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Mercury Mystery Magazine
Title changed from Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

Publishers:

Mercury Publications, Inc.; 527 Madison Avenue, New York 22, NY: Mercury Mystery Magazine.

Editors:

Joseph W. Ferman - Editor: Mercury Mystery Magazine.

Mercury Mystery Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 3, Whole No. 227, June 1958] (35¢, digest, cover: You’ve Got Him Cold by Mel Hunter)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · You’ve Got Him Cold [Mac] · Thomas B. Dewey · n. Simon & Schuster, 1958; condensed.

105 · Mystery Puzzle: Hung to Death · J. A. Kripper · pz

106 · The Case of the Three Suitors · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss

110 · Miss Teach · Robert Arthur · ss

126 · Understanding Victim · Dorothy Dunn · ss

Mercury Mystery Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 4, Whole No. 228, August 1958] ed. Joseph W. Ferman (Mercury Press, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover: Listen to the Night)

4 · Listen to the Night · Ed Lacy · n.

104 · If the Shoe Fits · Marvin Rossman · ss

111 · Pen Pal · Willard Marsh · ss

115 · Third from the End · Roger Dee · ss

120 · Small-Town Cop · Borden Deal · ss

Mercury Mystery Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 5, Whole No. 229, October 1958] (Mercury Press, Inc., 35¢, digest, cover: Strip for Murder)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Strip for Murder · Dolores Hitchens · na

107 · Mystery Puzzle: Death of a Tall Man · J. A. Kripper · pz

108 · Killer · Hal Ellson · ss

116 · Roll Call · Eleanor St. Germaine · ss

121 · Blood on the Campus · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 1948

Mercury Mystery Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 6, Whole No. 230, December 1958] ed. Joseph W. Ferman (Mercury Press, Inc., 35¢, 132pp, digest)
Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian.

4 · Time Wounds All Heels · Ed Lacy · na; illustrated by J. G.

104 · Where Are the Stars? · Ruth Doan · ss

108 · [illustration] · H. Martin · il

109 · A Worm in a Wild Apple · Gerald R. Kelly · ss

117 · Falling Down, Falling Down [Little Sam; Opal] · Lee Hays · ss

122 · A Matter of Morals · Thomas Millstead · ss

Mercury Mystery Magazine [Vol. 5 No. 1, Whole No. 231, February 1959] ed. Joseph W. Ferman (Mercury Press, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover: Hinges of Hell)

5 · The Hinges of Hell [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · n. Ives Washburn, 1955; condensed.

107 · Against the Lights · Hassoldt Davis · vi

110 · The Death of Eric Heilkram · Miriam Allen deFord · ar

126 · The Only Thing to Do · Henry Slesar · ss

Mercury Mystery Magazine [Vol. 5 No. 2, Whole No. 232, April 1959] ed. Joseph W. Ferman (Mercury Press, Inc., 35¢, 132pp, digest, cover: The Virgin Victim by Dick Shelton from Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956)
Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian.

4 · Home from the Sea [Inspector Goldsmith] · J. A. Kripper · pz; illustrated by H. Martin

5 · Hi, Killer · William O’Farrell · ss

17 · Stickler for Details · Ed Lacy · ss

22 · The Real Gone Goose [Inspector Schmidt] · George Bagby · n. Doubleday, 1959; condensed.

128 · Monitored Call · Will Stanton · vi

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia) (about)
Australian reprint edition of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

Publishers:

Atlas Publications, Pty, Ltd.; 262 Queen’s Parade, Clifton Hill, Melbourne: Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia).

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia) [#1, 1956] (2/-, 114pp, digest, cover by Ed Emsh from Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine November 1955)
Details supplied by Tom Lesser.

5 · Red Scarf · Gil Brewer · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine November 1955

102 · Mystery Puzzle: Ski Lodge Murder · J. A. Kripper · pz Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1956

103 · Stick-Up Man in My Mirror · Frank O’Leary · ts Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine November 1955

112 · Schooled in Crime · Thomas P. Ramirez · ts Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine November 1955

113 · This Is the Mystery · Malden Grange Bishop · ts Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine December 1955

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia) [#2, 1956] (2/-, 114pp, digest)
Issue partially indexed.

