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Thrilling Detective

Thrilling Detective was the first of Ned Pines's long line of pulp magazines, starting in 1931 and running for an amazing 213 issues before folding in Summer 1953.

A British reprint edition ran for at least 88 issues between 1939 and 1954. There was also a Canadian reprint edition during the same period.

1931                    
v1 #1
Nov

v1 #2
Dec
1932
v1 #3
Jan

v1 #4
Feb

v2 #1
Mar

v2 #2
Apr

v2 #3
May

v2 #4
Jun

v3 #1
Jul

v3 #2
Aug

v3 #3
Sep

v4 #1
Oct

v4 #2
Nov

v4 #3
Dec
1933
v5 #1
Jan

v5 #2
Feb

v5 #3
Mar

v6 #1
Apr

v6 #2
May

v6 #3
Jun

v7 #1
Jul

v7 #2
Aug

v7 #3
Sep

v8 #1
Oct

v8 #3
Nov

v9 #1
Dec
1934
v9 #2
Jan

v9 #3
Feb

v10 #1
Mar

v10 #2
Apr

v10 #3
May

v11 #1
Jun

v11 #2
Jul

v11 #3
Aug

v12 #1
Sep

v12 #2
Oct

v12 #3
Nov

v13 #1
Dec
1935
v13 #2
Jan

v13 #3
Feb

v14 #1
Mar

v14 #2
Apr

v14 #3
May

v15 #1
Jun

v15 #2
Jul

v15 #3
Aug

v16 #1
Sep

v16 #2
Oct

v16 #3
Nov

v17 #1
Dec
1936
v17 #2
Jan

v17 #3
Feb

v18 #1
Mar

v18 #2
Apr

v18 #3
May

v19 #1
Jun

v19 #2
Jul

v19 #3
Aug

v20 #1
Sep

v20 #2
Oct

v20 #3
Nov

v21 #1
Dec
1937
v21 #2
Jan

v21 #3
Feb

v22 #1
Mar

v22 #2
Apr

v22 #3
May

v23 #1
Jun

v24 #2
Jul

v24 #3
Aug

v25 #1
Sep

v25 #2
Oct

v25 #3
Nov

v26 #1
Dec
1938
v26 #2
Jan

v26 #3
Feb

v27 #1
Mar

v27 #2
Apr

v27 #3
May

v28 #1
Jun

v28 #2
Jul

v28 #3
Aug

v29 #1
Sep

v29 #2
Oct

v29 #3
Nov

v30 #1
Dec
1939
v30 #2
Jan

v30 #3
Feb

v31 #1
Mar

v31 #2
Apr

v31 #3
May

v32 #1
Jun

v32 #2
Jul

v32 #3
Aug

v33 #1
Sep

v33 #2
Oct

v33 #3
Nov

v34 #1
Dec
1940
v34 #2
Jan

v34 #3
Feb

v35 #1
Mar

v35 #2
Apr

v35 #3
May

v36 #1
Jun

v36 #2
Jul

v36 #3
Aug

v37 #1
Sep

v37 #2
Oct

v37 #3
Nov

v38 #1
Dec
1941
v38 #2
Jan

v38 #3
Feb

v39 #1
Mar

v39 #2
Apr

v39 #3
May

v40 #1
Jun

v40 #2
Jul

v40 #3
Aug

v41 #1
Sep

v41 #2
Oct

v41 #3
Nov

v42 #1
Dec
1942
v42 #1
Jan

v42 #2
Feb

v42 #3
Mar

v43 #1
Apr

v43 #2
May

v43 #3
Jun

v44 #1
Jul

v44 #2
Aug

v44 #3
Sep

v45 #1
Oct

v45 #3
Nov

v45 #3
Dec
1943
v46 #1
Jan

v46 #2
Feb

v46 #3
Mar

v47 #1
Apr

v47 #2
May

v47 #3
Jun

v48 #1
Jul

v48 #2
Aug

v48 #3
Sep

v49 #1
Oct

v49 #2
Nov

v49 #3
Dec
1944
v50 #1
Jan

v50 #2
Feb

v50 #3
Mar

v51 #1
Apr

v51 #2
May

v51 #3
Jun

v52 #1
Jul

v52 #2
Aug

v52 #3
Sep

v53 #1
Oct

v53 #2
Nov

v53 #3
Dec
1945
v54 #1
Jan

v54 #2
Feb

v54 #3
Mar

v55 #1
Apr

v55 #1
May

v55 #2
Jun

v56 #1
Jul

v56 #2
Aug

v56 #3
Sep
 
v57 #1
Nov
 
1946
v57 #2
Jan
 
v57 #3
Mar
 
v58 #1
May
 
v58 #2
Jul
   
v58 #3
Oct
 
v59 #1
Dec
1947  
v59 #2
Feb
 
v59 #3
Apr
 
v60 #1
Jun
 
v60 #2
Aug
 
v60 #3
Oct
 
v61 #1
