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True Gang Life [v1 #6, June 1935] (15¢, large pulp)
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True Gang Life [v1 #7, July 1935] (15¢, large pulp)

The Truth Serum · Ralph Milne Farley & John Pease · na
Dames Are Poison · Anatole Feldman · na
Aces Back to Back · Raymond A. Palmer · ss
Scent of a Rat · Edward Green · ss
Burn ’Em Down · Don James Johnston · ss
Decoy in Skirts · Hamilton Washburn · ss
Just a Letter from a Lug · V. S. Summers · ss

True Gang Life [v1 #8, October 1935] (15¢, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Protection [Jim Grant] · Ralph Milne Farley & Al P. Nelson · na
32 · Fourth Degree [Praying Charlie] · Anatole Feldman · na
56 · Buffaloed · William H. Stueber · nv
64 · Knave of Gats · Forbes Parkhill · nv
70 · Fixed Prints · Edward J. Donovan · ss
73 · Switched · F. Rex Davit · ss
76 · Safety First · Frederick Clark · ss
80 · Anything for a Pal · Louis L’Amour · ss
83 · Mailed...Just Before the Last Mile · V. S. Summers · ss

True Gang Life [v1 #9, November 1935] (15¢, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies)

The Dope Ring · Ralph Milne Farley & Al P. Nelson · ss
Hooligan’s Paradise · Lamoine E. Boyle · ss
Death in the Sky · Akbar Hassan · ss
Bodyguard · Mark Turrell Pattie · ss
Bus Stop · L. E. Hartoin · ss
Garry Grattan Returns · Edward J. Donovan · ss
Burned · Don James Johnston · ss
Fire with Fire · W. Willenborg · ss
Squealers Brand · William G. Bogart · ss
Just a Pal · Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. · ss

True Gang Life [v1 #10, February 1936] (Associated Authors Inc., 15¢, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Yellow Slaves · Ralph Milne Farley & Stanley G. Weinbaum · ss
20 · The Decade of Death in Cleveland, O. · Jack Heil & Raymond A. Palmer · ts
34 · Stubborn Streak · K. Krausse · ss
42 · Trapped in Celluloid · R. Sprague Hall · ss
50 · City of Death · Ernest Brent · ss; given as “The City of Death” on the cover.
62 · Spider Spins a Web · Don James Johnston · ss
70 · I’ll Talk · Emmett Hargett · ss
74 · Scotch Economy · C. Paul Jackson · ss

True Gang Life [v6 #2, April 1936?] (15¢, large pulp)
Year of publication not listed anywhere on magazine but believed to be 1936. Details taken from Table of Contents.

Black Sheep · A Prominent Chicago Police Official · ts
The Bloody Corner · Jack Heil & Raymond A. Palmer · ts
Reward!—No Questions Asked · Ralph Milne Farley · ss
Cross and Double Cross · Maurice Wessel · ss
Correction for the Press · Kenneth Stalcup · ss
The Duchess Retires · Ernest Sessions · ss
The Finger of Fate · Richard W. Nossman · ss
Darkness · Harry Flynn Leary · ss

True Gang Life [v6 #3, June 1936?] (15¢, large pulp)
Year of publication not listed anywhere on magazine but believed to be 1936. Details taken from eBay listing.

4 · The Origin of Gangs · Anon. · ms
6 · Racket Rods · Raymond A. Palmer & Lawrence A. Keating · ss
24 · Black Sheep · Anon. · ss
38 · Hot Cars · Ralph Milne Farley & Major Don Willard · ss
56 · Taking the Rap · Police Lt. Tom McGrath · ss
63 · Dutton Fails to See the Light · Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. · ss
65 · All Burned Up · Mont Hurst · ss
67 · Rat Trap · Clyde Young · ss
69 · Wanted Public Enemies · Anon. · ms

True Gang Life [v6 #4, September 1936] (Associated Authors, 15¢, 96pp, large pulp, cover by W. Darr)
Year of publication not listed anywhere on magazine but believed to be 1936. Details supplied by Steve Miller.

4 · Gangs of New York · Anon. · ia
6 · The Hijackers [Jim Grant] · Ralph Milne Farley · ss
22 · Funeral Guns · Raymond A. Palmer & Lawrence A. Keating · nv
54 · Mark of Cain · Grant Milton · ss
62 · Killers Cul de Sac · G. M. Sassaman · ss
66 · Clean-Up · Mark Turrell Pattie · ss
73 · Country Jake · Mont Hurst · ss
75 · Hot Seat · V. S. Summers · ss

True Gang Life [v2 #5, November 1936] (15¢, large pulp, cover by Walter Darr)
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The Toad’s Stool · Cliff Everard · na

True Gang Life [v2 #6, January 1937] (15¢, large pulp)
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It Pays to Be Blind · Roger Torrey · ss
Muscle Man · Frank Gruber · ss

True Gang Life [v2 #7, March 1937] (15¢, large pulp, cover by Walter Darr)

