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G-Men (Detective)

G-Men was launched by Standard Magazines in 1935 and rapidly established itself as the most popular of those featuring federal agent crime stories. It ran for 53 monthly issues until Feb-1940 at which point the decline of interest in "G-Man" stories caused a slight change in title (and emphasis) to G-Men Detective and a shift to a bimonthly schedule (occasionally falling to quarterly) which it maintained for a further 59 issues until the magazine folded in Winter 1953.

The magazine also had a long-running British reprint edition which was published by Atlas Publishing & Distributing and ran for 45 issues or so in the 1940s. There was also a Canadian reprint edition, although very little is known about it.

1935                  
v1 #1
Oct

v1 #2
Nov

v1 #3
Dec
1936
v2 #1
Jan

v2 #2
Feb

v2 #3
Mar

v3 #1
Apr

v3 #2
May

v3 #3
Jun

v4 #1
Jul

v4 #2
Aug

v4 #3
Sep

v5 #1
Oct

v5 #2
Nov

v5 #3
Dec
1937
v6 #1
Jan

v6 #2
Feb

v6 #3
Mar

v7 #1
Apr

v7 #2
May

v7 #3
Jun

v8 #1
Jul

v8 #2
Aug

v8 #3
Sep

v9 #1
Oct

v9 #2
Nov

v9 #3
Dec
1938
v10 #1
Jan

v10 #2
Feb

v10 #3
Mar

v11 #1
Apr

v11 #2
May

v11 #3
Jun

v12 #1
Jul

v12 #2
Aug

v12 #3
Sep

v13 #1
Oct

v13 #2
Nov

v13 #3
Dec
1939
v14 #1
Jan

v14 #2
Feb

v14 #3
Mar

v15 #1
Apr

v15 #2
May

v15 #3
Jun

v16 #1
Jul

v16 #2
Aug

v16 #3
Sep

v17 #1
Oct

v17 #2
Nov

v17 #3
Dec
1940
v18 #1
Jan

v18 #2
Feb

v18 #3
Mar
 
v19 #1
May
 
v19 #2
Jul
 
v19 #3
Sep
 
v20 #1
Nov
 
1941
v20 #2
Jan
 
v21 #1
Mar
 
v21 #2
May
 
v21 #3
Jul
 
v22 #1
Sep
 
v22 #2
Nov
 
1942
v22 #3
Jan
 
v23 #1
Mar
 
v23 #2
May
 
v23 #3
Jul
 
v24 #1
Sep
 
v24 #2
Nov
 
1943
v24 #3
Jan
 
v25 #1
Mar
   
v25 #2
Jun
 
v25 #3
Fall
1944
v26 #1
Winter

v26 #2
Spring

v26 #3
Summer

v27 #1
Fall
1945
v27 #2
Winter

v27 #3
Spring

v28 #1
Summer

v28 #2
Fall
1946
v28 #3
Winter

v29 #1
Feb
 
v29 #2
Apr
   
v30 #1
Summer

v30 #2
Fall
1947
v30 #3
Jan
 
v31 #1
Mar
 
v31 #2
May
 
v31 #3
Jul
 
v32 #1
Sep
 
v32 #2
Nov
 
1948
v32 #3
Jan
 
v33 #1
Mar
 
v33 #2
May
 
v33 #3
Jul
 
v34 #1
Sep
 
v34 #2
Nov
 
1949
v34 #3
Jan
 
v35 #1
Mar

v35 #2
Spring

v35 #3
Summer

v36 #1
Fall
1950
v36 #2
Winter

v36 #3
Spring

v37 #1
Summer

v37 #2
Fall
1951
v37 #3
Winter

v38 #1
Spring
   
1952
v38 #2
Winter
     
1953
v38 #3
Winter
     

Canadian reprint edition

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

1936          
Jun
           
 
1946      
Apr
               
1947                        
1948
v32 #3
Jan
  v33 #1
Mar
 
v33 #2
May
 
v33 #3
Jul
 
v34 #1
Sep
 
v34 #2
Nov
 
1949
v34 #3
Jan
 
v35 #1
Mar

v35 #2
Spring

v35 #3
Summer
v36 #1
Fall
1950
v36 #2
Winter

v36 #3
Spring

v37 #1
Summer

v37 #2
Fall

British reprint edition

Note that there were probably 10 other issues before Spring 1945.

1940   v18 #2
Feb
                   
1941                  
v21 #2
Oct
   
1942
v22 #1
Jan
               
Sep
   
1943
Jan
       
Jun
         
Dec
1944
Spring

Summer
 
Winter
1945
v2 #8
Spring
 
v2 #9
Autumn
 
1946
v2 #10
Spring

v2 #11
Summer
 
v2 #12
Winter
1947
v3 #1
Spring

v3 #2
Summer
 
v3 #3
Winter
1948
v3 #4
Spring

v3 #5
Summer
 
v3 #6
Winter
1949
v3 #7
Spring

v3 #8
Summer
 
v3 #9
Winter
1950
v3 #10
Spring

v3 #11
Summer
   
v3 #12
Sep
 
v4 #1
Nov
 
1951
v4 #2
Jan
 
v4 #3
Mar
 
v4 #4
May
 
v4 #5
Jul
 
v4 #6
Sep
 
v4 #7
Nov
 
1952
v4 #8
Jan
 
v4 #9
Mar