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Missing Issues

The following is a list of all the magazines that are covered by the Crime Fiction Index for which it is believed that the information is (or might be) incomplete.

US Magazines

Ace-High Detective MagazineMissing: Apr-1937, May-1937 (probably phantom)
All Fiction Detective StoriesMissing: 1944 (probably phantom)
All Star DetectiveMissing: Oct-1941 (probably phantom)
Amazing Detective StoriesMissing: all issues before Apr-1931
Amazing Detective TalesMissing: any issues after Oct-1930
Best DetectiveMissing: any issues except Dec-1947
Black Bat Detective MysteriesMissing: Jan-1934
Cabaret StoriesMissing: Nov-1928, Jan-1929, Feb-1929, Mar-1929
Cozy Detective Missing: any except Spring 1998, Summer 1998, 1999
Detective [1933]Missing: Jan-1934 (possibly phantom)
Detective and Murder MysteriesMissing: Sep-1937, Mar-1938, any issues between Apr-1935 & Dec-1936
Detective Story AnnualMissing: 1945, 1947 (probably phantom)
Detective TalesMissing: Nov-1923
Detective YarnsMissing: Vol 2 #3, Vol 2 #4
Double Action Detective and Mystery StoriesMissing: Jul-1960, Sep-1960 (probably phantom)
Fifteen Detective StoriesMissing: Nov-1954, Feb-1955, Apr-1955
15 Story DetectiveMissing: Jul-1951 (probably phantom)
Five Detective NovelsMissing: Winter 1954 (probably phantom)
FuturesMissing: #1, #2, #3, #6
Gangland Detective StoriesMissing: any issues after Sep-1940 (probably phantom)
Gang WorldMissing: Apr-1934
Giant ManhuntMissing: #3, #4, #10, #12, #13
Gold Seal DetectiveMissing: Jun-1936
Great DetectiveMissing: Dec-1933 to Jul-1934 (possibly phantom)
Gun Molls MagazineMissing: Mar-1931
Hank Janson Detective MagazineMissing: all issues except #1
HardboiledMissing: #37 (April 2008)
Headquarters StoriesMissing: Aug/Sep-1931 (ashcan)
International Detective CasesMissing: all except Aug-1936
Kelly's MagazineMissing: all except v1 #2
Kracked Mirror MysteriesMissing: Jan-1996; any after Fall 1996
Love-Crime DetectiveMissing: Sep-1942, Nov-1942
Malcolm'sMissing: Possible 4th issue
Master Mysteries MagazineMissing: Winter 1933, Spring 1934
Midnight Mystery StoriesMissing: 20-Jan-1923, 27-Jan-1923, 3-Feb-1923
Movie DetectiveMissing: Feb-1942
Murder Mysteries [1929]Missing: Aug-1929
Murder StoriesMissing: Nov/Dec-1931
Mystery [1979]Missing: v1 #1
Mystery Magazine [1917]Missing: May-1927
New Detective MagazineMissing: Nov-1935 (probably phantom)
Noir: The Illustrated Crime Fiction QuarterlyMissing: v2 #2 (Fall 1995)
Off Beat Detective StoriesMissing: Mar-1963, any issues after May-1963 (probably phantom)
Over My Dead Body!Missing: #2, #3, #4, #5
Private Investigator Detective MagazineMissing: Spring 1957
Real DetectiveMissing: any issues after Feb-1934 containing fiction
Real Detective TalesMissing Jul-1924, Aug-1924, Sep/Oct-1924, Dec-1924
Real Detective Tales and Mystery StoriesMissing: Mar-1931
Red Herring Mystery MagazineMissing: v2 #1, 1995; v3 #2, 1996
Scarlet Gang SmashersMissing: Jun-1936
Scientific Detective (Annual)Missing: any before March 1945, Apr-1945, May-1945, Jun-1945, Jul-1945, Oct-1945, Mar-1947, Sep-1947, Feb-1948, Mar-1948, May-1948, any after May 1948
Shock Mystery TalesMissing: Dec-1962 (possibly phantom)
Snappy Mystery StoriesMissing: May-1935 (possibly phantom)
Startling Detective AdventuresMissing: Jan-1930
Super-Detective (Stories)Missing: Mar-1935; any issues after Oct-1950
Ten Story GangMissing: Jul-1939
Top Detective AnnualMissing: 1950 (probably phantom)
True Gang LifeMissing: Jun-1935, any after Nov-1935 (except Feb-1936, Mar-1937, Jun-1937, Aug-1937, Oct-1937, Dec-1937, Jun-1939 & Sep-1939)
The UnderworldMissing: 20-Oct-1927, Sep-1928, Oct-1928, Nov-1928
The Underworld MagazineMissing: Apr-1929, May-1929, Sep-1931, Apr-1933
Whispering Willow MysteriesMissing: all except Premier, Dagger & Bon Voyage Editions

