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Promising “Exciting Crime Fiction”, Pursued was launched as a companion to Murder when Decker Publications acquired the latter title, with the first issue labelled v1 #4 to match the numbering of Murder. It lasted a mere two issues.

Publishers: Decker Publications, Inc.; 122 East 42nd Street, New York 17, NY.

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

1957

v1 #4
Jul

v1 #5
Sep/Oct

The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine (about)

The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine was launched by Star Publications in September 1953 but was really a throwback to the no-nonsense pulps of the 1940s. After a dozen (mainly) bi-monthly issues, the formula was popular enough for the publisher to launch a second title, Hunted Detective Story Magazine, which was identical to Pursuit and appeared in alternate months. Both magazines ran for a further two years before folding at the end of 1956.

Publishers: Star Publications, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA.

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

1953

#1
Sep

#2
Nov

1954

#3
Mar

#4
Jul

#5
Sep

#6
Nov

1955
#7
Jan

#8
Mar

#9
May

#10
Jul

#11
Sep

#12
Nov

1956
#13
Jan

#14
Mar

#15
May

#16
Jul

#17
Sep

#18
Nov

Pursuit—The Phantom Mystery Magazine (about)

Australian crime magazine reprinting from American magazines such as The Pursuit Detective Story Magazine and Hunted Detective Story Magazine.

Publishers: The Original Novels Foundation; 149 Castlereagh Street, Sydney.

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

1955

v1 #1
Mar
v1 #2
Apr
v1 #3
May
v1 #4
Jun
v1 #5
Jul
v1 #6
Aug
v1 #7
Sep
v1 #8
Oct
v 1 #9 v 1 #10

Quest Detective News (about)

One-shot magazine/anthology of original stories by South African authors.

Publishers: Dolphin Press (Pty.) Ltd.; 16 Hans Street, Jeppe, Johannesburg, South Africa.

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

1950
v1 #1
Jan

Quick Action Detective Stories

--- see under New All-Action Stories.

Racket-Buster Detective (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 Crime Detective, Homicide Reporter, Police Detective and Crime Investigator.

Publishers: Hamilton & Co. (Stafford) Ltd.; 1&2 Melville Court, Goldhawk Road, London W12.

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

1949

Oct

Racketeer and Gangland Stories (about)

--- see under Gangland Stories.

Racketeer Stories (about)

Racketeer Stories was one of Harold Hersey’s less successful gangster pulp magazines, attempting to cash in on the popularity of Gangster Stories. It lasted for only 19 issues before being merged with its companion magazine, Gangland Stories.

Publishers: Good Story Magazine Co., Inc.; 25 West 43rd Street, New York, NY; and later at Myrick Building, Springfield, MA.

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

1929

v1 #1
Dec

1930

v1 #2
Feb
v1 #3
Mar
v1 #4
Apr
v2 #1
May
v2 #2
Jun/Jul

v2 #3
Aug

v2 #4
Oct v3 #1
Nov
v3 #2
Dec

1931 v3 #3
Jan
v3 #4
Feb
v4 #1
Mar

v4 #2
May/Jun

v4 #3
Jul/Aug

v4 #4
Sep/Oct

v5 #1
Nov/Dec

1932
v5 #2
Jan/Feb

v5 #3
Mar/Apr

Racket Stories (about)

The rumor that a pulp magazine existed by this title has not been confirmed by any positive evidence, and no issues have been found. It may have resulted from a confusion with Racketeer Stories.

Railroad Detective Stories (about)

This title is rumoured to exist, but no positive evidence has been found to substantiate it.

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories (about)

Published as a companion to Rapid-Fire Action Stories and Rapid-Fire Western Stories, Rapid-Fire Detective Stories was an undistinguished detective pulp that ran for 8 issues.

Publishers: Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc.; 400 Pearl Street, New York, NY; and later at 405 Hudson Street, New York, NY.

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

1932

v1 #1
Oct
v1 #2
Nov
v1 #3
Dec

1933
v2 #1
Jan
v2 #2
Feb
v2 #3
Mar
v3 #1
Apr
v3 #2
May v3 #3
Jun (unpublished)

Real Detective Tales: (about)

Real Detective Tales is one of the most elusive of the early detective pulps. It began in late 1922 under the name Detective Tales publishing indifferent mystery and detective stories, but by mid-1924 the publisher, Rural Publications, had run into difficulty so the magazine was sold to Real Detective Tales, Inc. who changed its name, first to Real Detective Tales and then to Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories. By this point it had acquired an interesting stable of authors including Seabury Quinn, George Allan England and Miriam Allen deFord. It ran for six years under this latter title (mainly on a monthly basis) but gradually during 1931 transformed into a non-fiction magazine called Real Detective, although fiction continued to appear into 1934 at least. It is not currently known exactly when the last issue containing any fiction appeared. For most of the period it was a large (8.25" x 11.25") pulp, with a single issue (March 1923) as a regular pulp and a handful of issues in 1923 as an even larger (9" x 12") pulp.

— Detective Tales

Publishers: Rural Publishing Corp.; 854 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL.

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

1922

v1 #1
Oct 1
v1 #2
Oct 16
v1 #3
Nov 1 v1 #4
Nov 16/Dec 15
1923

v2 #1
Feb
v2 #2
Mar
v2 #3
Apr/May
v2 #4
May/Jun

v2 #5
Jul/Aug

v2 #6
Sep v3 #1
Oct v3 #2
Nov
v3 #3
Dec/Jan ’24

1924

v3 #4
Feb v4 #1
Mar
v4 #2
Apr

— Real Detective Tales

Title changed from Detective Tales.

Publishers: Rural Publishing Corp.; 854 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL, May 1924; Real Detective Tales, Inc.; 800 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL, Jun 1924 – Dec 1924.

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

1924

v4 #3
May
v4 #4
Jun v5 #1
Jul v5 #2
Aug
v5 #3
Sep/Oct

v5 #4
Nov
v6 #1
Dec