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Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine is one of the longest-running crime magazines, having recently celebrated its fiftieth anniversary (and 600th issue). For most of its life it has been a digest magazine, changing briefly to a larger format from May 1957 through January 1958. Although Hitchcock gave his name to the magazine, signed the brief editorial introductions, and appeared on the cover for twenty-five years, he never really had any direct involvement with the magazine.

There have been two brief runs of a British Reprint Edition and an Australian Reprint Edition, mainly under the name Alfred Hitchcock's Suspense Magazine.

Note that there were no issues #1 - #11, nor an Apr-1957.

1956
v1 #12
Dec

1957 v2 #1
Jan
v2 #2
Feb
v2 #3
Mar
v2 #5
May
v2 #6
Jun
v2 #7
Jul v2 #8
Aug
v2 #9
Sep
v2 #10
Oct v2 #11
Nov v2 #12
Dec

1958
v3 #1
Jan v3 #2
Feb
v3 #3
Mar v3 #4
Apr v3 #5
May
v3 #6
Jun v3 #7
Jul v3 #8
Aug
v3 #9
Sep
v3 #10
Oct
v3 #11
Nov
v3 #12
Dec

1959
v4 #1
Jan
v4 #2
Feb v4 #3
Mar v4 #4
Apr
v4 #5
May
v4 #6
Jun
v4 #7
Jul
v4 #8
Aug v4 #9
Sep
v4 #10
Oct
v4 #11
Nov
v4 #12
Dec

1960
v5 #1
Jan v5 #2
Feb
v5 #3
Mar
v5 #4
Apr
v5 #5
May
v5 #6
Jun
v5 #7
Jul
v5 #8
Aug
v5 #9
Sep v5 #10
Oct v5 #11
Nov
v5 #12
Dec

1961
v6 #1
Jan v6 #2
Feb
v6 #3
Mar
v6 #4
Apr
v6 #5
May
v6 #6
Jun
v6 #7
Jul
v6 #8
Aug v6 #9
Sep
v6 #10
Oct v6 #11
Nov v6 #12
Dec

1962 v7 #1
Jan
v7 #2
Feb v7 #3
Mar
v7 #4
Apr
v7 #5
May
v7 #6
Jun
v7 #7
Jul
v7 #8
Aug
v7 #9
Sep
v7 #10
Oct
v7 #11
Nov
v7 #12
Dec

1963
v8 #1
Jan
v8 #2
Feb
v8 #3
Mar v8 #4
Apr
v8 #5
May
v8 #6
Jun
v8 #7
Jul
v8 #8
Aug
v8 #9
Sep
v8 #10
Oct
v8 #11
Nov
v8 #12
Dec

1964
v9 #1
Jan
v9 #2
Feb
v9 #3
Mar
v9 #4
Apr
v9 #5
May
v9 #6
Jun
v9 #7
Jul
v9 #8
Aug v9 #9
Sep v9 #10
Oct
v9 #11
Nov
v9 #12
Dec

1965
v10 #1
Jan v10 #2
Feb
v10 #3
Mar
v10 #4
Apr
v10 #5
May
v10 #6
Jun v10 #7
Jul
v10 #8
Aug
v10 #9
Sep
v10 #10
Oct
v10 #11
Nov
v10 #12
Dec

1966
v11 #1
Jan
v11 #2
Feb
v11 #3
Mar
v11 #4
Apr v11 #5
May v11 #6
Jun v11 #7
Jul
v11 #8
Aug
v11 #9
Sep v11 #10
Oct
v11 #11
Nov v11 #12
Dec

1967
v12 #1
Jan
v12 #2
Feb v12 #3
Mar
v12 #4
Apr
v12 #5
May
v12 #6
Jun
v12 #7
Jul
v12 #8
Aug
v12 #9
Sep
v12 #10
Oct
v12 #11
Nov
v12 #12
Dec

1968
v13 #1
Jan
v13 #2
Feb v13 #3
Mar v13 #4
Apr
v13 #5
May v13 #6
Jun
v13 #7
Jul
v13 #8
Aug v13 #9
Sep
v13 #10
Oct
v13 #11
Nov v13 #12
Dec

1969 v14 #1
Jan
v14 #2
Feb
v14 #3
Mar v14 #4
Apr
v14 #5
May
v14 #6
Jun
v14 #7
Jul
v14 #8
Aug
v14 #9
Sep
v14 #10
Oct
v14 #11
Nov
v14 #12
Dec

