Thrilling/Detective Mystery (Novel) Magazine
Thrilling Mystery started as a weird menace title in reaction to
the success of titles like Dime Mystery Magazine and Terror
Tales. By the 1940s it had started a gradual shift to more
conventional mysteries, changing its name in 1945 to Thrilling
Mystery Novel Magazine, followed two years later by Detective
Mystery Novel Magazine and two years after that by 2 Detective
Mystery Novels Magazine, running for a total of 88 issues in all.
A Canadian reprint edition ran for a while in the 1940s.
1935 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193510_tn.jpg) v1 #1 Oct |
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![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193512_tn.jpg) v1 #2 Dec |
1936 |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193601_tn.jpg) v1 #3 Jan |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193602_tn.jpg) v2 #1 Feb |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193603_tn.jpg) v2 #2 Mar |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193604_tn.jpg) v2 #3 Apr |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193605_tn.jpg) v3 #1 May |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193606_tn.jpg) v3 #2 Jun |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193607_tn.jpg) v3 #3 Jul |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193608_tn.jpg) v4 #1 Aug |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193609_tn.jpg) v4 #2 Sep |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193610_tn.jpg) v4 #3 Oct |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193611_tn.jpg) v5 #1 Nov |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193612_tn.jpg) v5 #2 Dec |
1937 |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193701_tn.jpg) v5 #3 Jan |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193702_tn.jpg) v6 #1 Feb |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193703_tn.jpg) v6 #2 Mar |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193704_tn.jpg) v6 #3 Apr |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193705_tn.jpg) v7 #2 May |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193706_tn.jpg) v7 #3 Jun |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193707_tn.jpg) v8 #1 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193709_tn.jpg) v8 #2 Sep |
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1938 |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193801_tn.jpg) v9 #1 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193811_tn.jpg) v10 #3 Nov |
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1939 |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193901_tn.jpg) v11 #1 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193907_tn.jpg) v12 #1 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_193911_tn.jpg) v12 #3 Nov |
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1940 |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_194001_tn.jpg) v14 #1 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_194005_tn.jpg) v14 #3 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_194007_tn.jpg) v15 #1 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_194009_tn.jpg) v15 #2 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_194011_tn.jpg) v15 #3 Nov |
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1941 |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_194101_tn.jpg) v16 #1 Jan |
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1942 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_194207_tn.jpg) v19 #1 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_194209_tn.jpg) v19 #2 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_194211_tn.jpg) v19 #3 Nov |
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1943 |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_194301_tn.jpg) v20 #1 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_1943fal_tn.jpg) v21 #1 Fall |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_1943win_tn.jpg) v21 #2 Winter |
1944 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_1944sum_tn.jpg) v22 #1 Summer |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_1944fal_tn.jpg) v22 #2 Fall |
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1945 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_novel_1945fal_tn.jpg) v23 #3 Fall |
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1946 |
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1947 |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/thrilling_mystery_novel_194701_tn.jpg) v26 #1 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_mystery_novel_1947sum_tn.jpg) v27 #1 Summer |
![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_mystery_novel_1947fal_tn.jpg) v27 #2 Fall |
1948 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_mystery_novel_1948spr_tn.jpg) v28 #1 Spring |
![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_mystery_novel_1948sum_tn.jpg) v28 #2 Summer |
![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_mystery_novel_1948fal_tn.jpg) v28 #3 Fall |
1949 |
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1950 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/t/two_detective_mystery_novels_1950spr_tn.jpg) v30 #2 Spring |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/two_detective_mystery_novels_1950sum_tn.jpg) v30 #3 Summer |
![](../data/thumbs2/t/two_detective_mystery_novels_1950fal_tn.jpg) v31 #1 Fall |
1951 |
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Other issues probably exist
1943 |
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1944 |
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1945 |
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1946 |
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1947 |
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1949 |
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