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The Popular Magazine [v103 #2, June 1931] (pulp)
Details supplied by Larry Estep.

A Chat with You · [The Readers] · lc
Vest-Pocket Treasure · Sean O’Larkin · na
One Every Minute [Part 1 of 2] · Thomson Burtis · sl
The Rap · Laurence J. Cahill · ss
Too Old · Captain Leighton H. Blood · ss
The Necessary Rabbit · J. Frank Davis · ss
The Sun Brand · Charles Tenney Jackson · ss
The Scarlet Nemesis [Part 3 of 3] · Edgar L. Cooper · sl
East of the Grand Canyon · Robert H. Leitfred · ar
Frontier Phantoms · James Edward Hungerford · ar
Walloping Friendships · William Hemmingway · ar
A Man of Gloucester · John D. Swain · ar
New Places and New Friends · James Worth · cl
And in Our Next— · Anon. · cl

The Popular Magazine [v103 #3, July 1931] (pulp, cover by Howard V. Brown)
Details supplied by Larry Estep.

A Chat with You · [The Readers] · lc
A Ticket to Nowhere [Part 1 of 3] · Lieutenant Seymour G. Pond, Air Corps, R.F.C. · sl
The Man from Bandera · Edgar L. Cooper · na
One Every Minute [Part 2 of 2] · Thomson Burtis · sl
The Whisper · Robert McBlair · ss
The Court-martial · Captain Leighton H. Blood · ss
Lost Valley · Dallas Boynton · ss
Sand Storm · Anthony Autumn · ss
Sailing at Eleven · Walter McLeod · ss
Alibi, Air-Tight · Charles North · ss
The Death Trap · T. T. Flynn · ss
Bullets and Snails · Walter Snow · ss
The Texan · Frank E. Barbour · pm
New Places and New Friends · James Worth · cl
And in Our Next— · Anon. · cl

The Popular Magazine [v103 #4, August 1931] (pulp)
Details supplied by Larry Estep.

A Chat with You · [The Readers] · lc
Boom Town Big Top · Thomson Burtis · na
Rendezvous at No Name · T. T. Flynn · nv
Blood on the Snow · James Stevens · ss
Son of a Legionnaire · Captain Leighton H. Blood · ss
Fang · Dallas Boynton · ss
Mr. Brannigan Sees Red · Stewart Robertson · ss
We Accept That Challenge! · Leonard Lupton · ss
Wanted Alive! · Sean O’Larkin · ss
The Get-away · Walter McLeod · ss
A Ticket to Nowhere [Part 2 of 3] · Lieutenant Seymour G. Pond, Air Corps, R.F.C. · sl
Stribling’s the Boy—Maybe · William Hemmingway · ar
New Places and New Friends · James Worth · cl
And in Our Next— · Anon. · cl

The Popular Magazine [v103 #5, September 1931] (pulp)
Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents.

1 · A Chat with You · [The Readers] · lc
2 · The Senate Mystery · Captain Leighton H. Blood · na
69 · Time Code · Howard R. Marsh · ss
78 · Wind-Beaten · Walter McLeod · ss
85 · Squinty [Part 1 of 2] · Thomson Burtis · sl
97 · He Wouldn’t K. O. ’Em · William Hemmingway · ss
105 · Listen, Pard · Jack Aston · pm
106 · Cabin Smoke · Arthur Henry Gooden · nv
129 · Motiveless Murder · Peter Landis · ss
139 · New Gold · Jack Allman · ss
151 · A Ticket to Nowhere [Part 3 of 3] · Lieutenant Seymour G. Pond, Air Corps, R.F.C. · sl
168 · Down the Trail · Carolyn Winters · pm
170 · Sergeant Rip-cord · A. S. Gregory · ss
179 · Squad Car · Archie Oboler · ss
185 · Cricket · Calvin Johnston · pm
186 · New Places and New Friends · James Worth · cl
192 · And in Our Next— · Anon. · cl

The Popular Magazine [v103 #6, October 1931] (25¢, pulp, cover by Fred Craft)
Combined with Complete Stories after this issue. Details taken from eBay listing.

Winning His Corks · Robert E. Pinkerton · nv
Poison Island · E. W. Chess · ss
The Debt · Albert Richard Wetjen · ss
Double Crossed Trails · Lt. Seymour G. Pond · ss
Walk Into My Parlor · Captain Leighton H. Blood · ss
Mr. Brannigan Sticks ’Em Up · Stewart Robertson · ss
Hell on Horseshoes · James Stevens · ss
Pearls and Hemp · Peter Landis · ss
Jinxed Microphones · Daniel Courtney · ss
Freight-Train Finnegan · Rex Lee · ss
Pizen Prompt · Theodore French · ss
Squinty [Part 2 of 2] · Thomson Burtis · sl
Beware of the Under Dog! · William Hemmingway · ar
Says Si · Robert Russell · pm
New Places and New Friends · James Worth · cl

Popular Science Fiction (about)

Publishers:

Blue Diamond Publishing Co.; Sydney, Australia: Popular Science Fiction

Features:

Fandom’s Corner · Vol Molesworth · cl; #2.
Fandom’s Corner · Graham Stone · cl; #3.
The Fan’s Corner · Graham Stone · cl; #4, 6.

