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Scienti-Snaps [v3 #3, Summer 1940] (10¢, 28pp, large e/s, cover by Walter B. Marimette) 4 · The Very Old Folk · H. P. Lovecraft · ss 13 · The Nightmare Lake · H. P. Lovecraft · pm The Vagrant Dec 1919 15 · The Chestnut Mare [Part 2 of 2] · David H. Keller · nv 21 · Midas · Charles R. Tanner · ss

Bizarre Title changed from Scienti-Snaps. Publishers: Bizarre; Cleveland, OH: Bizarre, Jan 1941. Editors: Jack Chapman Miske & Walter E. Marconette - Editor: Bizarre, Jan 1941.

Bizarre [v4 #1, January 1941] (20¢, 24pp, 6" x 9" s/s) 4 · The Thing in the Moonlight · H. P. Lovecraft · uw 6 · To Write—Be Wrong! · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ar 12 · The Dwellers in the Mirage: Original Ending · A. Merritt · ex 14 · A Brief Autobiography · Hannes Bok · bg 16 · The Open Mind · E. E. Smith, Ph.D. · ar 19 · On H.P. Lovecraft’s “The Festival” · Earl Singleton · pm [H. P. Lovecraft]

Scientifantasy    (about) Amateur magazine. Publishers: Bill Kroll & John Grossman; Des Moines, IA: Scientifantasy Editors: Bill Kroll & John Grossman - Editor: Scientifantasy Features: Between the Lines · Bill Kroll & John Grossman · ed

Scientifantasy [v1 #1, Fall 1948] (15¢, 32pp, 4¼" x 5½" s/s, cover by Ralph Rayburn Phillips) 5 · Satellite... · Albert Toth · pm 6 · Victory of Shadows · David H. Keller, M.D. · ss 16 · Galaxy Excozela · John Grossman · cs 18 · Hunting Grulzaks for Pleasure & Profit · Joe Kennedy · vi 21 · My Impressions of Fans · K. Martin Carlson · ar 23 · Something in the Sky · Arthur H. Rapp · ar 24 · The Evening Star · Franklin M. Dietz · pm 25 · Changeling: the Werewolf · Thomas H. Carter · ar

Scientifantasy [v1 #2, Winter 1949] (20¢, 32pp, 4¼" x 5½" s/s, cover by Howard Miller) 5 · Land of the Mechanicloids · Evan H. Appelman · vi 8 · The Stranger [from Songs of a Spanish Lover] · David H. Keller · pm (r) 10 · Emma · R. Flavie Carson · ss 17 · Galaxy Excozela · John Grossman · cs 20 · Space Siren · Miles Eaton · pm 21 · A Puzzle · E. Everett Evans · ar 26 · The Song of Liane the Dreamer · Lin Carter · pm; (possibly “...Laine...”)

Scientifantasy [v1 #3, Spring 1949] (20¢, 32pp, 4¼" x 5½" s/s, cover by Joe Krucher) Details supplied by Shelby Vick. 5 · The Kings of Yu-Istam · Lin Carter · ss 9 · Beauty · Norm Storer · pm 10 · The Rani and the Peacock Feather · Miles Eaton · ss 17 · On the Trail of Jenny Haniver · Ray Ramsay · ar 24 · Galaxy Excozela · John Grossman · cs 26 · Cycle · Michael de Angelis · vi Between the Lines with your editors · [Misc.] · ed Abstractions · [The Readers] · lc [illustrations] · Joe Krucher · il [illustrations] · Jon Arfstrom · il [illustrations] · Jack Gaughan · il [illustrations] · Bob Dougherty · il [illustrations] · John Cockroft · il [illustrations] · Hannes Bok · il [illustrations] · John Grossman · il [illustrations] · Bill Kroll · il

Scientifantasy [v1 #4, Summer 1949] (20¢, 32pp, 4¼" x 5½" s/s, cover by William Kroll) Details supplied by Shelby Vick. 5 · The House of the God Chulo · Jon Gordon · vi 8 · The Creators · Jack Gaughan · cs 9 · Poetry’s Place in the Fanzine · Norm Storer · ar 12 · The Grater Monster · Thomas H. Carter · ss 19 · Kooribaal · Lin Carter · pm 20 · Galaxy Excozela · John Grossman · cs 24 · Rufus and the Time Machine · Miles Eaton · ss Between the Lines with your editors · [Misc.] · ed Abstractions · [The Readers] · lc [illustrations] · Jon Arfstrom · il [illustrations] · John Cockroft · il [illustrations] · Bob Dougherty · il [illustrations] · Eaton · il [illustrations] · Jack Gaughan · il [illustrations] · John Grossman · il [illustrations] · Bill Kroll · il [illustrations] · Manning · il bc. · [back cover] · John Grossman · cv

Scientific Detective    (about) A saddle-stitched, digest-size magazine of standard crime-adventure fare, Scientific Detective belied its name and had several fact articles and an occasional quiz about its fiction, which appears to be primarily reprint material. Its start date is not known: the earliest issue noted is March 1945 (labelled volume 5 number 1) while the latest known issue is dated May 1948. Precise issues published not known. Publishers: C.D. Publishing Co./B.E.C. Publishing Co.; New York: Scientific Detective Editors: Max Herzberg - Editor: Scientific Detective, ? 1947.

