Action Detective Magazine (about)
Thin digest that ran for at least 46 issues, mainly printing stories by Australian authors, initially with two short stories per issue and later with just a single novelette. Indexing this title is complicated by the fact that multiple issues have been reported with the same issue number but with different contents.
Publishers: Action Comics Pty. Ltd.; 14 Bond Street, Sydney.
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| 1952 | # 1 |  # 2 |
# 3 | # 4 |  # 5 |
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| 1953 |  # 9 |
 #10 |
 #11 (var.1) |
#11 (var.2) |  #12 |
 #13 |
 #14 (var.1) |
 #14 (var.2) |
#14 (var.3) | #15 |  #16 |
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| 1954 |  #20 |
 #21 |
 #22 |
#23 |  #24 |
 #25 |
#26 |  #27 |
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#29 | #30 |  #31 |
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| 1955 | #32 | #33 | #34 | #35 |  #36 |
#37 | #38 | #39 |  #40 |
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| 1956 |  #44 |
 #45 |
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--- see under New All-Action Stories.
Self-described as a “metaphysical crime series”, Alcoholman only had three official issues, with a fourth produced but never officially distributed, each featuring an installment of the serial “Monster Zipper” about Alcoholman, the “intoxicated detective”.
Publishers: Mystery Island; P.O. Box 465, Clarksburg, CA 95612.
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| 1998 |  # 1 Summer |
 # 2 Autumn |
 # 3 Winter |
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Anthology (about)
Initially an annual anthology of stories from Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Alfred Hitchcock’s Anthology soon moved to a twice yearly schedule. Its digest format, and sequential numbering, initially gave it the appearance of a magazine, although from late 1982 each issue was given a specific name,
Publishers: Davis Publications, Inc.; New York.
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| 1978 |  # 2 Spring/Summer |
 # 3 Fall/Winter |
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| 1979 |  # 4 Spring/Summer |
 # 5 Fall/Winter |
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| 1980 |  # 6 Spring/Summer |
 # 7 Fall/Winter |
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| 1981 |  # 8 Spring/Summer |
 # 9 Fall/Winter |
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| 1982 |  #10 Spring/Summer |
 #11 Fall/Winter |
 #12 |
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| 1983 |  #13 |
 #14 Summer |
 #15 Fall |
 #16 Winter |
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| 1984 |  #17 Spring |
 #18 Summer |
 #19 Winter |
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| 1985 |  #20 |
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| 1986 |  #21 Summer |
 #22 Fall |
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| 1987 |  #23 Spring/Summer |
 #24 Fall/Winter |
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| 1988 |  #25 Summer |
 #26 Winter |
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| 1989 |  #27 |
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine (about)
Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine is one of the longest-running crime magazines, having recently celebrated it’s fiftieth anniversary (and 600th issue). For most of its life it has been a digest magazine, changing briefly to a larger format from May 1957 through January 1958. Although Hitchcock gave his name to the magazine, signed the brief editorial introductions, and appeared on the cover for twenty-five years, he never really had any direct involvement with the magazine. Note that there were no issues with Nos. 1-11, nor one for April 1957. Website: www.themysteryplace.com/ahmm/.
Publishers: H.S.D. Publications, Inc.; 545 Fifth Avenue, New York 17, NY, Dec 1956 – Jul 1960; H.S.D. Publications, Inc.; 2441 Beach Court, Riviera Beach, FL 33404, Aug 1960 – Dec 1972; H.S.D. Publications, Inc.; 784 U.S. 1, Suite 6, North Palm Beach, FL 33408, Jan 1973 – Feb 1976; Davis Publications, Inc.; 229 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003, Mar 1976 – May 1978; Davis Publications, Inc.; 122 East 42nd Street, New York 17, NY, Jun 1978; Davis Publications, Inc.; 380 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017, Jul 1978 – Sep 1992; Dell Magazines; 475 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016, Oct 1992—.
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