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Planet Stories (Australia)

Country: Australia

Australian reprint edition of Planet Stories. Identical to the equivalent British reprint issues, except for pricing.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

(Missing: all except #7 & #8)

Formats: pulp


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Planet Stories (Canada)

Country: Canada
Total Issues: 12

Canadian reprint edition of Planet Stories. Identical to the equivalent US issues, except for Canadian pricing.

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 1948 – Mar-1951:

Science Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   American News Company of Toronto
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Pulpster #11, 2001



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Planet Stories (New Zealand)

Country: New Zealand

New Zealand reprint edition of Planet Stories. Identical to the equivalent British reprint issues, except for pricing.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any before #7; #8)

Formats: pulp



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Planet Stories (UK) [1950]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 12

British reprint edition of Planet Stories.

There were Australian and New Zealand reprint editions of some of the issues (at least 1 in Australia and 7 in New Zealand) but it is thought these simply had different covers and prices to the UK editions.

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1950 – Sep-1954:	Science Fiction Index
	Index to British Science Fiction Magazines

Publishers:   Mar-1950 – Sep-1954: Pembertons of Manchester
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   9d or 1/-
Pagecounts:   66pp



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Planet Stories (UK) [1954]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1?

British reprint edition of Planet Stories. Only one, undated, issue is known which is a partial reprint of the November 1952 US issue.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1955/6:	Science Fiction Index
	Index to British Science Fiction Magazines

Publishers:   Streamline Publications, 105 Curtain Road, London EC2
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   9d
Pagecounts:   68pp


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Play

Country: US

Subtitled "Girls on Parade". Contained pin-ups but no fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1942 – ?

Publishers: White Publications

Play Book Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 169

Issues & Index Sources:  1903 – 1923

Publishers:   J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Playboy

Country: US
Total Issues: 762+1=763 (as at Apr-2025)

Men's magazine which has always published considerable fiction and during Ray Russell's editorship included a lot of sf, fantasy and horror. Authors include Evelyn Waugh, Carl Sandburg, Nelson Algren and many in the sf/horror fields.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1953 – Spring 2020:	Destiny Reference Guide
	FictionMags Index

Feb-2025 – present:

FictionMags Index

(Missing: any issues after Feb-2025)

Website: www.playboy.com

Publishers

HMH Publishing, Playboy Building, 919 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 (in 1998 - 2002)

Editors

  ?: Jack Kessie
  1955 – 1960: Ray Russell
  1965 – 1966: Frank DuBlois
  1967 – 1976: Robie Macauley
  1976 – 1979: Victoria Chen Haider
  1980 – 2000?: Alice Turner

Formats

standard slick

Frequency

monthly

Related Sites

  Wikipedia
  Science Fiction Encyclopedia

Mentioned in:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)



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Playboy (South Africa)

Country: South Africa

South African edition of Playboy.

Issues & Index Sources: in 2010s:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Play Dates

Country: US

"A review reproduction of the best entertainment in the men's magazine field".

Issues & Index Sources: in 1960s

(possibly non-fiction)

Publishers: Bruce Royal Publishing


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Playful

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1953: FictionMags Index

Publishers: Paget Publications, 106 Glenthorne Road, Hammersmith, London

Playgirl

Country: US
Total Issues: 426

A monthly pornographic magazine that featured semi-nude or fully nude men. The magazine was founded in 1973 during the height of the feminist movement as a response to erotic men's magazines such as Playboy and Penthouse that featured similar photos of women. It published the occasional piece of fiction, but much less than Playboy did.

Issues & Index Sources: Jun-1973 – Jan/Feb-2009:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Related Sites: Wikipedia



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Play Hour

Country: UK

Issues & Index Sources: 1857 – 1858

Playmate

Country: UK

Issues & Index Sources: 1848 – 1849

Frequency: monthly

Play-Things

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

"Reproducing the best—including fiction, articles, cartoons—from the men's magazine field".

Issues & Index Sources: 1964

Publishers: Bruce Royal Publishing


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Playtime (UK)

Country: UK
Total Issues: 103

Issues & Index Sources:  Dec-1900 – Jun-1909

Publishers:   5 Agar Street, Strand, London E.C.
Prices:   1d
Frequency:   monthly (1st of month)