Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Magazines, Listed by Title

Flynn’s Detective Fiction (Canada):
Canadian reprint edition of Flynn’s (Weekly) Detective. Initially the Canadian issues were direct reprints of the US issues (possibly delayed by a week or a month), but subsequent issues also reprinted from other magazines such as Dime Detective.

Detective Fiction Weekly (Canada)
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ March 5, 1932 (15¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v68 #1, June 11, 1932 (The Red Star News Co., 15¢, 144pp+, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v68 #2, June 18, 1932 (The Red Star News Co., 15¢, 144pp+, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v68 #3, June 25, 1932 (The Red Star News Co., 15¢, 144pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ July 9, 1932 (15¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v68 #6, July 16, 1932 (15¢, 144pp+, pulp, cover by Lejaren Hiller) (Contents)
• ___ September 24, 1932 (15¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ October 22, 1932 (15¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ January 21, 1933 (15¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ March 4, 1933 (15¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v74 #6, March 25, 1933 (The Red Star News Co., 15¢, 144pp+, pulp, cover by Walter de Maris) (Contents)
• ___ August 19, 1933 (15¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v79 #2, September 23, 1933 (15¢, 144pp+, pulp, cover by Walter de Maris) (Contents)
• ___ v81 #1, December 9, 1933 (The Red Star News Co., 15¢, 144pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v85 #3, June 9, 1934 (15¢, 144pp+, pulp, cover by John A. Coughlin) (Contents)
• ___ v85 #5, June 23, 1934 (15¢, 144pp+, pulp, cover by Lejaren Hiller) (Contents)
• ___ v87 #5, September 15, 1934 (The Red Star News Co., 10¢, 144pp+, pulp, cover by John A. Coughlin) (Contents)
• ___ October 6, 1934 (10¢, 144pp+, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ March 30, 1935 (15¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v97 #1, October 12, 1935 (15¢, 144pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ February 22, 1936 (15¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)

Flynn’s Detective Fiction (Canada)
Title changed from Detective Fiction Weekly (Canada).
• ___ v151 #4, March 1943 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v151 #5, Apr 1943 (pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v151 #6, May 1943 (Popular Publications Inc., Montreal, 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v151 #7, June 1943 (10¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v151 #8, July 1943 (pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v151 #9, August 1943 (Popular Publications Inc., Montreal, 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ October 1943 (10¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v151 #6, November 1943 (10¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v151 #7, December 1943 (10¢, 96pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v151 #8, January 1944 (Popular Publications; Toronto, 10¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v151 #9, February 1944 (Popular Publications; Toronto, 10¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v151 #10, March 1944 (Popular Publications; Toronto, 10¢, 96pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v151 #11, April 1944 (Popular Publications; Toronto, 10¢, 80pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v151 #12, May 1944 (Popular Publications; Toronto, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v151 #13, June 1944 (10¢, 80pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v151 #14, July 1944 (pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v151 #15, August 1944 (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 80pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v151 #16, September 1944 (Popular Publications; Toronto, 10¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v151 #17, October 1944 (Popular Publications, Inc, 10¢, 80pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v151 #18, November 1944 (Popular Publications, Inc, 10¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)

Four in One Gang and Thrills Shorts    (about)
The title suggests an omnibus from previous volumes of Gang Shorts and Thrill Shorts, but the copy seen contains Gang Shorts #3 & #4, Occult Shorts #2 and Weird Story Magazine #2 so it is possible there were different contents in different copies. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ (1949) (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 36+36+36+36pp, 5.5" x 8.5") (Contents)

Four Star Mystery    (about)
One-shot mystery pulp. Numbering probably continued from Four Star Love. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #7, June 1942 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)

F.P. Detective Stories:    (about)
A thin pulp that reprinted from various Popular Publications magazines.

The G.P. Detective Stories
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ #14, 194? (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ October 1948 (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp) (Contents)
• ___ December 1948 (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #23, February 1949 (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp) (Contents)
• ___ #24, April 1949 (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp) (Contents)

F.P. Detective Stories
Title changed from The G.P. Detective Stories. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ August 1949 (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ March 1950 (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ July 1950 (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ September 1950 (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ November 1950 (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ January 1951 (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/6d, 64pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ May 1951 (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/6d, 64pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ July 1951 (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/6d, 64pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ November 1951 (1/6d, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ March 1952 (Feature Productions Ltd., 1/6d, 64pp, pulp) (Contents)

Futures:    (about)
Initially a general fiction magazine, but increasingly changed emphasis to crime and mystery. Note that the numbering of the first 24 issues was somewhat erratic and the numbering below has been adjusted to reflect the actual issues published.

