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Flynn’s Detective Fiction (Canada):

Canadian reprint edition of Flynn’s (Weekly) Detective. Initially the Canadian issues were direct reprints of the US issues (possibly delayed by a week or a month), but subsequent issues also reprinted from other magazines such as Dime Detective.

  —  Detective Fiction Weekly (Canada)

Publishers: The Red Star News Company; 280 Broadway, New York, NY.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1932


Mar 5



v68 #1
Jun 11

v68 #2
Jun 18
v68 #3
Jun 25

Jul 9

v68 #6
Jul 16

Sep 24

Oct 22

1933
Jan 21


Mar 4
v74 #6
Mar 25




Aug 19

v79 #2
Sep 23


v81 #1
Dec 9

1934





v85 #3
Jun 9

v85 #5
Jun 23

v87 #5
Sep 15

Oct 6



1935


Mar 30







v97 #1
Oct 12



1936

Feb 22











  —  Flynn’s Detective Fiction (Canada)

Title changed from Detective Fiction Weekly (Canada).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1943


v151 #4
Mar
v151 #5
Apr

v151 #6
May

v151 #7
Jun
v151 #8
Jul

v151 #9
Aug


Oct

v151 #6
Nov

v151 #7
Dec

1944
v151 #8
Jan

v151 #9
Feb

v151 #10
Mar

v151 #11
Apr

v151 #12
May

v151 #13
Jun

v151 #14
Jul

v151 #15
Aug

v151 #16
Sep

v151 #17
Oct

v151 #18
Nov



Four in One Gang and Thrills Shorts    (about)

The title suggests an omnibus from previous volumes of Gang Shorts and Thrill Shorts, but the copy seen contains Gang Shorts #3 & #4, Occult Shorts #2 and Weird Story Magazine #2 so it is possible there were different contents in different copies.
Publishers: Gerald G. Swan, Ltd.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1949
[X]













Four Star Mystery    (about)

One-shot mystery pulp. Numbering probably continued from Four Star Love.
Publishers: Four Star Fiction Group.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1942





v1 #7
Jun








F.P. Detective Stories:

A thin pulp that reprinted from various Popular Publications magazines.

  —  The G.P. Detective Stories

Publishers: Feature Productions Limited; Post Office Box 5065, Wellington, New Zealand.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
194?
#14












1948









Oct


Dec

1949

#23
Feb


#24
Apr









  —  F.P. Detective Stories

Title changed from The G.P. Detective Stories.
Publishers: Feature Productions Limited; Post Office Box 5065, Wellington, New Zealand.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1949







Aug





1950


Mar




Jul


Sep


Nov


1951
Jan




May


Jul




Nov


1952


Mar











Futures:

Initially a general fiction magazine, but increasingly changed emphasis to crime and mystery. Note that the numbering of the first 24 issues was somewhat erratic and the numbering below has been adjusted to reflect the actual issues published.

  —  Futures

Publishers: Babs Lakey; 3039 38th Ave, South Minneapolis, MN 55406.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1998

#1
Feb/Mar


#2
Apr/May


#3
Jun/Jul


#4
Aug/Sep


#5
Oct/Nov


#6
Dec/Jan ’99

1999

#7
Feb/Mar


#8
Apr/May


#9
Jun/Jul


#10
Aug/Sep


#11
Oct/Nov

#12
Dec/Jan 2000

2000

#13
Feb/Mar


#14
Apr/May


#15
Jun/Jul


#16
Aug/Sep





  —  Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers

Title changed from Futures.
Publishers: Babs Lakey; 3039 38th Ave, South Minneapolis, MN 55406.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
2000









#17
Oct/Nov


#18
Dec/Jan ’01

2001

#19
Feb/Mar


#20
Apr/May


#21
Jun/Jul


#22
Aug/Sep


#23
Oct/Nov

#24
Dec/Jan ’02

  —  Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine

Title changed from Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers.
Publishers: Babs Lakey; 3039 38th Ave, South Minneapolis, MN 55406.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
2002


#25
Spring


#26
Apr/May/Jun




#27
Fall



#28
Winter

2003


#29
Spring



#30
Summer



#31
Fall



#32
Winter

2004


#33
Spring



#34
Summer



#35
Fall



#36
Winter

  —  Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine

Title changed from Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine.
Publishers: Lida E. Quillen; Minneapolis, MN.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
2005




May/Jun


Jul/Aug


Sep/Oct


Nov/Dec


2006
Jan/Feb


Mar/Apr


May/Jun


Jul/Aug


Sep/Oct


Nov/Dec


2007 Jan/Feb (unpublished)
Mar/Apr (unpublished)











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