Popular Science Fiction [v1, #1 (1953)] (1/3d, 68pp, digest s/s)

4 · Assignment on Pasik · Murray Leinster · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb 1949, as by William Fitzgerald
27 · The Rememberers · H. Charles Blair · ss Future Science Fiction May 1952
34 · “Old Spacemen Never Die!” · John W. Jakes · na Amazing Stories Oct 1951

Popular Science Fiction [#2 (1953)] (1/3d, 68pp, digest s/s)

4 · The Shore of Tomorrow · Chad Oliver · nv Startling Stories Mar 1953
30 · The Invader · Alfred Coppel · ss Imagination Feb 1953
35 · Stolen Centuries · Otis Adelbert Kline · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun 1939
43 · Filterable Virus · Oscar J. Friend · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 1940, as “Colossus from Space” by Frank Johnson
53 · Piper in the Woods · Philip K. Dick · ss Imagination Feb 1953

Popular Science Fiction [v1, #3 (1954)] (1/6d, 64pp+, digest s/s)

2 · Yachting Party · Fox B. Holden · ss Imagination Jan 1952
9 · Symbiosis! · Norma Hemming · ss
16 · Colony in the Stars · Joe Gibson · nv
52 · Architect of Chaos · John Danelaw · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Nov 1953

Popular Science Fiction [v1, #4 (1954)] (1/6d, 64pp+, digest s/s)

2 · Restricted Tool · Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. · ss Imagination Jan 1953
7 · Expedition Void · Jody McCarter · nv
28 · Time Travail · E. Everett Evans · ss
34 · The Moonfire Gods · Leigh Brackett · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 1948, as “The Moon That Vanished”

Popular Science Fiction [v1, #5 (1954)] (1/6d, 64pp+, digest s/s)

1 · The World Tube Murders · R. F. Starzl · nv New Mystery Adventures Nov 1935
24 · Honorable Enemies [Dominic Flandry] · Poul Anderson · nv Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories May 1951
41 · Iron Mike · Robert Donald Locke · ss
50 · The Noncombatant · Jim Harmon · ss
59 · Inferiority · James Causey · ss Science Stories Apr 1954
63 · Fearless Fergy · Edward Jacobs · ss Other Worlds Science Stories Oct 1952

Popular Science Fiction [v1, #6 (1955)] (1/6d, 64pp+, digest s/s)

1 · The Insubordinate · Sam Sackett · ss
12 · The Dreamer · Jim Harmon · ss
16 · The Viscous Circle · A. Bertram Chandler · ss Fantastic Universe Jun/Jul 1953
30 · The Square Peg · Louis Moore · nv

Popular Science Fiction, New Series
This is a reprint of the first series of Popular Science Fiction. The August 1967 issue reprinted issue #4 from the first series, the November 1967 issue reprinted issue #6.

Publishers:

Page Publications; Sydney, Australia: Popular Science Fiction, New Series

Popular Science Fiction, New Series [#1, August 1967] (64pp+, digest)

2 · Restricted Tool · Malcolm B. Morehart, Jr. · ss Imagination Jan 1953
7 · Expedition Void · Jody McCarter · nv Popular Science Fiction #4 1954
28 · Time Travail · E. Everett Evans · ss Popular Science Fiction #4 1954
34 · The Moonfire Gods · Leigh Brackett · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 1948, as “The Moon That Vanished”

Popular Science Fiction, New Series [#2, November 1967] (64pp+, digest)

1 · The Insubordinate · Sam Sackett · ss Popular Science Fiction #6 1955
12 · The Dreamer · Jim Harmon · ss Popular Science Fiction #6 1955
16 · The Viscous Circle · A. Bertram Chandler · ss Fantastic Universe Jun/Jul 1953
30 · The Square Peg · Louis Moore · nv Popular Science Fiction #6 1955

Popular Science Monthly: (about)

Popular Science Monthly

Popular Science Monthly [v93 #5, November 1918] (Modern Publishing Company, Waldemar Kaempffert, ed., 20c, 144pp, bedsheet)
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

76 · Battling in a Tank · Captain Richard Haigh · ss

Popular Science Monthly [v110 #3, March 1927] ed. Sumner N. Blossom (Popular Science Publishing Co. Inc., 25¢, 168pp+, 8½" x 11½", cover by Frederico LeBrun)
On page two the editor states that they are always trying to improve the magazine. Consequently, starting with this issue, they will publish fiction for the first time. Only the fiction is listed. Details supplied by Steve Miller.