UK Magazines

Ace G-Man Stories (UK)undated sample issue only
All Detective Magazine (UK)Missing: Oct-1933, any issues after Oct-1933
All Star Detective Stories (UK)Missing: Aug-1933, Sep-1933
All-Story Detective (UK)Missing: #1, #2, any after #4
Black Mask (Detective) (UK)Missing: several issues prior to 1939; Feb-1942; Apr-1942; Aug-1942; Oct-1942; Feb-1943; Aug-1944; Dec-1944; Feb-1945 plus 6 other issues prior to July 1945; Dec-1948; Feb-1949; and any issues after November 1953.
Crack Detective Stories possibly incomplete
Detective ShortsMissing: #3
Detective Tales (UK) [1940]sample issue only
Detective Tales (UK) [1949]sample issue only
Detective Tales (UK) [1950]sample issues only
Detective Tales (UK) [1952]Missing: Apr-1957
Dime Detective Magazine (UK) [1950]Missing: #1; any after #4
Famous Detective Stories (UK)Missing: #1, #2, #3, #4, any after #13
F.B.I. Detective Stories (UK)incomplete
Gang ShortsMissing: #2
G-Men Detective (UK)Missing: 13 issues prior to Spring 1945 (all except Oct-1941, Jan-1942, Dec-1943, Spring 1944, Summer 1944, Winter 1944), v2 #9, plus any after Mar-1952
Gripping Detective Stories Missing: all except #2
Hollywood Detective (UK)Missing: all except #1, #2, #4
Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK)Missing: Nov-1963
Murder ShortsMissing: #2
Mystery Stories [193?]Missing: #6, #12, #16, #17
New All-Action StoriesMissing: #1 (New Western Stories), #9, #10, #12, #16 (Quick Action Detective Stories)
New Detective Magazine (UK) [1940s]Missing: all except v13 #1
New Detective Magazine (UK) [1950s]Missing: #1, #5, #10, #13, #14, any after #15
Pep Tec (Tales)Missing: all except Jun-1937 and Oct-1937
Phantom Detective (UK)Missing: all except #4
Pocket Reader SeriesMissing: #112, #115, #120, #121
Popular Detective (UK)Missing: #6, #8, any after #14
Real F.B.I. Detective Case Storiessample issue only
Red Dime Detectivesample issue only
The Saint Detective Magazine (UK)Missing: Oct-1959 (probably phantom)
Short Stories MagazineMissing: Sep-1981, Nov-1981, Dec-1981, Jan-1982, Feb-1982
Smashing Detective Stories (UK)Missing: #2, #3, any after #11
Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine (UK)Missing: 5 issues before 1945
Super-Detective (UK)Missing: #2, #5, #6, any after #7
Thrilling Detective (UK)Missing: most issues prior to 1945 (all except except Dec-1939); Jan-1946; Mar-1946; May-1946; plus any after Nov-1954
Triple Detective NovelsMissing: #1, #5, , #8, any after #9
True Gangster Stories (UK) [1939]Missing: all except Oct-1939

