Thrilling Publications

Pines' cover artists included Earle K. Bergey, John Parker, 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 • Masked Rider (purchased from Martin Goodman's Ranger Publications after the first three issues; Better Publications' numbering started with v01n01) • The Phantom Detective • The Purple Scar • The Rio Kid ==Titles==

• Air War • Army Navy Flying Stories • Black Book Detective • Captain Future (1940–1944; 17 issues)(the series was continued with several novels and short stories in Startling Stories) • Detective Book Magazine • Detective Novels • Everyday Astrology • Exciting Detective • Exciting Love • Exciting Football • Exciting Western • Fantastic Story Quarterly / Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955, 23 issues) • G-Men • The Lone Eagle • Masked Detective (1940–1943, 12 issues) • Masked Rider Western (1934–1953; 100 issues) • Mobsters • The Phantom Detective • Popular Detective • Popular Love • Popular Sports Magazine • Popular Western • RAF Aces • Range Riders Western (1938–1953; 72 issues) • Rio Kid Western • Rodeo Romances • Sky Fighters • Space Stories (1952-1953, 5 issues) • Startling Stories (1939–1955; 99 issues)(Following the cancellation of Captain Future in 1944 due to wartime paper restrictions, several CF novels appeared in this magazine immediately, and several short stories in the early 50s) • Texas Rangers • 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) • Wonder Story Annual (1950-1953, 4 issues) ==See also==