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Verdict Detective Story Magazine (about)
Australian reprint edition of Manhunt.

Publishers:

The Original Novels Foundation; 149 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, Australia: Verdict Detective Story Magazine

Verdict Detective Story Magazine [v1 #1, March 1955] (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest)
Details supplied by Bob Adey.

3 · All at Once, No Alice · Cornell Woolrich · nv Argosy Mar 2 1940
34 · Identity Unknown · Jonathan Craig · ss Manhunt Aug 1954
45 · Accident · John M. Sitan · ss Manhunt Aug 1954
51 · Effective Medicine · B. Traven · nv Manhunt Aug 1954
61 · Frame [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · nv Manhunt Aug 1954
82 · And Share Alike · Charles Williams · na Manhunt Aug 1954
129 · Portrait of a Killer No. 12—Jesse Walker · Dan Sontup · cl Manhunt Aug 1954
131 · What’s Your Verdict? · Leonard S. Gray · pz (r)

Verdict Detective Story Magazine [v1 #2, April 1955] (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest)
Details supplied by Bob Adey.

3 · A Moment’s Notice · Jerome Weidman · nv Manhunt Sep 1954
29 · Some Things Never Change · Robert Patrick Wilmot · ss Manhunt Sep 1954
37 · Tin Can · B. Traven · ss Manhunt Sep 1954
50 · The Witness · John Sabin · ss Manhunt Sep 1954
59 · State Line · Sam S. Taylor · ss Manhunt Sep 1954
79 · What’s Your Verdict? No. 2—The Uncooperative Wife · Sam Ross · pz Manhunt Sep 1954
82 · The Empty Fort · Basil Heatter · na Manhunt Sep 1954
124 · Ambition · Patrick Madden · ss Manhunt Sep 1954
128 · Portrait of a Killer No. 13—Leon Peltzer · Dan Sontup · cl Manhunt Sep 1954
131 · Mugged and Printed · Anon. · bg Manhunt Sep 1954

Verdict Detective Story Magazine [v1 #3, May 1955] (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest)
Details supplied by Bob Adey.

3 · Replacement · Jack Ritchie · ss Manhunt Nov 1954
11 · A Bull to Kill · Richard Marsten · ss Manhunt Nov 1954
21 · The Man from Yesterday · Jonathan Craig · ss Manhunt Nov 1954
35 · Shy Guy · Robert Turner · ss Manhunt Nov 1954
43 · The Stalkers · Grant Colby · ss Manhunt Nov 1954
47 · Portrait of a Killer No. 15—Joseph McElroy · Dan Sontup · cl Manhunt Nov 1954
50 · Pistol · Hal Ellson · ss Manhunt Nov 1954
61 · The Hero · Floyd Mahannah · nv Manhunt Dec 1954
75 · The Man Who Had Too Much to Lose [Jeremiah X. (Gibby) Gibson] · Hampton Stone · na Manhunt Nov 1954
131 · Mugged and Printed · Anon. · bg Manhunt Nov 1954

Verdict Detective Story Magazine [v1 #4, June 1955] (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest)
Details supplied by Bob Adey.

3 · Hot · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt Feb 1955
18 · Return Engagement [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · nv Manhunt Feb 1955
41 · What’s Your Verdict? No. 8—The Legal Mind · Sam Ross · pz Manhunt Feb 1955
43 · Rendezvous · James T. Farrell · nv Manhunt Feb 1955
59 · The Pigeons · Hal Ellson · ss Manhunt Feb 1955
66 · The Competitors · Richard Deming · ss Manhunt Feb 1955
77 · Classification: Homicide [Police File] · Jonathan Craig · na Manhunt Feb 1955
131 · Mugged and Printed [James T. Farrell; Hal Ellson; Frank Kane; Jonathan Craig; Evan Hunter] · Anon. · bg Manhunt Feb 1955

Verdict Detective Story Magazine [v1 #5, July 1955] (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest)
Details supplied by Bob Adey.

3 · Night Watch · Jonathan Craig · ss Manhunt Sep 1954
16 · Broken Doll · Jack Webb · nv Manhunt May 1954
32 · Footprints · Fred L. Anderson · ar Manhunt May 1954
35 · Murder of a Mouse · Fletcher Flora · ss Manhunt May 1954
48 · A Clear Picture · Sam S. Taylor · ss Manhunt May 1954
53 · The Woman on the Bus · R. Van Taylor · ss Manhunt May 1954
69 · Blonde in the Bar · Richard Deming · nv Manhunt May 1954
89 · Crime Cavalcade · Vincent H. Gaddis · cl (r)
94 · The Promise · Anon. · ss Manhunt Sep 1954, as by Richard Welles
98 · Lead Ache [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · na Manhunt May 1954

Verdict Detective Story Magazine [v1 #6, August 1955] (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest)
Details supplied by Bob Adey.

3 · The Floater · Jonathan Craig · nv Manhunt Jan 1955
21 · Green Eyes · Hal Ellson · ss Manhunt Jan 1955
32 · What’s Your Verdict? · Sam Ross · pz (r)
34 · The Killer · John D. MacDonald · nv Manhunt Jan 1955
48 · You Can’t Trust a Man · Helen Nielsen · ss Manhunt Jan 1955
60 · Crime Cavalcade · Vincent H. Gaddis · cl Manhunt Jan 1955
66 · The Blood Oath [Manville Moon] · Richard Deming · ss Manhunt Jan 1955
79 · Epitaph · Erskine Caldwell · ss Manhunt Jan 1955
85 · The Death Ray Gun · Evan Hunter · na Manhunt Jan 1955

Verdict Detective Story Magazine [v1 #7, September 1955] (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest)
Details supplied by Bob Adey.

