Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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

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1941
v1 #1

Big Double Feature Magazine (about)

Publishers: Warner Publications, Inc./Pro-Distributors Publishing Co., Inc.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1940
v 1 #1

Bizarre Mystery Magazine (about)

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.

Publishers: Pamar Enterprises Inc.; Concord, NH.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1965

v1 #1
Oct
v1 #2
Nov

1966
v1 #3
Jan

Black Aces (about)

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

Publishers: Fiction House, Inc.; 220 East 42nd Street, New York, NY.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

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 (about)

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..

Publishers: The Berryman Press, Inc.; 103 Park Avenue, New York, NY.

Black Book Detective Magazine:

Black Book Detective Magazine was a fairly average pulp until it introduced the character of The Black Bat crimefighter in the July 1939 issue. He featured in about 60% of the magazine’s issues and was directly responsible for the magazine surviving into the early 1950s, long after most detective pulps.

— Black Book Detective Magazine

Publishers: Newsstand Publications, Inc.; Myrick Building, Springfield, MA, Jun 1933 – Aug 1933; Newsstand Publications, Inc.; Chicago, IL, Sep 1933; Newsstand Publications, Inc.; 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL, Oct 1933 – Jun 1934; Lincoln Hoffman; 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL, Aug 1934 – Apr 1935; Ranger Publications, Inc.; 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL, Jan 1936 – Jun 1937; Better Publications, Inc.; 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL, Mar 1938 – Jan 1941.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
Winter Spring Summer Fall Winter

1933

v1 #1
Jun
v1 #2
Jul

v1 #3
Sep
v1 #4
Oct

v1 #5
Dec

1934
v1 #6
Jan
v2 #1
Feb
v2 #2
Mar
v2 #3
Apr

v2 #4
Jun

v3 #1
Aug

v3 #2
Oct
v3 #3
Nov

1935

v3 #4
Feb

v4 #1
Apr

1936
v4 #2
Jan
v4 #3
Feb
v4 #4
Mar
v5 #1
Apr
v5 #2
May
v5 #3
Jun
v5 #4
Jul

v6 #1
Oct

1937

v6 #2
Apr

v6 #3
Jun

1938

v6 #4
Mar

v7 #1
May

v7 #2
Jul

v7 #3
Sep

v8 #1
Nov

1939
v8 #2
Jan

v8 #3
Mar

v9 #1
May

v9 #2
Jul

v9 #3
Sep

v10 #1
Nov

1940
v10 #2
Jan

v10 #3
Mar

v11 #1
May

v11 #2
Jul

v11 #3
Sep

v12 #1
Nov

1941
v12 #2
Jan

— Black Book Detective

Title changed from Black Book Detective Magazine

Publishers: Better Publications, Inc.; 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL, Mar 1941 – ?; Better Publications, Inc.; 10 East 40th Street, New York 16, NY, ? – Win 1953.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec mid-Dec
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1941

v12 #3
Mar

v13 #1
May

v13 #2
Jul

v13 #3
Sep

v14 #1
Nov

1942
v14 #2
Jan

v14 #3
Mar

v15 #1
May

v15 #2
Jul

v15 #3
Sep

v16 #1
Nov

1943
v16 #2
Jan

v16 #3
Mar

v17 #1
May
v17 #2
Summer

v17 #3
Fall

v18 #1
Winter

1944

v18 #2
Spring

v18 #3
Summer

v19 #1
Fall

v19 #2
Winter

1945

v19 #3
Spring

v20 #1
Summer

v20 #2
Fall

v20 #3
Winter

1946

v21 #1
Spring

v21 #2
Summer

v21 #3
Fall

1947

v22 #1
Feb

v22 #2
Apr

v22 #3
Jun

v23 #1
Aug

v23 #2
Oct

v23 #3
Dec

1948

v24 #1
Feb

v24 #2
Apr

v24 #3
Jun

v25 #1
Sep

v25 #2
Nov

1949
v25 #3
Jan

v26 #1
Mar

v26 #2
May

v26 #3
Summer

v27 #1
Fall

1950
v27 #2
Winter

v27 #3
Spring

v28 #1
Summer

v28 #2
Fall

1951
v28 #3
Winter

v29 #1
Spring

1952
v29 #2
Winter

1953
v29 #3
Winter