Australian Magazines

Action Detective MagazineMissing: #3, #4, #8, #13, #28, #32, #34
Alfred Hitchcock's Suspense Magazine (Australia)Missing: Sep-1957; any 1958 digests prior to June or after September
American Crime MagazineMissing: #3, Jun-1952; #7, Sep-1953; #16, Jun-1954; #29, Jul-1955
American Detective MagazineMissing: #2, Dec-1951; #6, Apr-1952; #1, Mar-1953; #2, Apr-1953; #12, Feb-1954; #17, Jul-1954; #19, Sep-1954; #29, 1955; any issues after #30
American SleuthMissing: #3, #6, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15
Colin Calhoun DetectiveMissing: #1, #2, #4, #5, #6
Crime Story MagazineMissing: all except v6#1, v6#2, v6#4, v6#6, v6#7, v6 #8, #3, #4, #7, #8
Detective FictionMissing: #4
Detective Monthly (Australia)Missing: #1, #4, #5, #7, #8, #9, #10
Detective Storiesincomplete
Downtown DetectiveMissing: #2, #3, #7, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26 #27, #28, #29, #30, #32, #33, #34, any issues after #35
East-Side DetectiveMissing: #9, #11
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (Australia)Missing: May-1948, Jun-1948, Jul-1948, Sep-1948, Dec-1948, Jan-1949, Feb-1950, Mar-1950, May-1950, Oct-1951, May-1956, Nov-1956, Mar-1957, Apr-1957, Sep-1957, Mar-1958, Apr-1958, May-1958, Oct-1958, Sep-1959, May-1960, Aug-1960, Mar-1961, Sep-1961, any issues after Feb-1962
GP Detective StoriesMissing: #2, any after #3
Invincible Detective MagazineMissing: v1 #1, Dec-1949; v1 #4, Mar-1950; v1 #6, May-1950; v1 #7, Jun-1950; v1 #9, Aug-1950; v1 #11, Oct-1950; v1 #12, Nov-1950; v1 #13, Dec-1950; v2 #17, Apr-1951; v2 #18, May-1951; v2 #19, Jun-1951; v2 #22, Sep-1951; v2 #23, Oct-1951; v3 #29, Apr-1952; v3 #30, May-1952; v3 #31, Jun-1952; v3 #32, Jul-1952; v3 #33, Aug-1952; v3 #34, Sep-1952; v4 #38, Jan-1953; v4 #39, Feb-1953; v4 #40, Mar-1953; v4 #41, Apr-1953; v4 #42, May-1953; v4 #43, Jun-1953; v4 #44, Jul-1953; v4 #47, Oct-1953; v4 #48, Nov-1953; v4 #49, Dec-1953; v5 #50, Jan-1954; v5 #51, Feb-1954; v5 #53, Apr-1954; v5 #54, May-1954; v6 #55, Jun-1954; v5 #56, Jul-1954; v5 #57, Jul-1954; v5 #58, Aug-1954; v5 #59, Aug-1954; v5 #60, Sep-1954; v5 #61, Sep-1954; v5 #62, Oct-1954; v5 #65, Nov-1954; any issues after #67
Leisure DetectiveMissing: #3, #5, #6, #8, #9, #12, #13, #19, #23, #41, #45, #50, #52
Mercury Mystery Book Magazine (Australia)Missing: #2, any after #6
Modern Detective MagazineMissing: any issues after #11
Popular Detective (Australia)Missing: #1, #7, #12, #13, any after #14
Pursuit--The Phantom Mystery Magazine (Australia)Missing: v1 #10
The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia)Missing: Sep-1954, Oct-1954, Nov-1954, Dec-1954, Jan-1955, Feb-1955, Mar-1955, Apr-1955, May-1955, Jul-1955, Aug-1955, Sep-1955, Oct-1955, Nov-1955, Dec-1955, Jan-1956, Feb-1956, Apr-1956, Jun-1956, Jul-1956, Aug-1956, Sep-1956, Oct-1956, Nov-1956, Dec-1956, Mar-1957, Apr-1957, May-1957, Jul-1957, Aug-1957, Sep-1957, Oct-1957, Dec-1957, Jan-1958, Feb-1958, Mar-1958, Jun-1958, Jul-1958, Sep-1958, Nov-1958, Jan-1959, Feb-1959, Mar-1959, Apr-1959, May-1959,
Smashing Detective (Australia)Missing: all except #2
Thrilling Detective (Australia)Missing: #3, #5, #6, #7, #15, #18, #20, any after #24
Underworld StoriesMissing: all except v5 #1
Verdict Detective Story MagazineMissing: v1 #10, (December 1955?)
Westend DetectiveMissing: #4, #7, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, any after #35

