The FictionMags Index

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Straight Up (continued)

• * ___ February 1952 missing first two pages! [SW] (Contents)

The Strand

• * ___ features The Strand Magazine — UK; Jan. 1891-Mar. 1950 (710 issues); George Newnes, London; monthly; standard format, illustrated, initially 6d, digest-sized from Oct. 1941; editors Herbert Greenhough Smith (1891-1930), Reeves Shaw (1930-Sep. 1941); the leading UK popular fiction magazine, and a major trendsetter, it published most of the famous writers of its day, in particular A. Conan Doyle (the “Sherlock Holmes” short stories, which set the fashion for series stories, especially those featuring a hero-and-sidekick), Grant Allen, E. W. Hornung, W. W. Jacobs, H. G. Wells, E. Nesbit, Rudyard Kipling, A. E. W. Mason, Anthony Hope, O. Henry, P. G. Wodehouse; a US edition, Jan. 1891-Feb. 1916 (201 issues), was edited by James W. Smith; indexed, Index to the Strand Magazine, 1891-1950 by Geraldine Beare (Greenwood Press, 1982) [DP] This list contains information from 9 issues out of a total of 710. A complete index to this and other British fiction magazines is forthcoming from the British Library. For more information click here.

The Strand Magazine

• * ___ v 1 #1, January 1891 (6d, 112pp, standard) [DP] (Contents)
• * ___ v 1 #2, February 1891 (6d, 112pp, standard) [DP] (Contents)
• * ___ v 1 #3, March 1891 (6d, 112pp, standard) [DP] (Contents)
• * ___ v 1 #4, April 1891 (6d, 112pp, standard) [DP] (Contents)
• * ___ v 1 #5, May 1891 (6d, 112pp, standard) [DP] (Contents)
• * ___ v 1 #6, June 1891 (6d, 112pp, standard) [DP] (Contents)

The Strand

• * ___ December 1920 (120+136pp, pulp) [MA:6713] (Contents)
• * ___ December 1921 (120+108pp, pulp) [MA:6754] (Contents)
• * ___ February 1930 (pulp) This issue’s cover portrays a scene from the Edwar Wallace story. [MA] (Contents)

The Strand Magazine

• * ___ v82 #492, December 1931 (George Newnes, Ltd., 1/6, 218pp+, 6½" x 9¾" slick) “Christmas Number”; pages numbered 1-56, 533-674, 57-76. [JL] (Contents)

Strand Magazine

• * ___ v103 #621, October 1942 (George Newnes, Ltd., 1/6, 96pp+, digest) [STM] (Contents)
• * ___ v109 #654, July 1945 (George Newnes, Ltd., 1/6, 96pp+, digest) [STM] (Contents)

The Strand

• * ___ v118 #706, October 1949 (Newnes, George, 1/3d, 120pp, digest) [PSP] (Contents)

The Strand Magazine

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• * ___ # 3, November 1999-February 2000 (Birmingham, MI; Juliette Fredrickson, Publisher; $4.95, 56pp, quarto, cover by John Sutton) [Douglas G. Greene] (Contents)
• * ___ # 4, April-July 2000 (Birmingham, MI; Juliette Fredrickson, Publisher; $4.95, 56pp, quarto, cover by Norman Garstin) [Douglas G. Greene] (Contents)
• * ___ # 5, 2000 (Birmingham, MI; Juliette Fredrickson, Publisher; $4.95, 52pp, quarto, cover by John Sutton) [Douglas G. Greene] (Contents)
• * ___ #13, June-September 2004 (Birmingham, MI, $5.95, 64pp+, quarto) [MA] (Contents)
• * ___ #15, February-May 2005 (Birmingham, MI; Juliette Fredrickson, Publisher; editor, Andrew Gulli, $5.95, 72pp, quarto, cover by Ernest Fienne) [Douglas G. Greene] (Contents)
• * ___ #16, June-September 2005 (Birmingham, MI; Juliette Fredrickson, Publisher; editor, Andrew Gulli, $5.95, 72pp, quarto, cover by John Atkinson Grimshaw) [Douglas G. Greene] (Contents)
• * ___ #17, October-December 2005 (Birmingham, MI; Juliette Fredrickson, Publisher; editor, Andrew Gulli, $6.95, 72pp, quarto, cover by Edmund Leon Cortes) [Douglas G. Greene] (Contents)
• * ___ #18, February-May 2006 (Birmingham, MI; Juliette Fredrickson, Publisher; editor, Andrew Gulli, $5.95, 72pp, quarto, cover by Paul Fischer) [Douglas G. Greene] (Contents)
• * ___ #19, June-September 2006 (Birmingham, MI; Juliette Fredrickson, Publisher; editor, Andrew Gulli, $5.95, 84pp, quarto, cover by H. Mehrnia) [Douglas G. Greene] (Contents)
• * ___ #21, February-May 2007 (Birmingham, MI; Juliette Fredrickson, Publisher; editor, Andrew Gulli, $5.95, 72pp, quarto, cover by H. Mehrnia) [Douglas G. Greene] (Contents)
• * ___ #25, 2008 (Birmingham, MI, quarto) [Martin Wooster] (Contents)
• * ___ #26, October 2008-January 2009 (The Strand Magazine, Juliette Fredrickson, Publisher; Birmingham, MI, cover painting by Michael Alford, $6.95, 80pp, quarto s/s) [Douglas G. Greene] (Contents)
• * ___ #27, February-May 2009 (The Strand Magazine, Juliette Fredrickson, Publisher; Birmingham, MI, $6.95, 80pp, quarto s/s, cover by Michael Alford) [Douglas G. Greene] (Contents)

