The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Black Book Detective [Vol. 18 No. 2, Spring (May) 1944] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 13 · The White Witch [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 60 · The Amesbury Case · John L. Benton · ss 69 · Spy Aboard · Frank Johnson · ss

Black Book Detective [Vol. 18 No. 3, Summer 1944] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 11 · Death for Charity [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 56 · Yankee Doodle Feline · Hal K. Wells · ss 65 · Black Eye for Susan · John X. Brown · ss 68 · Murder Rides Behind the Siren · Prescott Chaplin (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss

Black Book Detective [Vol. 19 No. 1, Fall 1944] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 80pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 11 · Murder Deals in Ersatz [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 43 · Rats Don’t Live Long · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 51 · A Date with Death · Samuel J. Bailey · ss 62 · Ansel and the Admiral’s Widow · H. Wolff Salz · ss 65 · Spectral Agent · Clark Frost · ss

Black Book Detective [Vol. 19 No. 2, Winter 1944] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 11 · The Skeleton’s Secret [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 49 · Smoke Signal · Marvin Ryerson · ss 59 · False Note · Owen Fox Jerome · ss 62 · One O’Clock in the Morning · J. Lane Linklater · ss Detective Fiction Weekly March 16 1929

Black Book Detective [Vol. 19 No. 3, Spring 1945] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 80pp, pulp) 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 11 · The Marked Man [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 44 · Crime in Concrete · Clark Frost · ss 53 · Window Target · Kerry McRoberts · ss 57 · Miss Mouse, Meet Mr. Cat · S. J. Bailey · ss 65 · A Little More Dope · J. Lane Linklater · ss

Black Book Detective [Vol. 20 No. 1, Summer 1945] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 11 · Murder on the Loose [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 44 · Murder Strikes Out · John Gunderson · ss 51 · Death Pays Extra · J. Lane Linklater · ss 59 · Money to Burn · David X. Manners · ss 62 · The Hills Lure Death · H. Wolff Salz · nv

Black Book Detective [Vol. 20 No. 2, Fall 1945] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 84pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by John Locke. 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 11 · Murder Among the Dying [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · nv 44 · Poisoned Hearts · Ted Coughlan · ss 51 · Protective Armor · Norman A. Daniels · ss 58 · Welcome Home, Sucker · Joe Archibald · ss 64 · The Big Money Man · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss

Black Book Detective [Vol. 20 No. 3, Winter 1945] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 97pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 13 · Blind Man’s Bluff [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 55 · Murder Came Later · Lee Eumenides (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss 63 · Dots and Dashes · Bill Anson · ss 67 · Perfume of the Invisible Lady · Anthony Tompkins (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss 74 · The Murder of “Q” · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · nv

Black Book Detective [Vol. 21 No. 1, Spring 1946] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 97pp, pulp) 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 13 · The Man Behind Murder [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 58 · The Reluctant Juror · Anthony Tompkins (by Norman A. Daniels) · nv; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 68 · Venus Doesn’t Need Gloves · Hal K. Wells · ss 72 · Mr. Meriwether’s Badge · Allan K. Echols · ss; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 76 · Death Fenced In · Jean Francis Webb · ss; illustrated by C. A. Murphy

Black Book Detective [Vol. 21 No. 2, Summer 1946] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Rob Preston & Morgan Wallace. 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 9 · The Survivor Murders [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 56 · Two Thousand and One Victims · Norman A. Daniels · ss; illustrated by Leo Morey 65 · Killers Can’t Kick · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 74 · Murderer’s Return · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss 83 · Death Witness · Anthony Tompkins (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss; illustrated by C. A. Murphy

Black Book Detective [Vol. XXI No. 3, Fall 1946] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 112pp, pulp) 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 11 · With Malice Aforethought [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 64 · The Edge of Death · Richard Bridges · ss 80 · A Detective’s Life Is Easy · Ray Cummings · ss 85 · Murder with Colored Lights · Curtiss T. Gardner · ss 93 · Dead on Departure [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 97 · Code Girl · Barry Perowne · ss Britannia and Eve September 1945

Black Book Detective [Vol. XXII No. 1, February 1947] (15¢, 112pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 11 · The Crime to Come [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 61 · Death Reaches Out · Norman A. Daniels · ss 71 · Homicide at Hangover Hollow · Jason Lee · ss 81 · The Professor Settles Up · Leo Marr · ts 90 · Murder Is Patient · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · nv 95 · It Could Happen to You · Bill Anson · ss

Black Book Detective [Vol. XXII No. 2, April 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 11 · The Lakeside Mystery [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 64 · Measured for Murder [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss 72 · Murder Makes the Luck · Norman A. Daniels · nv 85 · The Key to Danger · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss 95 · Listen for Death [Patrick Edward McCreary] · Roger Fuller · ss

