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New Detective Magazine/Fifteen Detective Stories/True Adventures

New Detective Magazine started in 1941 promising "the NEWest in Crime Fiction, and carried the standard fare of crime stories, with emphasis on police detectives, by some of the most popular authors. It ran for 73 issues and was then, in August 1953, merged with Detective Tales to form Fifteen Detective Stories. This was originally launched as a new magazine with the August 1953 issue, but with its second issue picked up the volume numbering of New Detective Magazine.

However, it only ran under the new title for 12 issues before folding in June 1955. It was then relaunched in September 1955 as a men's magazine called True Adventures, but is believed to have published no fiction under that title. The latter is complicated by the fact that there was an overlapping Australian magazine of the same name that had very similar covers. The key distinguisher is the style of the title in the two magazines.

There were two Canadian reprint editions, one in the early 1940s and one in the late 1940s/early 1950s. There were also at least two British reprint editions - one from Thorpe & Porter in the 1940s and one from Pembertons of Manchester in the 1950s.

The New Detective Magazine name had also been used earlier by Two-Book Detective Magazine and True Adventures had also been used in 1925 as the precursor to Lariat Story Magazine .

1941
v1 #1
Mar
v1 #2
Aug
v1 #3
Nov

1942
v1 #4
Jan
v2 #1
Mar
v2 #2
May
v2 #3
Jul
v2 #4
Sep
v3 #1
Nov

1943
v3 #2
Jan
v3 #3
Mar
v3 #4
May
v4 #1
Jul
v4 #2
Sep
v4 #3
Nov

1944
v4 #4
Jan
v5 #1
Mar
v5 #2
May
v5 #3
Jul
v5 #4
Sep
v6 #1
Nov

1945
v6 #2
Jan
v6 #3
Mar
v6 #4
May
v7 #1
Jul
v7 #2
Sep
v7 #3
Nov

1946
v7 #4
Jan
v8 #1
Feb
v8 #2
Mar
v8 #3
May
v8 #4
Jul
v9 #1
Sep
v9 #2
Nov

1947
v9 #3
Jan
v9 #4
Mar
v10 #1
May
v10 #2
Jul
v10 #3
Sep
v10 #4
Nov

1948
v11 #1
Jan
v11 #2
Mar
v11 #3
May
v11 #4
Jul
v12 #1
Sep
v12 #2
Nov

1949
v12 #3
Jan
v12 #4
Mar
v13 #1
May
v13 #2
Jul
v13 #3
Sep
v13 #5
Nov

1950
v14 #2
Jan
v14 #3
Mar
v14 #4
May
v15 #1
Jul
v15 #2
Sep
v15 #3
Nov

1951
v15 #4
Feb
v16 #1
Apr
v16 #2
Jun
v16 #3
Aug
v16 #4
Oct
v17 #1
Dec

1952
v17 #2
Feb
v17 #3
Apr
v17 #4
Jun
v18 #1
Aug
v18 #2
Oct
v18 #3
Dec

1953
v18 #4
Feb
v19 #1
Apr
v19 #2
Jun
v1 #1
Aug
v19 #4
Oct
v20 #1
Dec

1954
v20 #2
Feb
v20 #3
Apr
v20 #4
Jun
v21 #1
Sep
v21 #2
Oct
v21 #3
Dec

1955
v21 #4
Feb
v22 #1
Apr
v22 #2
Jun
v22 #3
Sep
v22 #4
Nov

1956
v23 #1
Jan
v23 #2
Mar
v23 #3
May
v23 #4
Jul
v24 #1
Sep
v24 #2
Nov

1957
v24 #3
Jan
v24 #4
Mar
v25 #1
May
v25 #2
Jul
v25 #3
Sep
v25 #4
Nov

1958
v26 #1
Jan
v26 #2
Mar
v26 #3
May
v26 #4
Jun
v27 #1
Aug
v27 #2
Oct
v27 #3
Dec

1959
v27 #4
Feb
v28 #1
Apr
v28 #2
Jun
v28 #3
Aug
v28 #4
Oct
v29 #1
Dec

1960
v29 #2
Feb
v29 #3
Apr
v29 #4
Jun
v29 #5
Aug
v29 #6
Oct
v30 #1
Dec

1961
v30 #2
Feb
v30 #3
Apr
v30 #4
Jun
v30 #5
Aug
v30 #6
Oct
v31 #1
Dec

1962
v31 #2
Feb
v31 #3
Apr
v31 #4
Jun
v31 #5
Aug
v31 #6
Oct
v32 #1
Dec

1963
v32 #2
Feb
v32 #3
Apr
v32 #4
Jun
v32 #5
Aug
v32 #6
Oct
v33 #1
Dec

1964
v33 #2
Feb
v33 #3
Apr
v33 #4
Jun
v33 #5
Aug
v33 #6
Oct
v34 #1
Dec

1965
v34 #2
Feb
v34 #3
Apr
v34 #4
Jun
v34 #5
Aug
v34 #6
Oct
v35 #1
Dec

1966
v35 #2
Feb
v35 #3
Apr
v35 #4
Jun
v35 #5
Aug
v35 #6
Oct
v36 #1
Dec

1967
v36 #2
Feb
v36 #3
Apr
v36 #4
Jun
v36 #5
Aug
v36 #6
Oct
v37 #1
Dec

1968
v37 #2
Feb
v37 #3
Apr
v37 #4
Jun
v37 #5
Aug
v37 #6
Oct
v38 #1
Dec

1969
v38 #2
Feb
v38 #3
Apr
v38 #4
Jun
v38 #5
Aug
v38 #6
Oct
v39 #1
Dec

1970
v39 #2
Feb
v39 #3
Apr
v39 #4
Jun
v39 #5
Aug
v39 #6
Oct
v40 #1
Dec

1971
v40 #2
Feb
v40 #3
Apr

Australian edition

Other issues probably exist.

1969
v1 #1
Mar
v1 #2
May
v1 #3
Jul

Canadian reprint edition

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

1941
v1 #1
Nov

1942 v1 #1
Jan
v1 #3
Mar
v2 #8
May
v2 #1
Aug
v2 #2
Oct
v2 #3
Dec

1943
v2 #4
Feb v2 #5
Apr
v2 #6
Jun v2 #7
Aug
v2 #8
Oct v2 #9
Dec

1944
v2 #10
Feb v2 #11
Apr
v2 #12
Jun
v2 #13
Aug
v2 #14
Oct
v2 #15
Dec

1945
v2 #16
Feb
Apr Jun Aug Oct
Dec

1949 v12 #3
Jan v12 #4
Mar
v13 #1
May v13 #2
Jul v13 #3
Sep v13 #5
Nov

1950 v14 #2
Jan
v14 #3
Mar
v14 #4
May v15 #1
Jul
v15 #2
Sep
v15 #3
Nov

1951
v15 #4
Feb
v16 #1
Apr v16 #2
Jun v16 #3
Aug
v16 #4
Oct v17 #1
Dec

1952
v17 #2
Feb
v17 #3
Apr

British reprint edition (1940s)

Only the first issue is explicitly dated; dates given below for the other two are of original US issue whose contents are reprinted. Other issues may exist.

1946
Nov 1946

1949
v13 #1
(May)
(Nov)

British reprint edition (1950s)

Other issues may exist.

1950
#1

1951
#2
#3
Jun
#4
Sep #5

1952
#6
Mar
#7
May
#8
Jul
#9
Sep
#10
#11

1953
#12
Feb
#13 #14
#15, Sep
#16