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The Phantom Detective [v47 #3, June 1946] (10¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction.

The Phantom Detective [v48 #2, November 1946] (10¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction.

The Phantom Detective [v51 #1, March 1948] (15¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction.

The Phantom Detective [v51 #3, July 1948] (15¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction.

The Phantom Detective [v52 #2, November 1948] (15¢, pulp) Details taken from dealer’s catalogue on ABEBooks.

The Phantom Detective [v53 #2, Spring 1949] (10¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction.

The Phantom Detective [v54 #2, Winter 1950] (20¢, pulp) Information from EBAY ToC scan.

The Phantom Detective [v56 #3, Fall 1951] (20¢, pulp) Details taken from dealer’s catalogue on ABEBooks.

The Phantom Detective (Canada)

The Phantom Detective (Canada) [May 1943] (American News Co.; Toronto, Canada, 15¢, pulp) Reprints five stories and other features from US magazines. Information from EBAY ToC scan.

Phantom Detective Cases

Phantom Detective Cases [n.d. (1949?) (Spencer, 1/-, 28pp, pulp) [JE:2998]

The Phantom Suspense-Mystery Magazine

The Phantom Suspense-Mystery Magazine [v 1 #3] ed. Anon. (Sydney: The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, digest)

The Phantom Suspense-Mystery Magazine [v 1 #6] ed. Anon. (Sydney: The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, digest)

Phenomena

Phenomena [v 2 #2, Issue 4, Summer 1983] (Foster Publications; San Jose, CA, $1.75/£1.00, 32pp, 7" x 8½" s/s) The Literary Magazine for Supernatural & Horror Enthusiasts. [DKL]

Phil May’s Annual This was an interesting annual - sometimes appearing twice yearly as a WINTER ANNUAL and SUMMER ANNUAL - in fact the full title was usually presented as PHIL MAY’S ILLUSTRATED WINTER [or SUMMER] ANNUAL. Apart from two larger issues it was normally a squat almost square format, always with the same cover of a jester. It went through a range of editors and publishers and the early issues reflected Phil May’s renown for cartoons and jokes and the stories were usually humorous, certainly light hearted, and occasionally romantic. The odd ghost story or weird tale was also often humorous. However over time it grew increasingly macabre, especially under its final editor Harry Thompson whose issues are almost all full of weird and supernatural stories, the best by the Australian Ernest Favenc. I’ve listed the fiction and articles only but between every story was usually a cartoon or sketch by May, sometimes a portfolio of several pages. Needles to say the magazine did not long outlast his death. There are some well known names here but also some very strange stories by virtual unknowns. All the Sophie Osmond stories are weird. There’s also a Sherlock Holmes pastiche - I haven’t checked yet but I wasn’t sure if this was recorded. It’s by a “Mr. M--” who I believe is Julian Croskey - whoever he was. [MA]

Phil May’s Annual [No. 1, Summer 1892] ed. Francis Gribble (The Central Publishing & Advertising Co., 1/-, 126pp, cover by Phil May) [MA]

Phil May’s Annual [No. 2, Winter 1892] ed. Francis Gribble (Walter Haddon’s Central Publishing & Advertising Co., 1/-, 112pp, cover by Phil May) [MA]

Phil May’s Annual [No. 3, Winter 1893] ed. Francis Gribble (Walter Haddon’s Central Publishing & Advertising Co., 1/-, 112pp, cover by Phil May) [MA]
  • 1 · A Memory of the Pacific · Clark Russell · ss; crime story.
  • 9 · A Note on the Young Girl · Walter Besant · ar
  • 15 · Elaine in London · Richard Le Gallienne · ss
  • 27 · Parliamentary Pastimes · Harold Cox · ar
  • 37 · Bound in Boards · Charles J. Wills · ss
  • 45 · Happy Trelawney · Gilbert Parker · ss
  • 55 · The Odic Touch · Hume Nisbet · ss; occult.
  • 65 · Newlyn Notes · Anon. · ar; probably by the editor; noted as the article Phil May intended to write to accompany his drawings of artists at Newlyn.
  • 75 · The Hon. Adolphus Byngo’s Revenge · W. H. Devenish · ss
  • 83 · A Mother’s Education · Frederic Fenn · ss
  • 89 · The Valley of Horrors · Francis Gribble · ss; psychological ghost story.
  • 97 · Cruel Coppinger · David Clarke · ss
  • 103 · Molly · Phyllis Hawtrey · ss
  • 109 · “I Loved My Love with a ‘B’” · A. Adams Martin · ss; called ‘A Romance of the British Museum’, obviously a fantasy!

Phil May’s Annual [No. 4, Winter 1894] ed. Francis Gribble (Walter Haddon’s Central Publishing & Advertising Co., 1/-, 112pp, cover by Phil May) [MA]

Phil May’s Annual [No. 5, Winter 1895] ed. Grant Richards (The Office, Bouverie House, 1/-, 112pp, cover by Phil May) [MA]

Phil May’s Annual [No. 6, Winter 1896] ed. Neville Beeman (Neville Beeman, Ltd., 1/-, 122pp, cover by Phil May) [MA]

Phil May’s Annual [No. 7, Winter 1897] ed. Neville Beeman (Neville Beeman, Ltd., 1/-, 112pp, cover by Phil May) [MA]

Phil May’s Annual [No. 8, Summer (June) 1898] ed. Harry Thompson, [?] (W. Thacker, 1/-, 112pp, standard, cover by Phil May) [MA]

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