Sure Fire/Off Beat Detective Stories
Sure Fire Detective Stories was typical of the action-packed,
violent, crime-adventure fiction of the mid-1950s which not only
continued the tradition of the pulp magazines, but added to it by
inserting a large measure of brutal sex. It ran for 9 issues from
January 1957 to July 1958, and was then replaced by/renamed to Off
Beat Detective Stories under which title it ran for a further 26
issues (at least). It is mainly remembered today for its graphic cover
art, and for the occasional contributions from authors such as Robert
Silverberg and Harlan Ellison.
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1958 |
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1959 |
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1960 |
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1961 |
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1962 |
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1963 |
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