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Bifrost [1983]

see under Antithesis

Bifrost [1985]

Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources: Summer 1985 – Spring 1986:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: Summer 1985)

Related Sites: Fanlore


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The Big Adios Western Digest

Total Issues: 1

Quarterly digest of western fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 2014:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: any after Fall 2014)

Publishers:   One Eye Press
Prices:   $7.95
Frequency:   quarterly


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Big Adventure

Total Issues: 5

Issues & Index Sources: Sep-1960 – Jun-1961

Publishers:   Matclif Publications Inc., NY
Editors:   Roy Greene
Sources:   It's a Man's World



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Big Baseball Stories

Total Issues: 3

Issues & Index Sources: May-1948 – Nov-1948:

Sports Fiction Index

Publishers:   Interstate Publishing
Formats:   standard pulp
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Sports in the Pulp Magazines


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Big-Book Detective Magazine

Total Issues: 8

Big-Book Detective Magazine was launched as a companion to Big-Book Western Magazine, but was much less successful, lasting for a mere eight issues.

Issues & Index Sources: Dec-1941 – Feb-1943:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers:   Fictioneers, Inc., imprint of Popular Publications, NY
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada)

Total Issues: 15?

Initially a Canadian reprint edition of Big-Book Detective Magazine, this actually lasted longer than its parent magazine, reprinting from other magazines in later issues.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s:

Crime Fiction Index

(Missing: all except Jan-1942, Apr-1944, Aug-1944, Oct-1944, Dec-1944)

Publishers:   Popular Publications Canada
Formats:   standard pulp
Sources:   The Pulpster #11, 2001, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Big-Book Detective Magazine (UK)

Total Issues: 2?

British reprint edition of Big-Book Detective Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s:

Crime Fiction Index

Publishers: Pemberton's (of Manchester) Ltd., 14 Lever Street, Manchester 1
Formats: standard pulp


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Big Book Illustrated

Total Issues: 2

Only 2 issues were published - #1 is true crime and #2 is general fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: ?

Publishers: Federal Publishing Co.

Big Book Sports

Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources: Nov-1947 – Winter 1948:

Sports Fiction Index

Publishers:   Exclusive Detective Stories, Inc.
Formats:   standard pulp
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Sports in the Pulp Magazines


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Big-Book Western Magazine

Total Issues: 145

Issues & Index Sources

Fall 1933 – Aug-1954:

Western Fiction Index

Publishers

Fall 1933 – Nov-1935: Two-Books Magazines, Inc.
Apr-1936 – Aug-1954: Popular Publications

Formats

standard pulp

Frequency

bimonthly

Sources: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western



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Big-Book Western Magazine (Aust)

Australian reprint edition of Big-Book Western Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: all issues)

Formats: standard pulp
Prices: 1/-


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Big-Book Western Magazine (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of Big-Book Western Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s:

Western Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Popular Publications Canada
Formats:   standard pulp
Sources:   The Pulpster #11, 2001



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Big-Book Western Magazine (UK)

Total Issues: 16?

British reprint edition of Big-Book Western Magazine. Issues #15 and #16 (at least) are subtitled "Combined with Walt Coburn's Western Magazine".

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Western Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Hermitage Publications, Leicester
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   1/-



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Big Budget

Total Issues: 614

At various times a boys' comic or story paper, later merged with The Comet. Incorporates: Boys' Leader.

Issues & Index Sources

19-Jun-1897 – 20-Mar-1909

Publishers

C. Arthur Pearson, Henrietta St., W.C.

Editors

  1897: William H. Maas
  1897 – 1909: Arthur Brooke [Arthur C. Marshall]
  c. 1897: Herbert Wentworth James (assistant editor)
  1903 – ?: C. Malcolm Hincks [assistant]

Formats

tabloid, published in sections

Pagecounts

24pp

Frequency

weekly (every Wednesday)

Big Budget Library

Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1904:

FictionMags Index

(both issues dated January)

Publishers:   C. Arthur Pearson
Formats:   8½ x 5½"
Prices:   3d
Pagecounts:   96pp

Big Chief Western

Total Issues: 3

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-1940 – Feb-1941:	Pulp Magazine Index 1
	Western Fiction Index

Publishers:   Frank A. Munsey Company, NY
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   10c
Pagecounts:   112pp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western


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