Checklists

Baffling Detective Mysteries

Baffling Detective Mysteries was a short-lived sensationalist crime fiction magazine, which survived for a mere three issues. It was superseded by the true crime magazine Baffling Detective Fact Cases.

1943
v1 #1
Mar
v1 #2
May
v1 #3
Jul

Banner Mysteries

While usually regarded as a book series, some authorities consider this a magazine because of the presence of a second story, by a different author, in the first "issue".

1954
#1
Mar
#2
Apr

Best Detective

Seemingly a one-shot pulp by Exclusive Detective Stories. Not to be confused with the long-running Best Detective Magazine from the 1930s.

1947
v1 #1
Dec

Betty Fedora

2015
#1
#2, Nov

2016
#3, Sep

2017
#4, Nov

Big Book

Nothing is known about this magazine other than a single cover scan dated "Fall" which promises "Four Books in One: Packed with Action" for 25c with "Detective" and "Western" featured on the cover.

19??
Fall

Big-Book Detective Magazine

Big-Book Detective Magazine was launched as a companion to Big-Book Western Magazine, but was much less successful, lasting for a mere eight issues.

1941
v1 #1
Dec

1942
v1 #2
Feb
v1 #3
Apr
v1 #4
Jun
v2 #1
Aug
v2 #2
Oct
v2 #3
Dec

1943
v2 #4
Feb

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada)

Initially a Canadian reprint edition of Big-Book Detective Magazine, this actually lasted longer than its parent magazine, reprinting from other magazines in later issues. Other issues may exist.

1942
v1 #2
Jan
v1 #3
Mar
v1 #5
May

1943
Feb
Apr
Jun
v2 #8
Oct
v2 #9
Dec

1944
v2 #10
Feb
v2 #11
Apr
v2 #12
Jun
v2 #13
Aug
v2 #14
Oct
v2 #15
Dec

1945
v2 #16
Feb
v2 #17
Apr v2 #18
v2 #19
Oct
v2 #20
Dec

Big-Book Detective (UK)

British reprint edition of Big-Book Detective Magazine. Other issues may exist.

194?
#1
#2

Big Detective (Canada)

Although most of the issues were titled Big Detective Cases and contained true crime, the first issue (at least) contained fiction.

1941
v1 #1

Big Double Feature Magazine

One-shot consisting of a copy of Ranch Romances and a copy of Black Mask (September 1939) bundled together with a new two-color cover. No date listed, could be 1939.

1940
#1

Bizarre Mystery Magazine

Despite the title and the editorial promise of "the supernatural, the weird, the wild, the fantastic", the magazine mainly contained stories of murder mystery and suspense. Titled Bizarre! Mystery Magazine on the cover only.

1965
v1 #1
Oct
v1 #2
Nov

1966
v1 #3
Jan

Black Aces

Subtitled "Lone Wolf Stories of Action", Black Aces was a short-lived Black Mask imitation that never quite hit the hard-boiled mark.

1932
v1 #1
Jan
v1 #2
Feb
v1 #3
Mar
v1 #4
Apr
v1 #5
May
v1 #6
Jun
v1 #7
Jul

Black Bat Detective Mysteries

Although Black Bat Detective Mysteries was centered around a series of stories featuring "The Black Bat", this is not the same crime fighter that was made famous in Black Book Detective Magazine but is instead a separate character created by Murray Leinster..

1933
v1 #1
Oct
v1 #2
Nov
v1 #3
Dec

1934
v1 #4
Jan
v1 #5
Feb
v1 #6
Apr

Black Cat Mystery Magazine/Quarterly [1981]

Mixture of reprint and new stories, both mystery and supernatural. All issues of this magazine have the same cover illustration--the head of a black cat in a circle.

1981
v1 #1, #1
v1 #2, #2
Jul
v1 #3, #3
Halloween
v1 #4, #4
Winter

1982
v1 #5, #5
v1 #6, #6

Black Cat Mystery Magazine [2017]

2017
#1, Winter 2017/18

2018
v1 #2, Spring
v1 #3
Summer
#4, Winter 2018/19

2019
#5
(Nov)

2020
#6
Jun
#7
Sep

2021
#8
Jan
#9
(Jul)
#10
(Nov)

2022
#11
(Feb)
#12
Aug
#13
Dec

2023
#14
(Oct)

2024
#15
(Aug)

2025
#16
(Sep)

Blue Steel Magazine

Something of a puzzle since this magazine began with Vol.1 No.2 and the second issue is Vol.1 No.4. Steeger says it was an experiment to supplant Gang World though that magazine picked up sales and continued regardless. Authors include Erle Stanley Gardner, Robert Sidney Bowen, T.T. Flynn, Frederick C. Painton. The two issues are the same as the Feb-1932 and Apr-1932 issues of Gang World.

1932
v1 #2
Mar
v1 #4
Jun

Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Story Digest Magazine

Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery was one of four separate single-author digest magazines issued simultaneously in June 1970 under the general title of Story Digest Magazine.

1970
Jun
Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery
Dark Shadows
Tarzan of the Apes
Believe It or Not

Bullet Magazine

Contained short fast paced stories no longer than 1500 words that fit with the notion of rock'n'roll noir.

2004
#1
#2

2005
#3
#4
#5

2006
#6
#7

Bull's Eye Detective

A short-lived companion magazine to Fiction House's Bull's Eye Sports and Bull's Eye Western Stories.

1938
v1 #1
Fall

1939
v1 #2
Spring
v1 #3
Fall

1981	v1 #1, #1	v1 #2, #2 Jul	v1 #3, #3 Halloween	v1 #4, #4 Winter
1982	v1 #5, #5	v1 #6, #6