· Dead Right [Gil Vine] · Stewart Sterling · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine February 1956

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia) [#3, 1956] (2/6d, 114pp, digest, cover: The Virgin Victim by Dick Shelton from Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956)
Details supplied by Tom Lesser.

5 · The Mexican Murders · Louis Trimble · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956, as “The Virgin Victim”

104 · Mystery Puzzle: Fall to Death · J. A. Kripper · pz Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956

105 · The Case of the Fatal Want Ad · Lawrence G. Blochman · ms Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956

109 · Honor Among Thieves · David Lampe, Jr. · ms Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia) [#4, (December) 1956] (2/6d, 114pp, digest, cover: The Savage Streets by Emsh from Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine March 1956)
Details supplied by Tom Lesser.

2 · A Note of Introduction · The Editors · ed (r)

5 · The Savage Streets · Floyd Miller · n. Popular Library, 1956; condensed.

101 · Mystery Puzzle: Service Station Mystery · J. A. Kripper · pz Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine November 1955, as “Gas Station Incident”

103 · Bellboy · Jim Thompson · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine February 1956

110 · The Murdered Magdalen · Craig Rice · tc Cavalcade (Australia) June 1948

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia) [#5, 1957] (2/6d, 114pp, digest, cover by Dick Shelton from Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1956)
Details supplied by Tom Lesser. Kurt Singer’s “Journey into Oblivion” is listed on the cover but does not appear in the magazine.

5 · Hang for Her · Floyd Mahannah · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1956

108 · Mystery Puzzle: Death by Strangulation · J. A. Kripper · pz Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine February 1956

109 · Cleopatra of Puget Sound · Stewart H. Holbrook · ar True Crime Detective Summer 1952

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia) [#6, 1957] (2/6d, 114pp, digest, cover by Nicholas Solovioff from Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine May 1956)
Details supplied by Tom Lesser. Jim Thompson’s “Prowler in the Pear Trees” is listed on the cover but does not appear in the magazine.

5 · Hunt the Man Down · William Pearson · n. Simon & Schuster, 1956; condensed.

108 · It Couldn’t Happen Here? · Jack Kerkhoff · ar Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine September 1955, as “Is Your Phone Tapped?”

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia) [#7, 1957] (digest)
Issue partially indexed - partial details taken from announced contents in #6. The issue itself may not have been published.

· Deadly Curves · Edward Ronns · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine December 1955

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) (about)
British reprint edition of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine

Publishers:

Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd.; 18 Bride Lane, London EC4: Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK).

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#1, March 1963] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 3/-, 128pp+, digest)
Partial reprint of the January 1958 and October 1957 issues of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine, plus a single story from Bestseller Mystery Magazine.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · My Most Baffling Murder Case · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar 1956

11 · New Answer to an Old Problem · Thomas P. Ramirez · ar Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine October 1957

13 · The Pit and the Bottle · Arthur Porges · ss Bestseller Mystery Magazine April 1961

26 · Hell Is Sold Out [Did It Happen?] · Wolf Mankowitz · ss The Evening Standard July 9 1955

31 · Don’t Call Tonight · William Campbell Gault · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine October 1957

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#2, April 1963] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 3/-, 128pp+, digest)
Partial reprint of the April 1958 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Six Inches from the Gas Chamber · Miriam Allen deFord · ar Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1958

12 · The Gambler · Joseph Zaitchik · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1958

19 · Quiet Hell · Walt Sheldon · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1958

25 · The Case of the Busy Corpse · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1958

29 · The Three-Time Losers · George Bagby · n. Doubleday, 1958; condensed.

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#3, May 1963] (digest)
Reprint of the August 1958 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

· Listen to the Night · Ed Lacy · n. Mercury Mystery Magazine August 1958

· Small-Town Cop · Borden Deal · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine August 1958

· Pen Pal · Willard Marsh · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine August 1958

· If the Shoe Fits · Marvin Rossman · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine August 1958

· Third from the End · Roger Dee · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine August 1958

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#4, June 1963] (2/6d, digest)
Partial reprint of the June 1958 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

· You’ve Got Him Cold [Mac] · Thomas B. Dewey · n. Simon & Schuster, 1958; condensed.

