Thrilling Publications

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).

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

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)