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Crack Detective Stories (Canada)    (about)

Canadian reprint edition of Crack Detective Stories. Other issues probably exist.

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Crack Detective Stories (UK):

British reprint edition of Crack Detective Stories/Famous Detective Stories. Other issues may exist.

  —  Crack Detective Stories (UK)

Publishers: Hermitage Publications; Leicester.

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v10 #4
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  —  Famous Detective Stories (UK)

Title changed from Crack Detective Stories (UK).
Publishers: Hermitage Publications; Leicester.

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195?
# 8
# 9 #10
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1955



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Crack Detective (Stories) (UK)

--- see under Swan American Magazine.


Craig Rice Crime Digest    (about)

Short-lived experiment containing “current best-sellers” digested by the best-selling Craig Rice “for smooth, speedy reading of your favourite mystery writers”. It only lasted for two issues.
Publishers: Anson Bond Publications, Inc.; 913 La Cienaga Blvd., Hollywood 46, CA.

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1945







#1
Aug/Sep


#2
Oct/Nov




The Craig Rice Mystery Digest    (about)

The Craig Rice Mystery Digest contained four abridged novels and, although in digest form, was really an anthology issued as #12 in the “Bonded Collection”. In effect, it served as a trial balloon for Craig Rice Crime Digest which was to be launched later in the year.
Publishers: Anson Bond Publications, Inc.; 913 La Cienaga Blvd., Hollywood 46, CA.

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1945
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The Creasey Mystery Magazine    (about)

--- see under John Creasey Mystery Magazine.


Crime and Justice Detective Story Magazine    (about)

Really a gangster magazine with the atmosphere of a 40s pulp. Old-time writers G.T. Fleming-Roberts and Robert Sidney Bowen appeared alongside newcomers Harlan Ellison and Edward D. Hoch.
Publishers: Arnold Magazines, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA.

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#1
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#2
Nov


1957
#3
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Crime Busters    (about)

--- see under Best Detective Magazine.


Crime Confessions (UK) (1948)    (about)

One of the many undated “one shot” magazines published in the UK in the years after the Second World War. First in a loose series with Phantom Detective Cases, Mystery Crime Cases and Dynamic Detective Cases
Publishers: John Spencer & Co.; 24 Shepherds Bush Road, London W6.

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Crime Detective (UK)    (about)

One of the many undated “one shot” magazines published in the UK in the years after the Second World War. In a loose series with Homicide Reporter, Police Detective, Racket-Buster Detective and Crime Investigator.
Publishers: Hamilton & Co. (Stafford) Ltd.; 1&2 Melville Court, Goldhawk Road, London W12.

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Crime Digest    (about)

A short-lived magazine presenting extracts and condensations of recent crime books. Companion magazine to Science Fiction Digest.
Publishers: Davis Publications, Inc.; 380 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017.

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Crime Factory    (about)

Hardboiled crime quarterly, containing mainly non-fiction with the occasional story. Relaunched in 2010, initially as an ebook only but later with print-on-demand issues.

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2001

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#4
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2002

#5
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#7
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#8
Nov


2003

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2010 v2 #1
Jan

v2 #2
Mar

v2 #3
May

v2 #3.5
Jun
v2 #4
Jul

v2 #5
Sep




2011
v 2 #6
v 2 #7 v 2 #8 Kung Fu Factory
Kung Fu Factory









2012 v 2 #9


v 2 #10


v 2 #11
Horror Factory
Horror Factory,


2013
v 2 #12


v 2 #13




v 2 #14




2014
v 2 #15



Pink Factory
Pink Factory,






v 2 #16



2015

v 2 #17











2016


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v 2 #19
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