Thrilling Publications

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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. It was in operation from 1931 until 1955, when Pines closed most of his pulp magazines. Pines also ran a comic book line with the same name, which most collectors refer to as Nedor Comics.

Leo Margulies was a long-time editor at the company, and considered for many years to be the highest-paid editor in all of the pulps.

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

A complete history of the Thrilling chain is available in the anthology, Thrilling Pulp Heroes (Adventure House, 2006).

[edit] Characters

• The Black Bat
• Captain Danger
• Captain Future (a separate comic book character also existed)
• Crimson Mask
• Green Ghost (also appeared in comics)
• Masked Detective
• The Phantom Detective

[edit] Titles

• Air War
• Black Book Detective
• Captain Future
• Detective Novels
• G-Men
• The Lone Eagle
• Masked Detective
• Popular Detective
• Popular Love
• Sky Fighters
• Startling Stories
• Strange Stories
• Thrilling Adventure
• Thrilling Detective (1931–53, 213 issues)
• Thrilling Love
• Thrilling Mystery
• Thrilling Ranch
• Thrilling Sports
• Thrilling Western
• Thrilling Wonder Stories (1936–55, 112 issues)