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The Penny Pictorial MagazineTotal Issues: 1795+71=1866Originally aimed at a younger market and of interest to boys' story-paper collectors as it reprinted many Sexton Blake stories from the Union Jack. Apart from Sexton Blake (1907 - 1913), the paper included a great many other detectives, including Derwent Duff by Cecil Hayter, Marcus Bland by Addington Symonds, Detective X. Crook by Jefferson Farjeon and Inch of the Yard by George Goodchild. Issues & Index Sources
PublishersHarmsworthEditorsNoel Wood-Smith Prices1dFrequencyweekly |
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The Penny PopularTotal Issues: 286+628=914Boys' story-paper. Reprinted many Sexton Blake stories from the Union Jack. Ran Charles Hamilton's school and adventure stories (under various pen names). Companion to The Penny Wonder. Issues & Index Sources
#incorporated into The Boys' Friend
#becomes The Ranger PublishersAmalgamated Press, Fleetway HouseEditorsArthur Aldcroft [Assistant Editor] Prices1d; 1½d; 2d from (1922)Pagecounts32pp; 16pp; 20pp from Oct-1919; 28pp from #161 (1922?)Frequencyweekly (every Friday; Tuesday from 1920s) |
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The Penny Story-Teller & Popular MagazineTotal Issues: 248The first 1d illustrated story paper. Issues & Index Sources
PublishersFormatsquartoPrices1dPagecounts46ppFrequencyweekly |
The Penny Sunday Times and People's Police GazetteTotal Issues: 278Consisted entirely of fiction and fabricated police reports in order to by-pass the stamp duty on newspapers. Succeeded because of its many Dickens imitations like "The Life and Adventures of Martin Puzzlewhit" by Bos (1843).
Formats: story paper Frequency: weekly |
The Penny WonderBoys' story-paper. Ran more sinister stories than its companion, The Penny Wonder, including detective and gothic stories. Has been called 'curiously old-fashioned'.
Frequency: weekly |
PenthouseIn the Playboy mould, it has published fiction, though less frequently and with less distinction than the magazine it emulates.
Website: www.penthouse.com Formats: slick men's magazine Frequency: monthly |
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Penthouse (UK)Separate British edition of US magazine. Regularly publishes fiction. For some years Graham Masterton was fiction editor.
Formats: slick men's magazine |
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The People's FriendTotal Issues: 7044 (to 22-Jan-2005)A coelacanth of the British periodical publishing industry, a
19th-century story paper which is still going as a popular weekly of
light romances.
Editors: currently Sinclair Matheson Formats: story paper Frequency: weekly |
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The People's Friend Story Library"50,000 - 55,000-word family and romantic stories aimed at 30+ age group".
Formats: small booklet, 132pp Frequency: twice-monthly |
People's Home Journal
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The People's Journal [1846]Issues & Index Sources
EditorsJohn Saunders, William HowittFormatstabloidFrequencyweekly |
The People's Journal [1858]A story paper with many serials and short stories, Scottish in flavour.
Formats: small tabloid Prices: 1½d Frequency: weekly |
People's Literary CompanionStory-paper; contributors include Anne S. Stephens, William Eyster, Prentiss Ingraham. Issues & Index Sources
PublishersE.C. Allen, Augusta, MaineFormatslarge tabloid story paperPrices5cPagecounts8pp (16pp last few issues)Frequency |
People's MagazineTotal Issues: 82+14+39+78+24+42=279Ran Frank L. Packard's "Jimmy Dale" stories; authors include H. Bedford-Jones, J. Allan Dunn, Harold Lamb, Achmed Abdullah, Perley Poore Sheehan, George Allan England, William Merriam Rouse. Issues & Index Sources
#superseded by Complete Stories PublishersStreet & SmithEditorsFormatsPricesPagecounts192ppFrequencymonthly, switched to twice-monthly 10-Aug-1917SourcesAHGTTP, UltGuide |
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The People's Penny StoriesTotal Issues: 205Mostly women's-orientated fiction, usually romantic or mystery. Mostly a serial episode each issue plus one or two stories; title contracted to People's Stories in 1909 (though cover showed it as People's 1d Stories). Issues & Index Sources
PublishersJohn Leng, LondonFormatsdigestPrices1dPagecounts64ppFrequencyweekly |
The People's Periodical and Family LibraryTotal Issues: 52Serialised Prest's notorious "The String of Pearls" about Sweeny Todd.
Formats: tabloid story paper Frequency: weekly |