Scientific Detective [v5 #1, March 1945] (C.D. Publishing Co., 25¢, 52pp, digest) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Spent Her Life and Fortune Hunting a Killer · Anon. · ms The American Weekly 5 · The Hanging Judge · Edward Galley · ar Answers 9 · He Killed for the Thrill of It! · Anon. · ms Answers 11 · The Brotherhood of St. Paul · R. L. Hadfield · ar 15 · The Pachyderm Murderer · Claire Darth · ss 32 · I Killed Charles Robin · Joseph De Bona · ss 35 · World of Fantasy · Anon. · ms News of the World 38 · Murder for Pleasure · Norman Colgan · ar Answers 42 · The Last of the Highwaymen · Philip Rooney · ar 44 · The Fascinating Murderer · Anon. · ms 49 · Business Detectives Have Strange Tasks · Anon. · ms Fact Digest

Scientific Detective [v5 #2, April 1945] (25¢, 52pp, digest) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 3 · Green Ice [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss The Chicago Tribune Apr 13 1941, as “The Riddle of the Green Ice” 20 · Death by Accident · Francis Cockrell · ss The Blue Book Magazine Jan 1935 35 · The Unloaded Gun · Allan Vaughan Elston · ss Collier’s Sep 5 1942

Scientific Detective [v5 #3, May 1945] (digest) Issue not found. Need Contents

Scientific Detective [v5 #4, June 1945] (digest) Issue not found. Need Contents

Scientific Detective [v5 #5, July 1945] (digest) Issue not found. Need Contents

Scientific Detective [v5 #6, August 1945] (25¢, digest) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 3 · I Witnessed an Electrocution · Frank Underhill Taylor · ts 9 · Green Mamba · Robert Martin · ss 14 · Strange Mourner · Clem Whitaker · ss 18 · I Worked the Parole Racket · George Chapman · ss 33 · Daily Double · Sergeant Bill O’Donnell · ss 38 · A Psychiatrist Turns Detective · Justin Case · ss 51 · Death in Boston · Rex Faust · ss 61 · No Dope Slave · Robert Potter · ts The American Weekly 64 · Most Firebugs · Donald A. Laird · ts The American Weekly

Scientific Detective [v5 #7, September 1945] (B.E.C. Publishing Co., 25¢, 66pp, digest) 3 · Phyfe or Phony · Patty De Roulf · ar 7 · Jail Baby · Hannah Lees · ss Collier’s Jan 28 1939 20 · The 2-Dollar Bill · Anon. · pz 21 · Everything New · S. K. Atz · ss 29 · 18 Year Sleuthing Coup · Anon. · ts The American Weekly 19?? 32 · Tough Beat · Leslie T. White · ss Collier’s Feb 19 1938 47 · Dead Man’s Curve · Thomas Mack · ss 57 · Wrapped Up for Murder · Lee Markward · ss 66 · Grounds for Divorce · Anon. · ms

Scientific Detective [v5 #8, October 1945] (digest) Issue not found. Need Contents

Scientific Detective [v5 #9, February 1946] (B.E.C. Publishing Co., 25¢, 68pp, digest) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 3 · Decoy for Murder · Harry F. Mayes & Herbert E. Hahn · ss 9 · Crime Comes Out in the Wash · John K. Winkler · ts The American Weekly 14 · Love Is Suspicious · Phil Demar · nv 43 · The Sucker Is Ageless · Alan A. Brown · ar Frauds; given as by Allan A. Brown on the article itself. 47 · Escape · Milton English · ss 50 · Detroit Blackout · William G. Bogart · ss 58 · The Great Hospital Mystery · C. P. Cleary · ss Ireland’s Own; possibly a fictionalized true crime story.

