A second attempt to cash in on the popular CBS radio mystery show of the same name, this version also ran for only four issues but included a wider range of material including a lot of science fiction. There was a companion series of Suspense Novels that ran for 3 issues in 1951 publishing “Strange Pursuit” by N.R. DeMexico, “The Case of the Lonely Lovers” by Will Daemer and “Naked Villainy” by Carl G. Hodges.
Publishers: Farrell Publishing Corporation; Chicago, IL.
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| 1951 |  Spring (v1 #1) |
 v1 #2 Summer |
 v1 #3 Fall |
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| 1952 |  v1 #4 Winter |
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Subtitled “The Insider Source into Suspense, Mystery, Horror and Thriller Fiction” Suspense Magazine offers a blend of interviews, articles and original short fiction. Website: www.suspensemagazine.com.
Publishers: Suspense Magazine; 26500 Agoura Road, #102-474, Calabasas, CA 91302.
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| 2009 |  v1 May |
 v2 Jul |
 v3 Aug |
 v4 Sep |
 v5 Oct |
 v6 Nov |
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| 2010 |  v7 Jan |
 v8 Feb |
 v9 Mar |
 v10 Apr |
 v11 May |
 v12 Jun |
 v13 Jul |
 v14 Aug |
 v15 Sep |
 v16 Nov |
 v17 Dec |
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| 2011 |  v18 Jan |
 v19 Feb |
 v20 Mar |
 v21 Apr |
 v22 May |
 v23 Jun |
 v24 Jul |
 v25 Aug |
 v26 Sep |
 v27 Oct |
 v28 Nov |
 v29 Dec |
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| 2012 |  v30 Jan |
 v31 Feb |
 v32 Mar |
 v33 Apr |
 v34 May |
 v35 Jun |
 v36 Jul |
 v37 Aug |
 v38 Sep |
 v39 Oct |
 v40 Nov |
 v41 Dec |
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| 2013 |  v42 Jan |
 v43 Feb |
 v45 Mar |
 v46 Apr |
 v47 May |
 v48 Jun |
 v49 Jul |
 v50 Aug |
 v51 Sep/Oct |
 v52 Nov |
 v53 Dec |
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| 2014 |  v54 Jan |
 v55 Mar |
 v56 Apr/May |
 v57 Jun |
 v58 Aug |
 v59 Sep |
 v60 Oct/Nov |
 v61 Dec |
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| 2015 |  v62 Feb |
 v63 Mar |
 v64 May |
 v65 Jun |
 v66 Aug |
 v67 Oct |
 v68 Dec |
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| 2016 |  v69 Feb |
 v70 Apr |
 v71 Jun/Jul |
 v72 Sep/Oct |
 v73 Nov/Dec |
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| 2017 |  v74 Jan/Feb |
 v75 Mar/Apr |
 v76 May/Jun |
 v77 Jul/Aug |
 v78 Sep/Oct |
 v79 Nov/Dec |
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| 2018 |  v80 Jan/Feb |
 v81 Mar/Apr |
 v82 May/Jun/Jul |
 v83 Aug/Sep/Oct |
 v84 Nov/Dec |
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| 2019 |  v85 Jan/Feb/Mar |
 v86 Apr/May/Jun |
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Short-run magazine that published a series of original stories by the publisher’s in-house writers ranging from gangster yarns to conventional tales of detection—often with a hint of science fiction or the supernatural.
Publishers: Curtis Warren.
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| 1954 | # 1 |  # 2 |
 # 3 |
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--- see under Shock Tales.
Suspense, the Mystery Magazine (about)
This magazine was based on the Columbia Broadcasting System radio show by the same name. Each issue also contained a preview of the next issue in the form of the first two pages of a story to be published in that issue.
Publishers: Suspense Magazine, Inc.; 314 No. Robertson Boulevard, Los Angeles 36, CA.
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| 1946 |  v1 #1 Nov |
 v1 #2 Dec |
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| 1947 |  v1 #3 Jan/Feb |
 v1 #4 Mar |
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A rotating genre magazine, with contents of issues varying between detective, SF and western magazines, mostly reprinted from Columbia Magazines. Only 5 issues were crime/detective, but all are listed for convenience.
Publishers: Gerald G. Swan, Ltd.; London, England.
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 # 4 |
 # 5 |
 # 6 |
 # 7 |
 # 8 |
 # 9 |
 #10 |
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| 1950 |  #15 |
 #16 |
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