Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Black Book Detective Magazine [v4 #4, March 1936] ed. Alice Phillips (Ranger Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by John Locke. 6 · Versus the United States · Frederick C. Painton · nv 34 · G-Monkeys · Allan K. Echols · vi 39 · A Knife Don’t Shoot So Loud · Richard B. Sale · ss 57 · Reporter’s Blood · Philip L. Ketchum · ss 77 · Arson for Profit · David Redstone · ss 87 · Bonded Burglar · Jack Dalhart · ss 100 · The Finger of the Law · Richard E. Wormser · vi 105 · City Hall Murders · James P. Olsen · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v5 #1, April 1936] ed. Alice Phillips (Ranger Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · G-Man Missing · James P. Olsen · nv 23 · The Human Fly Mystery · Preston Grady · ss 33 · The Pirate · Frederick C. Painton · nv 51 · A Pinch from the Grave · Richard Wormser · ss 61 · Murder for Only a Million · Philip L. Ketchum · nv 82 · The Woman in the Sack · Zeta Rothschild · ts 93 · The Torture Death · Donald S. Aitken · nv 109 · The Captain’s China-Boy · Anderson McCully · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v5 #2, May 1936] (10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) 4 · The State Saves $230 [Cliff Brant] · Richard B. Sale · nv 21 · Hard-Hearted Dick · David Redstone · ss 27 · Formula for Death · John Kobler · na 66 · The Death Line · George H. Michener · ss 77 · The Human Sacrifice · Ernest M. Poate · nv 109 · Or Else! · James P. Olsen · ss 119 · Hot Dogs · Emmett B. Hargett · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v5 #3, June 1936] ed. Alice Phillips (Ranger Publications, Inc, 10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Too Dead to Die [Chris Larsen] · Robert H. Leitfred · nv 26 · That Guy Loves Murder · Norman A. Daniels · ss 37 · The Hand of Padded Death · Ernest M. Poate · ss 49 · Killed and Dressed [Pudge Benson] · Harold de Polo · ss 58 · Whitemail · Richard B. Sale · ss 71 · Goddess of Death · George A. McDonald · nv 90 · Too Many Crooks · Edgar Daniel Kramer · ss Ace-High Magazine Feb #2 1927 99 · The Devil Hates Women · Beech Allen · na

Black Book Detective Magazine [v5 #4, July 1936] (10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) 4 · Clip-Joint [Ed Byrnes] · Orrin Hollmer · nv 30 · Killer at Large · Ernest M. Poate · ss 41 · G-Men Spotted [Cliff Brant] · Richard B. Sale · nv 61 · Mark of the Rat · Harold Channing Wire · ss 65 · Ah Klim, the Needle · James Duncan · nv 84 · One and a Half Murders · Cornell Woolrich · ss 95 · The Key to Kingdom Come · Roy Henry · nv 115 · Perfect Plan for Murder · Robert H. Leitfred · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v6 #1, October 1936] ed. Alice Phillips (Ranger Publications, Inc, 10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · The Seven Skulls of Kali · James W. Poling · na 33 · The True Color of Jesse James · Jack De Witt · ar 41 · The Chair That Judged [Cliff Brant] · Richard B. Sale · nv 56 · Bring Him in Alive—or Cold! [Chris Larsen] · Robert H. Leitfred · nv 71 · Ears That See · James P. Olsen · ss 77 · The Michigan Sunday School Murderer · Albert O. James · ts 92 · Make Me an Offer · J. E. Keith · na

Black Book Detective Magazine [v6 #2, April 1937] (10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) 14 · Murder Masquerades · Orrin Hollmer · ss 21 · My Deadly Enemy · John L. Tiernan · nv 54 · The World’s Champion Murder · Tex Brooks · ss 63 · Bury ’Em Alive · Jack De Witt · ar 76 · The Four Thousand Ton Robbery · Lawrence Treat · ss 94 · Don’t Chisel on Murder! · John L. Tiernan · ss 108 · In on the Death · Philip L. Ketchum · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v6 #3, June 1937] ed. Alice Phillips (Ranger Publications, Inc, 10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · I Cover the Murder Front · Robert Sidney Bowen · na 75 · The Face in the Crystal · Norman A. Daniels · ss 87 · Death Is a Present · Philip L. Ketchum · nv 107 · The Svengali Death · Allan K. Echols · ss 117 · Mystery of the Lost Man · Hollis B. Fultz · ts

Black Book Detective Magazine [v6 #4, March 1938] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 14 · Raffles Enters the Gibraltar Mystery [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · na 91 · The Light Detail · J. S. Endicott · vi 93 · The Goat’s House · Owen Fox Jerome · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v7 #1, May 1938] (10¢, 128pp, pulp) 14 · The Dangerous Mr. Raffles [A.J. Raffles] · Barry Perowne · na 86 · Honeysuckle Death · Owen Fox Jerome · ss 91 · Hot Ice Gamble · Norman A. Daniels · ss 99 · Flatfoot Flaherty · James Perley Hughes · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v7 #2, July 1938] (10¢, 128pp, pulp) 10 · Doubling for Death · Owen Fox Jerome · na 91 · Murder in Three Parts · J. S. Endicott · ss 96 · Gun Toll · Robert Wallace · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v7 #3, September 1938] (10¢, 128pp, pulp) 12 · The Spy-Ring Murders · C. K. M. Scanlon · na 95 · Crime Fiend · Owen Fox Jerome · ss 99 · Death Lies Waiting · Roland Phillips · nv Clues Sep 1931; illustrated by Amos Sewell

