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Topical Times [#893, December 26, 1936] (D.C. Thomson; London, 2d, 36pp, 8½" x 11")

8 · Girl Hunt [Part 3 of 5; The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Black Mask Aug 1929, as “Fly Paper”
12 · I Am a Spy: The Woman Who Fooled Them [Operator 19] · George Goodchild · ss
28 · Smithy of the Yard: The Man Who Liked to Keep Things Dark [Smithy of the Yard] · Murdoch Duncan · ss

Topical Times [#894, January 2, 1937] (D.C. Thomson; London, 2d, 36pp, 8½" x 11")

8 · Girl Hunt [Part 4 of 5; The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Black Mask Aug 1929, as “Fly Paper”
12 · I Am a Spy: The End of Plafond [Operator 19] · George Goodchild · ss
28 · The Strange Call from Hampstead [Smithy of the Yard] · Murdoch Duncan · ss

Topical Times [#895, January 9, 1937] (D.C. Thomson; London, 2d, 36pp, 8½" x 11")

8 · Girl Hunt [Part 5 of 5; The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv Black Mask Aug 1929, as “Fly Paper”
12 · The Prisoner in the Plane · Albert Potter · ss
28 · The Cop Who Lost His Handcuffs [Smithy of the Yard] · Murdoch Duncan · ss

Topical Times [#1000, January 14, 1939] (DC Thomson, 2d)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

7 · His Plan Went Wrong! [Part ? of ?] · Sherwood King · sl
12 · Adventures of P.C. Conway: The Shadow in the Mirror · L. H. Hart · ss
29 · He Gave Himself Away · Jack Hall · ss

Topical Times [#1001, January 21, 1939] (DC Thomson, 2d)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

7 · His Plan Went Wrong! [Part ? of ?] · Sherwood King · sl
12 · Adventures of P.C. Conway: The Sandwich-Board Detective [P.C. Conway] · L. H. Hart · ss
29 · Killer in the Dark · Robert W. Thompson · ss Detective Tales Jan 1939

Topical Times [#1002, January 28, 1939] (DC Thomson, 2d)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

7 · His Plan Went Wrong! [Part ? of ?] · Sherwood King · sl
12 · Adventures of P.C. Conway: The Burglar Left a Message [P.C. Conway] · L. H. Hart · ss
29 · The Mark of Murder · A. Maitland Murray · ss

Topical Times [#1003, February 4, 1939] (DC Thomson, 2d)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found. Contents taken from information in previous issue. Details supplied by Steve Holland.

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His Plan Went Wrong! [Part ? of ?] · Sherwood King · sl
Adventures of P.C. Conway: The Girl Who Ran Away [P.C. Conway] · L. H. Hart · ss
Today a Man Will Die · [unknown] · ss

Topical Times [#1004, February 11, 1939] (DC Thomson, 2d)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

7 · His Plan Went Wrong! [Part ? of ?] · Sherwood King · sl
12 · Adventures of P.C. Conway: The Silk-Stocking Clue [P.C. Conway] · L. H. Hart · ss
29 · -And What a Fight! · Reynolds Phillips · ss

Topical Times [#1005, February 18, 1939] (DC Thomson, 2d)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found. Contents taken from information in previous issue. Details supplied by Steve Holland.

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His Plan Went Wrong! [Part ? of ?] · Sherwood King · sl
Adventures of P.C. Conway: Jake Flynn’s Disappearing Trick [P.C. Conway] · L. H. Hart · ss
Murder for a Letter · [unknown] · ss

Topical Times [#1032, August 26, 1939] (DC Thomson, 2d)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

7 · I Was Accused [Part 1 of ?] · L. H. Hart · sl
12 · The Amazing Quest of Jimmy Gee: The Snuff-Box Problem [Jimmy Gee] · Marten Cumberland · ss
29 · Springy Steele-Solver of Sea Crimes: The Drifting Death [Springy Steele] · Stanton Hope · ss

Topical Times [#1033, September 2, 1939] (DC Thomson, 2d)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

7 · I Was Accused [Part 2 of ?] · L. H. Hart · sl
12 · The Amazing Quest of Jimmy Gee: The Case of the Imitation Cameo [Jimmy Gee] · Marten Cumberland · ss
29 · Springy Steele-Solver of Sea Crimes: The Man with Three Names [Springy Steele] · Stanton Hope · ss

Topical Times [#1034, September 9, 1939] (DC Thomson, 2d)
Details supplied by Steve Holland.

7 · I Was Accused [Part 3 of ?] · L. H. Hart · sl
12 · The Amazing Quest of Jimmy Gee: The Drugged Man Who Packed a Punch [Jimmy Gee] · Marten Cumberland · ss
16 · Dumb Witness [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss Collier’s Sep 24 1938
29 · Springy Steele-Solver of Sea Crimes: Mystery of the Ships That Sank [Springy Steele] · Stanton Hope · ss

Topper (about)

Topper [v2 #9, July 1962]
partial contents. Details supplied by Denny Lien.

