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Pluto

Country: US

A classic late 1930s/early 1940s fanzine which included stories, articles and fan notes. It also ran some poetry and has an extensive letter column. There were letters from Damon Knight, Will Sykora, H.C. Koenig and other "big name" fans.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1940s
Publishers:   The Literature, Science and Hobbies Club, Decker, Indiana
Editors:   Vincent and Marvis Manning
Frequency:   bimonthly

Pocket Book Weekly (Storyteller)

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 731?

Story paper that published some "Saint" stories by Leslie Charteris.

Issues & Index Sources

  23-Jan-1943 – 15-May-1943, as Pocket Book: Wireless Weekly
  22-May-1943 – 1948?, as Pocket Book Weekly: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)
  1948? – 23-Feb-1957?, as Pocket Book Weekly Storyteller: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)

Publishers

  Associated Newspapers Ltd., Sydney

Formats

  6¾" x 7¾"

Pagecounts

  80pp

Frequency

  weekly
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Pocket Budget Library

Country: UK
Total Issues: 26?

Issues & Index Sources:  Jul-1903 – Apr-1904: Story Paper Index (Missing: #5, #6, all after #8)
Publishers:   James Henderson

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Pocket Budget Stories of Short and Serial Stories

Country: UK
Total Issues: 11

Issues & Index Sources

  2-May-1903 – 11-Jul-1903

#becomes Pocket Budget Library

Publishers

  James Henderson

Frequency

  weekly

Pocket Detective Magazine [1936]

Country: US
Total Issues: 11

An early experiment with a "pocket-sized" magazine to persuade readers to part with their cash in the hard days after the depression, Pocket Detective featured many of the same authors as the other Street & Smith detective pulps. Bad sales did not result in the anticipated success and it folded after 11 issues.

Issues & Index Sources:  Dec-1936 – Oct-1937: Crime Fiction Index
Publishers:   Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Editors:   Robert Arthur
Formats:   Pocketbook
Prices:   15c
Pagecounts:   160pp
Frequency:   monthly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
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Pocket Detective Magazine [1950]

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

Designed to fit in a man's hip-pocket, Pocket Detective featured fast-action, crime-adventure stories, each preceded by a pulplike illustration and printed on cheap paper. It folded after only two issues.

Issues & Index Sources:  Sep-1950 – Nov-1950: Crime Fiction Index
Publishers:   Trojan Magazines
Editors:   Adolphe Barreaux
Formats:   paperback
Prices:   15c
Pagecounts:   96pp
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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Pocket Love Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources:  May-1937 – Nov-1937
Publishers:   Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Formats:   pocketbook
Frequency:   bimonthly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps

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The Pocket Magazine [1818]

Country: UK

Issues & Index Sources

  Jan-1818 – Jun-1824
  Jul-1824 – Dec-1826, as Arliss' Pocket Magazine
  Jan-1827 – 1833, as The Pocket Magazine

Frequency

  monthly

Pocket Magazine [1895]

Country: US

Featured short stories plus humorous quips.

Issues & Index Sources

  Nov-1895 – Dec-1901: FictionMags Index (Missing: Jun-1900; Oct-1900; Dec-1900; Aug-1901; Oct-1901; Dec-1901)

#merges with The American Magazine

Publishers

  Frederick A. Stokes, NY

Editors

  Nov-1895 – Jun-1898: Irving Bacheller
  Jul-1898 – Dec-1901: Abbot Frederic (pseudonym of Frederick Stokes)

Formats

  pocketbook

Prices

  5c to 10c

Pagecounts

  128pp to 256pp

Frequency

  monthly to Jun-1898, then bimonthly
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The Pocket Magazine [1922]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources:  26-Aug-1922: FictionMags Index
Publishers:   United Press Ltd., St. Bride's House, Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, London EC4
Prices:   3d
Pagecounts:   80pp


The Pocket Magazine [1930]

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources:  Dec-1930: General Fiction Index
Publishers:   Gilbert Patten Corp.
Editors:   S.W. Jenkins
Formats:   pocketbook
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps

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Pocket Man

Country: Australia
Total Issues: 230+

Offshoot from Man with the same mix of pin-ups, cartoons, features and fiction, it was effectively a replacement for Man Junior when that title shifted to full-size format.

Issues & Index Sources:  Apr-1954 – 1973?: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)
Publishers:   K.G. Murray, Sydney
Formats:   digest
Related Sites:   www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/man.html

Pocket Reader Series

Country: UK
Total Issues: 34

A series of small paperbacks that are variously listed as anthologies or magazines. Contents of issues varied between detective, romance and westerns, at least. The detective issues were entitled Detective Tales and mainly reprinted stories from the Popular Publications magazine of the same name and Dime Detective, leading it to be listed sometimes as a British reprint edition of the former magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  1947 – 1951: Crime Fiction Index (Missing: #115; #120; #131; #132; #133)
Western Fiction Index
Publishers:   T.V. Boardman, 14 Cockspur St., London, SW1
Editors:   Tom Boardman
Formats:   small digest (4" x 5.5") for #101 - #112; then digest (4.75" x 6.75")
Prices:   6d
Pagecounts:   96pp (#101 - #112); 64pp (#113 - #122); 96pp (#123 - #130)
Mentioned in:   Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
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Pocket Series

Country: UK
Total Issues: 50

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1940s
Publishers:   Pocket Editions
Formats:   pocket library


Pocket Sketch

Country: US

Men's humour magazine that published several pieces of fiction in each issue.

Issues & Index Sources:  Oct-1940 – ?
Formats:   9" x 6"
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   94pp

Pocket Western Magazine [1937]

Country: US
Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources:  Apr-1937 – Oct-1937: Western Fiction Index
Publishers:   Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Formats:   pocketbook
Prices:   15c
Pagecounts:   160pp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western

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