The Strand Magazine (US)

• * ___ features Last issue was v51 #301, February 1916.
• * ___ November 1898 (10¢, standard) Information from EBAY auction. (Contents)
• * ___ December 1898 (10¢, standard) Information from EBAY auction. (Contents)
• * ___ January 1899 (10¢, standard) Information from EBAY auction. (Contents)
• * ___ March 1899 (10¢, standard) Information from EBAY auction. (Contents)
• * ___ May 1899 (10¢, standard) Information from EBAY auction. (Contents)
• * ___ June 1899 (10¢, standard) Information from EBAY auction. (Contents)
• * ___ July 1899 (10¢, standard) Information from EBAY auction. (Contents)
• * ___ January 1900 (10¢, standard) Information from EBAY auction. (Contents)
• * ___ July 1900 (10¢, standard) Information from EBAY auction. (Contents)
• * ___ August 1900 (10¢, standard) Information from EBAY auction. (Contents)
• * ___ September 1900 (10¢, standard) Information from EBAY auction. (Contents)
• * ___ November 1900 (10¢, standard) Information from EBAY auction. (Contents)
• * ___ June 1901 (10¢, standard) Information from EBAY auction. (Contents)
• * ___ July 1901 (10¢, standard) Information from EBAY auction. (Contents)
• * ___ August 1901 (10¢, standard) Information from EBAY auction. (Contents)
• * ___ July 1902 (10¢, standard) Information from EBAY auction. (Contents)
• * ___ v30 #176, September 1905 (10¢, standard) Information from EBAY auction. (Contents)
• * ___ August 1911 (International News Company, The, 15¢) Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP] (Contents)
• * ___ v43 #253, February 1912 (10¢, 144pp, standard) Cover: A pretty girl stands just behind a railing; her body is facing left, but she is looking out directly at the reader and smiling prettily at you. Her hat is vaguely bell-shaped, covered with lace, and enourmous. She carries a bouquet in her left hand, held out in front of her (left side of the image) and her right hand is held up high, waving a couple of flowers at you. Printed in blue and red to simulate colors. [MW] (Contents)
• * ___ v43 #254, March 1912 (10¢, 144pp, standard) Cover: a pretty girl in a lavender dress and hat sits on a wing chair covered in floral upholstery; she looks at you with an indecipherable expression. Signed but I don’t know the artist: T. Tannell or something like. [MW] (Contents)
• * ___ v43 #255, April 1912 (10¢, 144pp, standard, cover by William Barribal) Cover: a pretty woman wearing a red-orange and white dress stands, looking at you with a haughty expression; perhaps a Gypsy or Flamenco. [MW] (Contents)
• * ___ v43 #256, May 1912 (10¢, 144pp, standard) Cover: a woman’s head, looking out at you; she wears dark clothes and a huge hat with blue feathers hanging left. She smiles Mona Lisa-like. No signature. [MW] (Contents)
• * ___ v43 #257, June 1912 (10¢, 144pp, standard, cover by William Barribal) Cover: a woman riding a horse, from right to left: dressed in riding clothes, numbered armband on her left upper arm. Only the top part of the horse is visible. Perhaps the horse is jumping; it’s certainly active. [MW] (Contents)
• * ___ v43 #258, July 1912 (10¢, 144pp, standard) Cover: a bathing beauty, dressed in orange-red, lies on the sand on her stomach, kicking up her legs and raising her head to smile at you as the water comes in and swirls around her. No signature. [MW] (Contents)
• * ___ v46 #271, August 1913 (10¢, 144pp, standard) Cover: a man and a woman, dressed for bathing, seem to be sitting on a rock at the edge of the water facing right and laughing as a wave splashes up onto the rock and them. She’s wearing orange suit similar to the one on the previous month’s cover, but trimmed in white instead of black. He’s just there for balance. [MW] (Contents)
• * ___ v46 #272, September 1913 (10¢, 144pp, standard) Cover: a pretty woman, head only, wearing a blue bonnet and facing left, but turning toward you to smile enigmatically. No signature. [MW] (Contents)
• * ___ v46 #273, October 1913 (10¢, 144pp, standard) Cover: a pretty woman golfer faces right, but is turned back to look at her young caddy as he hands her a club; she’s dressed in yellow and smiles as she contemplates whanging the heck out of that ball. No signature. [MW] (Contents)
• * ___ v46 #274, November 1913 (10¢, 144pp, standard) Cover: An elegant woman dressed for the masked ball, faces right but turns to look out at you and smile coquetteishly. No signature. [MW] (Contents)
• * ___ v46 #275, December 1913 (10¢, 144pp, standard) Cover a woman stands somewhat in front of a forest edge; she’s dressed with furs, for cold weather, and looks out at you somewhat wistfully. No signature. [MW] (Contents)
• * ___ v46 #276, January 1914 (10¢, 144pp, standard) Cover: two pretty young girls are crossing a wooden fence from right to left in a snow scene; one, wearing blue, climbing over the fence and looking back to smile at you and her friend; the friend carries what may be skates. No signature. [MA] (Contents)
• * ___ v50 #295, August 1915 (10¢, 144pp, standard) Cover: a woman’s head fills most of the page; she’s wearing a blue bathing cap and beyond her you can see it’s a beach scene. She is almost smiling but not actually gotten there yet. No signature. [MW] (Contents)
• * ___ v50 #296, September 1915 (10¢, 144pp, standard) Cover: a woman, facing right, has turned to look out at you and smile. She wears a largish hat, light-colored brim and dark top with various swirls of fabric or feathers around the top. She smiles knowingly. Signature: H [something] Middleton (perhaps Horace, Harris, Henrie). [MW] (Contents)
• * ___ v50 #297, October 1915 (10¢, 144pp, standard) Cover: a pretty woman looks right at you, smiling, as she holds a flower in her left hand. She is not wearing a hat. No signature. [MW] (Contents)
• * ___ v50 #298, November 1915 (10¢, 144pp, standard) Cover: a pretty woman is facing right, almost away from you, but she turns around her right shoulder to smile glowingly at you. She is wearing a peach blouse, a hat with a lot of orange sheer cloth wound around the top, and carries a pink rose in her left hand perched across her right shoulder. Signature: H [illeg] Middleton [or similar] [MW] (Contents)