14 · Bare Hands [Part 1 of ?] · Hawthorne Daniel · sl
30 · Midge · Edmund M. Littell · ss

Popular Science Monthly [v111 #1, July 1927] (Popular Science Publishing Co. Inc., 25¢, 168pp+, 8½" x 11½", cover by Herbert Paus)
Details supplied by Rick Hall.

14 · Chief of Battalion · Karl Detzer · ss; illustrated by H. T. Fisk
40 · Bare Hands [Part 3 of ?] · Hawthorne Daniel · sl

Popular Science Monthly [v111 #3, September 1927]
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Schedule or- · Leo F. Creagan · ss

Popular Science Monthly [v112 #5, May 1928] (Popular Science Publishing Co., Inc., Sumner Blossom ed., 25¢, 152pp, bedsheet)
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

22 · The Electric Pilot · Beryl D. & Orville H. Kneen · ss
42 · The Movie Maker [Part ? of ?] · S. W. Newmeyer · sl

Popular Science
Title changed from Popular Science Monthly.

Popular Science [August 1998]
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Life in the Extreme [Uplift] · David Brin · ss

Popular Science [August 2015]
Dispatches from the Future. Details supplied by Gordon Van Gelder.

Concrete Jungle · Patrick Jones · il
Transplant · Will McIntosh · vi
Sunshine Ninety-Nine · N. K. Jemisin · vi
The Wanderer · Karen Lord · vi
The Improbable War · Kameron Hurley · vi
Hearts That Beat, Mechanical and Cold · Seanan McGuire · vi
The Drones · James S. A. Corey · vi
Superluminal · Andy Weir · vi
Truehearts · Genevieve Valentine · vi
Grinding Time · Mary Robinette Kowal · vi
Exploring Location X · Kim Stanley Robinson · vi

Popular Sports Magazine (about)

Popular Sports Magazine [v1 #1, June 1937] (Better Publications, 10¢, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge from Table of Contents.

14 · Pop Brennan, Rookie · George Bruce · na; baseball.
38 · The Amazing Dizzy Dean · Jack Kofoed · ar
47 · Streamlined Nerve · Kent Sagendorph · ss; air racing.
58 · Yellow and Handsome · Arthur J. Burks · nv; boxing.
74 · The Greatest Track and Field Star · Arthur J. Daley · ar
80 · Spikes from Squeektown · Victor Spencer · ss; track.
88 · So You Want to Be a Golfer? · Tony Manero · ar
97 · The Whirl of Sports · Our Roving Reporter · cl
100 · No Goal · Spencer Towne · ss; basketball.
108 · Sports Review · Anon. · cl
110 · Davy Jones’ Rocks · Bennett Wright · ss; yachting.
117 · Midget Motors · Will Sandmann · ss; auto racing.

Popular Sports Magazine [v1 #2, August 1937] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

12 · The Masked Matador · Maj. George Fielding Eliot · na
39 · The Soaring Screwball · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss
50 · So You want to Play Baseball? · Tony Lazzeri · ar
58 · Double Fault · Walter Roeber Schmidt · ss
68 · Cinderella’s Gloves · Jack Kofoed · ar
77 · The Whirl of Sports · Our Roving Reporter · cl
80 · The Kayo Quarter-Miler · Stanley Playfair · ss
88 · Sports Review · Anon. · cl
90 · The Greatest Ball Player of All Time · John Drebinger · ar
98 · Mental Hazard · Spencer Towne · ss
104 · Front Office Baseball · Arthur Mann · nv
116 · Uncle Sam—Umpire! · Edward A. (“Big Ed”) Walsh · ar

Popular Sports Magazine [v1 #3, October 1937] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

12 · Ring Gauntlet · Arthur Mann · nv
35 · The Whirl of Sports · Our Roving Reporter · cl
38 · Throttle Jitters · Lt. Frank Johnson · ss
50 · Bats and Stripes · Joe Archibald · nv
66 · So You Want to Box? · Lou Ambers · ar
74 · Mallet Man · Robert K. Lindsay · ss
82 · The Greatest Tennis Player of All Time · Bob Considine · ar
88 · Sports Review · Anon. · cl
90 · Baseball’s Iron Man · Jack Kofoed · ar
99 · Me, Villain · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

Popular Sports Magazine [v2 #1, December 1937] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

14 · Time Out for Glory · George Bruce · nv
41 · Two-Wheeled Hellions · Harold Rogers · ss
50 · Larry Kelley, of Yale · Jack Kofoed · ar
58 · Curtis of Central · Lt. R. G. Emery · ss
65 · The Whirl of Sports · Our Roving Reporter · cl
68 · So You Want to Be a Bike Rider? · Jimmy Walthour · ar
75 · Time and Tide · Victor Spencer · ss
80 · The Greatest Football Star · Edwin B. Dooley · ar
86 · Sports Review · Anon. · cl
88 · The Chicago Kid · W. Roeber Schmidt · nv

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