun |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1943fal_tn.jpg) v25 #3 Fall |
1944 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1944win_tn.jpg) v26 #1 Winter |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1944spr_tn.jpg) v26 #2 Spring |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1944sum_tn.jpg) v26 #3 Summer |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1944fal_tn.jpg) v27 #1 Fall |
1945 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1945win_tn.jpg) v27 #2 Winter |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1945spr_tn.jpg) v27 #3 Spring |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1945sum_tn.jpg) v28 #1 Summer |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1945fal_tn.jpg) v28 #2 Fall |
1946 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1946win_tn.jpg) v28 #3 Winter |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194602_tn.jpg) v29 #1 Feb |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194604_tn.jpg) v29 #2 Apr |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1946sum_tn.jpg) v30 #1 Summer |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1946fal_tn.jpg) v30 #2 Fall |
1947 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194701_tn.jpg) v30 #3 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194703_tn.jpg) v31 #1 Mar |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194705_tn.jpg) v31 #2 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194707_tn.jpg) v31 #3 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194709_tn.jpg) v32 #1 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194711_tn.jpg) v32 #2 Nov |
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1948 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194801_tn.jpg) v32 #3 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194803_tn.jpg) v33 #1 Mar |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194805_tn.jpg) v33 #2 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194807_tn.jpg) v33 #3 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194809_tn.jpg) v34 #1 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194811_tn.jpg) v34 #2 Nov |
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1949 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194901_tn.jpg) v34 #3 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_194903_tn.jpg) v35 #1 Mar |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1949spr_tn.jpg) v35 #2 Spring |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1949sum_tn.jpg) v35 #3 Summer |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1949fal_tn.jpg) v36 #1 Fall |
1950 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1950win_tn.jpg) v36 #2 Winter |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1950spr_tn.jpg) v36 #3 Spring |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1950sum_tn.jpg) v37 #1 Summer |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1950fal_tn.jpg) v37 #2 Fall |
1951 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1951win_tn.jpg) v37 #3 Winter |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1951spr_tn.jpg) v38 #1 Spring |
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1952 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1952win_tn.jpg) v38 #2 Winter |
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1953 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_1953win_tn.jpg) v38 #3 Winter |
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Some issues are extrapolated and have not been confirmed.
Other issues may exist
1936 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_canada_193606_tn.jpg) Jun |
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1946 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_canada_194604_tn.jpg) Apr |
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1947 |
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1948 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_canada_194801_tn.jpg) v32 #3 Jan |
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v33 #1 Mar |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_canada_194805_tn.jpg) v33 #2 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_canada_194807_tn.jpg) v33 #3 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_canada_194809_tn.jpg) v34 #1 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_canada_194811_tn.jpg) v34 #2 Nov |
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1949 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_canada_194901_tn.jpg) v34 #3 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_canada_194903_tn.jpg) v35 #1 Mar |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_canada_1949spr_tn.jpg) v35 #2 Spring |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_canada_1949sum_tn.jpg) v35 #3 Summer |
v36 #1 Fall |
1950 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_canada_1950win_tn.jpg) v36 #2 Winter |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_canada_1950spr_tn.jpg) v36 #3 Spring |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_canada_1950sum_tn.jpg) v37 #1 Summer |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_canada_1950fal_tn.jpg) v37 #2 Fall |
British reprint edition
Note that there were probably 10 other issues before Spring 1945.
1940 |
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v18 #2 Feb |
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1941 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_194110_tn.jpg) v21 #2 Oct |
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1942 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_194201_tn.jpg) v22 #1 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_194209_tn.jpg) Sep |
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1943 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_194301_tn.jpg) Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_194306_tn.jpg) Jun |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_194312_tn.jpg) Dec |
1944 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1944spr_tn.jpg) Spring |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1944sum_tn.jpg) Summer |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1944win_tn.jpg) Winter |
1945 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1945spr_tn.jpg) v2 #8 Spring |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1945aut_tn.jpg) v2 #9 Autumn |
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1946 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1946spr_tn.jpg) v2 #10 Spring |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1946sum_tn.jpg) v2 #11 Summer |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1946win_tn.jpg) v2 #12 Winter |
1947 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1947spr_tn.jpg) v3 #1 Spring |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1947sum_tn.jpg) v3 #2 Summer |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1947win_tn.jpg) v3 #3 Winter |
1948 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1948spr_tn.jpg) v3 #4 Spring |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1948sum_tn.jpg) v3 #5 Summer |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1948win_tn.jpg) v3 #6 Winter |
1949 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1949spr_tn.jpg) v3 #7 Spring |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1949sum_tn.jpg) v3 #8 Summer |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1949win_tn.jpg) v3 #9 Winter |
1950 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1950spr_tn.jpg) v3 #10 Spring |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_1950sum_tn.jpg) v3 #11 Summer |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_195009_tn.jpg) v3 #12 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_195011_tn.jpg) v4 #1 Nov |
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1951 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_195102_tn.jpg) v4 #2 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_195103_tn.jpg) v4 #3 Mar |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_195105_tn.jpg) v4 #4 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_195107_tn.jpg) v4 #5 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_195109_tn.jpg) v4 #6 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_195111_tn.jpg) v4 #7 Nov |
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1952 |
![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_195201_tn.jpg) v4 #8 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/g/g_men_detective_uk_195203_tn.jpg) v4 #9 Mar |
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