Strange Detective Mysteries (Canada)

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• * ___ v 6 # 3, August 1941 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v 6 # 4, November 1941 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v 6 # 5, December 1941 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) Issue not found.
• * ___ v 6 # 6, January 1942 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) Issue not found.
• * ___ v 7 # 1, February 1942 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) Issue not found.
• * ___ v 7 # 2, March 1942 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) Issue not found.
• * ___ v 7 # 3, April 1942 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v 8 # 4, May 1942 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 # 1, August 1942 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 # 2, September 1942 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) Issue not found.
• * ___ v10 # 3, October 1942 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 # 4, November 1942 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 # 5, December 1942 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 # 6, January 1943 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 # 7, February 1943 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 # 8, March 1943 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 # 9, April 1943 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 #10, May 1943 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 #11, June 1943 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) Issue not found.
• * ___ v10 #12, July 1943 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 #13, August 1943 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 #14, September 1943 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) Issue not found.
• * ___ v10 #15, October 1943 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) Issue not found.
• * ___ v10 #16, November 1943 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 #17, December 1943 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 #18, January 1944 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) Issue not found.
• * ___ v10 #19, February 1944 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 #20, March 1944 (C10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 #21, April 1944 (C10¢, 80pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 #22, May 1944 (C10¢, 80pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 #23, June 1944 (C10¢, 80pp+, pulp) Issue not found.
• * ___ v10 #24, July 1944 (C10¢, 80pp+, pulp) Issue not found.
• * ___ v10 #25, August 1944 (C10¢, 80pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 #26, September 1944 (C10¢, 80pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 #27, October 1944 (C10¢, 80pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 #28, December 1944 (C10¢, 80pp+, pulp) Is this correct? Could it be v10 #29 or November 1944? (Contents)
• * ___ v10 #29, 194? (C15¢, 96pp+, pulp) Issue not found.
• * ___ v10 #30, January 1945 (C15¢, 96pp+, pulp) Issue not found.
• * ___ v10 #31, February 1945 (C15¢, 96pp+, pulp) Issue not found.
• * ___ v10 #32, March 1945 (C15¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 #33, April 1945 (C15¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 #34, May 1945 (C15¢, 96pp+, pulp) Issue not found.
• * ___ v10 #25, June 1945 (Popular Publications, Inc.; Toronto, C15¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v10 #26, July 1945 (C15¢, 96pp+, pulp) Issue not found.
• * ___ v11 #27, August 1945 (C15¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v11 #28, September 1945 (C15¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• * ___ v11 #29, October 1945 (C15¢, 96pp+, pulp) Issue not found.
• * ___ v11 #30, November 1945 (C15¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)

