One of the infamous “spicy” pulps; this title ran a large amount of fantastic fiction, often half or better of an issue. The large number of reprints in the last couple of years are apparently the result of an embezzlement scheme by two of the editors.
— Spicy Mystery Stories
Publishers: Trojan Magazines, Inc.; 125 East 46th Street, New York 17, NY, Jul 1934; Culture Publications, Inc.; 900 Market Street, Wilmington, DE, Jun 1935 – Dec 1942.
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| 1934 |  v1 #1 Jul |
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| 1935 |  v1 #2 Jun |
 v1 #3 Jul |
 v1 #4 Aug |
 v1 #5 Sep |
 v1 #6 Oct |
 v2 #1 Nov |
 v2 #2 Dec |
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| 1936 |  v2 #3 Jan |
 v2 #4 Feb |
 v2 #5 Mar |
 v2 #6 Apr |
 v3 #1 May |
 v3 #2 Jun |
 v3 #3 Jul |
 v3 #4 Aug |
 v3 #5 Sep |
 v3 #6 Oct |
 v4 #1 Nov |
 v4 #2 Dec |
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| 1937 |  v4 #3 Jan |
 v4 #4 Feb |
 v4 #5 Mar |
 v4 #6 Apr |
 v5 #1 May |
 v5 #2 Jun |
 v5 #3 Jul |
 v5 #4 Aug |
 v5 #5 Sep |
 v5 #6 Oct |
 v6 #1 Nov |
 v6 #2 Dec |
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| 1938 |  v6 #3 Jan |
 v6 #4 Feb |
 v6 #5 Mar |
 v6 #6 Apr |
 v7 #1 May |
 v7 #2 Jun |
 v7 #3 Aug |
 v7 #4 Oct |
 v7 #5 Dec |
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| 1939 |  v7 #6 Feb |
 v8 #1 Apr |
 v8 #2 Jun |
 v8 #3 Aug |
 v8 #4 Oct |
 v8 #5 Dec |
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| 1940 |  v8 #6 Feb |
  v9 #1 Apr |
 v9 #2 Jun |
 v9 #3 Aug |
 v9 #4 Oct |
 v9 #5 Dec |
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| 1941 |  v9 #6 Jan |
 v10 #1 Feb |
 v10 #2 Mar |
 v10 #3 Apr |
 v10 #4 May |
 v10 #5 Jul |
 v10 #6 Sep |
 v11 #1 Oct |
 v11 #2 Nov |
 v11 #3 Dec |
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| 1942 |  v11 #4 Jan |
 v11 #5 Feb |
 v11 #6 Mar |
 v12 #1 Apr |
 v12 #2 May |
 v12 #3 Jul |
 v12 #4 Sep |
 v12 #5 Oct |
 v12 #6 Nov |
 v13 #1 Dec |
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— Speed Mystery
Title changed from Spicy Mystery Stories.
Publishers: Trojan Publishing Corp.; 29 Worthington Street, Springfield, MA, Jan 1943 – Mar 1946.
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| 1943 |  v1 #1 Jan |
 v1 #2 Feb |
 v1 #3 Mar |
 v1 #4 May |
 v1 #5 Jul |
 v1 #6 Sep |
 v2 #1 Nov |
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| 1944 |  v2 #2 Jan |
 v2 #3 Mar |
 v2 #4 May |
 v2 #5 Jul |
 v2 #6 Sep |
 v3 #1 Nov |
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| 1945 |  v3 #2 Jan |
 v3 #3 Mar |
 v3 #4 Jun |
 v3 #5 Sep |
 v3 #6 Dec |
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| 1946 |  v4 #1 Mar |
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--- see under Skullduggery.
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Star Detective Magazine (about)
Star Detective was a weird menace pulp that ran for 11 issues in the late 1930s before being replaced by Uncanny Tales.
Publishers: Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc.; 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL.
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| 1935 |  v1 #1 May |
 v1 #2 Aug |
 v1 #3 Oct |
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| 1936 |  v1 #4 Apr |
 v1 #5 Jul |
 v1 #6 Dec |
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| 1937 |  v2 #1 Mar |
 v2 #2 Aug |
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| 1938 |  v2 #3 Feb |
 v2 #4 Jul |
 v2 #5 Nov |
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