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Ahoy

Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1956

Publishers: Paget Publications, 106 Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith, London

AIM Magazine

America's Intercultural Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: ? – present

Publishers:   P.O. Box 1174, Maywood, IL 60153 (in 2000)
Website:   www.aimmagazine.org
Editors:   Myron Apilado (in 2000 - 2007)
Frequency:   quarterly
Sources:   OHenAwdWeb (not in 2002)

Ainslee's Magazine

Total Issues: 18+6+347=371

The magazine began in March 1897 as The Yellow Kid, a humor weekly, coat-tailing on the popularity of the "Yellow Kid" newspaper cartoons. In July 1897 it became a monthly as The Yellow Book. As the Yellow Kid boom faded, it changed format and was renamed Ainslee's in February 1898.

At first it was a general-interest magazine, with articles and stories, but in late 1902 it changed to an all-fiction format. Authors include Stanley J. Weyman, Bret Harte, Anthony Hope, Stephen Crane, Jack London, some of the earliest stories by O. Henry, Albert Payson Terhune, I.A.R. Wylie, E. Phillips Oppenheim.

Ainslee's lasted until December 1926, after which it was merged into Far West Illustrated.

Issues & Index Sources

20-Mar-1897 – 17-Jul-1897, as The Yellow Kid

Aug-1897 – Jan-1898, as The Yellow Book

Feb-1898 – Sep-1902, as Ainslee's Magazine:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Oct-1902 – Dec-1926, as Ainslee's:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

#merges with Far West Illustrated

Publishers

  20-Mar-1897 – Dec-1898: Howard, Ainslee & Co.
  Jan-1899 – Sep-1902: Street & Smith
  Oct-1902 – ?: Ainslee Magazine Co.

Editors

  20-Mar-1897 – Jan-1898: Joe Kerr (alias for William Melville Kerr)
  1898 – ?: Richard Duffy
  ?: Gilman Hall
  ?: Archibald Lowry Sessions

Formats

started as a slick (became a pulp in the 1920s?)

Prices

1898 – 1902: 5c
1902 – 1926: 15c

Pagecounts

96pp

Frequency

20-Mar-1897 – 17-Jul-1897: weekly
Aug-1897 – Dec-1926: monthly

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide



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Ainslee's Smart Love Stories

Total Issues: 30+15=45

Arguably a revival of Ainslee's Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1934 – Mar-1935, as Ainslee's

Apr-1935 – Sep-1936, as Ainslee's Smart Love Stories:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issue only)

Oct-1936 – Aug-1938, as Smart Love Stories:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issue only)

Publishers

Street & Smith, N.Y.

Formats

flat (bedsheet) format

Frequency

monthly

Sources

AHGTTP

Ainsworth's Magazine

Total Issues: 155

Designed as a "family" magazine of "entertainment." Originally heavily illustrated by George Cruikshank, later by Phiz (though all artwork dropped by 1850). Mainly a vehicle for Ainsworth's own fiction (ran "Windsor Castle" 1842-3), but little other fiction of note. Circulation peaked at 7,000 in first year.

Issues & Index Sources

Feb-1842 – Dec-1854:

The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals Volume 3

Publishers

  Feb-1842 – Jun-1842: Hugh Cunningham
  Jul-1842 – Oct-1843: Cunningham & Mortimer
  Nov-1843 – Oct-1845: John Mortimer
  Nov-1845 – Dec-1845: Henry Colburn
  Jan-1846 – Dec-1854: Chapman & Hall

Editors

  Feb-1842 – Jun-1845: William Harrison Ainsworth
  Jul-1845 – Nov-1845: Francis Mahoney & John Mortimer
  Dec-1845 – Dec-1854: William Harrison Ainsworth

Formats

standard

Prices

Feb-1842 – Jun-1842: 1/6d
Jul-1842 – ?: 2/6d

Frequency

monthly

Sources

BritLit3

Air Action

Total Issues: 3+3+2=8

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1938 – Apr-1939:

Pulp Magazine Index 1

(possibly further issues)

Aug-1939 – Apr-1940, as Sky Raiders:

Pulp Magazine Index 1

Apr-1940 – Sep-1940, as Air Action:

Pulp Magazine Index 1

Publishers

Columbia Magazines, N.Y.

