Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Magazines, Listed by Title

The Underworld (UK)    (about)
British reprint edition of The Underworld. Number of issues published not known.

Underworld (UK)    (about)
Short-lived magazine with a mix of reprints from US pulps and original stories. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, (Spring 1951) (S. D. Frances, 2/-, 64pp) (Contents)
• ___ #2, (Spring 1952) (New Fiction Press, 2/-, 64pp) (Contents)

Underworld Romances:    (about)
Short-lived attempt to merge the gang and love pulp genres.

Underworld Romances
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, November 1931 (Popular Publications, Inc., 20¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by William Reusswig) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, December 1931 (20¢, pulp, cover by William Reusswig) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, January 1932 (Popular Publications, Inc., 20¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by William Reusswig) (Contents)

Underworld Love Stories
Title changed from Underworld Romances. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #4, February 1932 (Popular Publications, Inc., 20¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by William Reusswig) (Contents)

Underworld Stories    (about)
Another thin Australian digest, this one seemingly containing only reprint stories. Subtitled “incorporating Crime Story Magazine” even though Crime Story Magazine was being published at the same time. Number of issues published not known. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v5 #1, June 1953 (Blue Diamond Publishing Co., 1/3d, 68pp, digest) (Contents)

Underworlds    (about)
Underworlds was launched as a tri-annual paperback magazine that sought “to create a bridge between crime fiction (especially, but not necessarily exclusively, of the noir school) and horror fiction”. It folded after only two issues in two years. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, December 2002 (Underworlds Magazine, $5.99, 108pp+, 7.0" x 9.5", cover by Geoff Priest) (Contents)
• ___ #2, December 2004 (Underworlds Magazine, $5.99, 56pp, 7.0" x 9.5", cover by Chad Michael Ward) (Contents)

Variety Detective Magazine:    (about)
Promising “12 stories for 10¢”, Variety Detective Magazine only lasted for 8 issues before changing to Lone Wolf Detective Magazine under which it ran for a further 8 years until wartime shortages brought it to an end. The early issues, at least, featured a number of unacknowledged reprints from Detective-Dragnet Magazine under different author names and titles and there are no doubt many more that have not yet been identified.

Variety Detective Magazine
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, August 1938 (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, November 1938 (Ace Magazines, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, February 1939 (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, April-May 1939 (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, June 1939 (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, August 1939 (Ace Magazines, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, October 1939 (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, December 1939 (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)

Lone Wolf Detective Magazine
Title changed from Variety Detective Magazine. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v3 #1, February 1940 (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, April 1940 (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, June 1940 (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, August 1940 (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, October 1940 (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, December 1940 (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, February 1941 (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #4, April 1941 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)

Vengeance Shorts    (about)
Small pamphlet magazines offering “Thrilling Tales of Crime and Punishment” issued toward the end of the Second World War when paper rationing was at its height. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ 1st Selection (Gerald G. Swan, 7d, 32pp, 5" x 8") (Contents)
• ___ #2 (Gerald G. Swan, 7d, 36pp, 5" x 8") (Contents)

Verdict:    (about)
Following the successful launch of Manhunt, the publishers launched a similar magazine as Verdict but it never made a mark in a crowded market and folded after only 4 issues, The same publishers tried again three years later but, again, the magazine folded after a brief run.

Verdict
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, June 1953 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, July 1953 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, August 1953 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, September 1953 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)

Verdict Crime Detection Magazine
Title changed from Verdict. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, August 1956 (Secret Life Publications, Inc., 35¢, 135pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, November 1956 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)

Verdict
Title changed from Verdict Crime Detection Magazine, although the full title is still given on the cover. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v2 #1, January 1957 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)

Verdict (UK)    (about)
British reprint edition with the first four issues reprinting from Verdict, the fifth from Manhunt and the remaining three issues from Pursuit. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, August 1953 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, September 1953 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, October 1953 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, November 1953 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, April 1954 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, May 1954 (2/-, digest, cover by Lou Marchetti) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #7, June/July 1954 (2/-, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #8, August 1954 (Monthly Magazines Ltd., 2/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)

Verdict Detective Story Magazine    (about)
Australian reprint edition of Manhunt. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, March 1955 (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, April 1955 (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, May 1955 (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, June 1955 (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, July 1955 (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, August 1955 (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #7, September 1955 (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #8, October 1955 (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #9, (November 1955?) (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #10, (December 1955?) (Original Novels Foundation, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)

Vice Squad Detective    (about)
Published as a direct challenge to Spicy Detective Stories, the stories in Vice-Squad Detective were even sexier and it is believed that most copies were seized by police prior to distribution, which may explain why there was no second issue. Although dated as 1933 by many authorities, its publication was noted in the July 1935 issue of Author & Journalist. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, 1935 (pulp) (Contents)

War Thriller    (about)
--- see under The Thriller.

Web Detective Stories    (about)
--- see under Saturn, The Magazine of Science Fiction.

Web Terror Stories    (about)
--- see under Saturn, The Magazine of Science Fiction.

Westend Detective    (about)
Another thin Australian digest, mixing and reprint stories. Number of issues published not known. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #2, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #3, April 1955? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #4, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #5, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #6, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest, cover by Keith Chatto) (Contents)
• ___ #7, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #8, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #9, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #10, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #11, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #12, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #13, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #14, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #15, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #16, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #17, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #18, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #19, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #20, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #21, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #22, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #23, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #24, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #25, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #26, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #27, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #28, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #29, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #30, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #31, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #32, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #33, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #34, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #35, 195? (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest) (Contents)

Whispering Willow:    (about)
Very elusive small press crime magazine that ran for five issues, each labelled with names like “Dagger Edition” rather than being dated.

