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| 1941 | v1 #1 Sep |
v1 #3 Nov |
v1 #4 Dec |
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| 1942 | v1 #5 Jan |
v1 #6 Feb |
v1 #7 Mar |
v1 #8 Apr |
v1 #10 Jun |
v1 #11 Jul |
v1 #12 Aug |
v2 #1 Sep |
v2 #2 Oct |
v2 #3 Nov |
v2 #4 Dec |
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| 1943 | v2 #5 Jan |
v2 #6 Feb |
v2 #7 Mar |
v2 #8 Apr |
v2 #9 May |
v2 #10 Jun |
v2 #11 Jul |
v2 #12 Aug |
v3 #1 Sep |
v3 #2 Oct |
v3 #3 Nov |
v3 #4 Dec |
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| 1944 | v3 #5 Jan |
v3 #6 Feb |
v3 #7 Mar |
v3 #8 Apr |
v3 #9 May |
v3 #10 Jun |
v3 #11 Jul |
v3 #12 Aug |
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| 1947 | Dec | ||||||||||||
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| 1970 | v1 #1 Dec |
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| 1962 | v 2 #2 |
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| 1968 | v 7 #4 Nov |
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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 |
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| 1952 | v1 #3 |
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| 1953 | v2 #4 |
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| 1933 | v92 #5 May |
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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.
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| 1938 | v2 #5 Sep |
v2 #6 Dec |
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| 1939 | v3 #1 Mar |
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| 1910 | v1 #1 Mar 1 |
v1 #2 Apr |
v1 #3 May |
v1 #4 Jun |
v1 #5 Jul |
v1 #6 Aug |
v1 #7 Sep |
v2 #1 Oct 1 |
v2 #2 Oct 15 |
v2 #3 Nov 1 |
v2 #4 Nov 15 |
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| 1910 | v2 #5 Dec 1 |
v2 #6 Dec 15 |
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Title changed from Top-Notch Magazine.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | mid-Dec | |
| Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | |||||||||
| 1911 | v3 #1 Jan 1 |
v3 #2 Jan 15 |
v3 #3 Feb 1 |
v3 #4 Feb 15 |
v3 #5 Mar 1 |
v3 #6 Mar 15 |
v4 #1 Apr 1 |
v4 #2 Apr 15 |
v4 #3 May 1 |
v4 #4 May 15 |
v4 #5 Jun 1 |
v4 #6 Jun 15 |
v5 #1 Jul 1 |
| 1911 | v5 #2 Jul 15 |
v5 #3 Aug 1 |
v5 #4 Aug 15 |
v5 #5 Sep 1 |
v5 #6 Sep 15 |
v6 #1 Oct 1 |
v6 #2 Oct 15 |
v6 #3 Nov 1 |
v6 #4 Nov 15 |
v6 #5 Dec 1 |
v6 #6 Dec 15 |
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| 1912 | v7 #1 Jan 1 |
v7 #2 Jan 15 |
v7 #3 Feb 1 |
v7 #4 Feb 15 |
v7 #5 Mar 1 |
v7 #6 Mar 15 |
v8 #1 Apr 1 |
v8 #2 Apr 15 |
v8 #3 May 1 |
v8 #4 May 15 |
v8 #5 Jun 1 |
v8 #6 Jun 15 |
v9 #1 Jul 1 |
| 1912 | v9 #2 Jul 15 |
v9 #3 Aug 1 |
v9 #4 Aug 15 |
v9 #5 Sep 1 |
v9 #6 Sep 15 |
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Title changed from Top-Notch.
Title changed from Top-Notch Magazine.
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| 1931 | v85 #4 2nd Apr |
v85 #5 1st May |
v85 #6 2nd May |
v86 #1 Jun 1 |
v86 #2 Jun 15 |
v86 #3 Jul 1 |
v86 #4 Jul 15 |
v86 #5 Aug 1 |
v86 #6 Aug 15 |
v87 #1 Sep 1 |
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| 1931 | v87 #2 Sep 15 |
v87 #3 Oct 1 |
v87 #4 Oct 15 |
v87 #5 Nov 1 |
v87 #6 Nov 15 |
v88 #1 Dec 1 |
v88 #2 Dec 15 |
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| 1932 | v88 #3 Jan 1 |
v88 #4 Jan 15 |
v88 #5 Feb 1 |
v88 #6 Feb 15 |
v89 #1 Mar 1 |
v89 #2 Mar 15 |
v89 #3 Apr 1 |
v89 #4 Apr 15 |
v89 #5 May 1 |
v89 #6 May 15 |
v90 #1 Jun 1 |
v90 #2 Jun 15 |
v90 #3 Jul 1 |
| 1932 | v90 #4 Jul 15 |
v90 #5 Aug 1 |
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Title changed from Street & Smiths Top-Notch Magazine.
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| Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | |||||||||
| 1932 | v90 #6 Aug 15 |
v91 #1 Sep 1 |
v91 #2 Sep 15 |
v91 #3 Oct 1 |
v91 #4 Oct |
v91 #5 Nov |
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| 1932 | v91 #6 Dec |
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| 1933 | v92 #1 Jan |
v92 #2 Feb |
v92 #3 Mar |
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Title changed from Street & Smiths Top-Notch.
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| Winter | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | |||||||||
| 1933 | v92 #4 Apr |
v92 #5 May |
v92 #6 Jun |
v93 #1 Jul |
v93 #2 Aug |
v93 #3 Sep |
v93 #4 Oct |
v93 #5 Nov |
v93 #6 Dec |
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| 1934 | v94 #1 Jan |
v94 #2 Feb |
v94 #3 Mar |
v94 #4 Apr |
v94 #5 May |
v94 #6 Jun |
v95 #1 Jul |
v95 #2 Aug |
v95 #3 Sep |
v95 #4 Oct |
v95 #5 Nov |
v95 #6 Dec |
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| 1935 | v96 #1 Jan |
v96 #2 Feb |
v96 #3 Mar |
v96 #4 Apr |
v96 #5 May |
v96 #6 Jun |
v97 #1 Jul |
v97 #2 Aug |
v97 #3 Sep |
v97 #4 Oct |
v97 #5 Nov |
v97 #6 Dec |
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| 1936 | v98 #1 Jan |
v98 #2 Feb |
v98 #3 Mar |
v98 #4 Apr |
v98 #5 May |
v98 #6 Jun |
v99 #1 Jul |
v99 #2 Aug |
v99 #3 Sep |
v99 #4 Oct |
v99 #5 Nov |
v99 #6 Dec |
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| 1937 | v100 #1 Jan |
v100 #2 Feb |
v100 #3 Mar |
v100 #4 Apr |
v100 #5 May |
v100 #6 Jun |
v101 #1 Jul/Aug |
v101 #2 Sep/Oct |
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