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Two Complete Science-Adventure Books [v1 #9, Summer 1953] (25¢, 96pp+, pulp, cover by Kelly Freas) 2 · The Wanton of Argus · K. Houston Brunner · na 42 · Mission to Marakee · Bryan Berry · na Authentic Science Fiction #24 1952, as “Aftermath”

Two Complete Science-Adventure Books [v1 #10, Winter 1953] (35¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Kelly Freas) 2 · Silent Victory · Poul Anderson · na 52 · Ballroom of the Skies · John D. MacDonald · n. Greenberg Publishers 1952; abridged.

Two Complete Science-Adventure Books [v1 #11, Spring 1954] (35¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Kelly Freas) 2 · Tombot! · Don Wilcox · na 54 · World Held Captive · Bryan Berry · n. Hamilton & Co. 1952, as Born in Captivity

2 Daring Love Novels    (about)

2 Daring Love Novels [v1 #1, January 1948] (Zenith Publishing Corp., 98pp) Details taken from eBay listing. 4 · Escape from Desire · Vida Hurst · nv Gramercy 1946; condensed from Masquerade. 40 · Too Many Kisses · Carol Holliston · na Gramercy 1946; condensed from Beautiful Butterfly.

2 Daring Love Novels [v1 #2, May 1948] (Zenith Publishing Corp., 25¢, 132pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 2 · Three Loves Have I · Norma Newcomb · na 72 · More Than Desire · Bennie C. Hall · na

2 Daring Love Novels [v1 #3, August 1948] (Zenith Publishing Corp., 25¢, pulp) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 6 · Love by Night · Rebecca Marsh · na 62 · Husband on Leave · Jan Tempest · na

2 Detective Mystery Novels Magazine    (about) --- see under Thrilling Mystery.

Two-Fisted Detective Stories (1950s)    (about) Two-Fisted Detective Stories was another of the action-packed, violent, crime-adventure fiction magazines of the mid-1950s which added large measures of brutal sex to rough and ruthless tales of murder and mayhem. Publishers: Reese Publishing Co., Inc.; 1776 Broadway, New York 19, NY: Two-Fisted Detective Stories

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v1 #1, June 1959] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Details taken from eBay listing. Price Tag on Lust! · Bill Ryder · nv The Lethal Blonde! · Leslie G. Sabo · nv Sing, Darling, Sing! · T. V. Neville · nv My Love’s a Tramp! · Grover Brinkman · ss I Can Kill! · Norman Struber · ss Buy Me That Gun! · Art Crockett · ss Death Works Overtime! · Al James · ss Her Shroud Won’t Fit! · Don Unatin · ss Jump Into Hell! · Tom Barnes · ss Ride Her Ghost! · Larry Crowe · ss A Bride for the Ape! · Jim Barnett · ss The Eyes of Murder! · James Allen · ss

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v1 #2, July 1959] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Details taken from eBay listing. Dance of the Dying Doll! · Art Crockett · nv Murder Squeezes Tight! · Bill Rank · nv Ladies of Dark Passion! · Gil Grayson · nv Blood for the Wanton! · Al James · ss Always Frame a Hero! · Samuel A. Krasney · ss Demon of the Black! · Talmage Powell · ss Slick Me for a Chick! · Mickey Fairbanks · ss Smooth Siren of Death! · Grover Brinkman · ss Don’t Spy on Me! · Bob Shields · ss The Terror Queen! · Sam Holt · ss Spit on My Grave! · Douglas Boyd · ss Hate Lives Forever! · Buck Grimes · ss

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v1 #3, September 1959] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Darren Heil. 1 · His Blood Was Bad! · Talmage Powell · ss 11 · Ginger Meant Spice · Jim Arthur · ss 20 · Passion Never Sleeps! · C. B. Gilford · nv; given as by C. B. Gifford. 36 · Killers Die Hard! · Jack Kavanagh · ss 43 · Escape Me Not! · Bob Shields · ss 50 · Death Wears a Bikini! · Sam Holt · nv 60 · Come Bury the Dead! · Al James · ss 69 · Badge of Dishonor! · John King · ss 77 · The Blazing Blonde · Art Crockett · ss 88 · Sweet Innocent Gang Doll! · Frank Cannon · ss 100 · Bring Me Her Corpse! · Greg Sloane · ss 109 · Bum Rap! · Larry Poteet · ss 115 · Drive Her to Hell! · Bill Ryder · nv

