--- see under Suspense (UK).
Exciting Detective promised “excitement, action, violence, and constant movement”, albeit on a rather erratic schedule. Despite that, it lasted for a mere 15 issues before succumbing to the wartime paper shortages.
Publishers: Better Publications, Inc.; 22 West 48th Street, New York, NY, Sep 1940 – Nov 1940; Better Publications, Inc.; 10 East 40th Street, New York, NY, Mar 1941 – Aug 1943.
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| 1940 |  v1 #1 Fall |
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| 1941 |  v1 #2 Winter |
 v1 #3 Mar |
 v2 #3 May |
 v3 #1 Summer |
 v3 #2 Fall |
 v3 #3 Winter |
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| 1942 |  v4 #1 Mar |
 v4 #2 Spring |
 v4 #3 Summer |
 v5 #1 Fall |
 v5 #2 Winter |
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| 1943 |  v5 #3 Mar |
 v6 #1 Apr |
 v6 #2 Summer |
v6 #3 Fall (unpublished) |
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Exciting Detective (Canada) (about)
Despite the title this magazine reprinted stories from several different US magazines. Number of issues published not known.
Publishers: Better Publications of Canada, Ltd.; Toronto, Ontario.
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| 1941 |  v3 #2 Dec |
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| 1942 |  v3 #3 Feb |
 v4 #1 Apr |
 v4 #2 Jul |
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Exciting Detective Stories (about)
One-shot which, despite the title, reprinted stories from New Detective Magazine.
Publishers: Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd.; 18 Bride Lane, London EC4.
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A short-lived detective pulp that never found an audience.
Publishers: Nedor Publishing Company; 10 East 40th Street, New York, NY.
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| 1942 |  v1 #1 Oct |
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| 1943 |  v1 #2 Winter |
 v1 #3 Spring |
v2 #1 Summer (unpublished) |
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The Executioner Mystery Magazine (about)
--- see under Don Pendleton’s The Executioner Mystery Magazine.
--- see under Crack Detective.
Famous Detective Stories (about)
--- see under Crack Detective.
Famous Detective Stories (UK) (about)
--- see under Crack Detective Stories (UK).
--- see under The Master Thriller Series.
Fast Action Detective and Mystery Stories (about)
--- see under Smashing Detective Stories.
F.B.I. Detective Stories (about)
F.B.I. Detective Stories was introduced in February 1949 and ran on a regular bimonthly schedule for 14 issues—quite a long life for a magazine about “The Feds”, particularly at a time when the general trend was long past.
Publishers: All-Fiction Field, Inc.; 2256 Grove Street, Chicago, IL.
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| 1949 |  v1 #1 Feb |
 v1 #2 Apr |
 v1 #3 Jun |
 v1 #4 Aug |
 v2 #1 Oct |
 v2 #2 Dec |
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| 1950 |  v2 #3 Feb |
 v2 #4 Apr |
 v3 #1 Jun |
 v3 #2 Aug |
 v3 #3 Oct |
 v3 #4 Dec |
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| 1951 |  v4 #1 Feb |
 v4 #2 May |
 v4 #3 Jul (unpublished) |
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F.B.I. Detective Stories (Canada) (about)
Canadian reprint edition of F.B.I. Detective Stories. Appears to be identical to US edition.
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| 1949 | v1 #1 Feb |
v1 #2 Apr |
 v1 #3 Jun |
 v1 #4 Aug |
v2 #1 Oct |
v2 #2 Dec |
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| 1950 |  v2 #3 Feb |
v2 #4 Apr |
 v3 #1 Jun |
v3 #2 Aug |
v3 #3 Oct |
 v3 #4 Dec |
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| 1951 | v4 #1 Feb |
 v4 #2 May |
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F.B.I. Detective Stories (UK) (about)
British reprint edition of F.B.I. Detective Stories.
Publishers: Thorpe & Porter; Leicester.
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| 1950 |  Jul |
 Oct |
 Dec |
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| 1951 |  Feb |
 # 5 |
 # 6 ca. December |
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--- see under Public Enemy.
The Feds was Street & Smith’s attempt to cash in on the fad for G-Men stories inspired by the Jimmy Cagney movie Public Enemy. It was never very successful and folded after a mere fifteen issues.
Publishers: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.; 79 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY.
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| 1936 |  v1 #1 Jul/Sep |
 v1 #2 Oct |
 v1 #3 Nov |
 v1 #4 Dec |
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| 1937 |  v1 #5 Jan |
 v1 #6 Feb |
 v2 #1 Mar |
 v2 #2 Apr |
 v2 #3 May |
 v2 #4 Jun |
 v2 #5 Jul |
 v2 #6 Sep |
 v3 #1 Oct |
 v3 #2 Nov |
 v3 #3 Dec |
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