· Miss Teach · Robert Arthur · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine June 1958

· The Case of the Three Suitors · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine June 1958

· Understanding Victim · Dorothy Dunn · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine June 1958

· Mystery Puzzle: Hung to Death · J. A. Kripper · pz Mercury Mystery Magazine June 1958

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#5, July 1963] (2/6d, digest)
Partial reprint of the February 1957 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

· The Girl Who Kept Knocking Them Dead · Hampton Stone · n. Simon & Schuster, 1957; condensed.

· Reward · James M. Fox · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine February 1957

· 204,000 Fingerprints · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine February 1957

· Blood of a Poet · Frances Lipsig · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine February 1957

· A Night to Remember · Thomas P. Ramirez · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine February 1957

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#6, August 1963] (2/6d, digest)
Partial reprint of the October 1957 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine, plus a single story from each of the January 1958 issue of the same magazine and the April 1961 issue of Bestseller Mystery Magazine.

· The Broken Angel · Floyd Mahannah · n. Macrae-Smith, 1957; condensed.

· This Place Belongs to Otto · Samuel W. Taylor · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine October 1957, as “This Is Otto’s Place”

· Pearls Are a Sucker’s Game · Paul Peach · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1958

· The Solid Gold Brick · Richard M. Gordon · ss Bestseller Mystery Magazine April 1961

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#7, September 1963] (2/6d, digest)
Partial reprint of the July 1957 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

· Five Hours to Live · Jay Albert · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine July 1957

· No Client of Mine [Joe Puma] · William Campbell Gault · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine July 1957

· The Man Who Was in Two Places at Once · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine July 1957

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#8, October 1963] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 3/-, 128pp+, digest)
Partial reprint of the March 1956 and February 1959 issues of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine, plus a single story from the July 1957 issue. Given as “December” on the cover.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Only Thing to Do · Henry Slesar · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine February 1959

6 · Sixty Cents’ Worth of Murder · Craig Rice · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine July 1957

11 · Prowlers in the Pear Trees · Jim Thompson · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine March 1956

18 · Terror on Vinicum Road · Ovide Desmarais · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine March 1956

28 · Against the Lights · Hassoldt Davis · vi Mercury Mystery Magazine February 1959

32 · Mystery Puzzle · J. A. Kripper · pz (r)

34 · The Savage Streets · Floyd Miller · n. Popular Library, 1956; condensed.

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#9, November 1963] (digest)
Issue not indexed.

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#10, December 1963] (digest)
Partial reprint of the July 1956 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

· Murder Makes a Difference · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty 1945

· The Case of the Invisible Circle · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar The American Weekly 1955

· Mystery Puzzle: Garage Death · J. A. Kripper · pz Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine July 1956

· Catch a Killer [Jim Bennett] · Robert Martin · n. Dodd, Mead, 1956; condensed.

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#11, January 1964] (2/6d, digest)
Partial reprint of the January 1956 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine, plus a single piece each from the July 1956 and January 1958 issues.

· The Lingering Doubt · Miriam Allen deFord · ar Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine July 1956

· The Case of the Fatal Want Ad · Lawrence G. Blochman · ms Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956

· Honor Among Thieves · David Lampe, Jr. · ms Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956

· Mystery Puzzle: Fall to Death · J. A. Kripper · pz Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956

· Breakfast on the House · Thomas P. Ramirez · ar Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1958

· The Virgin Victim · Louis Trimble · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#12, February 1964] (2/6d, digest)
Partial reprint of the April 1956 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

· The Healer and the Dying Bride · Miriam Allen deFord · ar Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1956

· Cleopatra of Puget Sound · Stewart H. Holbrook · ar True Crime Detective Summer 1952

· Journey Into Oblivion · Kurt Singer · ar 1955

· Hang for Her · Floyd Mahannah · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1956

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