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Detective Adventures    (about)

Mike Cook, in Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, says a single issue of this pulp magazine was published, but no copy has ever been located.
Publishers: Lorelei Publishing; Chicago.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1935



May








Detective and Murder Mysteries (1936)    (about)

--- see under Murder Mysteries.


Detective and Murder Mysteries (1939)    (about)

Of the same name as an earlier magazine published by Associated Authors, Inc., this pulp magazine first appeared in March 1939 featuring one of the early marijuana stories, and is noted for its garish and weird covers often featuring torture and mayhem.
Publishers: Blue Ribbon Magazines, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA, Mar 1939 – Nov 1939; Columbia Publications, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA, Feb 1941.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1939


v1 #1
Mar




v1 #2
Jul


v1 #3
Sep


v1 #4
Nov


1941

v1 #1
Feb












Detective Book Magazine    (about)

This magazine began in 1930, but did not run continuously, being suspended from 1931 to 1937. It featured reprints of hardcover mystery novels, some or all of which were abridged.
Publishers: Fiction House, Inc.; New York, Apr 1930 – Dec 1951; Fiction House, Inc.; Stamford, CT, Dec 1952.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1930



v1 #1
Apr

v1 #2
May

v1 #3
Jun

v1 #4
Jul

v1 #5
Aug

v1 #6
Sep

v1 #7
Oct

v1 #8
Nov

v1 #9
Dec

1931
v1 #10
Jan

v1 #11
Feb

v1 #12
Mar

v2 #1
Apr

v2 #2
May

v2 #3
Jun

v2 #4
Jul

v2 #5
Aug

v2 #6
Sep




1937








v2 #7
Fall




1938


v2 #8
Spring



v2 #9
Summer



v2 #10
Fall




1939


v2 #11
Spring



v2 #12
Summer



v3 #1
Fall



v3 #2
Winter ’39/’40

1940


v3 #3
Spring



v3 #4
Summer



v3 #5
Fall



v3 #6
Winter ’40/’41

1941


v3 #7
Spring



v3 #8
Summer



v3 #9
Fall



v3 #10
Winter ’41/’42

1942


v3 #11
Spring



v3 #12
Summer



v4 #1
Fall



v4 #2
Winter

1943


v4 #3
Mar



v4 #4
Summer



v4 #5
Fall




1944


v4 #6
Spring






v4 #7
Fall



v4 #8
Winter

1945


v4 #9
Spring



v4 #10
Summer



v4 #11
Fall



v4 #12
Winter

1946


v5 #1
Spring



v5 #2
Summer



v5 #3
Winter



v5 #4
Spring ’46/’47

1947





v5 #5
Summer



v5 #6
Winter



v5 #7
Spring ’47/’48

1948


v5 #8
Summer



v5 #9
Fall



v5 #10
Winter




1949


v5 #11
Spring



v5 #12
Summer



v6 #1
Fall



v6 #2
Winter

1950


v6 #3
Spring










1951










v6 #4
Winter ’51/’52


1952











v6 #5
Winter ’52/’53


Detective Casebook

One of the many British magazines in the 1940s published as a series of booklets with different titles to avoid paper restrictions
Publishers: Brown Watson.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1948

#1
Feb

#2
Mar



#3
Jun









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