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    Detective Parade   (about)
    One-shot crime fiction magazine which promised “all new fast moving and action packed stories”.

    • Publishers:
      • Frank Communale Publishing Co.; 55 West 42nd Street, New York, NY: Detective Parade.

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    Detective Reporter   (about)
    One issue, all true detective cases.

    • Publishers:
      • the Publishers Holding Company; 205 East 42nd Street, New York, NY.: Detective Reporter.

    Detective Short Stories   (about)
    Detective Short Stories specialised in unflagging, unsubtle and ferocious action, with covers typically featuring girls in torn clothes, tied up and in fearful danger. Despite the relatively poor quality of most of the stories, the magazine lasted for six years from 1943 to 1947, followed four years later by a single issue from a different publisher.

    • Publishers:
      • Manvis Publications, Inc.; 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL: Detective Short Stories, Aug 1937 – Oct 1943.
      • Exclusive Detective Stories, Inc.; 350 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY: Detective Short Stories, Oct 1947.

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    Detective Shorts   (about)
    Small pamphlet magazines issued shortly after the end of the Second World War when paper rationing was at its height.

    • Publishers:
      • Gerald G. Swan, Ltd.: Detective Shorts.

    Detective Stories:   (about)
    Thin digest that ran for two separate series with a blend of original stories by Australian authors and reprints from American pulps.

    Detective Story Annual   (about)
    Annual series of reprints. mostly from Detective Story Magazine.

    • Publishers:
      • Street & Smith Publications, Inc.; 79 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY: Detective Story Annual.

    Detective Story Magazine:   (about)
    Detective Story Magazine was the first pulp magazine devoted to detective fiction, and was actually a continuation of the dime novel series Nick Carter Stories with its first issue continuing a serial begun in that magazine. It ran for 34 years with half of that being on a weekly basis (although it had dropped to quarterly by the end of its life), notching up an amazing 1057 issues.

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