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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

British Reprint Edition

It is not currently clear if all the issues in the first series exist. A later reprint series exists in the 1950s, but no details are currently known.

1923 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

1924 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

1925 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

1926 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

1927 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

1928 Jan