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All Detective Magazine - 01/34

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The Man Who Died Twice

THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE by William E. Barrett
He used death  itself as a pawn in his ruthless game; but the Grim Jaws gaped for him when he baited a trap with virtue.

MURDERER'S LUCK by Robert Leslie Bellem
One word only was whispered at that rendezvous with death, but it lived when the lips were dust and the killer heard it once again.

128 pages
7x10
ISBN - 1-59798-233-4
Lyman Anderson Cover
Also included in this issue:
Spheres of Cathay by Arthur J. Burks
"Crime Don't Pay" by C. Wiles Hallock
A Bitter Tonic and a Salt by Edward Podolsky
Street of the Devil by Earl W. Scott
Curse of the Jeweled Siva by Allan K. Echols
Protection by Justin Pate
Hoodoo Track by Paul Jennings

 

Black Book Detective Magazine 09/33

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The Yellow Arrow Murders

THE YELLOW ARROW MURDERS by Van Wyck Mason
Who shot the winged messengers of death into the fragrant Cuban night...the men who were playing a gigantic game in which lives were less than pawns...Spencer-Harding of England, La Tour of France, Setsubara of Japan, North of the United States...or certain Solider of Fortune who waited in the Jungle...watching tiger-like...biding their time...
The Red Shadow by Edgar L. Cooper
The Million Dollar Man-hunt by W.A. Richards

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128 pages
ISBN: 1-59798-240-7

Complete Underworld Novelettes - Sp/34

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Sinister Street
  • 7x10
  • 156 pages
  • Cover Artist: Fred Good
  • ISBN: 1-59798-264-4
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-59798-264-1
  • SINISTER STREET by Westmoreland Gray
    Mysterious killings—torture and revenge
    MURDER HOARD by Nelson Robins
    Death marks the trail
    THE NEW CHIEF by William Mahoney
    Fists and brains make the grade
    THEY DO ESCAPE by Monsieur X
    Devils' Island not impregnable

Dan Turner-Hollywood Detective-03/43

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Sing A Song of Murder

Sing A Song of Murder by Robert Leslie Bellem
Satan's Shrine by Robert Leslie Bellem
The Case of the Slain Gorilla by Robert Leslie Bellem Water-Cooled by Robert Leslie Bellem
Dead Man's Shakedown by Robert Leslie Bellem
Russian Run-Around by Robert Leslie Bellem
Killer's Investment by Robert Leslie Bellem

128 pages
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Detective Dragnet - 01/32

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Murder By Minutes

THE DIVORCE DECOY by James W. Poling
Miguel Cordoba, Mexican Divorce lawyer, preyed on beautiful women—until a stiletto closed his last case.  A sensational murder!  Famous names were enmeshed. . . .Duke Ayres picked up the tangled threads of mystery—and became involved in the scandal of a fascinating Hollywood actress!

MURDER BY MINUTES by Paul Chadwick
This mess looked like a bombing to Wade Hammond.  The body and the room showed the effects of being bombed—but thee was no bomb!

New York Pistol Permits Cancelled * Editor
Death's Detour by Dabney Horton
Five Detectives Rewarded by Editor
Havana Hoods by Donn Powell
The Death-House Murder by Norman Arthur Daniels
Bodyguard Bait by Charles B. Lewis
The Line-Up by Inspector Johnson

96 pages
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Delos Palmer Cover Artist

Detective Mysteries - 11/38

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Crackdown on Corpses

CRACKDOWN ON CORPSES by Nels LeRoy Jorgenson
They found Charlie Wiskauer, the whitest guy Tony Donovan had ever known, with his chest torn wide open—and they saw the light that came into Donovan's eyes. . . But read the thrilling story yourself, of a Special Operative's two-fisted fight against metropolitan corruption!
THE THIRTEENTH GRAVE by William E. Barrett
Somewhere in that eternal bivouac slept the staunch defender of a lost cause where disinheritance of the strong cursed his tragic line for three generations.  But a sinister shadow broke that spell with a ghoul's blasphemy, and wove a glamour girl's fate into a Monte Cristo's murder mesh!

Cover Artist: J.W. Scott
Size: 7x10
Pages: 128
Cover Date: November 1938
Specifics: Pulp replica - full color cover, complete with all ads, illustrations and facsimile pages.
Notes: First Issue!
ISBN: 1-59798-192-3
ISBN-13: 978-1-59798-192-7
BISAC: FIC022000  

Detective Short Stories - 08/37

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Murder by Inheritance

Murder by Inheritance · Donald Barr Chidsey
Corpse Maker · Phillip L. Ketchum
Measured for Pine · Joseph Gollomb
The Diamond Studded Fish · S. S. Bedford
Blood Is News! · Morton H. Edwards
Black Fury · Hugh B. Cave
Death Holds the Aces · Carl McK. Saunders
Murder Clocked In · John Carlisle
Slayer’s Field Day · Fletcher Mawson
Eagle Eye Snaps a Public Enemy · T. K. Hawley
A Corpse for Steve · James Hall
Killer’s Creed · Simon Barrow

128 pages
7x10
Facsimile edition
J.W. Scott Cover Art
Red Circle Book

Detective Short Stories - 11/37

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Master of Living Death

 

