Checklists
Home Indexes Magazines

Dime Mystery (Book) Magazine

Dime Mystery (Book) Magazine started off as a fairly staid pulp under the name Dime Mystery Book Magazine featuring a full-length "two-dollar novel" and a few short stories. However this was not a successful formula and after only ten issues the publisher, Popular Publications, changed the title to Dime Mystery Magazine, featuring several novelettes and short stories. Even more significantly the emphasis was changed to "weird menace", which was much more popular and allowed the magazine to continue for a further 144 issues.

In 1950 the name was changed again to 15 Mystery Stories, but it lasted for only five issues under this title before folding in late 1950. There were two different Canadian reprint editions, one in the 1930s and one in the late 1940s, and at least 6 issues of a British reprint edition, 3 under the abbreviated title of Mystery Stories. There was also a second British reprint edition under the name of Mask Detective.

1932                      
v1 #1
Dec
1933
v1 #2
Jan

v1 #3
Feb

v1 #4
Mar

v2 #1
Apr

v2 #2
May

v2 #3
Jun

v2 #4
Jul

v3 #1
Aug

v3 #2
Sep

v3 #3
Oct

v3 #4
Nov

v4 #1
Dec
1934
v4 #2
Jan

v4 #3
Feb

v4 #4
Mar

v5 #1
Apr

v5 #2
May

v5 #3
Jun

v5 #4
Jul

v6 #1
Aug

v6 #2
Sep

v6 #3
Oct

v6 #4
Nov

v7 #1
Dec
1935
v7 #2
Jan

v7 #3
Feb

v7 #4
Mar

v8 #1
Apr

v8 #2
May

v8 #3
Jun

v8 #4
Jul

v9 #1
Aug

v9 #2
Sep

v9 #3
Oct

v9 #4
Nov

v10 #1
Dec
1936
v10 #2
Jan

v10 #3
Feb

v10 #4
Mar

v11 #1
Apr

v11 #2
May

v11 #3
Jun

v11 #4
Jul

v12 #2
Aug

v12 #2
Sep

v12 #3
Oct

v12 #4
Nov

v13 #1
Dec
1937
v13 #2
Jan

v13 #3
Feb

v13 #4
Mar

v14 #1
Apr

v14 #2
May

v14 #3
Jun

v14 #4
Jul

v15 #1
Aug

v15 #2
Sep

v15 #3
Oct

v15 #4
Nov

v16 #1
Dec
1938
v16 #2
Jan

v16 #3
Feb

v16 #4
Mar

v17 #1
Apr

v17 #2
May

v17 #3
Jun

v17 #4
Jul

v18 #1
Aug

v18 #2
Sep

v18 #3
Oct

v18 #4
Nov

v19 #1
Dec
1939
v19 #2
Jan

v19 #3
Feb

v19 #4
Mar

v20 #1
Apr

v20 #2
May

v20 #3
Jun

v20 #4
Jul

v21 #1
Aug

v21 #2
Sep

v21 #3
Oct

v21 #4
Nov

v22 #1
Dec
1940
v22 #2
Jan

v22 #3
Feb

v22 #4
Mar

v23 #1
Apr

v23 #2
May
 
v23 #3
Jul

v23 #4
Aug

v24 #1
Sep

v24 #2
Oct

v24 #3
Nov

v24 #4
Dec
1941
v25 #1
Jan

v25 #2
Feb

v25 #3
Mar
 
v25 #4
May
 
v26 #1
Jul
 
v26 #2
Sep
 
v26 #3
Nov
 
1942
v26 #4
Jan
 
v27 #1
Mar
 
v27 #2
May
 
v27 #3
Jul
 
v27 #4
Sep
 
v28 #1
Nov
 
1943
v28 #2
Jan
 
v28 #3
Mar
 
v28 #4
May
 
v29 #1
Jul
 
v29 #2
Sep
 
v29 #3
Nov
 
1944
v29 #4
Jan
 
v30 #1
Mar
 
v30 #2
May
 
v30 #3
Jul
 
v30 #4
Sep
 
v31 #1
Nov
 
1945
v31 #2
Jan
 
v31 #3
Mar
 
v31 #4
May
 
v32 #1
Jul
 
v32 #2
Sep
 
v32 #3
Nov
 
1946
v32 #4
Jan

v33 #1
Feb
   
v33 #2
May
 
v33 #3
Jul
 
v33 #4
Sep
 
v34 #1
Nov
 
1947
v34 #2
Jan
 
v34 #3
Mar
 
v34 #4
May
 
v35 #1
Jul
 
v35 #2
Sep

v35 #3
Oct

v35 #4
Nov

v36 #1
Dec
1948
v36 #2
Jan

v36 #3
Feb
 
v36 #4
Apr
 
v37 #1
Jun
 
v37 #2
Aug
 
v37 #3
Oct
 
v37 #4
Dec
1949  
v38 #1
Feb
 
v38 #2
Apr
 
v38 #3
Jun
 
v38 #4
Aug
 
v39 #1
Oct
 
v39 #2
Dec
1950  
v39 #3
Feb
 
v39 #4
Apr
 
v40 #1
Jun
 
v40 #2
Aug
 
v40 #3
Oct
   

Canadian reprint edition

Some issues are extrapolated and have not been confirmed. Other issues may exist.

1934                    
v6 #4
Nov
v7 #1
Dec
1935 v7 #2
Jan
v7 #3
Feb

v7 #4
Mar
v8 #1
Apr
v8 #2
May
v8 #3
Jun

v8 #4
Jul
v9 #1
Aug

v9 #2
Sep

v9 #3
Oct

v9 #4
Nov

v10 #1
Dec
1936
v10 #2
Jan

v10 #3
Feb

v10 #4
Mar

v11 #1
Apr

v11 #2
May

v11 #3
Jun

v11 #4
Jul

v12 #1
Aug

v12 #2
Sep

v12 #3
Oct
   
 
1949      
v38 #2
Apr
  v38 #3
Jun
  v38 #4
Aug
  v39 #1
Oct
  v39 #2
Dec
1950  
v39 #3
Feb
 
v39 #4
Apr
 
v40 #1
Jun
  v40 #2
Aug
 
v40 #3
Oct
   

British reprint edition

The first issues exists in two variants - one priced 1/- and the other priced 1/6d; other issues may exist.

195?






Mask Detective

1960    
Apr/May

Jun/Jul