Futures
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, February/March 1998 (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #2, April/May 1998 (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #3, June/July 1998 (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #4, August/September 1998 (Babs Lakey, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ #5, October/November 1998 (Babs Lakey, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ #6, December 1998/January 1999 (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #7, February/March 1999 (Babs Lakey, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ #8, April/May 1999 (quarto) (Contents)
• ___ #9, June/July 1999 (quarto) (Contents)
• ___ #10, August/September 1999 (quarto) (Contents)
• ___ #11, October/November 1999 (quarto) (Contents)
• ___ #12, December 1999/January 2000 (Babs Lakey, quarto, cover by Peter Welling) (Contents)
• ___ #13, February/March 2000 (Babs Lakey, quarto, cover by James Oddie & Naomi Oddie) (Contents)
• ___ #14, April/May 2000 (quarto, cover by Jennifer Meagher) (Contents)
• ___ #15, June/July 2000 (quarto, cover by Pete Welling) (Contents)
• ___ #16, August/September 2000 (quarto, cover by Debra Thomas) (Contents)

Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers
Title changed from Futures. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #17, October/November 2000 (cover by Ardy Scott) (Contents)
• ___ #18, December 2000/January 2001 ($7.95, quarto, cover by Pete Welling) (Contents)
• ___ #19, February/March 2001 (cover by Terry Hammond) (Contents)
• ___ #20, April/May 2001 (Babs Lakey; Minneapolis, MN, $7.95, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ #21, June/July 2001 (cover by Cathy Buburuz) (Contents)
• ___ #22, August/September 2001 (Babs Lakey; Minneapolis, MN, $7.95, quarto, cover by Scott Clugstone) (Contents)
• ___ #23, October/November 2001 (Babs Lakey; Minneapolis, MN, $7.95, quarto, cover by Peter J. Welling) (Contents)
• ___ #24, December 2001/January 2002 (cover by Ardy Scott) (Contents)

Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine
Title changed from Futures: Short Tales for Story Lovers. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #25, Spring (January/February/March) 2002 (Babs Lakey; Minneapolis, MN, $7.95, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ #26, April/May/June 2002 ($10.95, quarto, cover by Kevin Bolk) (Contents)
• ___ #27, Fall (July/August/September) 2002 (Babs Lakey; Minneapolis, MN, $10.95, 120pp+, quarto, cover by Alfred Klosterman) (Contents)
• ___ #28, Winter (October/November/December) 2002 (Babs Lakey; Minneapolis, MN, $10.95, quarto, cover by James Oddie) (Contents)
• ___ #29, Spring 2003 (Babs Lakey; Minneapolis, MN, $10.95, quarto, cover by Chris Whitlow) (Contents)
• ___ #30, Summer 2003 ($10.95, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ #31, Fall 2003 (Babs Lakey; Minneapolis, MN, $10.95, 120pp+, quarto, cover by Peter J. Welling) (Contents)
• ___ #32, Winter 2003 (Babs Lakey; Minneapolis, MN, quarto, cover by James Oddie) (Contents)
• ___ #33, Spring 2004 (Babs Lakey; Minneapolis, MN, $9.95, 136pp+, quarto, cover by Jenna Reith) (Contents)
• ___ #34, Summer 2004 (Contents)
• ___ #35, Fall 2004 (Contents)
• ___ #36, Winter 2004 (Contents)

Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine
Title changed from Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ May/June 2005 (Contents)
• ___ July/August 2005 (FMAM, $9.50, 128pp, digest, cover by Gin E. L. Fenton) (Contents)
• ___ September/October 2005 (FMAM, $9.50, 128pp, digest, cover by Gin E. L. Fenton) (Contents)
• ___ November/December 2005 (FMAM, $9.50, 128pp, digest, cover by Gin E. L. Fenton) (Contents)
• ___ January/February 2006 (FMAM, $9.50, 140pp, digest, cover by Gin E. L. Fenton) (Contents)
• ___ March/April 2006 ($9.50, 124pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ May/June 2006 (FMAM, $11.95, 140pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ July/August 2006 (FMAM, $11.95, 124pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ September/October 2006 (FMAM, $11.95, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ November/December 2006 (FMAM, $11.95, 128pp, digest, cover by Gin E. L. Fenton) (Contents)
• ___ January/February 2007 (unpublished) (FMAM, $14.95, 210pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ March/April 2007 (FMAM, $14.95, 200pp, digest) (Contents)

Gangland Detective Stories    (about)
--- see under Ten Story Gang.