Black Book Detective [Vol. XXII No. 3, June 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) (Full Text) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 11 · The Murder Prophet [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na not the same as the story of the same name in the September 1942 issue. 65 · The Rattler · Edward Churchill · ss 70 · Postscript to an Electric Chair · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv; illustrated by Parkhurst 88 · Post-Hypnotic · Samuel Mines · ss; illustrated by R. Jenney 93 · The Good Lord Barrington · Leo Marr · ts; illustrated by Joe Farren 99 · Holdup · Jack Kofoed · ss; illustrated by Bob Jenney

Black Book Detective [Vol. XXIII No. 1, August 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 11 · Dead Man’s Plunder [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 63 · The Stickup · Jack Kofoed · ss 70 · Let Murder Sleep · Norman A. Daniels · nv 83 · The Farmer Finds a Body · Leo Marr · ts 87 · The Visiting Corpse [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 91 · Expert in Murder · Wayland Rice · ss Detective Short Stories October 1938, as by Norman A. Daniels 99 · Run from a Dead Man [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss

Black Book Detective [Vol. XXIII No. 2, October 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 11 · The Long Ago Murder [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 63 · Avery’s Bones · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss 72 · Nail for a Noose · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 81 · The Psychological Approach · Ray Cummings · ss 86 · Shroud of Guilt · Anthony Tompkins (by Norman A. Daniels) · nv 102 · Nice Morning for Murder [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss

Black Book Detective [Vol. XXIII No. 3, December 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 113pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 13 · City of Hidden Death [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 60 · Suddenly It’s Murder · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · nv 76 · Without Evidence · Norman A. Daniels · ss; illustrated by John R. Forte, Jr. 85 · The Murderer Stands Mute · John L. Benton · ss 94 · No Exit! · Ray Cummings · ss 98 · Six Day Murder · Jack Kofoed · ss

Black Book Detective [Vol. XXIV No. 1, February 1948] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 116pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian. 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 13 · The Coiled Serpent [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 62 · Close Cover Before Striking · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss 70 · The Lottery Racketeer [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · nv 84 · The Missing Clue · Ray Cummings · ss 89 · Death Ends the Year · Johnston McCulley · ss 97 · Mementos of Murder · John L. Benton · ss

Black Book Detective [Vol. XXIV No. 2, April 1948] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 13 · Inheritance of Murder [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 65 · The Frightened Comedian · Jack Kofoed · ss 74 · Don’t Bury Me Yet · W. T. Ballard · nv 89 · The Brass Ring [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 93 · Call for a Murderer · John L. Benton · ss 96 · The Lying Corpse · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss

Black Book Detective [Vol. XXIV No. 3, June 1948] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 9 · The Murder Maker [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 59 · The Cursed Millions · Carter Critz (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss 70 · Please Pass the Poison · Roger Fuller · nv 83 · No Reprieve for the Killer · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss 90 · A Killer Flies High · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 99 · Who’s Got the Dummy? · H. C. Butler · ss

Black Book Detective [Vol. XXV No. 1, September 1948] (Better Publications, Inc., 20¢, 145pp, pulp) 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 11 · The Lying Killer [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 61 · Big Target · Roger Fuller · ss 72 · I Can’t Stand Blood · Jules Archer · nv 88 · Forger’s Nemesis [David N. Carvalho] · Robert Wallace · ts 92 · The Crime Quiz · [uncredited] · qz 93 · The Murder Obsession · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss 102 · Death Needs a Key [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · nv 115 · Idea for Murder · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 124 · The Widower · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss 131 · Who’s That Knocking? · Hal White · ss 134 · Thubway Tham’s Deed of Mercy [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss

Black Book Detective [Vol. XXV No. 2, November 1948] (Better Publications, Inc., 20¢, 146pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) (Full Text) 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 11 · City of Hate [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 70 · The Man Who Broke the Dreyfus Case [David N. Carvalho] · Robert Wallace · ts 77 · The Invisible Hand · Lewis Little · ss 81 · The Crime Quiz · [uncredited] · qz 82 · The Killer and His Dead · Norman A. Daniels · ss 86 · From the Annals of Criminology · [uncredited] · ms 87 · I Am the Law [Frank “Satan” Hall] · Carroll John Daly · nv not the same as the story of the same name in the March 1938 issue of Black Mask. 119 · Thubway Tham’s Perfect Day [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss 126 · Mr. Morpho · Arthur J. Burks · ss

Black Book Detective [Vol. XXV No. 3, January 1949] (Better Publications, Inc, 20¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 6 · Off the Record · The Editor · ed 13 · Thirty-One Deadly Guns [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 69 · Decoy to Death · Roger Dee · ss; illustrated by Hunter Barker 73 · Masterpiece Murder [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss 84 · The Crime Quiz · [uncredited] · qz 85 · Wanted: The Killer · B. J. Benson · ss 94 · Thunder in Stony Flats · A. J. Collins · nv; illustrated by Hunter Barker 108 · The Mysterious Lover · Raymond C. Schindler · ts 114 · Thubway Tham Begins the Year [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss