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'Tec - The Five-in-One Detective Magazine

Billed as having "five complete novels" in each issue, although each is condensed to a mere 20 pages each. One story in the second issue is original.

1939        
v1 #1
May

v1 #2
Jun/Jul
         

Ten Story Gang

A late entry into the gangster-story pulp field, Ten Story Gang only lasted for six issues before being renamed Gangland Detective Stories and then folding three issues later (although there is possibly one more issue after September 1940).

1938              
v1 #1
Aug
   
v1 #2
Nov
 
1939
v1 #3
Jan
 
v1 #4
Mar
      v1 #5
Jul

v1 #6
Aug
   
v2 #1
Nov
 
1940      
v2 #2
Apr
       
v2 #3
Sep
     

10 Story Mystery Magazine

Publishing a mixture of weird menace, "daring mystery" and stories of the "sinister and strange" from well-known authors like G.T. Fleming-Roberts and Stewart Stirling, 10 Story Mystery Magazine lasted for a mere 9 issues before succumbing to the wartime paper shortages and merging with Dime Mystery Magazine.

1941                      
v1 #1
Dec
1942  
v1 #2
Feb
 
v1 #3
Apr
 
v1 #4
Jun
 
v2 #1
Aug
 
v2 #2
Oct
 
v2 #3
Dec
1943  
v2 #4
Feb
 
v3 #1
Apr
               

10 Story Mystery Magazine (Canada)

Initially a Canadian reprint edition of 10 Story Mystery Magazine, but subsequently reprinted from other US pulps such as Dime Detective. Other issues probably exist.

1942  
v16 #3
Feb
                   
1943
Jan
         
v17 #5
Jul
         
1944                        
1945                
Sep
     

10 Story Mystery Magazine (UK)

British reprint edition of 10 Story Mystery Magazine.

Other issues may exist.

1948
#1
#2
1949
#3
 
1950
#4
 

Terror Detective Story Magazine

Despite the title, the stories in Terror Detective Story Magazine displayed neither terror nor detection, but focussed instead on blatant sexual content. Despite the presence of well-known authors like Harlan Ellison, Fredric Brown & Henry Slesar, the magazine had little to recommend it and folded after 4 issues.

1956                  
#1
Oct
 
#2
Dec
1957  
#3
Feb
 
#4
Apr
               

Three Detective Novels

Announced as a companion to Three Western Novels, no trace of this magazine has yet been found and it may not exist.

1949 Jan                      

Thrilling Crime Stories

One-off companion magazine to Thrilling Romances.

1948                   Oct    

Thrilling Mysteries

Intended as a weird-menace pulp to cash in on the success of sister publications Dime Mystery Magazine, Horror Stories and Terror Tales, Thrilling Mysteries folded after a single issue when Standard Magazines sued over the use of the word 'Thrilling' and the two companies settled out of court.

1935      
v1 #1
Apr
               

Tightrope!

Although published long after the demise of the pulp magazine, Tightrope hoped to gain from the publicity of a popular television series of the same name. The pulp size and format was an anachronism and, despite the better-than-average run of contemporary crime-adventure stories, the magazine folded after only four issues.

1960       v1 #1
Apr
v1 #2
May

v1 #3
Jun
 
v1 #4
Aug
       

Top Detective Annual

Annual pulp, reprinting mystery fiction by well-known writers from other Standard Magazines titles. While rumours exist of a 1950 issue it has never been located and was probably not published.

1951
v1 #2
1952
v1 #3
1953
v2 #1

Top-Notch Detective

Little is known about this magazine which promised "12 Smashing Murder Stories" in each issue. It began with vol.2 no.5 and so presumably replaced an earlier title, but it is not known what.

1938                
v2 #5
Sep
   
v2 #6
Dec
1939    
v3 #1
Mar
                 

Tough Stories Magazine

A crudely (hand) assembled digest-sized magazine, with pages stapled together (without spine, seemingly as issued), official page numbers penned over printed numbers, some pages crossed out (much like an uncorrected proof). It is unclear if this was ever offered for sale.

1956
v1 #1
Jan

v1 #2
Feb

v1 #3
Mar
                 

Triangle Quarterly

Pulp magazine that reprinted contents of various US pulps of various genres. For instance, the Spring 1945 issue contained 96 pages each from an undated issue of Range Riders Western, 96 pages from an undated issue of Sky Fighters, 96 pages from the December 1943 issue of Phantom Detective and 96 pages from the October 1944 issue of Texas Rangers.

Other issues may exist.

1945
Spring
 
Fall
 

True Crime Magazine

Fiction couched in a kind of non-fiction package.

Other issues may exist

1936            
v1 #1
Jul
     
v1 #2
Nov
 

True Crime (UK) [1949]

Precise issues not known, may be phantom

1949? X

True Crime Confessions

1952 X

True Gangster Stories

1941  
v1 #1
Feb
       
v1 #2
Jul
         
1942  
v1 #1
Feb
 
v1 #2
Apr
  v1 #3
Jun
 
v1 #4
Aug
       

True Gangster Stories (UK)

Probably other issues.

1939                   v2 #4
Oct
   

Two-Book Detective Magazine

Titled New Detective Magazine from March 1935 on.

Possibly a November 1935 issue.

1933  
v1 #1
Summer

v1 #2
Fall
  v1 #3
Dec/Jan
1934  
v1 #4
Feb/Mar
 
v1 #5
May
  v1 #6
Jul
 
v1 #7
Sep
 
v1 #8
Nov
   
1935 v1 #9
Jan
 
v1 #10
Mar
 
v2 #1
May
 
v2 #2
Jul
 
v2 #3
Sep
       

2 Book Mystery Magazine

1946  
v1 #1
Feb
     
v1 #2
Jun
           

Two-Fisted Detective Stories (1959)

1959          
v1 #1
Jun

v1 #2
Jul
 
v1 #3
Sep
   
v1 #4
Dec
1960  
v1 #5
Feb
 
v1 #6
Apr
 
v2 #1
Jun
 
v2 #2
Aug
 
v2 #3
Oct
 
v2 #4
Dec

Two-Fisted Detective Stories (1984)

The first issue was devoted entirely to Robert E. Howard, but the second issue contained a selection of fiction from other authors.

1984
#1
1988
#2

Undercover Detective

1938                      
v1 #1
Dec
1939   v1 #2
Feb
 
v1 #3
Apr
               

Underworld [1951] (UK)

1951 Spring      
1952 Spring      

Underworld Romances

Last issue titled Underworld Love Stories

1931                    
v1 #1
Nov

v1 #2
Dec
1932
v1 #3
Jan
v1 #4
Feb
                   

Underworlds

2002                      
#1
Dec
2003    
#2
Mar
                 

Venture Action Stories

1940?
X

Verdict

1953          
v1 #1
Jun

v1 #2
Jul

v1 #3
Aug

v1 #4
Sep
     
1956              
v1 #1
Aug
   
v1 #2
Nov
 
1957 v2 #1
Jan
                     

Verdict (UK)

1953               v1 #1
Aug
v1 #2
Sep

v1 #3
Oct
v1 #4
Nov
 
1954       v1 #5
Apr
v1 #6
May
v1 #7
Jun/Jul

Aug
       

Vice-Squad Detective

Undated, may be 1934 or 1935

1933
v1 #1