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Magazine Issues

Double-Action Western

Total Issues: 137 (at least)

Issues & Index Sources

Sep-1934 – May-1960:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Publishers

Winford Publications (later Columbia Publications), N.Y.

Editors

Robert W. Lowndes (from 1942)

Formats

Sep-1934 – Feb-1959: standard pulp
Apr-1959 – May-1960: digest

Prices

15c

Pagecounts

112pp

Frequency

bi-monthly/quarterly

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide, DinWest



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Double Action Western (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of Double Action Western.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   Columbia Publications
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   25c

Double Action Western Stories

see under New All-Action Stories

Double Action Western (UK) [1953]

Total Issues: 8?

British reprint edition of Double Action Western.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Fictionmags Website

(Missing: #1, #2, #5, #8)

Publishers: Hermitage Publications, Leicester
Formats: standard pulp

Double Action Western (UK) [1942]

Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources: May-1942:

Fictionmags Website

Publishers:   Gerald G. Swan
Prices:   6d
Pagecounts:   48pp

Double Danger Tales

Total Issues: 63+1=64 (as at Jan-2008)

"Favorite pulp heroes in exciting new adventures as well as the adventures of all new heroes in the classic pulp tradition."

Issues & Index Sources

Feb-1997 – Jun-2003:

Fictionmags Website

2007 – present

Publishers

Feb-1997 – Jun-2003: Fading Shadows, Inc.
2007 – present: Wild Cat Books

Website

stores.lulu.com/wildcatbooks

Editors

Feb-1997 – Jun-2003: Tom & Ginger Johnson
2007 – present: Ron Hanna

Formats

paperback (2007 - present)

Prices

Feb-1997 – Jun-2003: $5.00 + $1.30 postage
2007 – present: $14.95

Pagecounts

Feb-1997 – Jun-2003: c. 80pp
2007 – present: 218pp

Frequency

Feb-1997 – Mar-2000: monthly
Jun-2000 – Jun-2003: roughly bi-monthly

The Double Dealer

Total Issues: 48

Little magazine; authors include Sherwood Anderson, William Faulkner

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1921 – May-1926:

Index to English-Language Little Magazines, 1890-1970

Publishers: in New Orleans

Double Detective

Total Issues: 41+5+1=47

Magazine folded in 1941 when Munsey sold the title (with others) to Popular Publications; shortly thereafter Munsey effectively revived it under the title Love-Crime Detective which ran for 5 issues in 1942. Then, in 1943, Popular revived the original title but it only lasted for a single issue.

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1937 – Oct-1941:	Pulp Magazine Index 1
	Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

Aug-1942 – Dec-1942, as Love-Crime Detective:	Cook/Miller	(Missing: Sep-1942, Nov-1942)
	Crime Fiction Index (in progress)	(Missing: Sep-1942, Nov-1942)

Mar-1943, as Double Detective:	Pulp Magazine Index 1
	Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

Publishers

Nov-1937 – Dec-1942: Frank A. Munsey Company
Mar-1943: Popular Publications

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

10c

Frequency

  Nov-1937 – Oct-1940: monthly
  Dec-1940 – Oct-1941: bi-monthly
  Aug-1942 – Dec-1942: monthly

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide, CookMDE



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Doubletake

Total Issues: 26 (to Dec-2002)

A kind of cross between HARPER'S and NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC with larger and heavier pages than either. Unites fiction, essays and photography. Pays good rates. Circulation 30,000. Announced in December 2002 that it had "temporarily suspended publication pending further funding" but reappeared in Spring 2003, only to be suspended again and then return in January 2006.

Issues & Index Sources: Summer 1995 – present:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Doubletake, 1317 W. Pettigrew Street, Durham, NC 27705 (in 1998); Doubletake, 55 Davis Square, Somerville, MA 02144 (in 2000 - 2002)
Website:   www.doubletakemagazine.org
Editors:   Roberts Coles & Alex Harris (in 2002)
Email Address:   dtmag@aol.com
Formats:   slick
Pagecounts:   144pp
Frequency:   quarterly
Sources:   OHenAwdWeb (in 2002)

Douglas Jerrold's Shilling Magazine

Carried some fiction but mostly articles, poetry, reviews and much satire.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1845 – Jun-1848

Frequency: monthly
Sources: BritLit3

Downtown Detective

Total Issues: 35 (at least)

Issues & Index Sources: ?:

Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

(sample issues only)

Publishers: Action Comics Pty. Ltd., 14 Bond Street, Sydney.
Sources: AustCmFc


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The Dragnet Magazine

Total Issues: 17+24+162=203

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1928 – Apr-1930:	Cook/Miller
	Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

May-1930 – Dec-1932, as Detective-Dragnet Magazine:	Pulp Magazine Index 3
	Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

Mar-1933 – Oct-1949, as Ten Detective Aces:	Pulp Magazine Index 1
	Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

Publishers

Magazine Publishers (Harold Hersey to 1933 then Aaron Wyn)

Editors

Harold Goldsmith, Harry Widmer, Maurice J. Phillips, Donald A. Wollheim

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

10c

Pagecounts

112pp

Frequency

monthly to Oct-1943 then bi-monthly

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide, CookMDE



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Dragon Magazine

Total Issues: 359

A gaming magazine with one or two stories per issue.

Issues & Index Sources: Jun-1976 – Sep-2007:

Miller/Contento

(Missing: any after #321, Jul-2004; Only fiction indexed)

Publishers:   TSR, Lake Geneva; taken over by Wizards of the Coast, 1801 Lind Avenue 1801 Lind Avenue S.W., Renton, WA 98055
Website:   www.paizopublishing.com/dragon.shtml
Editors:   Kim Mohan
Formats:   semi-slick
Frequency:   monthly