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v1 #4, December 1959] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Given as November 1959 on the cover. Details taken from eBay listing. The Tender Wanton! · Grover Brinkman · nv Soft Arms Mean Slaughter! · Don Unatin · nv Lust Be My Destiny! · Art Crockett · nv Bride of Violence! · Lawrence Block · ss You Can’t Cheat Murder! · Al James · ss Beasts Never Die! · Pete McCann · ss The Hell Beat! · Lee O. Miller · ss Tease of Death! · Leslie G. Sabo · ss Queens Can Be Had! · Bill Ryder · ss Slice Her for Marty! · Jim Arthur · ss

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v1 #5, January 1960] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Details taken from eBay listing. Death Can Be Beautiful! · James Rosenquest · nv Pay My Fare in Hell! · Bob Shields · nv The Preying Punks! · Bill Ryder · nv The Passionate Zombie! · Leslie G. Sabo · ss Madness Creeps Slowly! · Art Crockett · ss More Bodies for Baby! · Jack Kavanagh · ss Requiem for a Tramp! · Sam Holt · ss Strippers Are Slaughter! · Grover Brinkman · ss Yours Sincerely...The Carver! · Jordan Roberts · ss Don’t Bug Me Man! · Edward Stacey · ss Peril Is a Redhead! · Pete McCann · ss Just Sin Once More! · G. G. Revelle · ss

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v1 #6, March 1960] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Richard Moore. 1 · Hot Babes Are Murder! · Jack Kavanagh · ss; given as “Hot Dames Are Murder!” in the Table of Contents. 7 · Goddess of Death Alley! · Art Crockett · ss 18 · Horror Needs a Witness! · Pete McCann · ss 31 · Play Murder Cool! · Norman Struber · nv 44 · Line My Tomb with Gold! · Don Unatin · ss 55 · Ellen Is Evil · Bob Shields · nv 68 · Lust Pulls the Switch! · Al James · ss 80 · Silence Screams Its Peril! · Luke Hogan · ss 91 · Soft Shoulders—Beware! · Leslie G. Sabo · ss 103 · Darling of Deadly Desire · Jay Richards · ss 112 · The Twisted One! · Jim Barnett · nv

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v2 #1, June 1960] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 112pp, digest) Details taken from eBay listing. Taunt Him with Sin! · Greg Burns · nv Blonde Bait! · Jim Arthur · nv; given as by Matt Christopher on the cover. Evil Gets Star Billing! · Pete McCann · nv Freeze Creep! · Ed Lacy · ss She Devil! · Art Crockett · ss; given as by Jim Arthur on the cover. Lonely Road to Hell! · Murray Wolf · ss Lustful Payoff! · Vincent Graham · ss Meet Me in Hell! · Gene Thomas · ss Murder Has Its Price! · Tom Grady · ss One Horrible Afternoon! · Charles Rogers · ss She Died Screaming! · Doug Pine · ss Death by Appointment! · Larry Black · ss Bursting Furies! · John Mack · ss Love Me, Devil! · Jack Diamond · ss Her Type Is No Good! · William Lundy · ss

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v2 #2, August 1960] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 112pp, digest) Details taken from eBay listing. Killers Have No Faces! [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv Luck Needs a Lover! · Don Unatin · nv The Devil’s Temptress! · Pete McCann · nv Tonight She’ll Die · Clark Warren · ss Drop Dead, Daddio! · Jay Richards · ss So Soft—So Deadly! · Al James · ss Bride of Hate! · Grover Brinkman · ss Bullets Are Bad Luck! · Jim Arthur · ss A Blade for the Chicken! · Edward D. Hoch · ss Take a Hard Fall! · Luke Hogan · ss

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v2 #3, October 1960] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 112pp, digest) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 1 · Kill Me with Kisses! [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv 17 · There’s No Escape! · Don Unatin · ss 27 · Hell School! · Pete McCann · ss 38 · Save Her for a Passion! · Grover Brinkman · ss; given as “Spare Her for Passion” on the cover. 48 · Mistress of Mayhem! · Al James · ss 59 · Come-on Cutie! · Flip Lyons · nv 73 · Lust Holds the Gun! · Gil Grayson · ss 86 · Dark Hunger! · Jay Richards · ss 98 · A Darling for the Devil! · Lawrence Stone · nv Don’t Tempt Murder! · Jim Arthur · ss

