Short-run magazine that published a series of original stories by the publisher’s in-house writers ranging from gangster yarns to conventional tales of detection—often with a hint of science fiction or the supernatural.
Publishers: Curtis Warren.
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| 1954 | # 1 |  # 2 |
 # 3 |
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A rotating genre magazine, with contents of issues varying between detective, SF and western magazines, mostly reprinted from Columbia Magazines. Only 5 issues were crime/detective, but all are listed for convenience.
Publishers: Gerald G. Swan, Ltd.; London, England.
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| 1948 |  # 1 |
 # 2 |
 # 3 |
 # 4 |
 # 5 |
 # 6 |
 # 7 |
 # 8 |
 # 9 |
 #10 |
  #11 |
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| 194? |  #12 |
 #13 |
#14 | ||||||||||
| 1950 |  #15 |
 #16 |
 # 1 (New Series) |
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One-shot mystery/detection magazine with the tagline “It Fits Your Pocket”, which was replaced the following month by The Pocket Magazine (with the same tagline), which also only lasted for one issue.
Publishers: Gilbert Patten Corporation; 11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY.
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| 1930 |  v1 #1 Nov |
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| 2017 |  v1 #1 Apr |
 v1 #2 Jul |
 v1 #3 Oct |
 v1 #3 Oct (Special Edition) |
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| 2018 |  v1 #4 Jan |
 v1 #5 Apr |
 v1 #6 Aug |
 v1 #7 Nov |
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| 2019 |  Stiletto Heeled Special Issue: Stiletto Heeled, |
 #8 Feb |
 #9 May |
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--- see under The Master Thriller Series.
Tales of Gangsters and ‘G’-Men
--- see under The Master Thriller Series.
Tales of Mystery and Detection
--- see under The Master Thriller Series.
--- see under The Master Thriller Series.
’tec—The Five-in-One Detective Magazine (about)
Billed as having “five complete novels” in each issue, although each is condensed to a mere 20 pages each. One story in the second issue is original.
Publishers: Quintec, Inc.; North Broadway, Albany, NY.
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| 1939 |  v1 #1 May |
 v1 #2 Jun/Jul |
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Ten Detective Aces was probably the most successful of the many magazines that Harold Hersey launched, and certainly one of the longest running, but it took a while to find its mark. For the first 16 issues (to April 1930) it was called The Dragnet Magazine and initially focussed on stories about gangsters and organised crime. However, by 1930 public interest in gangsters was fading and the magazine became more of a detective pulp, initially (for 24 issues) under the hybrid name Detective-Dragnet Magazine and then finally, from March 1933, under the name Ten Detective Aces under which it ran for an impressive 16 years.
— The Dragnet Magazine
Publishers: Magazine Publishers, Inc.; Myrick Building, Springfield, MA.
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| 1928 | v1 #1 Oct |
 v1 #2 Nov |
 v1 #3 Dec |
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| 1929 |  v1 #4 Jan |
 v2 #1 Feb |
 v2 #2 Mar |
 v2 #3 Apr |
 v2 #4 May |
 v3 #1 Jun |
 v3 #2 Jul/Aug |
v3 #4 Sep |
v4 #1 Oct |
v4 #2 Nov |
 v4 #3 Dec |
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| 1930 |  v4 #4 Jan |
 v5 #1 Feb |
 v5 #2 Mar |
 v5 #3 Apr |
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— Detective-Dragnet Magazine
Title changed from Dragnet. It should be noted that the magazine used the unusual device of starting the first story on the cover, on a number of issues.
Publishers: Magazine Publishers, Inc.; Myrick Building, Springfield, MA.
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| 1930 |  v5 #4 May |
 v6 #1 Jun |
 v6 #2 Aug |
 v6 #3 Sep |
v6 #4 Oct |
 v7 #1 Nov |
 v7 #2 Dec |
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| 1931 |  v7 #3 Jan |
 v7 #4 Feb |
 v8 #1 Mar |
 v8 #2 May |
 v8 #3 Jul |
 v8 #4 Aug |
 v9 #1 Sep |
 v9 #2 Oct |
 v9 #3 Nov |
 v9 #4 Dec |
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| 1932 |  v10 #1 Jan |
 v10 #2 Feb |
 v10 #3 Mar |
 v10 #4 May |
 v11 #2 Jul |
 v11 #3 Sep |
 v11 #4 Dec |
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— Ten Detective Aces
Title changed from Detective-Dragnet Magazine.
Publishers: Magazine Publishers, Inc.; Myrick Building, Springfield, MA, Mar 1933 – ? 1934; Magazine Publishers, Inc.; 29 Worthington Street, Springfield, MA, ? 1934 – May 1941; Periodical House, Inc.; 29 Worthington Street, Springfield, MA, Jun 1941 – ?; Ace Periodicals, Inc.; 29 Worthington Street, Springfield, MA, ? – Oct 1949.
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