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Action Stories

One of the great multi-genre pulps, Action Stories ran for an impressive 225 issues over a 30-year period. Launched in September 1921 by Fiction House, it managed a regular monthly schedule for 11 years, to the end of 1932, when there was a brief hiatus. It then picked up again on a (mainly) bi-monthly basis from 1934 to 1943, before dropping back to a quarterly schedule for the final seven years of its life.

A British Reprint Edition ran from April 1923 to January 1928, as well as in the 1950s, but precise details are not known at this stage.

1921
v1 #1
Sep v1 #2
Oct v1 #3
Nov v1 #4
Dec

1922 v1 #5
Jan
v1 #6
Feb v1 #7
Mar
v1 #8
Apr
v1 #9
May
v1 #10
Jun v1 #11
Jul v1 #12
Aug v2 #1
Sep v2 #2
Oct v2 #3
Nov v2 #4
Dec

1923 v2 #5
Jan v2 #6
Feb
v2 #7
Mar v2 #8
Apr v2 #9
May v2 #10
Jun
v2 #11
Jul v2 #12
Aug v3 #1
Sep v3 #2
Oct v3 #3
Nov v3 #4
Dec

1924
v3 #5
Jan
v3 #6
Feb v3 #7
Mar
v3 #8
Apr v3 #9
May
v3 #10
Jun v3 #11
Jul
v3 #12
Aug
v4 #1
Sep
v4 #2
Oct
v4 #3
Nov v4 #4
Dec

1925 v4 #5
Jan v4 #6
Feb
v4 #7
Mar v4 #8
Apr v4 #9
May v4 #10
Jun
v4 #11
Jul
v4 #12
Aug
v5 #1
Sep
v5 #2
Oct v5 #3
Nov
v5 #4
Dec

1926 v5 #5
Jan v5 #6
Feb
v5 #7
Mar v5 #8
Apr v5 #9
May v5 #10
Jun v5 #11
Jul v5 #12
Aug
v6 #1
Sep v6 #2
Oct v6 #3
Nov v6 #4
Dec

1927
v6 #5
Jan
v6 #6
Feb v6 #7
Mar v6 #8
Apr
v6 #9
May v6 #10
Jun v6 #11
Jul v6 #12
Aug v7 #1
Sep
v7 #2
Oct v7 #3
Nov v7 #4
Dec

1928
v7 #5
Jan
v7 #6
Feb v7 #7
Mar v7 #8
Apr v7 #9
May
v7 #10
Jun
v7 #11
Jul v7 #12
Aug
v8 #1
Sep v8 #2
Oct
v8 #3
Nov v8 #4
Dec

1929 v8 #5
Jan v8 #6
Feb
v8 #7
Mar v8 #8
Apr
v8 #9
May v8 #10
Jun v8 #11
Jul
v8 #12
Aug v9 #1
Sep
v9 #2
Oct v9 #3
Nov v9 #4
Dec

1930
v9 #5
Jan
v9 #6
Feb v9 #7
Mar
v9 #8
Apr
v9 #9
May
v9 #10
Jun
v9 #11
Jul v9 #12
Aug v10 #1
Sep
v10 #2
Oct v10 #3
Nov
v10 #4
Dec

1931
v10 #5
Jan
v10 #6
Feb
v10 #7
Mar v10 #8
Apr v10 #9
May v10 #10
Jun v10 #11
Jul v10 #12
Aug v11 #1
Sep v11 #2
Oct
v11 #3
Nov v11 #4
Dec

1932 v11 #5
Jan v11 #6
Feb v11 #7
Mar v11 #8
Apr v11 #9
May v11 #10
Jun v11 #11
Jul
v11 #12
Aug
v12 #1
Sep v12 #2
Oct
v12 #3
Nov
v12 #4
Dec

1933
v12 #5
Nov/Dec

1934 v12 #6
Jan
v12 #7
Mar v12 #8
Jun v12 #9
Aug
v12 #10
Oct
v12 #11
Dec

1935 v12 #12
Feb v13 #1
Apr v13 #2
Jun v13 #3
Aug
v13 #4
Oct
v13 #5
Dec

1936
v13 #6
Feb
v13 #7
Apr v13 #8
Jun v13 #9
Aug
v13 #10
Sep
v13 #11
Oct
v13 #12
Nov
v14 #1
Dec

1937
v14 #2
Jan
v14 #3
Feb v14 #4
Apr
v14 #5
Jun
v14 #6
Aug
v14 #7
Oct
v14 #8
Dec

1938
v14 #9
Feb
v14 #10
Apr v14 #11
Jun
v14 #12
Aug v15 #1
Oct
v15 #2
Dec

1939
v15 #3
Feb
v15 #4
Apr v15 #5
Jun
v15 #6
Oct
v15 #7
Dec

1940
v15 #8
Feb v15 #9
Apr
v15 #10
Jun
v15 #11
Aug
v15 #12
Oct
v16 #1
Dec

1941 v16 #2
Feb v16 #3
Apr
v16 #4
Jun
v16 #5
Aug v16 #6
Oct v16 #7
Dec

1942
v16 #8
Feb
v16 #9
Apr
v16 #10
Jun
v16 #11
Aug v16 #12
Oct
v17 #1
Dec

1943
v17 #2
Feb
v17 #3
Apr v17 #4
Summer
v17 #5
Fall
v17 #6
Winter

1944
v17 #7
Spring v17 #8
Summer
v17 #9
Fall
v17 #10
Winter

1945
v17 #11
Spring
v17 #12
Summer
v18 #1
Fall
v18 #2
Winter

1946
v18 #3
Spring
v18 #4
Summer
v18 #5
Fall
v18 #6
Winter

1947
v18 #7
Spring
v18 #8
Summer
v18 #9
Fall
v18 #10
Winter

1948
v18 #11
Spring
v18 #12
Summer
v19 #1
Fall
v19 #2
Winter

1949
v19 #3
Spring
v19 #4
Summer
v19 #5
Fall
v19 #6
Winter

1950
v19 #7
Spring
v19 #8
Summer v19 #9
Fall