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Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine was one of the most successful crime digests, running for 337 issues over a period of 30 years from 1956 to 1985, each featuring a novella about the eponymous detective, created by Davis Dresser (although all but a handful of the novellas were written by other authors).

It also spawned an annual that ran for three issues in the early 1970s, an Australian reprint edition that ran for 14 issues in the late 1950s (and which actually reprinted stories from a wide range of US digests) and two separate British reprint editions, one of which (in the 1950s) was identical to the first 12 issues of the Australian reprint edition, while the other ran for 8 issues in the 1960s.

Note that the first six issues were actually titled Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine.

1956                
v1 #1
Sep

v1 #2
Oct

v1 #3
Nov

v1 #4
Dec
1957
v1 #5
Jan

v1 #6
Feb
 
v2 #1
Apr
 
v2 #2
Jun
 
v2 #3
Aug
 
v2 #4
Oct
 
v2 #5
Dec
1958  
v2 #6
Feb
 
v3 #1
Apr
 
v3 #2
Jun
 
v3 #3
Aug

v3 #4
Sep

v3 #5
Oct

v3 #6
Nov

v4 #1
Dec
1959
v4 #2
Jan

v4 #3
Feb

v4 #4
Mar

v4 #5
Apr

v4 #6
May

v5 #1
Jun

v5 #2
Jul

v5 #3
Aug

v5 #4
Sep

v5 #5
Oct

v5 #6
Nov

v6 #1
Dec
1960
v6 #2
Jan

v6 #3
Feb

v6 #4
Mar

v6 #5
Apr

v6 #6
May

v7 #1
Jun

v7 #2
Jul

v7 #3
Aug

v7 #4
Sep

v7 #5
Oct

v7 #6
Nov

v8 #1
Dec
1961
v8 #2
Jan

v8 #3
Feb

v8 #4
Mar

v8 #5
Apr

v8 #6
May

v9 #1
Jun

v9 #2
Jul

v9 #3
Aug

v9 #4
Sep

v9 #5
Oct

v9 #6
Nov

v10 #1
Dec
1962
v10 #2
Jan

v10 #3
Feb

v10 #4
Mar

v10 #5
Apr

v10 #6
May

v11 #1
Jun

v11 #2
Jul

v11 #3
Aug

v11 #4
Sep

v11 #5
Oct

v11 #6
Nov

v12 #1
Dec
1963
v12 #2
Jan

v12 #3
Feb

v12 #4
Mar

v12 #5
Apr

v12 #6
May

v13 #1
Jun

v13 #2
Jul

v13 #3
Aug

v13 #4
Sep

v13 #5
Oct

v13 #6
Nov

v14 #1
Dec
1964
v14 #2
Jan

v14 #3
Feb

v14 #4
Mar

v14 #5
Apr

v14 #6
May

v15 #1
Jun

v15 #2
Jul

v15 #3
Aug

v15 #4
Sep

v15 #5
Oct

v15 #6
Nov

v16 #1
Dec
1965
v16 #2
Jan

v16 #3
Feb

v16 #4
Mar

v16 #5
Apr

v16 #6
May

v17 #1
Jun

v17 #2
Jul

v17 #3
Aug

v17 #4
Sep

v17 #5
Oct

v17 #6
Nov

v18 #1
Dec
1966
v18 #2
Jan

v18 #3
Feb

v18 #4
Mar

v18 #5
Apr

v18 #6
May

v19 #1
Jun

v19 #2
Jul

v19 #3
Aug

v19 #4
Sep

v19 #5
Oct

v19 #6
Nov

v20 #1
Dec
1967
v20 #2
Jan

v20 #3
Feb

v20 #4
Mar

v20 #5
Apr

v20 #6
May

v21 #1
Jun

v21 #2
Jul

v21 #3
Aug

v21 #4
Sep

v21 #5
Oct

v21 #6
Nov

v22 #1
Dec
1968
v22 #2
Jan

v22 #3
Feb

v22 #4
Mar

v22 #5
Apr

v22 #6
May

v23 #1
Jun

v23 #2
Jul

v23 #3
Aug

v23 #4
Sep

v23 #5
Oct

v23 #6
Nov

v24 #1
Dec
1969
v24 #2
Jan

v24 #3
Feb

v24 #4
Mar

v24 #5
Apr

v24 #6
May

v25 #1
Jun

v25 #2
Jul

v25 #3
Aug

v25 #4
Sep

v25 #5
Oct

v25 #6
Nov

v26 #1
Dec
1970
v26 #2
Jan

v26 #3
Feb

v26 #4
Mar

v26 #5
Apr

v26 #6
May

v27 #1
Jun