1970 v15 #1
Jan
v15 #2
Feb
v15 #3
Mar
v15 #4
Apr
v15 #5
May
v15 #6
Jun
v15 #7
Jul
v15 #8
Aug
v15 #9
Sep
v15 #10
Oct
v15 #11
Nov
v15 #12
Dec

1971 v16 #1
Jan v16 #2
Feb
v16 #3
Mar
v16 #4
Apr
v16 #5
May
v16 #6
Jun v16 #7
Jul v16 #8
Aug v16 #9
Sep
v16 #10
Oct
v16 #11
Nov
v16 #12
Dec

1972
v17 #1
Jan
v17 #2
Feb
v17 #3
Mar
v17 #4
Apr
v17 #5
May
v17 #6
Jun
v17 #7
Jul
v17 #8
Aug
v17 #9
Sep
v17 #10
Oct
v17 #11
Nov
v17 #12
Dec

1973
v18 #1
Jan
v18 #2
Feb
v18 #3
Mar
v18 #4
Apr
v18 #5
May
v18 #6
Jun
v18 #7
Jul
v18 #8
Aug
v18 #9
Sep
v18 #10
Oct
v18 #11
Nov
v18 #12
Dec

1974
v19 #1
Jan
v19 #2
Feb
v19 #3
Mar
v19 #4
Apr
v19 #5
May
v19 #6
Jun
v19 #7
Jul
v19 #8
Aug
v19 #9
Sep
v19 #10
Oct
v19 #11
Nov
v19 #12
Dec

1975
v20 #1
Jan
v20 #2
Feb
v20 #3
Mar
v20 #4
Apr v20 #5
May
v20 #6
Jun
v20 #7
Jul
v20 #8
Aug v20 #9
Sep
v20 #10
Oct
v20 #11
Nov v20 #12
Dec

1976
v21 #1
Jan
v21 #2
Feb
v21 #3
Mar v21 #4
Apr
v21 #5
May
v21 #6
Jun
v21 #7
Jul
v21 #8
Aug
v21 #9
Sep
v21 #10
Oct
v21 #11
Nov
v21 #12
Dec

1977
v22 #1
Jan
v22 #2
Feb
v22 #3
Mar
v22 #4
Apr
v22 #5
May
v22 #6
Jun
v22 #7
Jul
v22 #8
Aug
v22 #9
Sep
v22 #10
Oct
v22 #11
Nov
v22 #12
Dec

1978
v23 #1
Jan
v23 #2
Feb
v23 #3
Mar
v23 #4
Apr
v23 #5
May
v23 #6
Jun
v23 #7
Jul
v23 #8
Aug
v23 #9
Sep
v23 #10
Oct
v23 #11
Nov
v23 #12
Dec

1979
v24 #1
Jan v24 #2
Feb
v24 #3
Mar
v24 #4
Apr
v24 #5
May
v24 #6
Jun
v24 #7
Jul v24 #8
Aug
v24 #9
Sep v24 #10
Oct v24 #11
Nov
v24 #12
Dec

1980
v24 #13
Jan 2
v25 #1
Jan 30
v25 #2
Feb 27 v25 #3
Mar 26 v25 #4
Apr 23 v25 #5
May 21 v25 #6
Jun 16 v25 #7
Jul 16
v25 #8
Aug 13 v25 #9
Sep 8 v25 #10
Oct 1
v25 #11
Oct 27
v25 #12
Nov 19
v25 #13
Dec 15

1981
v26 #1
Jan 7 v26 #2
Feb 4 v26 #3
Mar 4
v26 #4
Apr 1 v26 #5
Apr 29
v26 #6
May 27 v26 #7
Jun 24
v26 #8
Jul 22
v26 #9
Aug 19 v26 #10
Sep 16 v26 #11
Oct 14 v26 #12
Nov 11 v26 #13
Dec 9

1982 v27 #1
Jan 6
v27 #2
Feb 3
v27 #3
Mar 3 v27 #4
Mar 31 v27 #5
May
v27 #6
Jun v27 #7
Jul v27 #8
Aug v27 #9
Sep v27 #10
mid-Sep
v27 #11
Oct v27 #12
Nov v27 #13
Dec

1983
v28 #1
Jan v28 #2
Feb v28 #3
Mar v28 #4
Apr v28 #5
May
v28 #6
Jun v28 #7
Jul
v28 #8
Aug
v28 #9
Sep v28 #10
mid-Sep v28 #11
Oct
v28 #12
Nov
v28 #13
Dec

1984 v29 #1
Jan
v29 #2
Feb v29 #3
Mar
v29 #4
Apr v29 #5
May
v29 #6
Jun v29 #7
Jul
v29 #8
Aug v29 #9
Sep v29 #10
Oct v29 #11
Nov v29 #12
Dec v29 #13
mid-Dec

1985 v30 #1
Jan v30 #2
Feb v30 #3
Mar v30 #4
Apr
v30 #5
May v30 #6
Jun v30 #7
Jul v30 #8
Aug v30 #9
Sep v30 #10
Oct v30 #11
Nov
v30 #12
Dec v30 #13
mid-Dec

1986 v31 #1
Jan
v31 #2
Feb v31 #3
Mar v31 #4
Apr
v31 #5
May v31 #6
Jun
v31 #7
Jul
v31 #8
Aug v31 #9
Sep
v31 #10
Oct
v31 #11
Nov
v31 #12
Dec v31 #13
mid-Dec

1987 v32 #1
Jan v32 #2
Feb v32 #3
Mar v32 #4
Apr v32 #5
May v32 #6
Jun v32 #7
Jul v32 #8
Aug v32 #9
Sep v32 #10
Oct v32 #11
Nov v32 #12
Dec v32 #13
mid-Dec

1988 v33 #1
Jan v33 #2
Feb v33 #3
Mar v33 #4
Apr
v33 #5
May v33 #6
Jun v33 #7
Jul v33 #8
Aug v33 #9
Sep v33 #10
Oct v33 #11
Nov
v33 #12
Dec v33 #13
mid-Dec

1989
v34 #1
Jan v34 #2
Feb v34 #3
Mar
v34 #4
Apr v34 #5
May v34 #6
Jun
v34 #7
Jul
v34 #8
Aug v34 #9
Sep v34 #10
Oct v34 #11
Nov v34 #12
Dec v34 #13/14
Win

1990 v35 #1
Jan v35 #2
Feb v35 #3
Mar v35 #4
Apr v35 #5
May v35 #6
Jun v35 #7
Jul v35 #8
Aug v35 #9
Sep v35 #10
Oct v35 #11
Nov v35 #12
Dec v35 #13
mid-Dec

1991 v36 #1
Jan v36 #2
Feb v36 #3
Mar
v36 #4
Apr v36 #5
May v36 #6
Jun v36 #7
Jul v36 #8
Aug v36 #9
Sep
v36 #10
Oct
v36 #11
Nov v36 #12
Dec v36 #13
mid-Dec

1992
v37 #1
Jan
v37 #2
Feb v37 #3
Mar v37 #4
Apr v37 #5
May v37 #6
Jun v37 #7
Jul
v37 #8
Aug v37 #9
Sep v37 #10
Oct v37 #11
Nov v37 #12
Dec v37 #13
mid-Dec

1993 v38 #1
Jan v38 #2
Feb v38 #3
Mar v38 #4
Apr v38 #5
May
v38 #6
Jun v38 #7
Jul
v38 #8
Aug v38 #9
Sep v38 #10
Oct v38 #11
Nov v38 #12
Dec
v38 #13
mid-Dec

1994 v39 #1
Jan v39 #2
Feb v39 #3
Mar v39 #4
Apr v39 #5
May v39 #6
Jun v39 #7
Jul v39 #8
Aug v39 #9
Sep
v39 #10
Oct
v39 #11
Nov
v39 #12
Dec
v39 #13
mid-Dec

1995 v40 #1
Jan v40 #2
Feb
v40 #3
Mar v40 #4
Apr v40 #5
May
v40 #6
Jun v40 #7
Jul
v40 #8
Aug
v40 #9
Sep v40 #10
Oct v40 #11
Nov
v40 #12
Dec v40 #13
mid-Dec

1996 v41 #1
Jan v41 #2
Feb v41 #3
Mar v41 #4
Apr v41 #5
May v41 #6
Jun v41 #7
Jul v41 #8
Aug
v41 #9
Sep
v41 #10
Oct
v41 #11
Nov
v41 #12
Dec

1997 v42 #1
Jan v42 #2
Feb
v42 #3
Mar
v42 #4
Apr
v42 #5
May
v42 #6
Jun
v42 #7/8
Jul/Aug
v42 #9
Sep
v42 #10
Oct v42 #11
Nov v42 #12
Dec

1998 v43 #1
Jan v43 #2
Feb v43 #3
Mar v43 #4
Apr v43 #5
May
v43 #6
Jun v43 #7/8
Jul/Aug
v43 #9
Sep v43 #10
Oct v43 #11
Nov v43 #12
Dec