Strange Stories

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• * ___ v1 #3, June 1939 (Better Publications, 15¢, 132pp, pulp, cover by ?) [JB] (Contents)
• * ___ v4 #2, October 1940 (Thrilling, 10¢, 100pp, pulp) cover appears to be by Rudolph Belarski. [DLS] (Contents)

Street & Smith’s Complete Magazine

• * ___ features See under Complete Story Magazine.

Street & Smith’s Detective Monthly (British edition)

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• * ___ v 4 #1, December 1957 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1’-, 64pp+, digest) [MH] (Contents)

Street & Smith’s Love Story Magazine (Canada)

• * ___ features
• * ___ July 29, 1933 (Street & Smith Publications; Gardenvale, Quebec, 15¢, 160pp, pulp) Contents from EBAY auction. (Contents)

Street & Smith’s Mystery Detective (UK)

• * ___ features Listings by PSP unless otherwise indicated.
• * ___ v 2 # 3, August 1955 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing, 1/-, 64pp, 166mm x 244mm) (Contents)
• * ___ v 2 # 4, September 1955 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing, 1/-, 64pp, 166mm x 244mm) (Contents)
• * ___ v 2 # 7, December 1955 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing, 1/-, 64pp, 166mm x 244mm) (Contents)
• * ___ v 2 # 8, January 1956 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing, 1/-, 64pp, 166mm x 244mm) (Contents)
• * ___ v 2 #11, April 1956 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing, 1/-, 64pp, 166mm x 244mm) (Contents)
• * ___ v 2 #12, May 1956 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing, 1/3d, 64pp, 166mm x 244mm) (Contents)
• * ___ v 3 # 1, June 1956 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing, 1/3d, 64pp, 157mm x 228mm) (Contents)
• * ___ v 3 # 2, July 1956 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing, 1/3d, 64pp, 157mm x 228mm) (Contents)
• * ___ v 3 # 5, October 1956 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing, 1/3d, 64pp, 157mm x 228mm) (Contents)
• * ___ v 3 # 9, February 1957 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing, 1/3d, 64pp, 157mm x 228mm) [PSP] (Contents)
• * ___ v 3 #11, April 1957 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing, 1/3d, 64pp, 157mm x 228mm) [PSP] (Contents)
• * ___ v 4 # 1, June 1957 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing, 1/3d, 64pp, 157mm x 228mm) [PSP] (Contents)
• * ___ v 4 # 2, July 1957 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing, 1/3d, 64pp, 157mm x 228mm) [PSP] (Contents)
• * ___ v 4 # 3, August 1957 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing, 1/3d, 64pp, 157mm x 228mm) [PSP] (Contents)
• * ___ v 4 # 4, September 1957 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing, 1/3d, 64pp, 157mm x 228mm) [PSP] (Contents)

Street & Smith’s Mystery Magazine

• * ___ features Formerly Crime Busters. (Contents)
• * ___ v 6 #5, November 1940 (10¢, pulp, cover by Graves Gladney) (Contents)
• * ___ v 9 #2, May 1943 (10¢, pulp) Contents from EBAY auction. (Contents)

Street & Smith’s Sampler

• * ___ features
• * ___ 1931 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 144pp+, pulp) no TOC. [JL] (Contents)

Street & Smith’s Shadow Mystery Magazine (UK)

• * ___ features Listings by PSP unless otherwise indicated.