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Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine [v2 #8, Whole No. 221, November 1956] (Mercury Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest, cover: Keep an Eye on the Body by Ed Emsh) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · Keep an Eye on the Body · Ed Lacy · na
later expanded as Lead with Your Left (Harper & Bros., 1957).

93 · Mystery Puzzle: $5,000 Ransom · J. A. Kripper · pz

95 · The Clue of the Onyx Ring · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss

107 · Gallows for a Gambler · Edgar Lustgarten · ar

110 · Splitting Hairs · Paul Steiner · ms

111 · Murder Came on the Mayflower · Jim Thompson · ss

113 · The Understanding Wife · Craig Rice · ss

116 · Prophet Joshua and His Holy Rollers · Alan Hynd · ss

128 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine [v3 #1, Whole No. 222, February 1957] (35¢, digest) []
Dated April on the cover.

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

· Mystery Puzzle: Dog in the Day · J. A. Kripper · pz

· 204,000 Fingerprints · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss

· Blood of a Poet · Frances Lipsig · ss

· A Night to Remember · Thomas P. Ramirez · ss

· Alibis Assorted · Paul Steiner · ms

· Reward · James M. Fox · ss

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine [Vol. 3 No. 2, Whole No. 223, July 1957] ed. Joseph W. Ferman (Mercury Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest, cover: Five Hours to Live by Ed Emsh) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · Five Hours to Live · Jay Albert · na

103 · Mystery Puzzle: Night Slugging · J. A. Kripper · pz

105 · The Man Who Was in Two Places at Once · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss

111 · Sixty Cents’ Worth of Murder · Craig Rice · ss

115 · Underworld Lingo · [uncredited] · ms

116 · No Client of Mine [Joe Puma] · William Campbell Gault · ss

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine [v3 #3, Whole No. 224, October 1957] ed. Joseph W. Ferman (Mercury Publications, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover by Ed Emshwiller) []

5 · Don’t Call Tonight · William Campbell Gault · na

104 · The Sniper · Edward D. Radin · ar

114 · It’s Against the Law! · Dick Hyman · cl

115 · New Answer to an Old Problem · Thomas P. Ramirez · ar

116 · Underworld Lingo · ed. Goldin, O’Leary & Lipsius · ms; dictionary-excerpt filler.

117 · Two on Trial · Edgar Lustgarten · ar

121 · This Is Otto’s Place · Samuel W. Taylor · ss

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 1, Whole No. 225, January 1958] ed. Joseph W. Ferman (Mercury Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover: The Broken Angel by Mel Hunter) []

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

104 · Mystery Puzzle: Golf Murder · J. A. Kripper · pz

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

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

119 · Breakfast on the House · Thomas P. Ramirez · ar

121 · Pearls Are a Sucker’s Game · Paul Peach · ss

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 2, Whole No. 226, April 1958] ed. Joseph W. Ferman (Mercury Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest, cover: The Three-Time Losers by Barry Waldman) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

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

104 · Mystery Puzzle: Country Club Kidnaping · J. A. Kripper · pz

106 · The Case of the Busy Corpse · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss

110 · Quiet Hell · Walt Sheldon · ss

113 · Six Inches from the Gas Chamber · Miriam Allen deFord · ar

123 · The Gambler · Joseph Zaitchik · ss

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

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