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Spicy Air Tales

Contains fiction spinoffs of an alternate-world air war games called Crimson Skies. #1 had story by Michael Stackpole; #2 by Robert Vardeman.

Issues & Index Sources:  1999 – present
Formats:   large digest
Prices:   $5.99
Pagecounts:   104pp

Spicy Armadillo Stories

Total Issues: 7

Spicy Armadillo Stories was divided into two sections. The first section published articles and features on the pulps, both serious and light-hearted. There was a wonderful column by George Evans called "George Evans' Scrapbook." Fan artists producing work for us included Paul McCall (we introduced him to pulp fandom and, in fact, printed the book on his coier), Peggy Ranson, Ron Wilber, Dan Aldredge, Kevin Duncan, Jim Garrison, Bobb CotterMark Fults, George Evans, Wally jones and Bobb Cotter. .Writers included David Bates, Jon Tuska, Link Hullar, Jerry Burge, Al Tonik and Sam Moskowitz.

The second section was called "The Armadillo Cub" and featured humorous stories about Page's characters The Armadillo (first created in 1957 for Dean Grennell's fanzine Grue; he showed up in plenty of other outlets, including Mike Shayne Mystery), and Nadir McGirk, about a misfit crew of thirtieth century space adventurers. The focus on this gradually changed to its heroine, Captain Shivers.

An eighth issue was "worked on but never published".

Issues & Index Sources:  ?
Publishers:   Gerald Page, 193 Battery Place, Atlanta, GA 30307
Editors:   Gerald Page
Prices:   $5.00

Spicy Detective Stories

Total Issues: 104+28=132

Note that from late 1935 through late 1937, most issues appeared in two different versions - one uncensored and the other self-censored. The censored version was identifiable by a star within a box located at the top of the cover.

Issues & Index Sources

  Apr-1934 – Dec-1942: Cook/Miller
Crime Fiction Index (in progress)
  Jan-1943 – Feb-1947, as Speed Detective: Pulp Magazine Index 2
Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

Publishers

  Apr-1934 – Dec-1942: Culture Publications, NY
  Jan-1943 – Mar-1944: Trojan Publishing
  Apr-1944 – Jan-1946: Arrow Publishing

Editors

  Kenneth W. Hutchinson

Formats

  standard pulp

Prices

  Apr-1934 – Dec-1942: 25c
  Jan-1943 – Jan-1946: 15c

Pagecounts

  128pp

Frequency

  Apr-1934 – Sep-1943: monthly
  Nov-1943 – Jan-1946: bi-monthly

Sources

  AHGTTP, UltGuide, Uncovered, CookMDE
Issue Checklist

Spicy Horror Stories

"This title may not exist. It does occur in the occasional magazine checklist but exhaustive research and inquiries have turned up absolutely no information on it.

"The earliest reference to it is in a Bradford Day checklist of the early 1950's. Day lists the title as being British. He thought that it was published in the mid-1930's. He goes on to say that he has no data on it.

"Copies do not exist in either the British Library or in Oxford's Bodleian Library. No collector or researcher that we contacted had a copy or had ever seen one. That does not mean that the title does not exist. At the same time, it must be viewed as probably being apocryphal. It seems most likely that indexers after Day simply picked up his reference and incorporated it in their own work." (Miller/Contento)

Issues & Index Sources:  mid 1930s (possibly phantom)
Sources:   SFFWF

Spicy Movie Tales

see under Saucy Movie Tales

Spicy Mystery Stories

Total Issues: 73+19=92

Issues & Index Sources

  Jul-1934 – Dec-1942: Miller/Contento
Crime Fiction Index (in progress)
  Jan-1943 – Mar-1946, as Speed Mystery: Miller/Contento
Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

Publishers

  Jul-1934 – Dec-1942: Culture Publications, NY
  Jan-1943 – Mar-1944: Trojan Publishing
  Apr-1944 – Jan-1946: Arrow Publishing

Editors

  Kenneth W. Hutchinson

Formats

  standard pulp

Prices

  Jul-1934 – Dec-1942: 25c
  Jan-1943 – Jan-1946: 15c

Pagecounts

  128pp

Frequency

  Jul-1934 – May-1943: monthly
  Jul-1943 – Jan-1946: bi-monthly

Sources

  AHGTTP, UltGuide, CookMDE
Issue Checklist

Spicy Screen Stories

Issues & Index Sources

  Dec-1935
  Jan-1936 – Apr-1936, as Stage and Screen Stories

#merges with Saucy Movie Tales

Publishers

  Movie Digest

Sources

  UltGuide, Uncovered

Spicy Stories

Features Risque Stories & Illustrations.