Black Book Detective Magazine [v8 #1, November 1938] (10¢, 128pp, pulp) 16 · The Death Chair Murders [Jonathan Drake, Ace Manhunter] · Ralph Oppenheim · na 86 · Steer Guy · Cyril Plunkett · ss 92 · Innocent Bystander · Dean Carlton · ss 98 · How I Became a Detective · Allan Pinkerton · ar Criminal Reminiscences and Detective Sketches, Allan Pinkerton, G. W. Carleton 1879

Black Book Detective Magazine [v8 #2, January 1939] (10¢, 128pp, pulp) 15 · The Week End Murders [Jonathan Drake, Ace Manhunter] · Donald Stuart · na 98 · Suicides Are Saps [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 101 · Death Is Eager · Norman A. Daniels · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v8 #3, March 1939] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 15 · The Winter King Killings [Jonathan Drake, Ace Manhunter] · Charles S. Strong · na 91 · Underground Stuff [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 94 · Murder with Sound · John L. Benton · ss 97 · Double Talk · Milton Lowe · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v9 #1, May 1939] (10¢, 128pp, pulp) 13 · I’m No Murderer [J.R. (Rick) Leroy] · Barry Perowne · na 97 · Mug in a Frame [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 100 · Suicide Detail · C. K. M. Scanlon · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v9 #2, July 1939] (10¢, 128pp, pulp) 13 · Brand of the Black Bat [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 93 · Alibi Murders · Lloyd Llewell · ss 100 · Robin Hood Pickpocket · Allan Pinkerton · ar (r)

Black Book Detective Magazine [v9 #3, September 1939] (10¢, 128pp, pulp) 13 · Murder Calls the Black Bat [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 95 · Cab for a Corpse [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 100 · One-Man Police Force · Bernard Breslauer · ar

Black Book Detective Magazine [v10 #1, November 1939] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 13 · Off the Record · [The Editor] · ed 14 · The Black Bat Strikes Again [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 92 · Just Take It Easy · Henry S. Lewis · ss 97 · Through Train to Hell · Weldon F. Sheerer · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v10 #2, January 1940] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 11 · Off the Record · [The Editor] · ed 12 · Black Bat’s Challenge [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na; illustrated by Parkhurst 93 · The Goose Gun · H. Dyson Carter · vi 96 · Men in the Morgue · Robert Wallace · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v10 #3, March 1940] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 14 · The Black Bat’s Spy Trail [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 93 · Murder at His Heels · Norman A. Daniels · ss 101 · Suckers Fly High · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v11 #1, May 1940] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 14 · The Black Bat’s Crusade [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 92 · Death Plays Tricks · Arthur J. Burks · ss 100 · Snatch Payoff · Jack Kofoed · ts

Black Book Detective Magazine [v11 #2, July 1940] (10¢, pulp) 12 · The Black Bat’s Flame Trail [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Whitney Ellsworth, [?]) · na 95 · Nut Stuff · Robert Gordon · ss 98 · Hostage to Murder · Riley Brown · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v11 #3, September 1940] (10¢, pulp) 12 · The Black Bat’s Triumph [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 89 · Say It with Lead · Eugene A. Clancy · ss 97 · Murder Stain · Riley Brown · ss 101 · A Touch for Luck · John McCurnin · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v12 #1, November 1940] (10¢, pulp) 16 · The Black Bat and the Trojan Horse [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 87 · Trooper in Stir · William L. Hopson · ss 94 · Dressed in White · Leo Hoban · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v12 #2, January 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) 6 · Off the Record · [The Editor] · ed 14 · The Black Bat’s Dragon Trail [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norvell W. Page) · na 93 · Mom Petrelli’s Boy · Gerry Seton · ss 99 · Eyes of the Magnate · William L. Hopson · ss

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

Black Book Detective [v12 #3, March 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 16 · The Black Bat’s Justice [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 91 · Horse Sense Retribution · Arthur J. Burks · ss 100 · The Reunion · Allan K. Echols · ss

Black Book Detective [v13 #1, May 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp, cover by V. E. Pyles) Details supplied by John Locke. 12 · Off the Record · [The Editor] · ed 14 · The Black Bat and the Red Menace [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 91 · Death on the Bounce · John Wallace · ss 99 · Murder by the Clock · Ivan Cameron · ss

Black Book Detective [v13 #2, July 1941] (10¢, pulp) 14 · The Black Bat’s Summons [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones · na 97 · Might I Suggest · Richard Brister · ss 101 · Last Night’s Murder · J. Lane Linklater · ss

Black Book Detective [v13 #3, September 1941] (10¢, pulp) 14 · The Black Bat’s Invisible Enemy [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 92 · Police Witness · Frank Johnson (by Donald Bayne Hobart) · ss 95 · Even-Steven · Owen Fox Jerome · ss 98 · The Man with the Purple Hat · Marvin Ryerson · ss

Black Book Detective [v14 #1, November 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 16 · The Voice of Doom [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 90 · A Present for Butch · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss 98 · Two Plus Two Is Murder · Jim O’Brien · ss

Black Book Detective [v14 #2, January 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 15 · The Eyes of the Blind [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 92 · Help from a Corpse · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 97 · Let Me Guess · Thomas Lamar · ss

Black Book Detective [v14 #3, March 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by V. E. Pyles) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 14 · The Blackout Murders [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 90 · Snatchers Are Suckers · Robert C. Donohue · ss 97 · A Grave for Grogan · Norman A. Daniels · ss