Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Magazines, Listed by Title

Suspect Detective Stories    (about)
Suspect Detective Stories was a fairly standard crime digest featuring fast-action, contemporary, crime adventure stories. It never made a mark in the crowded marketplace for such fare and folded after 5 issues. The issue numbering was continued by Infinity SF. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, November 1955 (Royal Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, February 1956 (Royal Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, June 1956 (Royal Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Robert Engle) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, August 1956 (35¢, digest, cover by Emsh) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, October 1956 (35¢, digest, cover by Clarence Doore) (Contents)

Suspense, the Mystery Magazine    (about)
This magazine was based on the Columbia Broadcasting System radio show by the same name. Each issue also contained a preview of the next issue in the form of the first two pages of a story to be published in that issue. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, November 1946 (Suspense Magazine; Los Angeles, CA, 25¢, 112pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, December 1946 (Suspense Magazine; Los Angeles, CA, 25¢, 112pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, January/February 1947 (Suspense Magazine; Los Angeles, CA, 25¢, 112pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, March 1947 (Suspense Magazine; Los Angeles, CA, 25¢, 112pp, digest) (Contents)

Suspense Magazine    (about)
A second attempt to cash in on the popular CBS radio mystery show of the same name, this version also ran for only four issues but included a wider range of material including a lot of science fiction. There was a companion series of Suspense Novels that ran for 3 issues in 1951 publishing “Strange Pursuit” by N.R. DeMexico, “The Case of the Lonely Lovers” by Will Daemer and “Naked Villainy” by Carl G. Hodges. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ (v1 #1) Spring 1951 (35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, Summer 1951 (35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, Fall 1951 (35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, Winter 1952 (35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)

Suspense (UK)    (about)
Created as a companion magazine to the British Argosy magazine, Suspense published many original stories by crime writers of the first rank. It lasted for 32 issues before being absorbed into its parent magazine. Some of the early issues (at least) were distributed in Australia with identical contents but with covers changed to read “English Suspense” and to contain an Australian price. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, August 1958 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, September 1958 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, October 1958 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, November 1958 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, December 1958 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, January 1959 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, February 1959 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 146pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, March 1959 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, April 1959 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, May 1959 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/-, 145pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, June 1959 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/6d, 153pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #7, July 1959 (The Amalgamated Press, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #8, September 1959 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #9, October 1959 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #10, November 1959 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #11, December 1959 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, January 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, February 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, March 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, April 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #5, May 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #6, June 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #7, July 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #8, August 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #9, September 1960 (Fleetway Publications, 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #10, October 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #11, November 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #12, December 1960 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, January 1961 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, February 1961 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, March 1961 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #4, April 1961 (Fleetway Publications, Ltd., 2/6d, 144pp, digest) (Contents)