Canadian Magazines

Ace G-Man Stories (Canada)Missing: all except Nov-1942, May-1943,Sep-1943, Jul-1945, Nov-1945
Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada)Missing: all except Jan-1942, Apr-1944, Aug-1944, Dec-1944
Black Mask (Canada)sample issues only
Complete Detective Novel Magazine (Canada)sample issue only
Daredevil Detective StoriesMissing: Jun-1942; any issues after Oct-1942
Detective Fiction Weekly (Canada)sample issues only
Detective Novel(s) Magazine (Canada)sample issues only
Detective Tales (Canada)sample issues only
Dime Detective Magazine (Canada)sample issue only
Dime Mystery Magazine (Canada)sample issue only
Exciting Detective (Canada)sample issues only
Fiction Quarterlysample issues only
15 Story Detective (Canada)sample issue only
Flynn's Detective Fiction (Canada)sample issues only
Mystery Detective Stories (Canada)Missing: all except #3 & #6
New Detective Magazine (Canada)Missing: all except August 1943 & June 1944
The Phantom Detective (Canada)sample issue only
Popular Detective (Canada)sample issues only
Private Detective (Canada)sample issues only
Strange Detective Mysteries (Canada)incomplete
Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine (Canada)sample issue only
Super-Detective (CanadaMissing: all except v1 #3
Sure Fire Detective Stories (Canada)sample issues only
Ten Detective Aces (Canada)sample issues only
10-Story Detective (Canada)sample issues only
10 Story Mystery Magazine (Canada)Missing: all except February 1942 & July 1943
Thrilling Detective (Canada)sample issues only
Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine (Canada)sample issue only
Triangle QuarterlyMissing: all except Fall 1945

Magazines for which no information is known

The following is a list of all the magazines that are covered by the Crime Fiction Index for which no detailed information is currently available - many of these may not actually exist.

USUK
Crime Story MonthlyAce-High Detective Magazine (UK)
Detective AdventuresAmazing Detective Mystery Stories (UK)
Detective Novel ClassicsCrime Detective (UK)
Detective ThrillersDetective [1949]
Hollywood MysteryDetective Crime Stories
Racket StoriesGangster Pay-Off
Railroad Detective StoriesInternational Detective Cases (UK)
Real Western Mystery NovelsPrivate Detective (UK)
Red Seal Detective StoriesStrange Detective Mysteries (UK)
Red Seal Mystery Magazine10-Story Detective (UK)
Three Detective NovelsThe Underworld [1930] (UK)
  
Canada 
Best Detective Magazine (Canada) 
Big Detective (Canada) 
Black Book Detective Magazine (Canada) 
Chief Detective Stories 
Clues (Canada) 
Complete Detective Stories 
Complete Mystery Novelettes (Canada) 
Detective Romances (Canada) 
F.B.I. Detective Stories (Canada) 
15 Mystery Stories (Canada) 
5 Detective Novels (Canada) 
G-Men Detective (Canada) 
Mystery Book Magazine (Canada) 
Nick Carter Magazine (Canada) 
The Shadow (Canada) 
Triple Detective (Canada)