1999 v44 #1
Jan v44 #2
Feb
v44 #3
Mar v44 #4
Apr v44 #5
May
v44 #6
Jun v44 #7/8
Jul/Aug v44 #9
Sep v44 #10
Oct v44 #11
Nov v44 #12
Dec

2000 v45 #1
Jan
v45 #2
Feb v45 #3
Mar v45 #4
Apr v45 #5
May v45 #6
Jun v45 #7/8
Jul/Aug v45 #9
Sep v45 #10
Oct v45 #11
Nov v45 #12
Dec

2001 v46 #1
Jan v46 #2
Feb v46 #3
Mar v46 #4
Apr v46 #5
May v46 #6
Jun v46 #7/8
Jul/Aug v46 #9
Sep v46 #10
Oct v46 #11
Nov v46 #12
Dec

2002 v47 #1
Jan v47 #2
Feb v47 #3
Mar v47 #4
Apr v47 #5
May v47 #6
Jun v47 #7/8
Jul/Aug v47 #9
Sep
v47 #10
Oct v47 #11
Nov v47 #12
Dec

2003
v48 #1
Jan
v48 #2
Feb
v48 #3
Mar
v48 #4
Apr
v48 #5
May
v48 #6
Jun
v48 #7/8
Jul/Aug
v48 #9
Sep
v48 #10
Oct
v48 #11
Nov v48 #12
Dec

2004
v49 #1/2
Jan/Feb
v49 #3
Mar
v49 #4
Apr
v49 #5
May
v49 #6
Jun
v49 #7/8
Jul/Aug
v49 #9
Sep
v49 #10
Oct
v49 #11
Nov
v49 #12
Dec

2005
v50 #1/2
Jan/Feb
v50 #3
Mar v50 #4
Apr
v50 #5
May v50 #6
Jun
v50 #7/8
Jul/Aug
v50 #9
Sep
v50 #10
Oct
v50 #11
Nov
v50 #12
Dec

2006
v51 #1/2
Jan/Feb
v51 #3
Mar
v51 #4
Apr
v51 #5
May
v51 #6
Jun
v51 #7/8
Jul/Aug
v51 #9
Sep
v51 #10
Oct
v51 #11
Nov
v51 #12
Dec

2007
v52 #1/2
Jan/Feb
v52 #3
Mar
v52 #4
Apr
v52 #5
May
v52 #6
Jun
v52 #7/8
Jul/Aug
v52 #9
Sep
v52 #10
Oct
v52 #11
Nov
v52 #12
Dec

2008
v53 #1/2
Jan/Feb
v53 #3
Mar v53 #4
Apr v53 #5
May v53 #6
Jun v53 #7/8
Jul/Aug

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (UK)

1957 #1
(Sep) #2
(Oct) #3
Nov #4
(Dec)

1958 #5
(Jan) #6
(Feb) #7
(Mar) #8
(Apr) #9
(May) #10
(Jun) #11
(Aug)

1967 v1 #1
May v1 #2
Jun v1 #3
Jul v1 #4
Aug v1 #5
Sep

Alfred Hitchcock's Suspense/Mystery Magazine (Australia)

The history of the Australian edition of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine is somewhat confusing and still possibly not entirely uncovered:

the first four issues were digests entitled Alfred Hitchcock's Suspense Magazine, were partial reprints of the US issues, were numbered #1 to #4 and were published by Hitchcock Publications
the next seven issues followed its US counterpart in switching to a larger size, changed it's name to Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, and were complete reprints of the US issues numbered #5 to #11, with some issues being labelled as v2 as well. These were also published by Hitchcock Publications and may have continued for another issue or longer (though I think not).
there was then a gap of some months before the magazine restarted, again as a digest under the name Alfred Hitchcock's Suspense Magazine and now published by Magazine Enterprises. The first known issue in this sequence is v3 #4, June 1958 but it is clear that the numbering is taken from the US issue that was (partially) reprinted rather than a continuation of the previous Australian numbering. Subsequent issues went back and reprinted from the remaining "large format" US issues so there are likely to be at most two earlier issues in this sequence (if any).

1957
#1
Mar
#2
Apr
#3
May
#4
Jun
#5
Aug #6
Sep
v2 #7
Oct
v2 #8
Nov
v2 #9
Dec

1958
v2 #10
Jan
#11
Feb
v3 #4
Jun
v3 #5
Jul
v3 #6
Aug
v4 #1
Sep