Scientific Detective [v6 #1, March 1946] (B.E.C. Publishing Co., 25¢, 68pp, digest) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 3 · Tell-Tale Skull · Scott Ellsworth · ss 18 · Untold Stories of the U. S. Secret Service · Phil Glanzer · ar 25 · Not in His Blood · J. Case · ss 28 · The Man Who Coiled and Struck · Joseph Faus · ss 36 · Training for Scotland Yard · Stanley Jackson · ar Tid-Bits 38 · Reconstructing the Murder-ed · Anon. · ts The American Weekly 41 · Death in a New York Window · Gabriel Galt · ss 53 · The Case of the Malted Milk Murderer · Anon. · ts The American Weekly; given as “The Malted Milk Murderer” in the Table of Contents. 57 · Dragon Cave Justice · Mabel Barton Brown · ss 62 · Two of a Kind · Marshall Kent · ss

Scientific Detective [v6 #2, April 1946] (B.E.C. Publishing Co., 25¢, 68pp, digest) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 3 · Murder at the Mesa · Glenn Pierce · ss 17 · The Dog That Wouldn’t Stay Dead · Marshall Breeden · ss Great Detective Sep 1934 33 · Nuts Can Kill · Joseph H. Seymour · ss 42 · Net Profit · James Webster · ss 48 · The Dream · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine Aug 1838, as “The Drunkard’s Dream” 60 · The Devil’s Telephone · Theodore Roscoe · ts The American Weekly 63 · Merely Players · Charles Solomon · ss Tid-Bits

Scientific Detective [v6 #3, May 1946] (B.E.C. Publishing Co., 25¢, 68pp, digest) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 3 · Nice Little Dog · Harold Titus · ss 15 · Rogues of the Road · Helen Jeffries · ar 20 · Instrument for Murder · Lee Markward · ss Answers 32 · Ambush at the Cider Mill · Phil Glanzer · ar 43 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine Apr 1841

Scientific Detective [v6 #4, June 1946] (B.E.C. Publishing Co., 25¢, 68pp, digest) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 3 · The Silent Clue · William G. Bogart · ss 13 · A Bridle for Her Tongue · Anna Nash Yarbrough · ss 29 · Strange Burglary · Peter Levins · ts The American Weekly 36 · Ring for Murder · Ellis K. Baldwin · ss 51 · Poisoned Money · Scott Ellsworth · ss

Scientific Detective [v6 #5, July 1946] (B.E.C. Publishing Co., 25¢, 68pp, digest) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 3 · Murder Waits Till Midnight · Andrew J. Collins · ss 17 · The Double Take · Hamilton Allen · ss Ireland’s Own 23 · Murder Is Never Perfect · Glenn Low · ss 38 · Murder Witness · Ken Greene · ss 48 · The Lenton Croft Robberies [Martin Hewitt] · Arthur Morrison · nv The Strand Magazine Mar 1894, uncredited

Scientific Detective [v6 #6, August 1946] (B.E.C. Publishing Co., 25¢, 68pp, digest) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 3 · False Colors · Joseph C. Stacey · ss 15 · The Corpse That Came Back · Lee Markward · ss 29 · There’s Money in Murder · A. J. Collins · ss 45 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle Aug 19 1843 55 · Souvenir of Murder · J. G. Wilson · ss 60 · The Unraveling · Robert Zacks · ss

Scientific Detective [v6 #7, September 1946] (B.E.C. Publishing Co., 25¢, 68pp, digest) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 3 · The Pearl Necklace · Ken Greene · ss 13 · The Very Picture of Murder · Jack Bradley · ss 18 · Once Upon a Corpse · Joseph C. Stacey · ss 30 · The Spider · Leon Aronson · ss 35 · The Corpse in the Station-Wagon · Wayne Harold Pool · ss 47 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1845, Carey & Hart 1844

Scientific Detective [v6 #8, October 1946] (25¢, digest) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 3 · Doomed · Ken Greene · ss 14 · What’s Wrong with This Picture · Margaret Morgan & Arthur Harmon · ss 24 · Death Triangle · Joseph C. Stacey · ss 34 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer Jan 1843 39 · Outwitted · Robert E. Delpsch · ss 45 · Moonshine · Evelyn & Hugh Bell · nv 66 · Murder Quiz · Anon. · qz

Scientific Detective [v6 #9, November 1946] (C.D. Publishing Co., 25¢, 52pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 3 · The Boarding House Murder · Ken Greene · ss 19 · Markheim · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The Broken Shaft: Unwin’s Annual for 1886, ed. Sir Henry Norman, T. Fisher Unwin 1885 35 · No Questions Asked · Martin Tashner · ss 38 · Homicide Hotbed [Part 1 of 2] · Andrew J. Collins · sl 47 · They Can’t Hang a Dead Man · Blair Evans · ss

Scientific Detective [v6 #10, December 1946] (C.D. Publishing Co., 25¢, 52pp, digest) Details supplied by Mike Ashley. 3 · Decision to Kill · Robert Merrill Lambert · ss 17 · A Matter of 20 Grand · Joseph C. Stacey · ss 26 · Homicide Hotbed [Part 2 of 2] · Andrew J. Collins · sl 39 · The Two-Ton Murder · Joseph H. Seymour · ss