Suspense Magazine    (about)
Subtitled “The Insider Source into Suspense, Mystery, Horror and Thriller Fiction” Suspense Magazine offers a blend of interviews, articles and original short fiction. Website: www.suspensemagazine.com. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1, May 2009 (Suspense Magazine, quarto) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v2, July 2009 (quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v3, August 2009 (Suspense Magazine, quarto) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v4, September 2009 (Suspense Magazine, $5.99, 64pp, quarto, cover by Barbara J. Lloyd) (Contents)
• ___ v5, October 2009 (Suspense Magazine, 66pp, quarto, cover by Adam S. Doyle) (Contents)
• ___ v6, November 2009 (Suspense Magazine, $5.99, 68pp, quarto, cover by Barbara J. Lloyd) (Contents)
• ___ v7, January 2010 (quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v8, February 2010 (Suspense Magazine, $5.99, 74pp, quarto, cover by Andrew Douglas) (Contents)
• ___ v9, March 2010 (Suspense Magazine, $5.99, 74pp, quarto, cover by Maryna Butenko) (Contents)
• ___ v10, April 2010 (Suspense Magazine, $5.99, 74pp, quarto, cover by Maryna Butenko) (Contents)
• ___ v11, May 2010 (Suspense Magazine, $5.99, 76pp, quarto, cover by Ana Cruz) (Contents)
• ___ v12, June 2010 (Suspense Magazine, $5.99, 80pp, quarto, cover by Ana Cruz) (Contents)
• ___ v13, July 2010 (Suspense Magazine, $5.99, 80pp, quarto, cover by Marta Dahlig) (Contents)
• ___ v14, August 2010 (quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v15, September 2010 ($7.99, 78pp, quarto, cover by Claudia McKinney) (Contents)
• ___ v16, November 2010 (Suspense Magazine, $5.99, 88pp, quarto, cover by Joshua Hoffine) (Contents)
• ___ v17, December 2010 (Suspense Magazine, $5.99, 80pp, quarto, cover by Elena Dudina) (Contents)
• ___ v18, January 2011 (Suspense Magazine, $5.99, 80pp, quarto, cover by Olof Erla) (Contents)
• ___ v19, February 2011 (Suspense Magazine, $5.99, 80pp, quarto, cover by Kadri Umbleja) (Contents)
• ___ v20, March 2011 (Suspense Magazine, $5.99, 80pp, quarto, cover by Jarek Kubicki) (Contents)
• ___ v21, April 2011 (Suspense Magazine, $5.99, 80pp, quarto, cover by Eithné Ní Anluaín) (Contents)
• ___ v22, May 2011 (Suspense Magazine, $5.99, 80pp, quarto, cover by Liliana Sanches) (Contents)
• ___ v23, June 2011 (quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v24, July 2011 (Suspense Magazine, $5.99, 84pp, quarto, cover by Anna Marine) (Contents)
• ___ v25, August 2011 (Suspense Magazine, $5.99, 84pp, quarto, cover by Paula Verónica Busto Courtois) (Contents)
• ___ v26, September 2011 (Suspense Magazine, $10.00, 84pp, quarto, cover by Andreea Cernestean) (Contents)
• ___ v27, October 2011 (Suspense Magazine, $10.00, 84pp, quarto, cover by Elle Evans) (Contents)
• ___ v28, November 2011 (Suspense Magazine, $10.00, 74pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v29, December 2011 (Suspense Magazine, quarto, cover by Nathalia Suellen) (Contents)
• ___ v30, January 2012 (Suspense Magazine, quarto, cover by Melania Morabito) (Contents)
• ___ v31, February 2012 (Suspense Magazine, quarto, cover by Silviya Yordanova) (Contents)
• ___ v32, March 2012 (Suspense Magazine, 76pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v33, April 2012 (Suspense Magazine, 78pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v34, May 2012 (Suspense Magazine, 78pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v35, June 2012 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v36, July 2012 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v37, August 2012 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v38, September 2012 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v39, October 2012 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v40, November 2012 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v41, December 2012 (Suspense Magazine, 86pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v42, January 2013 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto, cover by Anon.) (Contents)
• ___ v43, February 2013 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto, cover by Anon.) (Contents)
• ___ v45, March 2013 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto, cover by Anon.) (Contents)
• ___ v46, April 2013 (Suspense Magazine, 86pp, quarto, cover by Micah Leigh) (Contents)
• ___ v47, May 2013 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto, cover by Anon.) (Contents)
• ___ v48, June 2013 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto, cover by Anon.) (Contents)
• ___ v49, July 2013 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto, cover by Kadri Umbleja) (Contents)
• ___ v50, August 2013 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto, cover by Anon.) (Contents)
• ___ v51, September/October 2013 (Suspense Magazine, 86pp, quarto, cover by Anon.) (Contents)
• ___ v52, November 2013 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto, cover by Anon.) (Contents)
• ___ v53, December 2013 (Suspense Magazine, 88pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v54, January 2014 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v55, March 2014 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v56, April/May 2014 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto, cover by Anon.) (Contents)
• ___ v57, June 2014 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto, cover by Anon.) (Contents)
• ___ v58, August 2014 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto, cover by Anon.) (Contents)
• ___ v59, September 2014 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v60, October/November 2014 (Suspense Magazine, 88pp, quarto, cover by Anon.) (Contents)
• ___ v61, December 2014 (Suspense Magazine, 100pp, quarto, cover by Anon.) (Contents)
• ___ v62, February 2015 (Suspense Magazine, 78pp, quarto, cover by Cindy Grundsten) (Contents)
• ___ v63, March 2015 (Suspense Magazine, 78pp, quarto, cover by Anon.) (Contents)
• ___ v64, May 2015 (Suspense Magazine, 76pp, quarto, cover by Maryam Ahadh) (Contents)
• ___ v65, June 2015 (Suspense Magazine, 76pp, quarto, cover by Angeles Ruiz) (Contents)
• ___ v66, August 2015 (Suspense Magazine, 82pp, quarto, cover by Maria Galindo) (Contents)
• ___ v67, October 2015 (Suspense Magazine, 82pp, quarto, cover by Jen Frias) (Contents)
• ___ v68, December 2015 (Suspense Magazine, 104pp, quarto, cover by Babette van den Berg) (Contents)
• ___ v69, February 2016 (Suspense Magazine, 82pp, quarto, cover by Jessica Allain) (Contents)
• ___ v70, April 2016 (Suspense Magazine, 86pp, quarto, cover by Sara Abdel-Latif) (Contents)
• ___ v71, June/July 2016 (Suspense Magazine, 86pp, quarto, cover by Katarina Nilsson) (Contents)
• ___ v72, September/October 2016 (Suspense Magazine, 84pp, quarto, cover by Kadri Umbleja) (Contents)
• ___ v73, November/December 2016 (Suspense Magazine, 124pp, quarto, cover by Evelyne Paniez) (Contents)
• ___ v74, January/February 2017 (Suspense Magazine, 74pp, quarto, cover by Alexis Frost) (Contents)
• ___ v75, March/April 2017 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto, cover by Celtica Harmony) (Contents)
• ___ v76, May/June 2017 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto, cover by Elena Nizaeva) (Contents)
• ___ v77, July/August 2017 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto, cover by Dani Owergoor) (Contents)
• ___ v78, September/October 2017 (Suspense Magazine, 72pp, quarto, cover by Amber) (Contents)
• ___ v79, November/December 2017 (Suspense Magazine, 84pp, quarto, cover by Hazel Arts) (Contents)
• ___ v80, January/February 2018 (Suspense Magazine, 84pp, quarto, cover by Adriana Estevez) (Contents)
• ___ v81, March/April 2018 (Suspense Magazine, 80pp, quarto, cover by Alexandra V. Bach) (Contents)

