Gangland Detective Stories (about)
--- see under Ten Story Gang.
Mike Cook, in Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, lists this as a Blue Band magazine in the 1930s, but this is probably a confusion for the merger of Gangland Stories and Racketeer Stories.
Racketeer Stories and Gangland Stories were two of Harold Hersey’s less successful gangster pulp magazines, attempting to cash in on the popularity of Gangster Stories. The former lasted for only 18 issues and the latter for a mere 14 issues before the two magazines were merged to form Racketeer and Gangland Stories, which lasted a mere three issues. Commenced with Volume 1 #2, a practice not unusual with Harold Hersey magazines.
— Gangland Stories
Publishers: Double-Action Magazines, Inc.; 2256 Grove Street, Chicago, IL.
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| 1930 |  v1 #2 Jun/Jul |
v1 #3 Aug/Sep |
 v1 #4 Oct |
v2 #1 Nov |
 v2 #2 Dec |
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| 1931 | v2 #3 Jan |
 v2 #4 Feb |
 v3 #1 Mar |
 v3 #2 May/Jun |
 v3 #3 Jul/Aug |
 v3 #4 Sep/Oct |
 v4 #1 Nov/Dec |
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| 1932 |  v4 #2 Jan/Feb |
 v4 #3 Apr |
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— Racketeer and Gangland Stories
Title changed from Gangland Stories, following merger with Racketeer Stories.
Publishers: Blue Band Publishing Corp.; Myrick Building, Springfield, MA.
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| 1932 |  v4 #4 May |
 v5 #1 Jun |
 v5 #2 Jul |
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One of the innumerable magazines introduced to capitalise on the reading public’s fascination with gangsters and gun molls, The Gang Magazine was less successful than most and lasted a mere three issues.
Publishers: Lincoln Hoffman; 220 West 42nd Street, New York, NY.
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| 1935 |  v1 #1 May |
 v1 #2 Jul |
 v1 #3 Sep |
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Small pamphlet magazines issued toward the end of the Second World War when paper rationing was at its height.
Publishers: Gerald G. Swan, Ltd.
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| 1944 |  # 1 |
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| 1945 | # 2 |  # 3 |
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| 1946 |  # 4 |
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Initially one of Hersey’s more successful pulps, Gangster Stories was sold in 1932, along with all his magazine assets. The new owners boastfully renamed the magazine Greater Gangster Stories but the readers were less impressed and the magazine folded after only 13 issues.
— Gangster Stories
Publishers: Good Story Magazine Co., Inc.; 25 West 43rd Street, New York, NY; and later at Myrick Building, Springfield, MA, Nov 1929 – Nov 1931; Blue Band Publishing Corp.; Myrick Building, Springfield, MA, Dec 1931 – Nov 1932.
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| 1929 |  v1 #1 Nov |
 v1 #2 Dec |
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| 1930 |  v1 #3 Jan |
 v1 #4 Feb |
 v2 #1 Mar |
 v2 #2 Apr |
 v2 #3 May |
 v2 #4 Jun/Jul |
 v3 #1 Aug |
 v3 #2 Oct |
 v3 #3 Nov |
 v3 #4 Dec |
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| 1931 |  v4 #1 Jan |
 v4 #2 Feb |
 v4 #3 Mar |
 v4 #4 Apr |
 v5 #1 May |
 v5 #2 Jun |
 v5 #3 Jul |
 v5 #4 Aug |
 v6 #1 Sep |
 v6 #2 Oct |
 v6 #3 Nov |
 v6 #4 Dec |
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| 1932 |  v7 #1 Jan |
 v7 #2 Feb |
 v7 #3 Mar |
 v7 #4 Apr |
 v8 #1 May |
 v8 #2 Jun |
 v8 #3 Jul |
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— Greater Gangster Stories
Title changed from Gangster Stories.
Publishers: See Publishing Corp.; Myrick Building, Springfield, MA.
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| 1933 |  v8 #4 Feb |
 v9 #1 Apr |
v9 #2 Jun |
 v9 #3 Jul |
 v9 #4 Aug |
 v10 #1 Sep |
 v10 #2 Nov |
v10 #3 Dec |
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| 1934 |  v10 #4 Jan |
 v11 #1 Feb |
 v11 #2 Mar |
 v11 #3 Apr |
 v11 #4 May |
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Gang World was one of the first gangster pulps, created by Popular Publications in 1930 and running for 25 monthly issues. When it folded in November 1932, the title was picked up by Spencer Publications, but by then the pressure against gangster pulps was growing and the magazine only lasted for a further seven issues.
— Gang World (first series)
Publishers: Popular Publications, Inc.; 220 East 42nd Street, New York, NY; and later at 2256 Grove Street, Chicago, IL.
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| 1930 |  v1 #1 Oct |
 v1 #2 Nov |
 v1 #3 Dec |
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| 1931 |  v1 #4 Jan |
 v2 #1 Feb |
 v2 #2 Mar |
 v2 #3 Apr |
 v2 #4 May |
v3 #1 Jun |
 v3 #2 Jul |
 v3 #3 Aug |
 v3 #4 Sep |
 v4 #1 Oct |
 v4 #2 Nov |
 v4 43 Dec |
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| 1932 |  v4 #4 Jan |
 v5 #1 Feb |
v5 #2 Mar |
 v5 #3 Apr |
 v5 #4 May |
 v6 #1 Jun |
 v6 #2 Jul |
 v6 #3 Sep |
 v6 #4 Oct |
 v7 #1 Nov |
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— Gang World (second series)
Title revived by a different publisher.
Publishers: Spencer Publications, Inc.; 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL.
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| 1933 |  v1 #1 Dec |
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| 1934 |  v1 #2 Jan |
 v1 #3 Feb |
 v1 #4 Mar |
 v2 #1 Apr |
 v2 #2 May |
 v2 #3 Jul |
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