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The Avenger [v3 #5, July 1941] (10¢, 116pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Graves Gladney) 9 · Nevlo [Richard Henry Benson (The Avenger)] · Kenneth Robeson (by Paul Ernst) · n. 89 · Killers Use Sewers · Stafford Lewis · ss 97 · Drums of Death · Milton Lowe · ss

The Avenger [v3 #6, September 1941] (10¢, 116pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Graves Gladney) 9 · Death in Slow Motion [Richard Henry Benson (The Avenger)] · Kenneth Robeson (by Paul Ernst) · n. 90 · Murder Without a Corpse · Norman A. Daniels · ss 102 · The Murder Joke · Robert C. Blackmon · ss

The Avenger [v4 #1, November 1941] (10¢, 116pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Lenosci) 9 · Pictures of Death [Richard Henry Benson (The Avenger)] · Kenneth Robeson (by Paul Ernst) · n. 89 · Passage to Hell · Gary Barton (by Schuyler Garratt Edsall) · ss 97 · Five Feet of Death · Jack Storm (by Robert C. Blackmon) · ss

The Avenger [v4 #2, January 1942] (10¢, 116pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Lenosci) 9 · The Green Killer [Richard Henry Benson (The Avenger)] · Kenneth Robeson (by Paul Ernst) · n. 90 · Searchlights on the River · Gary Barton (by Schuyler Garratt Edsall) · ss 100 · Death Has Two Hands · Robert C. Blackmon · ss

The Avenger [v4 #3, March 1942] (10¢, 116pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Lenosci) 9 · The Happy Killers [Richard Henry Benson (The Avenger)] · Kenneth Robeson (by Paul Ernst) · n. 87 · Dead Hands on the Wheel · Denby Brixton · ss 100 · Marked Murder · Norman A. Daniels · ss

The Avenger [v4 #4, May 1942] (10¢, 116pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Lenosci) 9 · The Black Death [Richard Henry Benson (The Avenger)] · Kenneth Robeson (by Paul Ernst) · n. 88 · Your Life Is Mine · Gary Barton (by Schuyler Garratt Edsall) · ss 97 · The Female of the Species · Russell Gray · ss

The Avenger [v4 #5, July 1942] (10¢, 116pp, trimmed pulp, cover by A. Leslie Ross) 9 · The Wilder Curse [Richard Henry Benson (The Avenger)] · Kenneth Robeson (by Paul Ernst) · n. 90 · The Dead Don’t Talk · Robert C. Blackmon · ss 101 · Two Girls—Missing · Ronald Oliphant · ss

The Avenger [v4 #6, September 1942] (10¢, 116pp, trimmed pulp, cover by A. Leslie Ross) 9 · Midnight Murder [Richard Henry Benson (The Avenger)] · Kenneth Robeson (by Paul Ernst) · n. 88 · Dead on Arrival · Gary Barton (by Schuyler Garratt Edsall) · ss 98 · Killer in the House · Robert C. Blackmon · ss

Aviation Stories    (about) Previously Aviation Stories and Mechanics.

Aviation Stories [v1 #1, April 1929] ed. Harold Hersey (Story Publishing Co., Inc., 20¢, 160pp, pulp, cover by Elliot Dold) Details taken from Table of Contents. 9 · Avenues Into Hell · Joe Archibald · ss 21 · Night Trails of Death · Edward Churchill · ss 34 · Policy Behind Aviation Stories · Anon. · ms 35 · Flying Orders · Andrew A. Caffrey · ss; given as by Andrew C. Caffrey. 44 · Eleven Thousand Pesos, and More · Frank C. Shellstrom · nv 59 · The Flaming Fokker [Part 1 of 2] · A. L. H. Bucklin · nv 68 · The Bandit Buster · James P. Olsen · ss 73 · Conked Blimps · Franklin M. Ritchie · ss 83 · Wabbling Eggs · Brunswick Franklin · ss 91 · Engine Feathers · “Wings” Kennedy · ss 101 · Another Man’s Glory · Charles Penvir Gordon · ss 110 · Dog-Fight Danny · Arch Whitehouse · nv 126 · Forty Holes in His Upper Wing · A. C. Andrew · ss 135 · Greater Love Hath No Man · Anon. · ss 140 · Veterans of the Air · George R. Baxter · ts 147 · Lost Legion of the Air · H. D. Frazee · ms

Aviation Stories [v1 #2, July 1929] (Story Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp, cover by Elliott Dold) Robbins lists partial contents in Pulp Magazine Index Volume 4, but incorrectly labels it as May 1929. 169 · Flying Gunmen · Anatole Feldman · nv; listed in Robbins as by Frederic V. Borden, with a different story (“A Flyer in Politics”) by Feldman. 216 · Man-Made Parachute for an Airplane · Anon. · ms 217 · The Landing Field of Hades · Andrew A. Caffrey · ss 226 · Cheyenne or Bust! · Robert E. Geiger · ss 232 · Weather Plans to Save Airplanes · Anon. · ms 233 · Through Midnight Skies · Charles Penvir Gordon · ss 240 · The Spirit of 1760 · Anon. · ms 241 · Cyril’s Conquest · Arch Whitehouse · nv 256 · Sky Shy · John Scott Douglas · ss 265 · Ace Against Ace · Cabot Dunbar · ss 275 · The Flaming Fokker [Part 2 of 2] · A. L. H. Bucklin · nv