Suspense Stories    (about)
Short-run magazine that published a series of original stories by the publisher’s in-house writers ranging from gangster yarns to conventional tales of detection—often with a hint of science fiction or the supernatural. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, n.d. (July 1954) (Curtis Warren, 1/-, 96pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #2, n.d. (September 1954) (Curtis Warren, 1/-, 96pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #3, n.d. (November 1954) (Curtis Warren, 1/-, 96pp, digest, cover by Ray Theobald) (Contents)

Swan American Mags    (about)
A rotating genre magazine, with contents of issues varying between detective, SF and western magazines, mostly reprinted from Columbia Magazines. Only 5 issues were crime/detective, but all are listed for convenience. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, Western Yarns (1948) (Gerald G. Swan, 9d, 36pp, small pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #2, Detective Yarns (1948) (Gerald G. Swan, 9d, 36pp, small pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #3, Crack Detective Stories (1948) (Gerald G. Swan, 9d, 36pp, small pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #4, Famous Western (1948) (Gerald G. Swan, 9d, 36pp, small pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #5, Western Yarns (1948) (Gerald G. Swan, 9d, 36pp, small pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #6, Famous Western (1948) (Gerald G. Swan, 9d, 36pp, small pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #7, Hooded Detective (1948) (Gerald G. Swan, 9d, 36pp, small pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #8, Famous Western (1948) (Gerald G. Swan, 9d, 36pp, small pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #9, Crack Detective (1948) (Gerald G. Swan, 9d, 36pp, small pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #10, Famous Western (1948) (Gerald G. Swan, 9d, 36pp, small pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #11, Future Fantasy and Science Fiction (1948) (Gerald G. Swan, 9d, 36pp, small pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #12, Complete Cowboy Wild Western Stories (Gerald G. Swan, 9d, 36pp, small pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #13, Famous Western (Gerald G. Swan, 9d, 36pp, small pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #14, Complete Cowboy Wild Western Stories (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 48pp, small pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #15, Science-Fiction Quarterly (1950) (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 48pp, small pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #16, Black Hood Detective (1950) (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 50pp, small pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #1 (New Series), Western Yarns (1950) (Gerald G. Swan, 9d, 36pp, small pulp)

Swift Story Magazine    (about)
One-shot mystery/detection magazine with the tagline “It Fits Your Pocket”, which was replaced the following month by The Pocket Magazine (with the same tagline), which also only lasted for one issue. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, November 1930 (Gilbert Patten Corporation, 20¢, pulp) (Contents)

Switchblade    (about)
• ___ v1 #1, April 2017 (Caledonia Press, $6.95, 106pp, tp, cover by Johanna Baquero) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, July 2017 (Caledonia Press, $6.96, 114pp, tp, cover by Johanna Baquero) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, October 2017 (Caledonia Press, $6.99, 134pp, tp, cover by Scotch Rutherford) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3 (Special), October 2017 (Caledonia Press, $7.99, 146pp, tp, cover by Scotch Rutherford) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, January 2018 (Caledonia Press, $6.99, 130pp, tp, cover by Scotch Rutherford) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, April 2018 (Caledonia Press, $7.99, 190pp, tp, cover by Scotch Rutherford) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, July 2018 (Caledonia Press, $2.98, ebook, cover by Scotch Rutherford) (Contents)

Tales of Crime and Punishment
--- see under The Master Thriller Series.

Tales of Gangsters and ‘G’-Men
--- see under The Master Thriller Series.

Tales of Mystery and Detection
--- see under The Master Thriller Series.

Tales of the Underworld
--- see under The Master Thriller Series.

’tec—The Five-in-One Detective Magazine    (about)
Billed as having “five complete novels” in each issue, although each is condensed to a mere 20 pages each. One story in the second issue is original. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, May 1939 (Quintec, Inc., 25¢, 96pp, large pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, June-July 1939 (large pulp) (Contents)