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v2 #4, December 1960] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 112pp, digest) Given as January 1961 on the cover. 4 · T.N.T. Temptress! [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv 19 · The Lusting Ones · Leslie G. Sabo · ss 26 · H-Man! · Talmage Powell · ss 34 · As Hot as Hell! · Vic Heston · ss 45 · Death Makes a Deal! · Hal Ellson · ss 51 · Lovelies Are for Lynching! · Jim Arthur · nv 63 · Mask of Terror! · Ed Lacy · ss 74 · The Devil Is a Dame! · Don Unatin · ss 85 · Murder Wears Satin! · J. Simmons Scheb · ss 91 · Drive My Hearse, Darling! · Edward D. Hoch · ss 96 · You Can’t Bury Evil! · Jim Barnett · nv

Two-Fisted Detective Stories (1980s)    (about) The first issue was devoted entirely to Robert E. Howard, but the second issue contained a selection of fiction from other authors. Publishers: Cryptic Publications; 107 East James Street, Mount Olive, NC 28365: Two-Fisted Detective Stories Editors: Robert M. Price - Editor: Two-Fisted Detective Stories

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [#1, May 1984] ed. Robert M. Price (Cryptic Publications, $4.50, 72pp, ph, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) 2 · Introduction · Marc A. Cerasini & Charles Hoffman · in 5 · The Silver Heel [Steve Harrison] · Robert E. Howard · nv 34 · The Voice of Death [Steve Harrison] · Robert E. Howard · ss 43 · untitled synopsis (“Steve Harrison received a wire...”) [Steve Harrison] · Robert E. Howard · uw 45 · Sons of Hate [Butch Gorman; Brent Kirby] · Robert E. Howard · ss

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [#2, November 1988] ed. Robert M. Price (Cryptic Publications, 56pp, ph, cover by Jim Morrison) 2 · Editorial · Robert M. Price · ed 3 · Death of an Angel · Lin Carter · ss 20 · Murder Music · Manly Wade Wellman · ss 28 · Nine Dragons [Jack Hagee] · C. J. Henderson · ss 44 · The Knife and the Throat · Robert Bloch · nv Detective Tales Apr 1946 56 · Reviews · Stefan Dziemianowicz · br

Two-Fisted Librarians    (about)

Two-Fisted Librarians [#1, (July) 2013] ($2.50) Details taken from magazine website. 1 · Victoria Dexter and the Mechanical Library · Irina Jevlakova · ss 4 · Meta Danger · Adena Brons · ss 14 · The Midnight Library · Matthew Murray · ss 18 · Shelf Harm · Anna Ferri · ss

Two-Fisted Librarians [#2, (June) 2014] Details taken from magazine website. Reports from the South Bay Post · Adena Brons · ss The Informinatrix vs. The Book Thief · Irina Jevlakova · ss Submersion · Ean Henninger · ss How to Steal a Book in 1930s Chicago · Matthew Murray · ss

Two Gun Stories    (about) --- see under Two Gun Western Stories.

Two-Gun Western:

Two-Gun Western Novelets Magazine

Two-Gun Western Novelets Magazine [v1 #4, February 1937] ed. S. Charles Goodman (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by H. W. Scott) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · Empty Pistols · Clem Yore · nv 31 · The Black Rider · Rex Evans · nv 49 · Robbers’ Trail · Eugene Cunningham · nv 63 · Thundering Guns · Ken Jason · nv 102 · Gunsmoke Justice · Allan Vaughan Elston · nv 115 · Two-Gun Jail Break · T. K. Hawley · ss

Two-Gun Western Title changed from Two-Gun Western Novelets Magazine.

Two-Gun Western [v1 #5, April/May 1937] (15¢, pulp, cover by H. W. Scott) Incomplete Data - Issue not found. Need Contents Gunslick · Rex Evans · na Pistol Passport · Ken Jason · na

Two-Gun Western [v1 #6, July-August 1937] (Western Fiction Publishing, 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by H. W. Scott) Details taken from library catalogue of the National Cowboy Museum. [illustrations] · L. F. Bjorklund · il 8 · Pistols for Hire · Nelson C. Nye · na 94 · Born a Gunman · James P. Olsen · ss 113 · The Fighting Fool · Ken Jason · ss