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Best Detective Magazine (Canada)    (about)

Canadian reprint edition of Best Detective Magazine. Number of issues published not known.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1936







Aug






Bestseller Mystery Magazine    (about)

Continuation of the Bestseller Library and Bestseller Mystery series which, for the first 209 issues, featured either full-length or abridged mystery novels. With issue Number 210 the title changed to Bestseller Mystery Magazine and each issue contained additional short stories. It is likely that most or all of the lead novels were abridged.
Publishers: Mercury Publications, Inc.; 527 Madison Avenue, New York 22, NY.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1958






v1 #1
#210
Jul


v1 #2
#211
Sep


v1 #3
#212
Nov


1959
v1 #4
#213
Jan


v1 #5
#214
Mar


v1 #6
#215
May


v1 #7
#216
Jul


v1 #8
#217
Sep


v1 #9
#218
Nov


1960
v2 #1
#219
Jan


v2 #2
#220
Mar


v2 #3
#221
May


v2 #4
#222
Jul

v2 #5
#223
Sep


v2 #6
#224
Nov


1961

v3 #1
#225
Feb


v3 #2
#226
Apr










Betty Fedora    (about)

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
2015
# 1










# 2


2016








# 3
Fall




2017
# 4













Big-Book Detective Magazine    (about)

Big-Book Detective Magazine was launched as a companion to Big-Book Western Magazine, but was much less successful, lasting for a mere eight issues.
Publishers: Fictioneers, Inc.; 2256 Grove Street, Chicago, IL.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1941











v1 #1
Dec

1942

v1 #2
Feb


v1 #3
Apr


v1 #4
Jun


v2 #1
Aug


v2 #2
Oct


v2 #3
Dec

1943

v2 #4
Feb












Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada)    (about)

Initially a Canadian reprint edition of Big-Book Detective Magazine, this actually lasted longer than its parent magazine, reprinting from other magazines in later issues.
Publishers: Popular Publications; Toronto, Ontario.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1942
v1 #2
Jan


v1 #3
Mar


v1 #5
May








1943



Apr


Jun




v2 #8
Oct


v2 #9
Dec

1944

v2 #10
Feb


v2 #11
Apr


v2 #12
Jun


v2 #13
Aug


v2 #14
Oct


v2 #15
Dec

1945

v2 #16
Feb


v2 #17
Apr

v2 #18
Jun




v2 #19
Oct


v2 #20
Dec


Big-Book Detective (UK)    (about)

British reprint edition of Big-Book Detective Magazine.
Publishers: Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd.; 14 Lever Street, Manchester 1.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
1942
# 1

# 2












The Big Click    (about)

An electronic magazine of crime fiction with an emphasis on noir, confessional, weird and “literary” fiction that depict and interrogate crime and social trespass.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter
2012


#1
Mar


#2
May


#3
Jul


#4
Sep


#5
Nov


2013
#6
Jan


#7
Mar


#8
May


#9
Jul


#10
Sep


#11
Nov


2014
#12
Jan


#13
Mar


#14
May


#15
Jul


#16
Sep


#17
Nov


2015
#18
Jan


#19
Mar


#20
May


#21
Jul


#22
Sep


#23
Nov


2016
#24
Jan


#25
Mar












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