Thrilling Publications

Thrilling Publications
Industry	Magazine publication
Founded	1928
Founder	Ned Pines
Defunct	1961
Headquarters	United States
Products	Magazines, pulp magazines
Services	Publishing

Thrilling Publications, also known as Beacon Magazines (1936–37), Better Publications (1937–43) and Standard Magazines (1943–55), was a pulp magazine publisher run by Ned Pines, publishing such titles as Startling Stories and Thrilling Wonder Stories.

Pines became the president of Pines Publications in 1928. Pines folded most of his magazines in 1955 but continued to lead the company until 1961.

Cover artists

Pines' cover artists included Earle K. Bergey, George Rozen, and Rudolph Belarski.

Paperbacks

In 1942 Pines started Popular Library, a paperback publishing house, and devoted himself to that company after closing his other ventures. Popular reprinted materials from the pulps.

Characters

The Black Bat
Captain Danger
Captain Future (a separate comic book character, unrelated to the pulp character, also existed)
Crimson Mask
Green Ghost (also appeared in comics)
Masked Detective
The Phantom Detective
The Purple Scar

Titles

Air War
Black Book Detective
Captain Future
Detective Book Magazine
Detective Novels
Exciting Love
Exciting Football
G-Men
The Lone Eagle
Masked Detective (1940–1943, 12 issues)
Mobsters
Popular Detective
Popular Love
Popular Sports Magazine
Rodeo Romances
Sky Fighters
Startling Stories
Strange Stories
Thrilling Adventures (1931–1943)
Thrilling Baseball
Thrilling Detective (1931–53, 213 issues)
Thrilling Football
Thrilling Love
Thrilling Mystery
Thrilling Ranch
Thrilling Sports
Thrilling Western
West
Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936–55, 112 issues)

References

Wooley, John and Locke, John. "A History of the Thrilling Pulps." Thrilling Detective Heroes [Adventure House, 2007].

External links

Popular Library titles

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