Editors

Cliff Campbell

Formats

standard pulp

Pagecounts

132pp (later 16pp)

Frequency

bi-monthly/quarterly

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide


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Air Adventures [1928]

Total Issues: 18

Ran Erle Stanley Gardner serial "A Bolt from the Blue" (Oct-1928 - Feb-1929). Other authors include T.T. Flynn, H. Bedford-Jones, Gilbert Patten;

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1928 – Aug-1929:	Pulp Magazine Index 3
	Fictionmags Website

Sep-1929 – Mar-1930, as Flyers - Air Adventures:	Pulp Magazine Index 3
	Fictionmags Website

Publishers

Air Adventures, Inc. (Clayton Magazines)

Editors

'Casey Jones' until Aug-1929, then Allan K. Echols

Formats

standard pulp

Pagecounts

144pp

Frequency

monthly

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide



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Air Adventures [1939]

Total Issues: 2+1=3

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1939 – Feb-1940:

Fictionmags Website

Nov-1945

Publishers

Ziff-Davis, Chicago

Formats

pulp

Frequency

Dec-1939 – Feb-1940: bi-monthly

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide


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Airgedlámh

Total Issues: 1

Semi-professional magazine. Magazine was assembled by Dave McFerran, published after his death by David Sutton and Stephen Jones. All profits from the magazine go to the Cancer Research Campaign.

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 1980:

Miller/Contento

Publishers:   David A. Sutton & Stephen Jones; London.
Editors:   Dave McFerran
Formats:   8¼" x 11¾"
Prices:   £1.50
Pagecounts:   34pp


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Air Mail

The Royal Air Forces Association's Membership Magazine, published initially "to further the best interests of airmen and airwomen, particularly when they return home after World War II". Published occasional fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: 1943? – present:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   The Royal Air Forces Association
Formats:   7" x 9" (in 1940s)
Prices:   6d (in 1940s)
Pagecounts:   24pp (in 1940s)

Airplane Stories

Total Issues: 24

Issues & Index Sources

Mar-1929 – May-1931:	Pulp Magazine Index 4	(Missing: Mar-1930, Nov-1930, Jan-1931)
	Fictionmags Website	(Missing: Mar-1930, Nov-1930, Jan-1931)

Publishers

Ramar Reviews

Editors

William L. Mayer

Formats

Mar-1929 – Aug-1929: large pulp/bedsheet
Sep-1929 – May-1931: standard pulp

Pagecounts

100pp

Frequency

monthly

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide



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Air Stories [1927]

Total Issues: 58

Issues & Index Sources

Aug-1927 – Apr-1932:

Pulp Magazine Index 3

Spring 1937 – Winter 1937:

Pulp Magazine Index 3

Spring 1939 – Winter 1939:

Pulp Magazine Index 3

Publishers

Fiction House, N.Y.

Editors

Aug-1927 – Apr-1932: J.B. Kelly
Spring 1937 – Winter 1939: Malcolm Reiss

Formats

standard pulp

Pagecounts

128pp

Frequency

Aug-1927 – Apr-1932: monthly
Spring 1937 – Winter 1939: irregular

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide



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Air Stories [1935]

Total Issues: 60

Issues & Index Sources

May-1935 – Apr-1940:	Index to British Popular Fiction (in progress)	(FicMags is incomplete)
	Fictionmags Website	(FicMags is incomplete)

Publishers

George Newnes

Editors

T. Stanhope Sprigg

Formats

standard pulp; illustrated

Prices

  May-1935 – Mar-1938: 7d
  Apr-1938 – Jul-1939: 9d
  Aug-1939 – Apr-1940: 7d

Pagecounts

96pp

Frequency

monthly

Sources

AgeStory



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Air Trails [1928]

Total Issues: 30+7+68=105

Magazine was mostly one lead novel, featuring Bill Barnes, by George L. Eaton, plus one or two short stories. When magazine went non-fiction the Barnes adventures continued in Doc Savage. After Mar-1939 became a hobbyist magazine and dropped all fiction after Sep-1939 issue. It was retitled Young Men in 1954.

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1928 – Mar-1931:

Fictionmags Website

Apr-1931 – Oct-1931, as Street & Smith's Air Trails:

Fictionmags Website

Feb-1934 – Sep-1935, as Bill Barnes Air Adventurer:	Cook/Miller
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Oct-1935 – Jan-1937, as Bill Barnes Air Trails:	Cook/Miller
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Feb-1937 – Sep-1939, as Air Trails:	Cook/Miller	(MDE to Mar-1939 only; magazine continues without fiction)
	Pulp Magazine Index 1	(MDE to Mar-1939 only; magazine continues without fiction)

Publishers

Street & Smith, NY

Editors

  1928 – 1931: Paul Chadwick
  1931 – 1937: F. Orlin Tremaine
  1937 – 1954: William Winter

Formats

Oct-1928 – Jan-1936: standard pulp
Feb-1936 – Sep-1939: bedsheet

Pagecounts

128pp

Frequency

monthly

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide




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Air Trails [1976]

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 1976 – Fall 1978:

Pulp Magazine Index 1

Air War

Total Issues: 19

Had lead stories by 'Scott Morgan' featuring Captain Danger. Other authors include Robert Sidney Bowen and Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson.

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 1940 – Winter 1945:	Cook/Miller
	Pulp Magazine Index 2

Publishers:   Better Publications, N.Y.
Formats:   standard pulp
Pagecounts:   16pp
Frequency:   quarterly
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide



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