3 · The Choice · Richard Deming · nv Manhunt Jun 1954
18 · Double · Bruno Fischer · ss Manhunt Jun 1954
39 · Homicide, Suicide or Accident · Fred L. Anderson · ar Manhunt Jun 1954
45 · Portrait of a Killer No. 11—Vernon Booher · Dan Sontup · cl Manhunt Jul 1954
48 · No Vacancies [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · ss Manhunt Jun 1954
67 · Points South · Fletcher Flora · ss Manhunt Jun 1954
77 · Crime Cavalcade · Vincent H. Gaddis · cl Manhunt Jun 1954
82 · Skip a Beat [Peter Chambers] · Henry Kane · na Manhunt Jun 1954

Verdict Detective Story Magazine [v1 #8, October 1955] (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest)
Details supplied by Bob Adey.

3 · The Pickpocket · Mickey Spillane · ss Manhunt Dec 25 1954
7 · The Purple Collar · Jonathan Craig · nv Manhunt Dec 25 1954
24 · Death Sentence [Manville Moon] · Richard Deming · ss Manhunt Dec 25 1954
37 · Flowers to the Fair [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Manhunt Dec 25 1954
55 · Crime Cavalcade · Vincent H. Gaddis · cl Manhunt Dec 25 1954
57 · Precise Moment [Peter Chambers] · Henry Kane · na Manhunt Dec 25 1954
90 · Portrait of a Killer No. 17 · Dan Sontup · cl Manhunt Dec 25 1954
92 · Big Steal [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · nv Manhunt Dec 25 1954

Verdict Detective Story Magazine [v1 #9, (November 1955?)] (The Original Novels Foundation, 2/-, 131pp, digest)
Details supplied by Bob Adey.

3 · A Life for a Life · Robert Turner · ss Manhunt Dec 1954
11 · To a Wax Doll · Arnold Marmor · ss Manhunt Dec 1954
15 · The Revolving Door · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss Manhunt Feb 1955
27 · Manslaughter · Henry Ewald · ss Manhunt Dec 1954
30 · Self Defense [Scott Jordan] · Harold Q. Masur · ss Manhunt Feb 1955
44 · No Half Cure · Robert E. Murray · ss Manhunt Dec 1954
48 · The Red Tears · Jonathan Craig · nv Manhunt Dec 1954
64 · Judgment · G. H. Williams · ss Manhunt Dec 1954
68 · For a Friend · Bob McKnight · ss Manhunt Dec 1954
72 · Hit and Run · Richard Deming · na Manhunt Dec 1954

Verdict Detective Story Magazine [v1 #10, (December 1955?)] (Original Novels Foundation, digest)
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Find a Victim [Lew Archer] · John Ross Macdonald · na Manhunt Jul 1954
Confession · John M. Sitan · ss Manhunt Jul 1954
Chinese Puzzle · Richard Marsten · nv Manhunt Jul 1954
My Game, My Rules · Jack Ritchie · ss Manhunt Jul 1954
Association Test · Hunt Collins · ss Manhunt Jul 1954
The Judo Punch · V. E. Thiessen · ss Manhunt Jul 1954
Return [Matt Cordell (aka Curt Cannon)] · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt Jul 1954
Helping Hand · Arnold Marmor · ss Manhunt Jul 1954

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.

Publishers:

Graphic Arts, Inc.; 501 Seventh Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN: Vice Squad Detective

Vice Squad Detective [v1 #1, 1935] (pulp)

4 · Secret of the House of Horror · Clark L. Sair · ss
18 · The Nudist Gym Death Riddle · Jack Gray · ss
28 · Marijuana Vice Trap · L. S. Worth · ss
37 · The Bloodless Corpse · O. R. Dade · ss
44 · The Amazing Case of the Blonde Dope Queen · J. P. Carroll · ss
56 · The Call Girl Murder Mystery · Peter Abbott · ss
66 · The Curse of the Rusty Roses · Edmund Beville · ss
76 · The Day Coach Death Puzzle · Leif Martin · ss
87 · The Clue of the Hunted Vampire · Vance Miller · ss
98 · The Pajama Party Killer · Don Lawrence · ss
108 · The Four White Devils of Tsin Tsin · “Lash” Manion · ss
119 · The Beach Racket Murder · Tom Pennell · ss

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.

Publishers:

Action Comics Pty. Ltd.; 14 Bond Street, Sydney: Westend Detective

Westend Detective [#1, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
Details supplied by Tom Lesser.

3 · Appointment at Midnight · Peter Williams · nv

Westend Detective [#2, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)

Angel from Harlem · Peter Williams · nv

Westend Detective [#3, April 1955?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)

Dark Killer · Peter Williams · nv

Westend Detective [#4, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#5, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)

Danger Was a Dame · Peter Williams · nv

Westend Detective [#6, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest, cover by Keith Chatto)

Hot Skins · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Mammoth Detective Sep 1942

Westend Detective [#7, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#8, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)

The Missing Model · Roy Terry · nv

Westend Detective [#9, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)

Killer Afloat! · John Scott Douglas · nv Mammoth Detective Mar 1943

Westend Detective [#10, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#11, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#12, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#13, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#14, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#15, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#16, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#17, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#18, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#19, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#20, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#21, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#22, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#23, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#24, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#25, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#26, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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Westend Detective [#27, 195?] (Action Comics, 9d, 34pp, digest)
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