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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                  
v1 #1
Oct
 
v1 #2
Dec
1936
v1 #3
Jan

v2 #1
Feb

v2 #2
Mar

v2 #3
Apr

v3 #1
May

v3 #2
Jun

v3 #3
Jul

v4 #1
Aug

v4 #2
Sep

v4 #3
Oct

v5 #1
Nov

v5 #2
Dec
1937
v5 #3
Jan

v6 #1
Feb

v6 #2
Mar

v6 #3
Apr

v7 #2
May

v7 #3
Jun

v8 #1
Jul
 
v8 #2
Sep
 
v8 #3
Nov
 
1938
v9 #1
Jan
 
v9 #2
Mar
 
v9 #3
May
 
v10 #1
Jul
 
v10 #2
Sep
 
v10 #3
Nov
 
1939
v11 #1
Jan
 
v11 #2
Mar
 
v11 #3
May
 
v12 #1
Jul
 
v12 #2
Sep
 
v12 #3
Nov
 
1940
v14 #1
Jan
 
v14 #2
Mar
 
v14 #3
May
 
v15 #1
Jul
 
v15 #2
Sep
 
v15 #3
Nov
 
1941
v16 #1
Jan
 
v16 #2
Mar
 
v16 #3
May
 
v17 #1
Jul
 
v17 #2
Sep
 
v17 #3
Nov
 
1942
v18 #1
Jan
 
v18 #2
Mar
 
v18 #3
May
 
v19 #1
Jul
 
v19 #2
Sep
 
v19 #3
Nov
 
1943
v20 #1
Jan
 
v20 #2
Mar
   
v20 #3
Jun

v21 #1
Fall

v21 #2
Winter
1944
v21 #3
Spring

v22 #1
Summer

v22 #2
Fall
 
1945
v22 #3
Winter

v23 #1
Spring
 
v23 #2
Summer

v23 #3
Fall
 
v24 #1
Nov
 
1946
v24 #2
Jan
 
v24 #3
Mar
 
v25 #1
May
 
v25 #2
Summer
 
v25 #3
Nov
 
1947
v26 #1
Jan
 
v26 #2
Mar
 
v26 #3
May
 
v27 #1
Summer

v27 #2
Fall
1948
v27 #3
Winter

v28 #1
Spring

v28 #2
Summer

v28 #3
Fall
1949
v29 #1
Winter

v29 #2
Spring
 
v29 #3
Fall
1950
v30 #1
Winter

v30 #2
Spring

v30 #3
Summer

v31 #1
Fall
1951
v31 #2
Winter
     

Canadian reprint edition

Other issues probably exist

1943      
Apr
   
v19 #3
Jul
     
v19 #4
Oct
 
1944
v20 #2
Jan
   
v20 #3
Apr
   
Jul
         
1945
Jan
         
Summer
 
Nov
 
1946
Jan
 
Mar
 
v25 #1
May
 
Summer
 
Nov
 
1947                
1948        
1949
v29 #2
Spring
   
Winter