History of US science fiction and fantasy magazines to 1950
List of magazines
This table provides the following information: Title. The title that the magazine is usually indexed under.

History of US science fiction and fantasy magazines to 1950

Section Title: List of magazines
Table Section Text: This table provides the following information: Title. The title that the magazine is usually indexed under.

Title	First issue	Last issue	Publisher	# issues	New or reprint?	Notes

The Thrill Book	1919	1919	Street & Smith	16	New

Weird Tales	1923	2014	Rural, Popular Fiction, Weird Tales (Short Stories)	256	New	23 more issues appeared between 1951 and 1954, and 83 further issues between 1973 and 2014. Popular Fiction should not be confused with Popular Publications.

Amazing Stories	1926	2014	Experimenter (Gernsback), Radio-Science, Teck, Ziff-Davis	257	New	Also 355 issues between 1951 and 2014.

Amazing Stories Annual	1927	1927	Experimenter (Gernsback)	1	New

Tales of Magic and Mystery	1927	1928	Personal Arts	5	New

Ghost Stories	1928	1932	Constructive, Good Story (Hersey)	65	New

Amazing Stories Quarterly	1928	1934	Experimenter (Gernsback), Irving Trust, Radio-Science, Teck	22	New	An additional 27 issues from 1940–1949 were not a separate magazine; they were rebound copies of Amazing Stories.

Air Wonder Stories	1929	1930	Stellar (Gernsback)	11	New

Science Wonder Stories	1929	1930	Stellar (Gernsback)	12	New

Wonder Stories Quarterly	1929	1933	Stellar (Gernsback)	14	Reprint

Astounding Stories	1930	Clayton, Street & Smith, Condé Nast, Davis, Dell, Crosstown	241	New	775 subsequent issues as of November 2016. In digest format from the November 1943 issue onwards.

Scientific Detective Monthly	1930	1931	Techni-Craft (Gernsback), Fiction Publishers	15	New	Fiction Publishers should not be confused with Fiction House.

Wonder Stories	1930	1936	Stellar, Continental (both Gernsback)	66	New

Miracle Science and Fantasy Stories	1931	1931	Good Story (Hersey)	2	New

Strange Tales	1931	2007	Clayton	7	New	Also three issues 2003–2007.

Doctor Death	1935	1935	Dell	3	New

Thrilling Wonder Stories	1936	1954	Beacon, Better, Standard (all Standard)	89	New	A continuation of Wonder Stories. 22 more issues appeared after 1950.

The Witch's Tales	1936	1936	Carwood	2	Reprint

Flash Gordon Strange Adventure Magazine	1936	1936	C.J.H. (Hersey)	1	New

Marvel Science Stories	1938	1952	Postal, Western (both Goodman)	10	New	Two runs, 1938–41 and 1950–52; five of the latter issues appeared after 1950.

Startling Stories	1939	1955	Better (Standard), Standard	65	New	Also 34 issues between 1951 and 1955.

Dynamic Science Stories	1939	1939	Western (Goodman)	2	New

Strange Stories	1939	1941	Better (Standard)	13	New

Unknown	1939	1943	Street & Smith	39	New

Science Fiction Stories	1939	1960	Blue Ribbon Magazines, Double Action Magazines, Columbia Publications (all Silberkleit)	12	New	Two runs, 1939–1941 and 38 issues 1953–1960.

Fantastic Adventures	1939	1953	Ziff-Davis	101	New	Also 27 issues 1951–1953. Starting in Winter 1941, Ziff-Davis issued Fantastic Adventures Quarterly; this was not a separate magazine.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries	1939	1953	Munsey, Popular Publications	66	Reprint	Also 15 issues 1951–1953.

Future Science Fiction	1939	1960	Blue Ribbon, Double Action, Columbia (all Silberkleit)	21	New	Two runs, 1939–43 and 1950–60; 44 of the latter issues appeared after 1950.

Planet Stories	1939	1955	Love Romances (Fiction House)	45	New	Also 26 issues 1951–1955.

Captain Future	1940	1944	Standard	17	New

Astonishing Stories	1940	1943	Fictioneers (Popular Publications)	16	New

Super Science Stories	1940	1951	Fictioneers (Popular Publications), Popular Publications	27	New	Two runs, 1940–43 and 1949–51; four of the latter issues appeared after 1950.

Science Fiction Quarterly	1940	1958	Double Action, Columbia (both Silberkleit)	10	New	Two runs, 1940–43 and 28 issues between 1951 and 1958.

Fantastic Novels	1940	1951	Munsey, Popular Publications	25	Reprint	Two runs, 1940–41 and 1948–51; three of the latter issues appeared after 1950.

Comet	1940	1941	H-K (Hersey)	5	New

Stirring Science Stories	1941	1942	Albing, Manhattan Fiction	4	New

Cosmic Stories	1941	1941	Albing	3	New

Uncanny Stories	1941	1941	Manvis (Goodman)	1	New

Fantasy Book	1947	1951	Fantasy Publishing	7	New	One more issue appeared in 1951.

A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine	1949	1950	Popular Publications	5	Reprint

Other Worlds	1949	1957	Clark Publishing (Palmer)	8	New	Another 37 issues appeared after 1950.

Captain Zero	1949	1950	Recreational Reading (Popular Publications)	3	New

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction	1949	Fantasy House, Mercury Press, Spilogale	5	New	723 subsequent issues as of December 2016.

Fantastic Story Quarterly	1950	1955	Best (Standard)	3	Reprint	20 issues appeared after 1950.

Fantasy Fiction	1950	1950	Curtis Mitchell	2	New

Out of This World Adventures	1950	1950	Avon	2	New

Wonder Story Annual	1950	1953	Better, Best (both Standard)	4	Reprint	Three issues appeared after 1950.

Imagination	1950	1958	Clark Publishing (Palmer), Greenleaf Publishing (Hamling)	2	New	61 issues appeared after 1950.

Galaxy Science Fiction	1950	1980	World Editions, Galaxy Publishing, UPD	3	New	252 issues appeared after 1950. Six further issues appeared from a semi-professional publisher in 1994 and 1995.

Worlds Beyond	1950	1951	Hillman Publications	1	New	Two more issues appeared in 1951.

Sentence(s)

In 1919, Street & Smith launched The Thrill Book, a magazine that included either fantasy or fiction elements.

final_sentence: In 1919, Street & Smith launched The Thrill Book, a magazine that included either fantasy or fiction elements.