Whispering Willow
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ Premier Edition (Spring 1997) ($9.95, digest, cover by Peggy D. Farris) (Contents)

Whispering Willow Mysteries
Title changed from Whispering Willow. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ Dagger Edition (Summer 1997) (Whispering Willow Publications, $9.95, 158pp, digest, cover by Peggy D. Farris) (Contents)
• ___ Bon Voyage Edition (Fall 1997) ($9.95, digest, cover by Peggy D. Farris) (Contents)
• ___ Poison Quill Edition, 1997 (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #1 Sleuth Edition, 1997 (cover by Peggy D. Farris) (Contents)

Who? Detective Magazine    (about)
Short-lived magazine publishing original stories by South African authors. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, January 1950 (Dolphin Press, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v1 #2, February 1950 (Dolphin Press, 1/6d, 48pp, pulp) (Contents)

Whodunit?    (about)
Unusual magazine with a stated policy of using only stories with surprise endings although, in the single issue published, only one story was actually a whodunit. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, September/October 1967 (50¢, digest) (Contents)

Wild & Wooly Mammoth Detective    (about)
One-shot fanzine—a parody of the Ziff-Davis pulps. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, 1991 (Pulp Confidential Press, $10.00, 12pp, 8.5" x 5.5", cover by George Chastain) (Contents)

Wit    (about)
Despite the title, this magazine, subtitled “Modern Mirth and Mystery” mainly contained a series of detective stories about sleuths Rex Dimond & Sally Dexter by Martin Thomas, and anonymous mystery vignettes. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, 1947 (Wit Publications, 1/-, 52pp, 4.75" x 7.25") (Contents)
• ___ #2, 1947 (Wit Publications, 1/-, 66pp, 4.75" x 7.25") (Contents)
• ___ #3, 1947 (Contents)

The World of Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine    (about)
A one-shot, large, illustrated magazine, devoted to Sherlock Holmes. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, December 1977 (Stories, Layouts & Press, Inc., $1.95, 100pp, quarto, cover by Luis Dominguez) (Contents)

World Wide Detective Stories    (about)
Short-lived magazine publishing original stories by Canadian authors. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, July 1941 (Daring Publishing Company, 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, August 1941 (Daring Publishing Company, 15¢, 96pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, September 1941 (Daring Publishing Company, 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Walter Leslie) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, December 1941 (Daring Publishing Company, 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Wilf Long) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, February 1942 (Daring Publishing Company, 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Wilf Long) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, April 1942 (Daring Publishing Company, pulp) (Contents)

Yankee Magazine Fiction
--- see under Dime Detective Magazine (UK) (1948).

Yankee Gang Shorts
--- see under Yankee Shorts.

Yankee Mystery Shorts
--- see under Yankee Shorts.

Yankee Shorts:    (about)
The first series was published from 1940 to 1942, numbered sequentially, but with each individual issue carrying the name of an individual magazine. The series mixed reprints with original stories probably depending on how much space there was left in each issue.

The second series, published in 1943/1944, were digest-sized and were explicitly labelled Yankee Shorts as well as a separate title such as Romance Shorts and Western Shorts and a number. In this series, however, the issues were numbered as sequels to the equivalent title in the first series. whether these numbers represented a second generic series, or if each was numbered as a sequel to the first series.

Yankee Shorts (first series)
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, Yankee Romance Shorts (November 1940) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #2, Yankee Mystery Shorts (November 1940) (10¢, 32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #3, Yankee Science Fiction (November 1940) (3d, 32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #4, Yankee Romance Shorts (November 1940) (Contents)
• ___ #5, Yankee Mystery Shorts (January 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #6, Yankee Weird Shorts (January 1941) (10¢, 32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #7, Yankee Western Shorts (January 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #8, Yankee Gang Shorts (January 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #9, Yankee Love Shorts (January 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #10, Yankee Air Action (April 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #11, Yankee Science Fiction (April 1941) (10¢, 32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #12, Yankee Romance Shorts (April 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #13, Yankee Gang Shorts (April 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #14, Yankee Weird Shorts (July 1941) (10¢, 32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #15, Yankee Romance Shorts (July 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #16, Yankee Air Action (July 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #17, Yankee Western Shorts (July 1941) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #18, Yankee Romance Shorts (April 1942) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #19, Yankee Weird Shorts (May 1942) (32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #20, Yankee Gang Shorts (June 1942) (Gerald G. Swan, 10¢, 32pp, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)
• ___ #21, Yankee Science Fiction (July 1942) (32pp+, 6.75" x 9.5") (Contents)

Yankee Gang Shorts
A single issue of Yankee Gang Shorts is known to exist in the second series, numbered #4 after the three issues in the first series.
• ___ #4 (ca. 1943) (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 66pp, 4.75" x 6.75") (Contents)

Yankee Romance Shorts
Two issues of Yankee Romance Shorts are known to exist in the second series, numbered #7 & #8 after the six issues in the first series titled either Yankee Romance Shorts or Yankee Love Shorts.
• ___ #7, (ca. 1943) (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 66pp, 4.75" x 6.75") (Contents)
• ___ #8, (ca. 1943) (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 66pp, 4.75" x 6.75") (Contents)

Yankee Western Shorts
Two issues of Yankee Western Shorts are known to exist in the second series, numbered #3 & #4 after the two issues in the first series.
• ___ #3, (ca. 1943) (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 68pp, 4.75" x 6.75") (Contents)
• ___ #4, (ca. 1943) (Gerald G. Swan, 6d, 68pp, 4.75" x 6.75") (Contents)
• ___ (Contents)