Aviation Stories [v1 #3, October 1929] (20¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Millard Hopper) Details taken from Table of Contents. 300 · The Sky Devil [Part 1 of 2] · Harold E. Samson · nv 314 · Five Days Terror · James Farber · nv 325 · Not in Orders · Ace Gordon · ss 329 · Breaking Old Man Jinks · Cal Davis · ss; given as by Gal Davis in the Table of Contents. 335 · Not Ship-Shy · Major Mac Ager · ss 339 · Zoom and Doom ’Em · W. E. Fleishman · ss 347 · The Winged Buccaneer · Richard Halley · ss 360 · Aerobatics · T. A. B. Ditton · ss 367 · The Flying Boat · George A. Baxter · ss 376 · The Flyin’ Bronc · Wm. E. Poindexter · ss 386 · Carrion of the Clouds · A. J. Howard · ss 393 · Black Emma Goes Up · Jay J. Kalez · ss 402 · Aviation News · Anon. · ms 405 · In the Cockpit · Anon. · ms 408 · Flying High · Anon. · ms

Aviation Stories [v1 #4, April 1930] (20¢, 160pp, pulp) Details taken from The Pulp Magazine Index by Len Robbins. 438 · Wings of the Champion · Lester Downs · na 480 · Bombing—and How · G. J. Kelsey · ss 485 · Crooks of the Air · Dan Savage · ss 491 · The Sky Devil [Part 2 of 2] · Harold E. Samson · nv 503 · The Twin Air-Devils · Henry H. Putnam · ss 513 · Air Drunk · Franklin M. Ritchie · ss 521 · Knight of the Clouds · M. N. Malone · ss 530 · Winged Rivalry · Kenneth H. Parker · ss

Aviation Stories [v2 #1, July 1930] (20¢, 160pp, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found. Need Contents Air Emperor of the World · Lester Downs · na

Avocations

Avocations [v1 #1, October 1937] (H. L. Linquist, 25¢) from eBay; “A Magazine of Hobbies and Leisure”. Details supplied by John Locke. 26 · Why Not Collect Books? · Frederick B. Adams, Jr. · ar 53 · Things That Interest Me · H. Bedford-Jones · ar

The Avon Annual    (about) Short-lived annual reprinting “great modern stories” or “great stories of today”.

The Avon Annual [#1, 1944] ed. Whit Burnett (Avon Book Company, 35¢, 200pp, digest) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 11 · “Shark” Wicks · John Steinbeck · ss (r) 26 · The Enemy · Pearl S. Buck · ss Harper’s Magazine Nov 1942 44 · A Wreath for Tony · Dorothy Thompson · ss (r) 60 · Two Fishermen · Morley Callaghan · ss Esquire Feb 1934, as “Who Is My Neighbor?” 68 · The Shepherd’s Daughter · William Saroyan · ss Story May 1934 71 · Winter Voyage · H. L. Mencken · ss (r) 77 · The Dream of Angelo Zara · Guido D’Agostino · ss Story Sep/Oct 1942 85 · My Musical Life · Clarence Day · ss (r) 96 · Here We Are · Dorothy Parker · ss Cosmopolitan Mar 1931 105 · The Negro in the Well · Erskine Caldwell · ss The Atlantic Monthly Oct 1935 111 · The City Was in Total Darkness · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker Aug 30 1941 124 · The Cats Which Cried · Whit Burnett · ss Story Jun 1933 137 · This Healthy Life · Vicki Baum · ss Story Sep/Oct 1942 145 · Glory, Glory, Hallelujah! · Martha Foley · ss Story Jul 1936 155 · The Valet of the Splendide · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss The New Yorker Oct 25 1941 162 · The Night the Bed Fell · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker Jul 8 1933 166 · The Captive · Luigi Pirandello · ss Story Jan 1935 182 · Roof Sitter · Frances Eisenberg · ss Story May/Jun 1939

The Avon Annual [#2, 1945] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, 200pp, digest) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 11 · Lord Mountdrago · W. Somerset Maugham · nv Cosmopolitan Feb 1939, as “Doctor and Patient” 30 · The Pond · Louis Bromfield · nv Cosmopolitan Aug 1944 50 · The Man Who Looked Like Edison · Ben Ames Williams · ss Cosmopolitan May 1921 57 · To a Sharp Knife · Dashiell Hammett · ss (r) 69 · Paul Revere’s Ride · Robert Benchley · ss (r) 73 · Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Good Housekeeping Feb 1933 94 · Two Soldiers · William Faulkner · ss The Saturday Evening Post Mar 28 1942 107 · Cocks Must Crow · Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings · ss The Saturday Evening Post Nov 25 1939 123 · Ballad of Dead Reporters · Ben Hecht · ss Thousand and One Afternoons in New York, Viking Press 1941 126 · Junior Miss · Sally Benson · ss The New Yorker Oct 28 1939 131 · Return of Queen Agnes · Whit Burnett · ss Story Nov/Dec 1931 135 · Love · Jesse Stuart · vi Story May/Jun 1940 138 · Lily Daw and the Three Ladies · Eudora Welty · ss Prairie Schooner Win 1937 146 · A Sunday in April · James T. Farrell · ss (r) 155 · The Story of the Stranger · John Cournos · ss John o’ London’s Weekly Dec 19 1931 163 · Full Fathom Five · Alexander Woollcott · ss The New Yorker Jun 22 1929 166 · Big Buck · Erskine Caldwell · ss College Humor Sep 1939 174 · The Undefeated · Ernest Hemingway · nv This Quarter Aut/Win 1925

