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 Promising “double-action thrills in the world of crime”, the magazine typically featured tough detective and crime-adventure tableaus, spotlighting the hard-boiled school of the private eye. | 
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 A thin Australian digest printing original stories by Australian authors. | 
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 Double Action Detective Stories was a pulp magazine in every way but size, at a time when the competition had moved on to more sophisticated material. Initially published only twice a year (although the issues weren’t dated), it shifted to a quarterly schedule after the fifth issue, and then to a bimonthly schedule the following year, changing its name at much the same time to Double Action Detective and Mystery Stories. | 
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 Title changed from Double-Action Detective Stories. | 
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