Gangland-Racketeer Stories
Mike Cook, in Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, lists this as a Blue Band magazine in the 1930s, but this is probably a confusion for the merger of Gangland Stories and Racketeer Stories.

Gangland Stories:
Racketeer Stories and Gangland Stories were two of Harold Hersey’s less successful gangster pulp magazines, attempting to cash in on the popularity of Gangster Stories. The former lasted for only 18 issues and the latter for a mere 14 issues before the two magazines were merged to form Racketeer and Gangland Stories, which lasted a mere three issues. Commenced with Volume 1 #2, a practice not unusual with Harold Hersey magazines.

Gangland Stories
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #2, June-July 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by R. C. Wardel) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, August-September 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by R. C. Wardel) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, October 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by R. C. Wardel) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, November 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by R. C. Wardel) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, December 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by R. C. Wardel) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, January 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by R. C. Wardel) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, February 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by R. C. Wardel) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, March 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by W. C. Brigham) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, May-June 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Walter Baumhofer) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, July-August 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., pulp, cover by Walter Baumhofer) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, September-October 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Walter Baumhofer) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, November-December 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Walter Baumhofer) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, January-February 1932 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by Walter Baumhofer) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, April 1932 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Walter Baumhofer) (Contents)

Racketeer and Gangland Stories
Title changed from Gangland Stories, following merger with Racketeer Stories. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v4 #4, May 1932 (Blue Band Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Walter M. Baumhofer) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #1, June 1932 (Blue Band Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #2, July 1932 (Blue Band Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 176pp+, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)

The Gang Magazine    (about)
One of the innumerable magazines introduced to capitalise on the reading public’s fascination with gangsters and gun molls, The Gang Magazine was less successful than most and lasted a mere three issues. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, May 1935 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, July 1935 (Lincoln Hoffman, 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, September 1935 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)

Gang Shorts    (about)
Small pamphlet magazines issued toward the end of the Second World War when paper rationing was at its height. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ First Selection (Gerald G. Swan, 7d, 36pp, 5.5" x 8.5") (Contents)
• ___ 2nd Collection (Gerald G. Swan, 5.5" x 8.5") (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ 3rd Collection (Gerald G. Swan, 7d, 36pp, 5.5" x 8.5") (Contents)
• ___ 4th Selection (Gerald G. Swan, 7d, 36pp, 5.5" x 8.5") (Contents)

Gangster Pay-Off    (about)
One-shot magazine advertised in other Grant Hughes publications but no copy has ever been located so it may be phantom. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ ca. 1948 (Grant Hughes, 5.5" x 8.5") (Contents) (Placeholder)

Gangster Stories:    (about)
Initially one of Hersey’s more successful pulps, Gangster Stories was sold in 1932, along with all his magazine assets. The new owners boastfully renamed the magazine Greater Gangster Stories but the readers were less impressed and the magazine folded after only 13 issues.

Gangster Stories
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, November 1929 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, December 1929 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, January 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Arthur Wilson) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, February 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Arthur Wilson) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, March 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Arthur Wilson) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, April 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by J. Gordon Trent) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, May 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by J. Gordon Trent) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, June-July 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by J. Gordon Trent) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, August 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by J. Gordon Trent) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, October 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Walter Baumhofer) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, November 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by R. C. Wardel) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, December 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, January 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, February 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, March 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #4, April 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #1, May 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #2, June 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #3, July 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #4, August 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #1, September 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #2, October 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #3, November 1931 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #4, December 1931 (Blue Band Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #1, January 1932 (Blue Band Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #2, February 1932 (Blue Band Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #3, March 1932 (Blue Band Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #4, April 1932 (Blue Band Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #1, May 1932 (Blue Band Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #2, June 1932 (Blue Band Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #3, July 1932 (Blue Band Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)

Greater Gangster Stories
Title changed from Gangster Stories. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v8 #4, February 1933 (See Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #1, April 1933 (See Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #2, June 1933 (See Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #3, July 1933 (See Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #4, August 1933 (See Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #1, September 1933 (See Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #2, November 1933 (pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #3, December 1933 (See Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #4, January 1934 (See Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #1, February 1934 (pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #2, March 1934 (See Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #3, April 1934 (pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #4, May 1934 (See Publishing Corporation, 25¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)

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