One-shot thin magazine, reprinting stories from Black Hood Detective and Crack Detective
Publishers: Gerald G. Swan, Ltd.
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Another thin Australian digest about which very little is known.
Publishers: Action Comics Pty. Ltd.; 14 Bond Street, Sydney.
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| 1954 | v1 #1 # 1 |
 v1 #2 # 2 |
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One of the last detective pulps to be launched, Smashing Detective Stories featured hard-action stories of mystery and detection. After 27 issues the magazine title changed to Fast Action Detective and Mystery Stories but only 3 more pulp issues were published under this title, followed by 3 digest issues. From July 1956 to November 1956, the title on the cover read Smashing Detective but the title on the masthead was consistently Smashing Detective Stories throughout.
— Smashing Detective Stories
Publishers: Columbia Publications, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA.
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| 1951 |  v1 #1 Mar |
 v1 #2 Jun |
 v1 #3 Sep |
 v1 #4 Dec |
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| 1952 |  v1 #5 Mar |
 v1 #6 Jun |
 v2 #1 Sep |
 v2 #2 Dec |
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| 1953 |  v2 #3 Mar |
 v2 #4 Jun |
 v2 #5 Sep |
 v2 #6 Dec |
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| 1954 |  v3 #1 Mar |
 v3 #2 Jun |
 v3 #3 Sep |
 v3 #4 Dec |
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| 1955 |  v3 #5 Mar |
 v3 #6 May |
 v4 #1 Jul |
 v4 #2 Sep |
 v4 #3 Nov |
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| 1956 |  v4 #4 Jan |
 v4 #5 Mar |
 v4 #6 May |
 v5 #1 Jul |
 v5 #2 Sep |
 v5 #3 Nov |
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— Fast Action Detective and Mystery Stories
Title changed from Smashing Detective Stories.
Publishers: Columbia Publications, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA.
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| 1957 |  v5 #4 Jan |
 v5 #5 Mar |
 v5 #6 May |
 v6 #1 Aug |
 v6 #2 Nov |
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| 1958 |  v6 #3 Feb |
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Smashing Detective Stories (UK) (about)
British reprint edition of Smashing Detective Stories.
Publishers: Hermitage Publications; Leicester.
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| 1952 |  # 5 |
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Short-lived risque companion to Snappy/Sizzling Romances and similar names.
— Snappy Detective Mysteries
Publishers: Edmar Publishing Co., Inc.; 125 West 45th Street, New York, NY.
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| 1935 |  v1 #1 May |
 v1 #2 Jun |
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— Sizzling Detective Mysteries
Title Changed from Snappy Detective Mysteries.
Publishers: Nudeal Publishing Company; Wilmington, DE.
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| 1935 |  v1 #3 Jul |
 v1 #4 Aug |
 v1 #5 Sep |
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Snappy Detective Stories (about)
Following the initial success of Spicy Detective Stories the publishers attempted to reserve the “Spicy” adjective for themselves by producing ashcan issues for two proposed companion titles, Spicy Mystery Stories and Spicy Adventure Stories. Simultaneously, the same publishers (Harry Donenfeld & Frank Armer) produced three more ashcan issues, for a parallel line of “Snappy” titles. Each of these issues was 12 pages long and was dated July 1934. The three Snappies never did achieve real publication but, possibly in response to the launch of Snappy Detective Mysteries by a rival publisher, a second set of ashcan issues was prepared and copyrighted. They were a bit more substantial than the first issues (36 pages) and were all dated May 1935.
Publishers: Trojan Publishing Corp.; 125 East 46th Street, New York 17, NY, Jul 1934; Culture Publications, Inc.; 900 Market Street, Wilmington, DE, May 1935.
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| 1934 |  v1 #1 Jul |
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| 1935 |  v1 #2 May |
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Snappy Mystery Stories (about)
Following the initial success of Spicy Detective Stories the publishers attempted to reserve the “Spicy” adjective for themselves by producing ashcan issues for two proposed companion titles, Spicy Mystery Stories and Spicy Adventure Stories. Simultaneously, the same publishers (Harry Donenfeld & Frank Armer) produced three more ashcan issues, for a parallel line of “Snappy” titles. Each of these issues was 12 pages long and was dated July 1934. The three Snappies never did achieve real publication but, possibly in response to the launch of Snappy Detective Mysteries by a rival publisher, a second set of ashcan issues was prepared and copyrighted. They were a bit more substantial than the first issues (36 pages) and were all dated May 1935.
Publishers: Trojan Publishing Corp.; 125 East 46th Street, New York 17, NY, Jul 1934; Culture Publications, Inc.; 2242 Grove Street, Chicago, IL, May 1935.
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| 1934 |  v1 #1 Jul |
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| 1935 | v1 #2 May |
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