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The Three Mosquitoes Checklist

Between August 1927 and January 1939, Ralph Oppenheim’s “The Three Mosquitoes” appeared sixty-five times in nine different pulp magazines. The stories varied widely in their style depending on which magazine Oppenheim sold the story to.

Some, like “Roaring Motors” (War Stories, May 24, 1928) were typical WWI aviation stories. While others, like “The Magic Inferno” (Dare-Devil Aces, April, 1932), had zany mad scientist type plots.

In their last two appearances (Sky Fighters, November 1938 and January, 1939), they even changed wars. They moved to WWII China to take on the pre-Pearl Harbor Japanese invaders.

Here is a list of The Three Mosquitoes stories compiled from Leonard Robbins’ The Pulp Magazine Index that also appeared in The Three Mosquities: The Wizard Ace.

magazine date vol no title
1927
WAR STORIES Jul 3 2 ACES DOWN
WAR STORIES Aug 5 3 3 HIGH DIVING
WAR STORIES Aug 19 4 11 DOWN FROM THE CLOUDS
WAR STORIES Sep 29 5 14 DEVILS OF THE AIR
WAR STORIES Oct 13 5 15 UP AND OUT
WAR STORIES Nov 10 6 17 FLAMING COCKPITS
1928
WAR STORIES Jan 5 7 21 SMASHED WINGS
WAR STORIES Feb 2 8 23 HOT AIR
WAR BIRDS Mar 1 1 CHALLENGE OF THE AIR
WAR STORIES Mar 15 9 26 HAWKS OF THE NIGHT
WAR STORIES Mar 29 9 27 AN ACE IN THE HOLE
WAR STORIES Apr 12 9 28 THE ACE OF SPADS
WAR STORIES May 10 10 30 THE INVISIBLE ACE
WAR STORIES May 24 10 31 ROARING MOTORS
WAR BIRDS Jun 2 4 TWO ACES—AND A JOKER
WAR BIRDS Jul 2 5 STACKED CARDS
WAR BIRDS Sep 3 7 CRASHING THROUGH
WAR STORIES Sep 27 13 40 PASSENGERS OF DEATH
WAR NOVELS Oct 3 9 EARLY BIRDS
WAR STORIES Nov 8 14 43 GET THAT GUN
WAR STORIES Dec 5 15 45 TWO ACES—IN DUTCH
WAR BIRDS Dec 4 10 Q-BOAT OF THE AIR
WAR BIRDS Dec 4 11 THE PHANTOM ZEPPELIN
1929
WAR BIRDS Feb 5 13 DELIVER OR DESTROY
NAVY STORIES Mar 1 2 ACES OF THE SEA
WAR NOVELS Jun 6 18 THE FLYING SPIDER
WAR BIRDS Jul 6 18 ENEMY AIR
SKY RIDERS Jul 3 9 FLYING LOCOMOTIVES
SKY RIDERS Sep 4 11 THE DYNAMITE FLIGHT
SKY RIDERS Dec 5 14 THROUGH ENEMY JAWS
WAR BIRDS Dec 8 23 SPAWN OF DEVIL’S ISLAND
1930
SKY RIDERS Feb 6 16 BENEATH THE IRON MASK
WAR BIRDS Feb 9 26 THE RIDERLESS PLANE
WAR STORIES Feb 13 26 76 MOSQUITO LUCK
SKY RIDERS Mar 6 17 ROOF OF TREACHERY
WAR BIRDS Apr 10 28 NO-MAN’S-SKY
SKY RIDERS Jun 7 20 THE FLYING TANK
WAR BIRDS Jul 11 31 THE SQUADRON FROM NOWHERE
WAR BIRDS Sep 11 33 DARK SKIES
1931
WAR BIRDS Jan 13 38 BROKEN WINGS
WAR BIRDS May 14 42 BLIND ACES
WAR BIRDS Jun 15 43 NO SURVIVORS
WAR BIRDS Sep 16 46 SKY MASQUERADE
WAR BIRDS Oct 16 47 THE GOLDEN ALBATROSS (pt1)
WAR BIRDS Nov 16 48 THE GOLDEN ALBATROSS (pt2)
WAR BIRDS Dec 17 49 THE GOLDEN ALBATROSS (pt3)
1932
BATTLE ACES Jan 4 4 THE X-GUN FLIGHT
BATTLE ACES Feb 5 1 THE IRON ACE
DARE-DEVIL ACES Feb 1 1 THE MAGIC INFERNO
BATTLE ACES Apr 5 3 WINGS OF TERROR
BATTLE ACES Jun 6 1 THE FLYING DREADNOUGHT
DARE-DEVIL ACES Jun 1 4 THE T.N.T. PATROL
DARE-DEVIL ACES Jul 2 1 THE 20-ACE PATROL
BATTLE ACES Aug 6 3 THE SPLIT-SECOND ACE
DARE-DEVIL ACES Aug 2 2 THE INVISIBLE CIRCLE
BATTLE ACES Sep 6 4 THE SUICIDE PATROL
BATTLE ACES Oct 7 1 THE UNDERCOVER ACE
DARE-DEVIL ACES Oct 2 4 THE DYNAMITE FLIGHT
DARE-DEVIL ACES Nov 3 1 THE ROCKET ACE
BATTLE BIRDS Dec 1 1 THE INVISIBLE ACE
1933
DARE-DEVIL ACES Jan 3 3 THE WIZARD ACE
BATTLE BIRDS Feb 1 3 THE THUNDERBOLT ACE
DARE-DEVIL ACES Apr 4 2 THE CANNON-BALL ACE
DARE-DEVIL ACES Jun 4 4 THE IRON MASK PATROL
DARE-DEVIL ACES Aug 5 2 THE MIDNIGHT ACE
BATTLE BIRDS Sep 3 2 THE FLYING STINGAREE
1935
FLYING ACES Nov 21 4 SECRET OF THE HELL HAWKS
1938
SKY FIGHTERS Nov 20 1 BLOOD ON THE SUN
1939
SKY FIGHTERS Jan 20 2 STARS FOR CHINA