Sure Fire/Off Beat Detective Stories
Sure Fire Detective Stories was typical of the action-packed,
violent, crime-adventure fiction of the mid-1950s which not only
continued the tradition of the pulp magazines, but added to it by
inserting a large measure of brutal sex. It ran for 9 issues from
January 1957 to July 1958, and was then replaced by/renamed to Off
Beat Detective Stories under which title it ran for a further 26
issues (at least). It is mainly remembered today for its graphic cover
art, and for the large number of contributions from Robert Silverberg
(under a plethora of pseudonyms) and Harlan Ellison.
| 1957 |
v1 #1
Jan |
v1 #2
Feb |
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v1 #3
Apr |
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v1 #4
Aug |
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v1 #5
Oct |
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v1 #6
Dec |
| 1958 |
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v2 #1
Feb |
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v2 #2
Apr |
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v2 #3
Jul |
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v2 #4
Sep |
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v2 #5
Nov |
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| 1959 |
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v2 #6
Feb |
v3 #1
Mar |
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v3 #2
May |
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v3 #3
Jul |
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v3 #4
Sep |
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v3 #5
Nov |
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| 1960 |
v3 #6
Jan |
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v4 #1
Mar |
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v4 #2
May |
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v4 #3
Jul |
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v4 #4
Sep |
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v4 #5
Nov |
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| 1961 |
v4 #6
Jan |
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v5 #1
Mar |
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v5 #2
May |
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v5 #3
Jul |
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v5 #4
Sep |
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| 1962 |
v5 #5
Jan |
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v5 #6
May |
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v6 #1
Jul |
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v6 #2
Sep |
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v6 #3
Nov |
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| 1963 |
v7 #4
Jan |
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v8 #1
Mar |
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v8 #2
May |
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