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, 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 and George Rozen.

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

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)