The Cleanup Kid · Alexander Faust · ss
Death Music · Tom B. Stone · ss
Twenty-Five Years a Jailbird [Part last of ?] · Grant M. Sassaman · sl
Dog Eat Dog · Edward J. Donovan · ss
Dumb Copper · James H. Dudley · ss
Horse’s Gat · Andrew I. Albert · ss
With the Tide · Ernest Brent · ss
Killer’s Luck · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss
Easy Money · Edward Classen · ss
Comeback Justice · Edward Bayer · ss
Unlucky Stiff · Hobart Ellsworth · ss
Poison · David Roberts · ss
Specialty · Milton Grant · ss

True Gang Life [v2 #8, June 1937] (15¢, large pulp)

Gangs of New York · Sam Caufman · ct
Rogue’s Rendezvous · Robert Barrett · ss
Murder Dope · James Worthington · ss
Marked for Killing · Edgar H. Case · ss
Blackmail’s an Ugly Word [Dal Prentice] · Roger Torrey · nv Black Mask Oct 1933
No Alibi · Crosby G. Holden · ss
Bullet Bait · William G. Bogart · ss
Kill That Strikebreaker · Ben Flesher · ss
Born to Be Hanged · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

True Gang Life [v2 #9, August 1937] (Associated Authors Inc., 15¢, large pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · The Challenge · Andrew I. Albert · nv
27 · Suckers Are Where You Find Them · Ben Flesher · ss
32 · Protection Plus · Roger Torrey · ss
46 · The Deadly Monk’s Hood · Daman C. Fenwick · ss
53 · Happy Birthday · E. G. Wheeler · vi
55 · Trouble on the Way Home · James Worthington · ss
62 · A Ticket for Murder · Donald C. Northwood · ss
70 · Morgue Bound · Grayson Fable · ss
75 · Poor Sap · Perry Wood · vi
77 · Twenty Grand · Dick Ford · ss
83 · A Soft-Boiled Yegg · A. L. Kimball · ss
90 · Wanted Public Enemies · [Various] · ms

True Gang Life [v2 #10, October 1937] (15¢, large pulp)

Rocky’s Road Through Hell · Don Allison · ss
Stir Shadows · R. D. Barrett · ss
Acid Test · Omar Gwinn · ss
Death Always Wins · Denslow M. Dade · ss
Air-Tight Racket · Grover Brinkman · ss
Queenie Rides Again · John Fredericks · ss
Tiger Odds · Charles Molyneux Brown · ss
False Reprieve · James H. Dudley · ss

True Gang Life [v2 #11, December 1937] (96pp, large pulp)

6 · From Alcohol to Alcatraz [Part 1 of ?] · Chopper Nitti · ar
Tiger Bait · W. K. Boone · ss
Vengeance Trail · Davis Dresser · ss
Killer at Large · Crosby G. Holden · ss
Miser Investigations · Ben Flesher · ss
G-Heat · John Scott Douglas · ss
Riot Call · Bill Kruger · ss
His Own Medicine · W. A. Billings · ss
Fatal Likeness · Helen & Frank Rippetoe · ss
Rat Trap · Junia Caille · ss
A Squealer Passes · Grayson Fable · ss

True Gang Life [v2 #12, March 1938] (Combined Publications, Inc., 15¢, large pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · From Alcohol to Alcatraz [Part 2 of ?] · Chopper Nitti · ar
27 · Heat Snatch · Crosby Holden · ss
36 · Hot Short Holocaust · Elenny Trade · ss
46 · The Devil’s Bath · Charles McCray & Frank Young · ss
54 · Walking Bait · Charles Molyneux Brown · ss
61 · A Double Frame · W. Clyde Young · ss
67 · Four-Bit Piece · Herbert E. Smith · ss

True Gang Life [v2 #13, June 1938] (15¢, large pulp)
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Off the Record · Charles Verde · na
Iron-Man · Robert Martin · ss
Headed for Hell · Larry Sternig · ss

True Gangster Stories (1939) (about)
--- see under Double-Action Gang Magazine.

True Gangster Stories (1941) (about)
Despite the title True Gangster Stories was mainly fiction. It had two separate short runs, each beginning with Vol. 1 No. 1, even though the title had previously been used for the final issue of Double-Action Gang Magazine.

Publishers:

Columbia Publications, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA: True Gangster Stories

True Gangster Stories [v1 #1, February 1941] (15¢, pulp)

Shyster’s Swan Song · Anon. · ss
Twas the Voice of the Lobster · Anthony Rud · ss
The Beast of Delaware Avenue · Anon. · ss
Quick with a Rod · Anon. (by David Goodis) · ss
Never Kill a Cop · Anon. (by Fred R. Miller) · ss
Death Is My Feud · Anon. · ss
My Pal—The Trigger · Anon. (by Ross Russell) · ss

True Gangster Stories [v1 #2, July 1941] (15¢, 112pp, pulp)

