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Magazine Issues

3SF

Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources: Oct-2002 – Feb-2003:

Miller/Contento

Publishers:   Big Engine Co. Ltd, P.O. Box 185, Abingdon, OX14 1GR
Editors:   Liz Holliday
Formats:   A4
Prices:   £3.50
Pagecounts:   72pp
Frequency:   bi-monthly

Three Star Magazine

Total Issues: 21+13+26=60

Issues & Index Sources

1-Apr-1928 – 1-Feb-1929:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

14-Feb-1929 – Sep-1929, as Three Star Stories

Oct-1929 – Jun-1932, as All Star Detective Stories:	Pulp Magazine Index 4
	Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

#merges with Clues

Publishers

Three Star Publishing Corporation, 80 Lafayette St., New York, NY (a subsidiary of Clayton Magazines)

Editors

Carl F. Happel

Formats

standard pulp

Pagecounts

144pp

Frequency

  1-Apr-1928 – 15-Jul-1929: twice-monthly
  Oct-1929 – May-1931: monthly
  Jul-1931 – Jun-1932: bi-monthly

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide



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Three Star Stories

see under Three Star Magazine

3 Star Western Stories

see under New All-Action Stories

Three Western Novels Magazine

Total Issues: 11?

Issues & Index Sources: Jun-1948 – Dec-1950:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Atlas News
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   bi-monthly but no issues Nov-1948 - May-1949
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide, DinWest




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Threshold of Fantasy

Total Issues: 2

Semi-professional magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1982 – #2, 1985:

Miller/Contento

The Thrill Book

Total Issues: 16

While contemporary statements of intent indicate that this magazine was originally intended to have a heavy fantasy orientation, in actuality its fantasy content is probably not much higher than most contemporary adventure fiction magazines, and varies considerably from issue to issue.

The Annotated Index to The Thrill Book by Richard Bleiler (Starmont, 1991)

Issues & Index Sources

1-Mar-1919 – 15-Oct-1919:	Miller/Contento
	Pulp Magazine Index 1

Publishers

Street & Smith

Editors

1-Mar-1919 – 15-Jun-1919: Harold Hersey
1-Jul-1919 – 15-Oct-1919: Ronald Oliphant

Formats

1-Mar-1919 – 15-Jun-1919: "nickel library" format (10.75" x 8")
1-Jul-1919 – 15-Oct-1919: standard pulp

Prices

1-Mar-1919 – 15-Jun-1919: 10c
1-Jul-1919 – 15-Oct-1919: 15c

Pagecounts

1-Mar-1919 – 15-Jun-1919: 48pp
1-Jul-1919 – 15-Oct-1919: 160pp

Frequency

twice-monthly

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide



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The Thriller [1916]

The Thriller is an obscure magazine made up of unsold issues of The Black Cat, Short Stories and possibly other magazines. At this time it has been impossible to ascertain how many issues of The Thriller were published - the latest known is #4 in 1917.

A 1916 issue of The Black Cat contains an ad for The Thriller (probably #1) containing the August through November 1915 issues of The Black Cat.

Issues & Index Sources: 1916? – 1917?:

Miller/Contento

(sample issue only)

Publishers: The Shortstory Publishing Co.
Sources: AHGTTP


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The Thriller [1929]

Total Issues: 589

Contained a complete mystery story (25,000 words) each issue, plus supporting serials, short stories or features. Published masses of crime, mystery and thriller serials and stories, many adapted from US sources. Noted for its stories by Leslie Charteris and Edgar Wallace; also published Douglas Newton, Edmund Snell, Barry Perowne, Sydney Horler, Capt W.E. Johns and 'Maxwell Grant'.

Incorporates: Wild West from 25-Feb-1939 Further Reading: The Thriller by Derek J. Adley & W.O.G. Lofts (Colne, Lancs., A & B Whitworth, 1990).

Issues & Index Sources

9-Feb-1929 – 2-Mar-1940:

Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

9-Mar-1940 – 18-May-1940, as War Thriller:

Crime Fiction Index (in progress)

Publishers

Amalgamated Press

Editors

Len Pratt; Jack Hunt (Assistant Editor)

Formats

small tabloid

Prices

2d

Pagecounts

28pp; 24pp

Frequency

weekly (every Saturday)

Sources

CookMDE, AgeStory



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Thriller [1962]

Total Issues: 3

A confession format horror magazine with ludicrous photo covers. Printed in Canada.

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1962 – Jul-1962:

Miller/Contento

Publishers:   Tempest Publications, N.Y.
Editors:   Harry Schriner
Formats:   Quasi-slick
Prices:   35c
Pagecounts:   64pp
Frequency:   bi-monthly

Thriller Library

Total Issues: 24

Issues & Index Sources: Jul-1934 – Jun-1935:

Story Paper Index

Publishers:   Amalgamated Press
Pagecounts:   100pp
Frequency:   2 per month

ThrillerUK

Total Issues: 31 (as at May-2009)

A small press fan magazine that celebrates 'Pulp Fiction' both old and new. The magazine is a combination of articles on series characters and their creators and short stories by new and up and coming writers.

Issues & Index Sources: May-2000 – present:

Fictionmags Website

(sample issues only)

Website: www.thrilleruk.fsnet.co.uk/index.htm
Prices: £3.95



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Thrilling Adventures [1931]

Total Issues: 139

Issues & Index Sources: Dec-1931 – Nov-1943:

Pulp Magazine Index 2

Publishers:   Standard Magazines
Editors:   J.S. Williams
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   10c at outset
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   monthly to Mar-1943, then bi-monthly
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide



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Thrilling Adventures [2009]

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-2009 – present

Publishers:   Age of Adventure, 257 Alma Drive, Hazelwood, Mo. 63041
Formats:   trade paperback
Prices:   $9.50


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Thrilling American Novels

Mentioned in first issue of All Detective (UK).

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1955

Publishers: L. Miller & Son. Ltd., 342-4 Hackney Road, London E2

Thrilling Baseball

Total Issues: 3

Issues & Index Sources: Summer 1949 – Spring 1951:

Fictionmags Website

Publishers:   Standard Magazines
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   25c
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide, DinSprt

Thrilling Baseball (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of Thrilling Baseball.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1950

Formats: standard pulp
Sources: Pulpster11

Thrilling Confessions

Total Issues: 3+6=9

Issues & Index Sources

Oct-1938 – Summer 1939, as Popular Romances

Jun-1937 – Apr-1938, as Thrilling Confessions

Publishers

Standard Magazines

Formats

standard pulp

Sources

AHGTTP, UltGuide