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Star Detective Magazine

Total Issues: 11+5=16

Star Detective was a weird menace pulp that ran for 11 issues in the late 1930s before being replaced by Uncanny Tales, which ran for a further 5 issues.

Issues & Index Sources

May-1935 – Nov-1938:	Pulp Magazine Index 1
	Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

Apr/May-1939 – May-1940, as Uncanny Tales:

Miller/Contento

Publishers

May-1935 – Nov-1938: Western Fiction (Martin Goodman)
Apr/May-1939 – May-1940: Manvis Publications

Editors

May-1935 – Nov-1938: James Randall
Apr/May-1939 – May-1940: Robert O. Erisman

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

May-1935 – Nov-1938: 25c
Apr/May-1939 – May-1940: 15c

Pagecounts

May-1935 – Nov-1938: 196pp
Apr/May-1939 – May-1940: 112pp

Frequency

irregular, though vaguely quarterly

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide, CookMDE



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Stardock

Total Issues: 4

Semi-professional magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1977 – #4, 1979:

Miller/Contento

Stardom

see under Seventeen

Stardust (fnz)

Total Issues: 5

Amateur magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1940 – Nov-1940:

Miller/Contento



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Stardust SF

Total Issues: 9

Semi-professional magazine. The first issue is mispaginated; page numbers 18, 19, 29 & 30 do not exist.

Issues & Index Sources

#1, 1975 – v3 #2, 1981:

Miller/Contento

Publishers

Stardust Publications, Toronto, Canada

Editors

Forrest Fusco, Jr.

Formats

  #1, 1975: octavo
  #2, 1976 – #3, 1976: vest pocket sized
  #4, 1977 – v3 #2, 1981: octavo

Prices

#1, 1975 – v2 #3, 1978/1979: C$1.50
v3 #1, 1979 – v3 #2, 1981: C$1.95

Pagecounts

various (48-88pp)

Frequency

irregular

The Star Journal

see under Saturday Journal

Star Library

see under Pluck

Starlight (fnz)

Fanzine including fiction by Emil Petaja and humour by Damon Knight.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1941

Publishers: Tom Wright, Joe J. Fortier and James Bush, Martinez, California
Editors: Tom Wright, Joe J. Fortier and James Bush

Star*Line

Speculative poetry magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: ? – present:

Miller/Contento

(incomplete)

Publishers:   SFPA, 1300 Kicker Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404
Website:   www.sfpoetry.com
Editors:   David C. Kopaska-Merkel
Email Address:   dragontea@earthlink.net
Formats:   octavo
Pagecounts:   20pp
Frequency:   mainly bi-monthly



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Starlit Fantasy (fnz)

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s

Publishers: Harry Schmaarj-Man, Chicago, Illinois
Editors: Harry Schmaarj-Man

Star Love Stories

Issues & Index Sources: in 1960s

Publishers: D.C. Thomson
Pagecounts: 68pp

Star Magazine

Total Issues: 12

Issues & Index Sources: Nov-1930 – Oct-1931:	Cook/Miller
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Publishers:   Doubleday
Editors:   Roy S. de Horn
Formats:   pulp
Prices:   20c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   monthly
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide



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Starman

see under Perry Rhodan

Star Novels Magazine

Total Issues: 12+18=30

Issues & Index Sources

#1, 1931 – Summer 1932, as Star Novels Quarterly:

Fall 1932 – Jul/Aug-1935, as Star Novels Magazine:

Publishers

Nov-1930 – Oct-1931: Doubleday, Doran
#1, 1931 – Jul/Aug-1935: H.K. Fly

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

25c

Pagecounts

256pp

Frequency

monthly, but quarterly [Win] 1931 - Spring 1934; and last three issues irregular

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide



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Star Novels Magazine (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of Star Novels Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1930s

Publishers: Doubleday, Doran & Co.
Formats: standard pulp

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Star Novels Quarterly

see under Star Novels Magazine

StarQuest

Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1994 – Nov/Dec-1994:

Miller/Contento

(Missing: #2)

Star Roots (fnz)

Total Issues: 1

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1989:

Miller/Contento

Starry Bedtime Stories

Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1950

Publishers: Paget Publications, 106 Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith, London
Pagecounts: 36pp

Star Science Fiction

Total Issues: 1

Ballantine Books had published a highly successful series of original anthologies called Star Science Fiction Stories. After this short-lived attempt to convert the series to magazine format, the paperback anthologies were resumed.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1958:

Miller/Contento

Publishers:   Ballantine Magazines
Editors:   Frederik Pohl
Formats:   digest
Prices:   35c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Sources:   UltGuide


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Starshore

Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources: v1 #1, 1990 – v1 #4, 1991:

Miller/Contento

Publishers:   McAlpine Publishing, Virginia Beach, VA
Editors:   Richard Rowland
Formats:   quarto
Prices:   $3.95
Pagecounts:   60pp
Frequency:   quarterly


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