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Phantasm

Total Issues: 4

Semi-prozine.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1994 – #4, 1997:

Publishers:   Iniquities Publishing, Pasadena
Editors:   J.F. Gonzalez
Formats:   slick quarto
Prices:   $4
Pagecounts:   48pp
Frequency:   occasional

Phantasy Digest

Total Issues: 3

Semi-professional magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1976 – #3, 1977:

Miller/Contento

Phantasy Province

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: Sep/Oct-1992 – ?:

Fictionmags Website

(Missing: any after #3)

Publishers:   Phantasy Province, P.O. Box 6, Fraserburgh, AB43 5ZX
Formats:   A5
Prices:   £2.50
Pagecounts:   38pp (first 2 issues); 54pp (issue #3)

Phantom

Total Issues: 16

Issues & Index Sources

Apr-1957 – Jul-1958:	Miller/Contento
	Monthly Murders

Publishers

  Apr-1957: Vernon Publications, Bolton
  Jun-1957 – Mar-1958: Dalrow Publications, Bolton
  Apr-1958 – Jul-1958: Pennine Publications, Bolton

Editors

Leslie Syddall

Formats

large digest

Prices

2/-

Pagecounts

112pp

Frequency

monthly



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The Phantom Detective

Total Issues: 170

The Phantom Detective was Standard Magazine's response to the launch of The Shadow Magazine by Street & Smith. Although it ran for far fewer issues (170 instead of 325) its less frequent schedule meant it held the record for the longest-running single-character pulp, lasting for over 20 years.

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1933 – Summer 1953:	Pulp Magazine Index 1
	Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

Publishers:   Standard Magazines
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   10c (increased during war years)
Pagecounts:   128pp (but varied during war years)
Frequency:   monthly to Feb-1942, bi-monthly to Mar-1949, then quarterly
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide, CookMDE



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The Phantom Detective (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of The Phantom Detective.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s:

Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   American News Co., Toronto
Formats:   standard pulp
Sources:   Pulpster11

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The Phantom Detective (UK)

British reprint edition of The Phantom Detective.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1950:

Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

(Missing: all except #4)

Publishers: Pembertons of Manchester
Formats: standard pulp


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Phantom Detective Cases

Total Issues: 1?

One of the many undated "one shot" magazines published in the UK in the years after the Second World War. Second in a loose series with Crime Confessions, Mystery Crime Cases and Dynamic Detective Cases.

Issues & Index Sources: Jul-1948:

Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

Publishers:   John Spencer & Co.
Prices:   1/-
Pagecounts:   24pp
Sources:   CookMDE


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Phantom Mystery Magazine (UK)

Total Issues: 9

British reprint edition of The Phantom Detective.

Issues & Index Sources: Aug-1961 – Apr-1962:	Monthly Murders
	Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

Publishers: Atlas Publishing, London
Sources: CookMDE



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Phantoms

Total Issues: 6

Small press fantasy/horror fiction magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Jul-1996 – May-1997:

Miller/Contento

Phantom Suspense-Mystery Magazine (Australia)

Total Issues: 6 (at least)

Australian crime magazine reprinting from American magazines such as Manhunt Detective Story Monthly, Pursuit Detective Story Magazine and Hunted Detective Story Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

Publishers: The Original Novels Foundation, 149 Castlereagh Street, Sydney
Pagecounts: 116pp



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Phenomena

Subtitled "The Literary Magazine for Supernatural & Horror Enthusiasts". "A strange mixture of fantasy fiction, New Age twaddle, and Hollywood celebrity worship".

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1983:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   Foster Publications, P.O. Box 6783, San Jose, CA 95150-6783.
Formats:   saddle-stapled wide digest (8.5 inches tall by 7 inches wide)
Prices:   $1.75
Pagecounts:   32pp

The Philadelphia Independent

A broadsheet probably inspired in part by the NEW YORK OBSERVER, and containing some fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-2002? – 2004:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   Mattathias Schwartz
Editors:   Mattathias Schwartz
Formats:   broadsheet
Prices:   50c

Philadelphia Stories

Total Issues: 3 (to Jun-2005)

Subtitled "Fiction/Art/Poetry of the Delaware Valley".

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 2004 – present:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Carla Spataro
Website:   www.philadelphiastories.org
Editors:   Carla Spataro & Christine Weiser
Formats:   quarto semigloss slick
Prices:   $10 a year
Pagecounts:   20pp
Frequency:   Quarterly

Phoebe: A Journal of the Literary Arts

Phoebe seeks to publish quality writing. Do not send formulaic writing, romance fiction, or greeting card poetry. We welcome experimental writing.

Issues & Index Sources: ? – present

Publishers:   MSN 2D6, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 (in 2000 - 2002)
Website:   www.gmu.edu/pubs/phoebe/
Email Address:   phoebe@gmu.edu
Formats:   review
Frequency:   twice yearly
Sources:   OHenAwdWeb (in 2002)

The Phoenix [1914]

see under The Papyrus