| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | mid-Dec | |
| Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | |||||||||
| 1949 | v14 #3 Sep |
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| 1950 | v15 #2 Jan |
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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | mid-Dec | |
| Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | |||||||||
| 1942 | v 1 #1 Apr |
v 1 #2 Win |
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Exciting Sports was the third general sports pulp from the 'Thrilling' stable, running for 42 issues from 1941 to 1951. For the final 4 issues the title changed to 5 Sports Classics; I didn't get these issues from the Library of Congress, so full completion of the contents of this magazine is still to be done. To begin with, Exciting Sports had 'special' issues which had either all baseball or all American football stories; it wasn't until later that it became a truly 'general' pulp with stories from other sports other than these mixed in.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | mid-Dec | |
| Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | |||||||||
| 1941 | v 1 #1 Wtr |
v 1 #2 Spr |
v 1 #3 Sum |
v 2 #1 Fll |
v 2 # 2 Wtr |
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| 1942 | v 2 #3 Spr |
v 3 #1 Sum |
v 3 #2 Fll |
v 3 #3 Wtr |
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| 1943 | v 4 #1 Spr |
v 4 #2 Sum |
v 4 #3 Fll |
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| 1944 | v 5 #1 Wtr |
v 5 #2 Spr |
v 5 #3 Fll |
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| 1945 | v 6 #1 Wtr |
v 6 #2 Spr |
v 6 #3 Fll |
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| 1946 | v 7 #1 Spr |
v 7 #2 Sum |
v 7 #3 Fll |
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| 1947 | v 8 #1 Wtr |
v 8 #2 Spr |
v 8 #3 Sum |
v 9 #1 Fll |
v 9 #2 Dec |
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| 1948 | v 9 #3 Feb |
v10 #1 Apr |
v10 #2 Jun |
v10 #3 Aug |
v11 #1 Oct |
v11 #2 Dec |
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| 1949 | v11 #3 Feb |
v12 #1 Sum |
v12 #2 Fll |
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| 1950 | v12 #3 Wtr |
v13 #1 Spr |
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| 1950 | v13 #2 Sum |
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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | mid-Dec | |
| Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | |||||||||
| 1940 | v 1 #1 Fll |
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| 1941 | v 1 #2 Wtr |
v 1 #3 Mar |
v 2 #1 May |
v 2 #2 Sum |
v 2 #3 Fll |
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| 1942 | v 3 #1 Wtr |
v 3 #2 Mar |
v 3 #3 Spr |
v 4 #1 Sum |
v 4 #2 Fll |
v 4 #3 Win |
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| 1943 | v 5 #2 Apr |
v 5 #3 Jun |
v 6 #1 Aug |
v 6 #2 Oct |
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| 1944 | v 8 #2 Oct |
v 8 #3 Dec |
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| 1945 | v 9 #1 Feb |
v 9 #2 Apr |
v 9 #3 Jun |
v10 #1 Aug |
v10 #3 Dec |
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| 1946 | v11 #1 Feb |
v11 #2 Apr |
v11 #3 Jun |
v12 #1 Aug |
v12 #2 Nov |
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| 1947 | v12 #3 Jan |
v13 #1 Mar |
v13 #2 May |
v13 #3 Jul |
v14 #1 Sep |
v14 #2 Nov |
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| 1948 | v14 #3 Jan |
v15 #1 Mar |
v15 #2 May |
v15 #3 Jul |
v16 #1 Sep |
v16 #2 Nov |
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| 1949 | v16 #3 Jan |
v17 #1 Mar |
v17 #2 May |
v17 #3 Jul |
v18 #1 Sep |
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| 1950 | v18 #3 Jan |
v19 #1 Mar |
v20 #2 Nov |
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| 1951 | v20 #3 Jan |
v21 #3 Jul |
v22 #1 Sep |
v22 #2 Nov |
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| 1952 | v23 #3 Jul |
v24 #1 Sep |
v24 #2 Nov |
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| 1953 | v24 #3 Jan |
v25 #1 Mar |
v25 #2 May |
v25 #3 Jul |
v26 #1 Oct |
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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | mid-Dec | |
| Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | |||||||||
| 1950 | * | ||||||||||||
| 1952 | v 1 #11 Jun |
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| 1954 | v 3 # 5 Jun |
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| 1955 | v 4 #4 May |
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| 1953 | v 2 # 3 Feb |
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| 1954 | v 3 # 7 Aug |
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| 1955 | v 4 # 5 Jun |
v 4 #11 Dec |
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