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Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual (about)

Each issue contained an original Mike Shayne novella, and 15-17 short stories mainly reprinted from other Renown publications, chiefly The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., although six of the stories in the 1972 issue are original.

Publishers: Renown Publications, Inc.; 56 W 45th Street, New York, NY, 1971 – 1972; Renown Publications, Inc.; 8230 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, 1973.

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1971

# 1
Summer

1972
# 2

1973
# 3

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (Australia) (about)

Despite the appearance of being an Australian reprint edition of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine this actually reprinted stories from a wide variety of sources, and even had some original stories. The first 12 issues were also published as the first series of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (UK) with revised dates and other minor differences.

Publishers: Frew Publications Pty. Ltd.; 70 Bathurst Street, Sydney.

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1957
v1 #1
Jan v1 #2
Feb v1 #3
Mar v1 #4
Apr v1 #5
May v1 #6
Jun v2 #1
Jul
v2 #2
Aug
v2 #3
Sep v2 #4
Oct v2 #5
Nov/Dec

1958
v2 #6
Jan/Feb

v3 #1
Mar/Apr

v3 #2
May/Jun

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (UK) (about)

Despite the appearance of being a British reprint edition of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine this actually reprinted stories from a wide variety of sources. The first series were actually published in Australia and are identical to the first 12 issues of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (Australia) except for revised dates and other minor differences. They were distributed in England by Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 18 Bride Lane, London, E.C.4.

Publishers: Frew Publications Pty. Ltd.; 70 Bathurst Street, Sydney, May 1957 – Jun 1958; Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd.; 18 Bride Lane, London EC4, Mar 1964 – Oct 1964.

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1957

v1 #1
May
v1 #2
Jun
v1 #3
Jul
v1 #4
Aug v1 #5
Sep v1 #6
Oct v1 #7
Nov
v1 #8
Dec

1958 v1 #9
Jan v1 #10
Feb
v1 #11
Mar
v1 #12
May/Jun

1964

#101
Mar #102
Apr #103
May #104
Jun #105
Jul #106
Aug #107
Sep #108
Oct

Mobs (about)

One of several gangster pulps published by Harold B. Hersey. However, by the time it was published, in 1930, public interest in gangsters was fading and it only lasted for 2 issues. Commenced with Volume 1 #2, not uncommon with magazines published by Harold Hersey.

Publishers: Good Story Magazine Co., Inc.; Myrick Building, Springfield, MA.

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1930

v1 #2
Jun/Jul

v1 #3
Aug

Mobsters (about)

Although published for only three issues, Mobsters was an important traditional pulp magazine with “stories of the fight against the Underworld”. The covers were similar to the paperback books that began in this period to crowd out the magazines.

Publishers: Standard Magazines, Inc.; 1125 E. Vaile Avenue, Kokomo, IN.

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1952

v1 #1
Dec

1953

v1 #2
Feb

v1 #3
Apr

v1 #4
Jun (unpublished)

Modern Detective (about)

Australian digest mainly printing original stories by Australian authors, although two of the issues reprinted stories from US pulp magazines.

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

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1954 # 1
# 2
# 3 # 4
# 5 # 6 # 7
# 8 # 9
#10 #11

Mouth Full of Bullets (about)

Mouth Full of Bullets published 4 online issues from Autumn 2006 to Summer 2007, then three print issues before reverting to an online magazine from the Summer 2008 issue.

Publishers: Mouth Full of Bullets; P.O. Box 138, Mathews, LA 70375.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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2007

#5
Autumn

#6
Winter

2008

#7
Spring

Movie Detective (about)

Publishers: Manhattan Fiction Publications; 366 Broadway, New York, NY.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1942
v1 #1
Jan
v1 #2
Feb

Movie Mystery Magazine (about)

Movie Mystery Magazine was a digest magazine, printed on the rough paper of the paperbacks of the day, and featuring one novelization of a movie in each issue. It stood little chance when competing with the slick, large, movie magazines of the time and folded after three issues.

Publishers: Anson Bond Publications, Inc.; 913 La Cienaga Blvd., Hollywood 46, CA.

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1946

#1
Jul/Aug

#2
Sep/Oct

#3
Dec/Jan ’47

Murdaland (about)

Subtitled “Crime Fiction for the 21st Century”, Murdaland was “a literary magazine dedicated to fiction that evokes the spirit and motifs of classic crime novels and film noir: dread, lust, violence, greed, nasty habits, bad feelings and worse decisions”.

Publishers: Mug Shot Press; 1739 East Carson Street, #355, Pittsburgh, PA 15203.

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2007
# 1

# 2
Oct

Murder (about)

Launched after the success of Manhunt, Murder featured the same mix of contemporary murder and crime-adventure stories, but was discontinued in the face of fierce competition before establishing its identity with the reading public. The title is given as Murder! on the cover only.

Publishers: Flying Eagle Publications, Inc.; 545 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, NY, Sep 1956 – Dec 1956; Fine Art Publications, Inc.; 545 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, NY, Mar 1957; Decker Publications, Inc.; 122 East 42nd Street, New York 17, NY, Jul 1957.

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1956

v1 #1
Sep

v1 #2
Dec

1957

v1 #3
Mar

v1 #4
Jul

v1 #5
Sep/Oct

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