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Spicy/Speed Mystery (Stories)

Spicy Mystery Stories was one of the notorious Spicy pulps published by Culture Publications in the late 1930s which concentrated on a simple formula - fast action stories laced with sex. It ran for nine years under that title before the forces of reform forced it to change to the rather more sedate Speed Mystery. The large number of reprints in the last couple years are apparently the result of an embezzlement scheme by two of the editors.

Copies of the March 1938 issue have been seen with a cover date of February.

A selection of stories was published by Malibu Graphics in 1990.

1934            
v1 #1
Jul
         
1935          
v1 #2
Jun

v1 #3
Jul

v1 #4
Aug

v1 #5
Sep

v1 #6
Oct

v2 #1
Nov

v2 #2
Dec
1936
v2 #3
Jan

v2 #4
Feb

v2 #5
Mar

v2 #6
Apr

v3 #1
May

v3 #2
Jun

v3 #3
Jul

v3 #4
Aug

v3 #5
Sep

v3 #6
Oct

v4 #1
Nov

v4 #2
Dec
1937
v4 #3
Jan

v4 #4
Feb

v4 #5
Mar

v4 #6
Apr

v5 #1
May

v5 #2
Jun

v5 #3
Jul

v5 #4
Aug

v5 #5
Sep

v5 #6
Oct

v6 #1
Nov

v6 #2
Dec
1938
v6 #3
Jan

v6 #4
Feb

v6 #5
Mar

v6 #6
Apr

v7 #1
May

v7 #2
Jun
 
v7 #3
Aug
 
v7 #4
Oct
 
v7 #5
Dec
                     
1939  
v7 #6
Feb
 
v8 #1
Apr
 
v8 #2
Jun
 
v8 #3
Aug
 
v8 #4
Oct
 
v8 #5
Dec
1940  
v8 #6
Feb
 
v9 #1
Apr
 
v9 #2
Jun
 
v9 #3
Aug
 
v9 #4
Oct
 
v9 #5
Dec
1941
v9 #6
Jan

v10 #1
Feb

v10 #2
Mar

v10 #3
Apr

v10 #4
May
 
v10 #5
Jul
 
v10 #6
Sep

v11 #1
Oct

v11 #2
Nov

v11 #3
Dec
1942
v11 #4
Jan

v11 #5
Feb

v11 #6
Mar

v12 #1
Apr

v12 #2
May
 
v12 #3
Jul
 
v12 #4
Sep

v12 #5
Oct

v12 #5
Nov

v13 #1
Dec
1943
v1 #1
Jan

v1 #2
Feb

v1 #3
Mar
 
v1 #3
May
 
v1 #5
Jul
 
v1 #6
Sep
 
v2 #1
Nov
 
1944
v2 #2
Jan
 
v2 #3
Mar
 
v2 #4
May
 
v2 #5
Jul
 
v2 #6
Sep
 
v3 #1
Nov
 
1945
v3 #2
Jan
 
v3 #3
Mar
   
v3 #4
Jun
   
v3 #5
Sep
   
v3 #6
Dec
1946    
v4 #1
Mar
                 

Malibu Graphics collection

1990