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Canadian reprint edition of Thrilling Mystery (Novel Magazine).

— Thrilling Mystery (Canada)

Publishers: The American News Company, Ltd.; 474 Wellington Street West, Toronto, Ontario.

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1943

v19 #3
Jul

v19 #4
Oct

1944 v20 #2
Jan

v20 #3
Apr

Jul

1945
Jan

— Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine (Canada)

Title changed from Thrilling Mystery (Canada).

Publishers: Better Publications, Inc.; New York.

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1945

Summer

Nov

1946
Jan

Mar

v25 #1
May

Summer

Nov

— Detective Mystery Novel Magazine (Canada)

Title changed from Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine (Canada).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1949
v29 #1
Winter

v29 #2
Spring

Thrill Shorts (about)

Small pamphlet magazines issued just after the end of the Second World War when paper rationing was at its height.

Publishers: Gerald G. Swan, Ltd.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1946
# 1

# 2

Thuglit (about)

Small press hardcore noir crime magazine that had an earlier existence as an online zine from 2005 to 2009. Website: www.thuglit.com.

Publishers: Thuglit Publishing.

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

2012

#1
Sep/Oct

#2
Nov/Dec

2013
#3
Jan/Feb

#4
Mar/Apr

#5
May/Jun

#6
Jul/Aug

#7
Sep/Oct

#8
Nov/Dec

2014
#9
Jan/Feb

#10
Mar/Apr

#11
May/Jun

#12
Jul/Aug

#13
Sep/Oct

#14
Nov/Dec

2015
#15
Jan/Feb

#16
Mar/Apr

#17
May/Jun

#18
Jul/Aug

#19
Sep/Oct

#20
Nov/Dec

2016
#21
Jan/Feb

#22
Mar/Apr

Jun

Tightrope! (about)

Although published long after the demise of the pulp magazine, Tightrope! hoped to gain from the publicity of a popular television series of the same name. The pulp size and format was an anachronism and, despite the better-than-average run of contemporary crime-adventure stories, the magazine folded after only four issues.

Publishers: Great American Publications, Inc.; 270 Madison Avenue, New York 16, NY.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1960

v1 #1
Apr
v1 #2
May
v1 #3
Jun

v1 #4
Aug

Top Detective Annual (about)

Annual pulp, reprinting mystery fiction by well-known writers from other Standard Magazines titles. While rumours exist of a 1950 issue it has never been located and was probably not published. Volume 1 #2 was the first issue registered for copyright.

Publishers: Best Books, Inc.; 10 East 40th Street, New York, NY.

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1950 v1 #1

1951
v1 #2

1952
v1 #3

1953
v2 #4

Top-Notch Detective (about)

Little is known about this magazine which promised “12 Smashing Murder Stories” in each issue. It began with vol.2 no.5 and so presumably replaced an earlier title, but it is not known what.

Publishers: Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc.; 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1938

v2 #5
Sep

v2 #6
Dec

1939

v3 #1
Mar

Tough Stories Magazine (about)

A crudely (hand) assembled digest-sized magazine, with pages stapled together (without spine, seemingly as issued), official page numbers penned over printed numbers, some pages crossed out (much like an uncorrected proof). It is unclear if this was ever offered for sale.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1956
v1 #1
Jan
v1 #2
Feb
v1 #3
Mar

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