v27 #2
Jul

v27 #3
Aug

v27 #4
Sep

v27 #5
Oct

v27 #6
Nov

v28 #1
Dec
1971
v28 #2
Jan

v28 #3
Feb

v28 #4
Mar

v28 #5
Apr

v28 #6
May

v29 #1
Jun

v29 #2
Jul

v29 #3
Aug

v29 #4
Sep

v29 #5
Oct

v29 #6
Nov

v30 #1
Dec
1972
v30 #2
Jan

v30 #3
Feb

v30 #4
Mar

v30 #5
Apr

v30 #6
May

v31 #1
Jun

v31 #2
Jul

v31 #3
Aug

v31 #4
Sep

v31 #5
Oct

v31 #6
Nov

v32 #1
Dec
1973
v32 #2
Jan

v32 #3
Feb

v32 #4
Mar

v32 #5
Apr

v32 #6
May

v33 #1
Jun

v33 #2
Jul

v33 #3
Aug

v33 #4
Sep

v33 #5
Oct

v33 #6
Nov

v34 #1
Dec
1974
v34 #2
Jan

v34 #3
Feb

v34 #4
Mar

v34 #5
Apr

v34 #6
May

v35 #1
Jun

v35 #2
Jul

v35 #3
Aug

v35 #4
Sep

v35 #5
Oct
 
v35 #6
Dec
1975
v36 #1
Jan

v36 #2
Feb

v36 #3
Mar

v36 #4
Apr

v36 #5
May

v36 #6
Jun

v37 #1
Jul

v37 #2
Aug

v37 #3
Sep

v37 #4
Oct

v37 #5
Nov

v37 #6
Dec
1976
v38 #1
Jan

v38 #2
Feb

v38 #3
Mar

v38 #4
Apr

v38 #5
May

v38 #6
Jun

v39 #1
Jul

v39 #2
Aug

v39 #3
Sep

v39 #4
Oct

v39 #5
Nov

v39 #6
Dec
1977
v40 #1
Jan

v40 #2
Feb

v40 #3
Mar

v40 #4
Apr

v40 #5
May

v40 #6
Jun

v41 #1
Jul

v41 #2
Aug

v41 #3
Sep

v41 #4
Oct

v41 #5
Nov/Dec
1978
v42 #1
Jan

v42 #2
Feb

v42 #3
Mar

v42 #4
Apr

v42 #5
May

v42 #6
Jun

v42 #7
Jul

v42 #8
Aug

v42 #9
Sep

v42 #10
Oct

v42 #11
Nov

v42 #12
Dec
1979
v43 #1
Jan

v43 #2
Feb

v43 #3
Mar

v43 #4
Apr

v43 #5
May

v43 #6
Jun

v43 #7
Jul

v43 #8
Aug

v43 #9
Sep

v43 #10
Oct

v43 #11
Nov

v43 #12
Dec
1980
v44 #1
Jan

v44 #2
Feb

v44 #3
Mar

v44 #4
Apr

v44 #5
May

v44 #6
Jun

v44 #7
Jul

v44 #8
Aug

v44 #9
Sep

v44 #10
Oct

v44 #11
Nov

v44 #12
Dec
1981
v45 #1
Jan

v45 #2
Feb

v45 #3
Mar

v45 #4
Apr

v45 #5
May

v45 #6
Jun

v45 #7
Jul

v45 #8
Aug

v45 #9
Sep

v45 #10
Oct

v45 #11
Nov

v45 #12
Dec
1982
v46 #1
Jan

v46 #2
Feb

v46 #3
Mar

v46 #4
Apr

v46 #5
May

v46 #6
Jun

v46 #7
Jul

v46 #8
Aug

v46 #9
Sep

v46 #10
Oct

v46 #11
Nov

v46 #12
Dec
1983
v47 #1
Jan

v47 #2
Feb

v47 #3
Mar

v47 #4
Apr

v47 #5
May

v47 #6
Jun

v47 #7
Jul

v47 #8
Aug

v47 #9
Sep

v47 #10
Oct

v47 #11
Nov

v47 #12
Dec
1984
v48 #1
Jan

v48 #2
Feb

v48 #3
Mar

v48 #4
Apr

v48 #5
May

v48 #6
Jun

v48 #7
Jul

v48 #8
Aug

v48 #9
Sep

v48 #10
Oct

v48 #11
Nov

v48 #12
Dec
1985
v49 #1
Jan

v49 #2
Feb

v49 #3
Mar

v49 #4
Apr

v49 #5
May

v49 #6
Jun

v49 #7
Jul

v49 #8
Aug
       

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual

1971
1972
1973

Australian reprint edition

1957
v1 #1
Jan
v1 #2
Feb
v1 #3
Mar
v1 #4
Apr
v1 #5
May
v1 #6
Jun
v2 #1
Jul

v2 #2
Aug

v2 #3
Sep
v2 #4
Oct
v2 #5
Nov/Dec
1958
v2 #6
Jan/Feb

v3 #1
Mar/Apr

v3 #2
May/Jun
     

British reprint editions

1957        
v1 #1
May

v1 #2
Jun

v1 #3
Jul

v1 #4
Aug

v1 #5
Sep

v1 #6
Oct

v1 #7
Nov

v1 #8
Dec
1958
v1 #9
Jan

v1 #10
Feb

v1 #11
Mar/Apr

v1 #12
May/Jun
           
1964     #101
Mar

#102
Apr
#103
May
#104
Jun
#105
Jul
#106
Aug
#107
Sep
#108
Oct