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Detective Parade

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

One-shot crime fiction magazine which promised "all new fast moving and action packed stories".

Issues & Index Sources:  1945: Crime Fiction Index
Publishers:   Frank Communale Publishing, 55 West 42nd Street, NY
Editors:   Arthur Kass
Formats:   hybrid pulp/bedsheet
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps
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Detective Picture Stories

Country: US

True crime. Comic with artwork by George Brenner, Will Eisner and others.

Issues & Index Sources:  Dec-1936 – ?

Detective Reporter

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

MDE says the issue is "all true detective cases except one fictional story" but that one story is a reprint from Saucy Detective Stories where it is listed (by MDE) as non-fiction. The cover suggests it is a pure true crime mag.

Issues & Index Sources:  Sep-1937: FictionMags Index
Publishers:   The Publishers Holding Company, NY
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines

Detective Romances

see under Ace Mystery

Detective Romances (Canada)

Country: Canada

Canadian reprint edition of Detective Romances.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1930s: Crime Fiction Index (Missing: all issues)
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Pulpster #11, 2001
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Detective Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 25

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1910s: Dime Novel Bibliography
Publishers:   Max Stein & Co., 508 S. State St., Chicago, IL
Formats:   7 x 4¾"
Pagecounts:   40
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography


Detective Shorts

Country: UK
Total Issues: 4

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

Issues & Index Sources:  Oct-1945 – 1946: Crime Fiction Index (Missing: #3)
Publishers:   Gerald G. Swan, London
Formats:   digest
Pagecounts:   64pp
Mentioned in:   Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
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Detective Short Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 26

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.

Issues & Index Sources

  Aug-1937 – Oct-1943: Crime Fiction Index
Pulp Magazine Index 4
  Oct-1947: Crime Fiction Index

Publishers

  Aug-1937 – Oct-1943: Manvis Publications
  Oct-1947: Exclusive Detective Stories, Inc.

Editors

  Robert O. Erisman

Formats

  standard pulp

Prices

  10c

Pagecounts

  112pp

Frequency

  mostly quarterly

Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
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Detective Star Magazine

This is listed in John Locke's Pulp Title Index as a detective pulp, but JL has subsequently confirmed it was an error for {Star Detective}.

Detective Stories [1910]

Country: US
Total Issues: 50

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1910s: Dime Novel Bibliography
Publishers:   Max Stein & Co., 508 S. State St, Chicago, IL
Prices:   25c
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography


Detective Stories [1952]

Country: Australia

The contents of the only known issue (#9) of the second series are identical to the only known issue (#1) of Manhunt Stories, also published by Page Publications.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jun-1952? – ?: Crime Fiction Index (sample issues only)
Publishers:   Blue Diamond Publishing Company, Sydney; Page Publications Pty. Ltd., Surry Hills, NSW.
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Detective Story Annual

Country: US
Total Issues: 7

Annual series of reprints, mostly from Detective Story Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  1941 – 1949: Crime Fiction Index (Missing: 1945, 1947 - may not exist)
Publishers:   Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Editors:   Daisy Bacon from 1944
Formats:   bedsheet (last issue digest)
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   160pp (last issue 224pp)
Frequency:   annual (missing 1945 & 1947)
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
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Detective Story Magazine [1915]

Country: US
Total Issues: 1057

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.

Issues & Index Sources

  5-Oct-1915 – 14-Feb-1931: Crime Fiction Index
  21-Feb-1931 – Summer 1949, as Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine: Crime Fiction Index

Publishers

  Street & Smith Publications, Inc.

Editors

  1915 – 1938: Frank E. Blackwell
  1938: Anthony M. Rud
  1939 – 1940: Hazlett Kessler
  1941: R.B. Miller
  1942: Ronald Oliphant
  May-1942 – Summer 1949: Daisy Bacon

Formats

  5-Oct-1915 – Sep-1943: standard pulp
  Oct-1943 – Sep-1948: digest
  Winter 1949 – Summer 1949: pulp

Frequency

  5-Oct-1915 – 20-Aug-1917: twice a month
  4-Sep-1917 – 3-Sep-1932: weekly
  Oct-1932: monthly
  25-Oct-1932 – 25-Sep-1935: twice monthly
  Oct-1935 – Sep-1948: monthly
  Winter 1949 – Summer 1949: quarterly

Related Sites

  The Pulp Magazines Project

Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines

Online Sources

  Online Books (5 issues)
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Detective Story Magazine [1952]

Country: US
Total Issues: 6

A short-lived relaunch of the venerable Detective Story Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  Nov-1952 – Sep-1953: Crime Fiction Index
Pulp Magazine Index 4
Publishers:   New Publications imprint of Popular Publications, NY
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   16pp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
 
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Detective Story Magazine (UK)

see under Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine (UK)

Detective Story Magazine [1988]

see under Hardboiled (Detective)

Detective Story Magazine (Australia)

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 1?

Thin magazine of stories by Australian authors; only 1 issue known.

Issues & Index Sources:  Dec-1947: Crime Fiction Index
Publishers:   Emvee Publishing Co., Sydney
Prices:   6d
Pagecounts:   64pp
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Detective Tabloid

see under Daring Detective

Detective Tales [1922]

see also under Real Detective Tales (and Mystery Stories)

Detective Tales [1935]

Country: US
Total Issues: 202

Note: Some issues of Detective Tales had the descriptive text "Twelve Stories" above the title, which has led to the rumour of a title called "Twelve Stories Detective Tales".

Issues & Index Sources

  Aug-1935 – Aug-1953: Crime Fiction Index
Pulp Magazine Index 1

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Publishers

  Popular Publications, NY

Editors

  1935: Rogers Terrill
  1936: Henry Sperry
  1939: Loring Dowst
  1944: Ryerson Johnson

Formats

  standard pulp

Prices

  Aug-1935 – 1944: 10c
  1944 – 1949: 15c
  1949 – Aug-1953: 25c

Pagecounts

  varied but mostly 128pp

Frequency

  Aug-1935 – Apr-1951: monthly
  Jun-1951 – Aug-1953: bimonthly

Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
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Detective Tales (Canada)

Country: Canada

This was a reprint series which selected from the US Detective Tales. At least one issue (October 1946) seems to have been reprinted in the UK as a "special British edition".

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1940s: Crime Fiction Index (sample issues only)
Publishers:   Popular Publications Canada
Formats:   pulp
Mentioned in:   The Pulpster #11, 2001
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Detective Tales (UK) [1940]

Country: UK

British reprint edition of Detective Tales.

Issues & Index Sources:  c. 1940: Crime Fiction Index
Publishers:   T.V. Boardman
Formats:   standard pulp
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