Issues & Index Sources:  Dec-1928 – Jul-1938?: Fictionmags Website (sample issues only)
Publishers:   Dover, Delaware
Prices:   25c
Frequency:   monthly
Sources:   UltGuide, Uncovered
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Spicy Tales

Total Issues: 20

Comic book reprinting comic strips that appeared in the 'Spicy' line of pulps by Frank Armer's Culture Publications.

Issues & Index Sources:  Sep-1988 – Jun-1990
Publishers:   Aircel (Malibu Graphics)
Editors:   Chris Ulm
Formats:   quarto newsprint
Prices:   $1.95 to $2.95
Pagecounts:   32pp
Frequency:   monthly (with some gaps)
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Spicy Western Stories

Total Issues: 57+42=99

Note that from 1936 through late 1937, most issues appeared in two different versions - one uncensored and the other self-censored. The censored version was identifiable by a star within a box located at the top of the cover.

Issues & Index Sources

  Nov-1936 – Dec-1942: Fictionmags Website (sample issues only)
  Jan-1943 – Jan-1948, as Speed Western Stories: Pulp Magazine Index 2

Publishers

  Nov-1936 – Dec-1942: Culture Publications, NY
  Jan-1943 – Mar-1944: Trojan Publishing
  Apr-1944 – Jan-1946: Arrow Publishing

Editors

  Kenneth W. Hutchinson

Formats

  standard pulp

Prices

  Nov-1936 – Dec-1942: 25c
  Jan-1943 – Jan-1946: 15c

Pagecounts

  128pp

Frequency

  mostly bi-monthly

Sources

  AHGTTP, UltGuide, DinWest, Uncovered
Issue Checklist

Spicy Zeppelin Stories

Total Issues: 1

This imaginary title was a long-standing joke amongst pulp fans, representing the ultimate absurd cross-genre magazine. It was probably inevitable that someone would eventually attempt to fabricate a copy. Odyssey Publications, a pulp reprint publisher, made such an attempt, with partner Will Murray writing the entire issue. Unfortunately, Odyssey became dormant shortly thereafter, and the publication languished until 1989, when pulp fan Doug Ellis heard about it and persuaded Murray to let him publish it.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1989: Miller/Contento

The Spider

Total Issues: 118

A character pulp. Most of the novels have a macabre tone that matches that of the horror pulps; many have actual SF/fantasy elements.

Issues & Index Sources

  Oct-1933 – Dec-1943: Miller/Contento
Pulp Magazine Index 1

Publishers

  Popular Publications

Editors

  1933 – 1942: Rogers Terrill
  in 1943: Robert Turner and Ryerson Johnson

Formats

  standard pulp

Prices

  10c

Pagecounts

  Oct-1933 – Mar-1936: 128pp
  Apr-1936 – Dec-1943: 112pp

Frequency

  Oct-1933 – Mar-1943: monthly
  Apr-1943 – Dec-1943: bi-monthly

Sources

  AHGTTP, UltGuide, CookMDE

The Spider (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of The Spider.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1930s
Formats:   standard pulp
Sources:   Pulpster11

The Spider (UK)

British reprint edition of The Spider.

Issues & Index Sources:  late 1940s
Publishers:   Thorpe & Porter
Formats:   pulp
Sources:   CookMDE

Spiderweb

see under Skullduggery

Spies Confidential

Total Issues: 1

Possibly non-fiction.

Issues & Index Sources:  1960
Publishers:   H.S. Publishing
Sources:   MansWorld

Spin

Music magazine (?) with some literary content.

Issues & Index Sources:  198? – ?
Frequency:   monthly

Spirit of the Times

Originally a sports and humour magazine but ran increasingly more short stories, especially tales of the frontier; superseded by The Spirit of the Times and Sportsman, retitled Wilkes's Spirit of the Times from 1861 - 1902.

Issues & Index Sources

  10-Dec-1831 – 1856
  1856 – 1861, as Porter's Spirit of the Times

Publishers

  William T. Porter, to 1856; then George Wilkes

Editors

  William T. Porter


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