Dec
1948  
v61 #2
Feb
 
v61 #3
Apr
 
v62 #1
Jun
 
v62 #2
Aug
 
v62 #3
Oct
 
v63 #1
Dec
1949  
v63 #2
Feb
 
v63 #3
Apr
 
v64 #1
Jun
 
v64 #2
Aug
 
v64 #3
Oct
 
v65 #1
Dec
1950  
v65 #2
Feb
 
v65 #3
Apr
 
v66 #1
Jun
 
v66 #2
Aug
 
v66 #3
Oct
 
v67 #1
Dec
1951  
v67 #2
Feb
 
v67 #3
Apr
 
v68 #1
Jun
 
v68 #2
Aug
 
v68 #3
Oct
 
v69 #1
Dec
1952  
v69 #2
Feb
 
v69 #3
Apr
 
v70 #1
Jun
     
v70 #2
Fall
1953
v70 #3
Winter

v71 #1
Feb
 
v71 #2
Apr
   
v71 #3
Summer

v72 #1
Fall

Canadian reprint edition

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

1934          
Jun
           
1935              
Aug
   
Nov
 
 
1941                
Sep

v40 #1
Oct
   
1942  
v42 #2
Feb
 
v42 #3
Apr
  v43 #1
Jun
  v43 #2
Aug
 
v43 #3
Oct
  v44 #1
Dec
1943  
v44 #2
Feb
 
v44 #3
Apr
 
v45 #1
Jun
 
v45 #2
Aug
 
v45 #3
Oct
 
v46 #1
Dec
1944   v46 #2
Feb
 
v46 #3
Apr
 
v47 #1
Jun
  v47 #2
Aug
  v47 #3
Oct
 
v48 #1
Dec
1945        
v55 #1
May
v55 #2
Jun
v56 #1
Jul
v56 #2
Aug

v56 #3
Sep
 
v57 #1
Nov
 
1946
v57 #2
Jan
 
v57 #3
Mar
 
v58 #1
May
 
v58 #2
Jul
    v58 #3
Oct
  v59 #1
Dec
1947   v59 #2
Feb
 
v59 #3
Apr
  v60 #1
Jun
  v60 #2
Aug
  v60 #3
Oct
  v61 #1
Dec
1948   v61 #2
Feb
 
v61 #3
Apr
 
v62 #1
Jun
  v62 #2
Aug
 
v62 #3
Oct
 
v63 #1
Dec
1949  
v63 #2
Feb
 
v63 #3
Apr
 
v64 #1
Jun
  v64 #2
Aug
 
v64 #3
Oct
 
v65 #1
Dec
1950  
v65 #2
Feb
 
v65 #3
Apr
 
v66 #1
Jun
  v66 #2
Aug
 
v66 #3
Oct
 
v67 #1
Dec
1951   v67 #2
Feb
 
v67 #3
Apr
               

British reprint edition

11 further issues exist before April 1945, other issues may exist.

1939                      
v34 #1
Dec
1940                        
1941                      
Dec
1942
Jan
   
Apr
 
Jun
       
Nov
 
1943  
Feb
   
May
   
Aug
 
Oct
   
1944
Jan
 
Mar
 
May
     
Sep
 
Nov
 
1945      
v2 #12
Apr
 
v3 #1
Jun

v3 #2
Jul
 
v3 #3
Sep
 
v3 #4
Nov
 
1946
v3 #5
Jan
 
v3 #6
Mar
 
v3 #7
May
 
v3 #8
Jul
 
v3 #9
Sep
   
v3 #10
Dec
1947    
v3 #11
Mar
   
v3 #12
Jun

v4 #1
Jul
   
v4 #2
Oct

v4 #3
Nov
 
1948  
v4 #4
Feb

v4 #5
Mar
   
v4 #6
Jun
 
v4 #7
Aug
 
v4 #8
Oct
 
v4 #9
Dec
1949  
v4 #10
Feb
 
v4 #10
Apr
 
v4 #11
Jun

v4 #12
Jul
 
v5 #1
Sep

v5 #2
Oct
   
1950
v5 #3
Jan
   
v5 #4
Apr

v5 #5
May

v5 #6
Jun
 
v5 #7
Aug
 
v5 #8
Oct
 
v5 #9
Dec
1951  
v5 #10
Feb
 
v5 #11
Apr
 
v5 #12
Jun
 
v6 #1
Aug
 
v6 #2
Oct
 
v6 #3
Dec
1952  
v6 #4
Feb
 
v6 #5
Apr
 
v6 #6
Jun
  v6 #7
Aug
 
v6 #8
Oct
 
v6 #9
Dec
1953  
v6 #10
Feb
   
v6 #11
May
 
v6 #12
Jul

v7 #1
Aug

v7 #2
Sep

v7 #3
Oct

v7 #4
Nov

v7 #5
Dec
1954
v7 #6
Jan

v7 #7
Feb

v7 #8
Mar

v7 #9
Apr

v7 #10
May

v7 #11
Jun

v7 #12
Jul

v8 #1
Aug

v8 #2
Sep

v8 #3
Oct

v8 #4
Nov