The Indefatigable Mr. Drood · Arnold House · ss
The Parting · Don Rowell · ss

Topper [v2 #9, April 1963]
partial contents. Details supplied by Denny Lien.

The Perilous Voyage · Theodore Pratt · ss

Topper [February 1965] (quarto)
Details taken from eBay listing.

Lady of the Song · Frank Thayer · ss
Sex for Three · Eve Christianson · ss
The Writing on the Wall · Joe Gores · ss
Monterey Jazz · Dick Sherwin & Robert Kent · ar
Heavenly Aphrodisiacs · Jon Dahlstrom · ar
Reach for the Sky · Richard Sherwin · ss
Language of Love · Thomas Sterne · ss
The Yellow Leaf · Fred Faborg · ss

Topper [July 1965]
Details taken from eBay listing.

Virtue Crushed · The Marquis de Sade · ar (r)
Way Out · Maurice Beam · ss
The Wrong Sort · Michael Zuroy · ss
How the West Was Fleeced · Hal E. Parker · ar
A Penny Saved Is Not in Circulation · C. F. Du Quesne · ar
In July, a Lemonade · Peter Kevin · ar
After You’ve Gone Near the Water · Sherwin & Mike Edward · ar
The Schnook Book · Sam Ewing · hu
The Intoxicating Art of Survival · Redacts · hu
I Was a Collegiate Nookie Bookie · Dr. Horace Alger · hu
Fleshtivities in Cannes · Max B. Miller · pi
Nightlife of the Gobs · [Various] · pi
That’s the Wigged Wench! · RBK · pi
Dorinda at the Docket · [Various] · pi
Naughty Natatorium · Max B. Miller · pi
Hanky-Panky at Poolside · [Various] · pi
Collison Corps · Max B. Miller · pi
Daredevil Drivers on Display · [Various] · pi
The Barest Baker and Other Bawds · Redcats · pi
Some Export-Only Scenes of Fleshy Flicks · [Various] · pi
Stunning Stunter · RBK · pi
A Swinger for Real · [Various] · pi

Topper [v18 #12, November 1975] (Top-Flight Magazines, Inc., $1.50, 84pp, quarto)
Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson, listing fiction only.

39 · The Darwin Sampler · Ray Russell · vi The Future Is Now, ed. William F. Nolan, Sherbourne Press 1970; illustrated by Boyd Miles

Tops in Science Fiction (about)

Publishers:

Love Romances Publishing Co., Inc.; Stamford, CT: Tops in Science Fiction

Editors:

Jack O’Sullivan - Editor: Tops in Science Fiction, Spr 1953.
Malcolm Reiss - Managing Editor: Tops in Science Fiction, Spr 1953.
Malcolm Reiss - Editor: Tops in Science Fiction, Fll 1953.
Mary Berner - Associate Editor: Tops in Science Fiction, Fll 1953.

Tops in Science Fiction [v1 #1, Spring 1953] (25¢, 128pp+, pulp)

fc. · [front cover] · Leydenfrost · cv Planet Stories Spr 1942
2 · Citadel of Lost Ships · Leigh Brackett · nv Planet Stories Mar 1943
22 · The Last Martian · Raymond Van Houten · ss Planet Stories Spr 1942
32 · Castaways of Eros · Nelson S. Bond · nv Planet Stories Win 1943
55 · The First Man on the Moon · Alfred Coppel · ss Planet Stories Spr 1950
58 · Task to Lahri · Ross Rocklynne · nv Planet Stories Sum 1942
76 · The Million Year Picnic [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Sum 1946
82 · The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears · Keith Bennett · nv Planet Stories Spr 1950
104 · Black Friar of the Flame · Isaac Asimov · nv Planet Stories Spr 1942

Tops in Science Fiction [v1 #2, Fall 1953] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Kelly Freas)

1 · Lorelei of the Red Mist · Ray Bradbury & Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories Sum 1946
54 · And the Gods Laughed · Fredric Brown · ss Planet Stories Spr 1944
68 · Grifters’ Asteroid · Harold C. Fosse · ss Planet Stories May 1943, as by H. L. Gold
84 · The Sword of Johnny Damokles · Hugh Frazier Parker · nv Planet Stories Mar 1943
105 · Saboteur of Space · Robert Abernathy · nv Planet Stories Spr 1944

Tops in Science Fiction (UK) (about)

Tops in Science Fiction (UK) [#1, 1954] (Top Fiction Ltd.; London, 1/6, 128pp, digest)
Details supplied by Roger Robinson.

5 · Citadel of Lost Ships · Leigh Brackett · nv Planet Stories Mar 1943; given as by Leigh Bracket.
53 · Task to Lahri · Ross Rocklynne · nv Planet Stories Sum 1942
93 · The Million Year Picnic [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Sum 1946
107 · The Last Martian · Raymond Van Houten · ss Planet Stories Spr 1942

Tops in Science Fiction (UK) [#2, 1954] (Top Fiction Ltd.; London, 1/6, 128pp, digest)
Details supplied by Roger Robinson.

