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A short-lived magazine that represented the transitional period between the pulp-style detective fiction of the 1940s and early 1950s, and the more polished and sophisticated crime fiction of the 1960s.

— Homicide Detective Story Magazine

Publishers: Arnold Magazines, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA.

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1956

v1 #1
Sep

— Killers Mystery Story Magazine

Title changed from Homicide Detective Story Magagzine.

Publishers: Arnold Magazines, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1956

#2
Nov

1957
#3
Jan

#4
Mar

Kracked Mirror Mysteries (about)

A fairly traditional mystery/detective/procedural type of publication that sometimes trended toward horror shorts.

Publishers: Frontier Publications; 370 East Woodlawn, Le Center, MN 56057.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1994
v1 #1
Jan

v1 #2
May

v1 #3
Sep

1995 v2 #1
Jan

v2 #2
May

v2 #3
Sep

1996
v3 #1
Jan

v3 #2
May

v3 #3
Fall

Leisure Detective (about)

Thin digest that ran for at least 54 issues, mainly printing stories by Australian authors, initially with two short stories per issue and later with just a single novelette.

Publishers: Action Comics Pty. Ltd.; 14 Bond Street, Sydney.

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1954
#31 #32 #33 #34 #35
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1955
#39
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1955 #51 #52

195?
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The London Mystery Magazine:

The longest running British mystery magazine, fantasy was a significant part of its mix, rarely less than a third of an issue. A highly collectible, but apparently little known, magazine. The title was originally The London Mystery Magazine. The “The” dropped off the cover after the fourth issue, from the spine after the 35th issue, but remained in the Table of Contents through the entire run. Although the title was changed to London Mystery Selection with #36, the word “Magazine” appeared on the covers of #s 73, 74, 75 and 81, and on the spine of #s 78 to 87. On the cover the title was given as just London Mystery on #s 36 to 46, 54 to 72, 76 to 80, and 82 to 97. Most issues feature a standard cover design, several of which were used over the life of the magazine. In one stretch, from #70 to 81, individual covers were drawn for most issues. For most of its run the magazine was published simultaneously in the UK and US with the only difference being the cover price.