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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