7 · The First Man on the Moon · Alfred Coppel · ss Planet Stories Spr 1950
13 · The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears · Keith Bennett · nv Planet Stories Spr 1950; author not given.
68 · Black Friar of the Flame · Isaac Asimov · nv Planet Stories Spr 1942

Tops in Science Fiction (UK) [#3, 1954] (Top Fiction Ltd.; London, 1/6, 128pp, digest)
Details supplied by Roger Robinson.

7 · Lorelei of the Red Mist · Ray Bradbury & Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories Sum 1946; uncredited in the Table of Contents.
76 · The Sword of Johnny Damokles · Hugh Frazier Parker · nv Planet Stories Mar 1943; given as “The Sword of Johnny Damockles” in the Table of Contents.
105 · Grifters’ Asteroid · Harold C. Fosse · ss Planet Stories May 1943, as by H. L. Gold

Tops in Western Stories (about)

Tops in Western Stories [v1 #1, Spring 1953] ed. Jack O’Sullivan (Flying Stories, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · The Last Ride of Pothooks Marks · Les Savage, Jr. · na Lariat Story Magazine Sep 1948, as “The Last Ride of Pothook Marrs”
50 · Slow Elk on Alder Creek · O. E. Fry · ss (r)
58 · Destiny Rides the Rio · Curtis Bishop · ss Lariat Story Magazine Jul 1945
73 · Beginner’s Luck · Bennett Foster · ss Action Stories Jun 1936
79 · The Laughing Town · Stewart Toland · ss Lariat Story Magazine Jul 1947
84 · Trigger Trial · Edgar L. Cooper · ss Action Stories Mar/Apr 1934, as “Kangaroo Court”
96 · Payoff in Mex · Walt Coburn · nv Lariat Story Magazine Mar 1942

Tops in Western Stories [v1 #2, Fall 1953] (35¢, pulp)
Details supplied by Larry Estep.

Crossfire Colts · Walt Coburn · nv Lariat Story Magazine Jul 1943
The Maverick Brand · Anson Slaughter · ss (r)
Epitaph from Tombstone · J. A. Saxon · ss (r)
Stranger on the Stage · L. P. Holmes · nv Lariat Story Magazine Sep 1947
Town of Twenty Triggers · Les Savage, Jr. · na Lariat Story Magazine Jan 1944

Tops in Westerns (about)

Tops in Westerns [v1, 1940] (Warner Publications, Inc., 20¢, pulp)
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Tops in Westerns [v2, 1941] (Warner Publications, Inc., 20¢, pulp)
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Tops in Westerns [v3, 1942] (Warner Publications, Inc., pulp)
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Tops in Westerns [v4, 1943] (Warner Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
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Tops in Westerns [v5, 1944] (Warner Publications, Inc., 20¢, 116+122pp+, pulp)
Two rebound unsold issues of Ranch Romances (1st and 2nd January 1944 issues). Details supplied by John Locke.

4 · Half Moon Roundup · Austin Corcoran & Myrtle Juliette Corey · na Ranch Romances Jan #1 1944
43 · Connivin’ with Cupid · S. Omar Barker · ss Ranch Romances Jan #1 1944
50 · These Are My People · Dabney Otis Collins · ss Ranch Romances Jan #1 1944
57 · Know Your West · Anon. · qz Ranch Romances Jan #1 1944
58 · The Drifter [Part 1 of 3] · Ray Palmer Tracy · nv Ranch Romances Jan #1 1944
82 · The Clunk of Gold · Stephen Payne · ss Ranch Romances Jan #1 1944
91 · The Hole · Sally Lockhart · ss Ranch Romances Jan #1 1944
100 · Outcasts of Monument Valley [Part 5 of 5] · Dorothy L. Bonar · sl Ranch Romances Jan #1 1944
4 · Harmon’s Hole · Stephen Payne · na Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
38 · Hi Lowe and the Game · S. Omar Barker · ss Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
47 · Alias Johnny North · Donna Geyer · ss Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
54 · Know Your West · Anon. · qz Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
56 · Wedding Date · Marie de Nervaud · nv Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
71 · Out West · Myrtle Juliette Corey · ss Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
79 · The Westerners’ Crossword Puzzle · Anon. · pz Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
80 · Faith Rides Along · Clee Woods · nv Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
92 · Coyotes Kin Ha’nt · Carlysle Graham Raht · ss Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
100 · Teller of Tall Tales · J. Frank Dobie · ar Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
104 · The Drifter [Part 2 of 3] · Ray Palmer Tracy · nv Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
120 · Out of the Chutes · Tex Sherman · cl Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
122 · Ranch Romances’ Amateur Page · [The Readers] · ms Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944
124 · Our Air Mail · [The Readers] · lc Ranch Romances Jan #2 1944

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