The Avon Annual [#3, 1946] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, 199pp, digest) Details supplied by Denny Lien. The Origin of Tularecito · John Steinbeck · ss The Pastures of Heaven, Brewer, Warren & Putnam 1932 Miracle of the Fifteen Murderers · Ben Hecht · nv Collier’s Jan 16 1943 A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum Apr 1930 The Great Façade · Louis Bromfield · ss Cosmopolitan Mar 1944 Gunners’ Passage · Irwin Shaw · ss The New Yorker Jul 22 1944 I Love You, I Love You, I Love You · Ludwig Bemelmans · ss (r) Flowers for Marjorie · Eudora Welty · ss (r) Jacob and the Indians · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 14 1938 The Door That Would Not Stay Closed · Mary Roberts Rinehart · ss Good Housekeeping Jun 1941 Horsie · Dorothy Parker · ss Harper’s Bazaar Dec 1932 The Green Elephant · Dashiell Hammett · ss The Smart Set Oct 1923 Kneel to the Rising Sun · Erskine Caldwell · ss Scribner’s Magazine Feb 1935 A Nice Old Fashioned Romance, with Love Lyrics and Everything · William Saroyan · ss (r) The Gambler, the Nun and the Radio · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine May 1933, as “Give Us a Prescription, Doctor” The Three Fat Women of Antibes · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Oct 1933

The Avon Annual [#4, 1947] (Avon Book Company, 35¢, 132pp, digest) Details supplied by Denny Lien. The Ballplayer · Samuel Elkin · ss (r) American Nocturne · Robert Whitehand · ss American Prefaces Dec 1935 Down with the Restoration · S. J. Perelman · ss The New Yorker Jan 29 1938 Big Two-Hearted River [Part 1 of 2] · Ernest Hemingway · ss This Quarter Spr 1925 Walk Along the Charles River · Irwin Shaw · ss (r) The Old Mother · Pearl S. Buck · ss (r) At Schoharie Crossing · Walter D. Edmonds · ss The Forum Jun 1929 Glory in the Daytime · Dorothy Parker · ss Harper’s Bazaar Sep 1933 Hodel · Sholom Aleichem · ss (r) The Benefit Concert · Rhys Davies · ss The Trip to London, Howell Soskin 1945 The Diamond as Big as the Ritz · F. Scott Fitzgerald · na The Smart Set Jun 1922

Avon Detective Mysteries    (about) Arguably a reprint anthology like Avon Fantasy Reader, though it carried a few new stories. Publishers: Avon Book Company; 432 Fourth Avenue, New York 16, NY: Avon Detective Mysteries Editors: Herbert Williams - Editor: Avon Detective Mysteries

Avon Detective Mysteries [#1, March 1947] (25¢, digest) The Painted Nail [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty May 5 1945 The Tape-Measure Murder [Jane Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss This Week Nov 16 1941, as “The Case of the Retired Jeweller” The Phantom of the Subway · Cornell Woolrich · nv Argosy Aug 22 1936, as “You Pays Your Nickel” Too Many Sleuths · Vincent Starrett · nv Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Oct 1927 The Missing Vice-President · Paul R. Pickens · ss

Avon Detective Mysteries [#2, 1947] ed. Herbert Williams (25¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 7 · Murder in Acapulco · Lange Lewis & Mal Bissell · na 64 · The Claret Stick [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator Jul 1934 88 · The Other Hangman · Carter Dickson · ss A Century of Detective Stories, ed. Anon., Hutchinson 1935, as by John Dickson Carr 101 · Radio Patrol · Leslie T. White · nv Adventure Jul 1940 117 · Eye in the Swamp · Peirson Ricks · ss Collier’s Oct 28 1944

Avon Detective Mysteries [#3, 1947] (25¢, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 7 · Miss Darkness · Fredric Brown · ss 19 · Pale Pink Porcelain · Frank Owen · ss Mystery Magazine Apr 1927 26 · P. Moran, Fingerprint Expert [P. Moran] · Percival Wilde · nv 49 · Mr. Lupescu · Anthony Boucher · ss Weird Tales Sep 1945 54 · The Case of the Headless Mummies [Moris Klaw] · Sax Rohmer · ss The New Magazine (UK) Oct 1913 71 · High Tide Heater · Holland Gaskell · ss 76 · Dog Show Murder [Oliver Quade] · Frank Gruber · nv Black Mask Mar 1938