10 · The Exploding Men [Jigger Masters] · Anthony Rud · ss
22 · Too Many Mistakes · Anon. (by Aaron G. Elgin) · ss
37 · Opportunity Guy · Anon. (by Simpson Selfredge) · ss
44 · The Laughing Trap · David Goodis · ss
55 · Legions of the Insane · Rolland Lynch · ss
64 · Kill a Man Please · Anon. (by Norton Franks) · ss
74 · Duchess Drinks a Toast to Murder · Anon. · ar
86 · Spiderweb of Death · Leo Hoban · ss; given as by Leon Hoban.
95 · Mangles, G-Man on Probation · Frank Airth · ss
104 · Diamond Dodges · Anon. · ar

True Gangster Stories [v1 #1, February 1942] (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

10 · Murder Trail of the Marauding Bucks · Craig Carleton Scott · ss
21 · Carves Career with Razor · Eric Rober · ms
22 · The Fatal Furs [Jigger Masters] · Anthony Rud · ss
34 · I’ll Kill Him Tonight · Paul Selonke · ss
41 · Tiger Skin · Mat Rand · vi
43 · Cobwebs of Mystery · Cliff Campbell · ss
46 · Red Riddle of the Flaming Corpse · Stephen Manson · ss
55 · The Ruby Runs Red · T. W. Ford · nv
79 · Collegiate Crook · Roy Giles · ss
84 · The Live Corpse · Zachary Strong · ms
87 · Headstone for a Heel · Hugh B. Cave · ss

True Gangster Stories [v1 #2, April 1942] (15¢, pulp)

The Key to Murder · Bud Martin · ss
300 Miles of Blood and Bullets · J. Hoyt Cummings · ss
The Love Crazed Millionaire · Hollis B. Fultz · ss
Birth of a Criminal · Leo Hoban · ss
Dead Men Can’t Talk · J. Wilson · ss
Death During Bird Song · Earl W. Scott · ss
Crypt of Horror · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss
The Worm Has Fangs · James Denson Sayers · ss The Underworld Magazine Oct 1933
The Cave of Death · James Denson Sayers · nv The Underworld Magazine Dec 1933
Yellow Red Sunrise · Anthony Rud · ss

True Gangster Stories [v1 #3, June 1942] (15¢, pulp)

Ghost Hotel [Jigger Masters] · Anthony Rud · ss
Monahan Meets Science · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss
Hell on Wheels · Frank Kerr · ss
One Determined Cop · Glenn H. Wichman · ss
Death, Deal Me In · George E. Clark · ss
This Way to Death · Hugh B. Cave · ss
Kill Ride for Two · Dave Goodis · ss
Every Man to His Trade · Henry J. Carr · ss

True Gangster Stories [v1 #4, August 1942] (15¢, pulp)

Triple Murder on the High Seas · Hollis B. Fultz · ss
Death Rides a Starying Taxi · Allen Quinn · ss
Crime Cure · Calvin L. Boswell · ss
Short Cut to Murder · Earl W. Scott · ss
I’ll Kill You, Copper · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss
The Dentist Deals in Death · Charles A. Pratt · ss
The Blight from Baghdad · Anthony Rud · ss
Scotch and Strawberry · Linnell Jones · ss
The Double Cross · Stephen J. Lynch · ss
Corpse Call · Richard W. Sprang · ss
A Knife in Your Back · Dave Goodis · ss
When Your Luck Runs Out · Gary James · ss

True Gangster Stories (UK) (1939) (about)
British reprint edition of True Gangster Stories.

Publishers:

Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd.; 18 Bride Lane, London EC4: True Gangster Stories (UK)

True Gangster Stories (UK) (1942) (about)
British reprint edition of True Gangster Stories.

Publishers:

Gerald G. Swan, Ltd.; 37-38-39 Burne Street, Marylebone, London NW1: True Gangster Stories (UK)

True Gangster Stories (UK) [ca. 1942] (Gerald G. Swan Ltd., 6d, 48pp, pulp)
Reprint of the February 1942 (US) issue.

2 · Murder Trail of the Marauding Bucks · Craig Carleton Scott · ss True Gangster Stories Feb 1942
6 · Carves Career with Razor · Eric Rober · ms True Gangster Stories Feb 1942
7 · The Fatal Furs [Jigger Masters] · Anthony Rud · ss True Gangster Stories Feb 1942
13 · I’ll Kill Him Tonight · Paul Selonke · ss True Gangster Stories Feb 1942
17 · Tiger Skin · Mat Rand · vi True Gangster Stories Feb 1942; given as by Nat Rand on the story itself.
18 · Cobwebs of Mystery · Cliff Campbell · ss True Gangster Stories Feb 1942
20 · Red Riddle of the Flaming Corpse · Stephen Manson · ss True Gangster Stories Feb 1942; given as “Red Riddle of the Flaming Torch” on the story itself.
25 · The Ruby Runs Red · T. W. Ford · nv True Gangster Stories Feb 1942
38 · Collegiate Crook · Roy Giles · ss True Gangster Stories Feb 1942
41 · The Live Corpse · Zachary Strong · ms True Gangster Stories Feb 1942
42 · Headstone for a Heel · Hugh B. Cave · ss True Gangster Stories Feb 1942

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