A Gem of a Murder * James Hall
Master of Living Death * E. Hoffman Price
The Beauties and the Beast * Anthony Field
Pay Off In Blood * Ross Russell
Sure-Fire * Donald Northwood
Request Number * Stanley Jones
Death of the Strip-Tease Queen * Brent North
Red Hot Frame * Jen Jason
Murder Serenade * Donald Barr Chidsey
Murder Without Motive * T.K. Hawley
Four of a Kind * Rex Evans
Malay Man Hunter * Charles Gibson

128 pages
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J.W. Scott Cover Art
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Detective Short Stories - 03/39

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Death al la Carte

DEATH A LA CARTE by Eric Howard
What do you do when you find a pretty girl, gun in hand, standing over a corpse—particularly when that girl has stolen your car—and your heart?
THE MAN IN AMBER GLASSES by Samuel Taylor
The trouble wasn't that they were twins—it was Eddie being a rookie cop, and Tod being a killer!
My Father—Murderer * Russell Gray
Palace of Sin * Omar Gwinn
Letter of the Law * W.T. Ballard
The Color of Blood * Allan K. Echols
A Corpse Rides the Blue Line * Brent North
Satan Is a Hitch-Hiker * Anon
Murder's a Sure Thing * Wyatt Blassingame
O Handsome —The Cops * James Duncan
Poison Is for Rats * Orlando Rigoni
Short Circuit to Hell * Maurice Gimbel

128 pages
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Detective Short Stories - 06/39

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Decoy for the Corpse

DECOY FOR THE CORPSE by Arthur J. Burks
The Fernal dame shouldn't have put that hot poker on Dummy-Up Deakin—she should have known Dummy-Up's rep for doing his talking with deeds, not words!

MURDER AT THE WORLD'S FAIR by Omar Gwinn
Was the devil himself director of this greatest World's Fair—of had Detective Frank Owens imagined the savage blonde Angel of Love and Death who'd rocketed at him straight out of hell!

Size: 7x10
Pages: 112
Cover Date: June 1939
Specifics: Pulp replica - full color cover, complete with all ads, illustrations and facsimile pages.
Cover Artist: J.W. Scott
ISBN: 1-59798-193-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-59798-193-4
BISAC:  FIC022000

Detective Yarns - 04/39

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The Devil Deals to G-Men

THE DEVIL DEALS TO G-MEN by Wyatt Blassingame
"The man who murders a G-man will not go free!" These were the words that burned through G-man Murdock's mind as he set out to arrest the arch-fiend who had left for the buzzards Murdock's law-bringing pal!
PIN GAME by Wilbur S. Peacock
Pay-off, Wop—or you're liable to get a bomb for your breakfast!
DEATH HITS THE JACKPOT by H.M. Appel
DOUBLE FOR DEATH by Thad Kowalski
A SIMPLE CASE OF MURDER by Harold Ward
HOT PAPER by Convict 12627
GOD'S BURNING FINGERS by Joseph L. Chadwick
BLOODSTAINS ON WHITE LACE by "Undercover" Dix
I'VE GOT A CITY FULL OF SIN by Louis Trimble
SUICIDE OR MURDER by William Degenhart
NEVER KILL A COPPER! by Paul Selonke
ASHES OF GOLD by Mat Rand

112 pages
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Double Action Detective - 09/39

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Spell of the Devil Dogs

Arthur J. Burks

SPELL OF THE DEVIL DOGS
by Arthur J. Burks

Those devil dolls of the inscrutable Noel wrought a satanic spell that cast Noel and his ravishing Myra into a corpse maker's murder thral-dom!

I STAB CORPSES
by H.M. Appel

When a cadaver-slashing fiend turned that sin-soaked rendezvous into a carnival of carnage.  Detective Steve Mason sought with his own corpse to shield his Aphrodite love-mate . . . while the phantom ripper lusted for Libby's golden flesh!

Size: 7x10
Pages: 112
Cover Date: September 1939
Cover Art: J.W. Scott
Notes: Fourth Issue
Specifics: Pulp replica - full color cover, complete with all ads, illustrations and facsimile pages.
ISBN: 1-59798-195-8
ISBN-13: 978-1-59798-195-
BISAC: FIC022000

Double Action Gang Magazine - 12/37

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White Way to Hell

WHITE WAY TO HELL by E. Hoffman Price
The joints in Tia Juana called for more female entertainers, and the racketeers in the states answered the call.  But a hot-lead welcome awaited the traders in flesh on both sides of the International Border.

DEATH HAS A DEADLINE by Norman A. Daniels
He had an hour, a definite time after which death could no longer strike, but strike it must, or else Rita would end up another one of those frowsy Janes who live above the dance floors down in Rio.

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128 pages

Gang Magazine - 05/35

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Decks of Death

Earl W. Scott

  • 128 pages
  • Facsimile edition
  • 1st Issue
  • Rafeal de Soto Cover Artist
  • Decks of Death * Earl W. Scott
  • Luger Law * Richard E. Conan
  • Lead and Lyrics * Anatole Feldman
  • Heat For Crossers * Carl B. Ogilvie
  • Melody of Death * Martin Francis
  • Inside Job * Preston Grady
  • Plow Jockey * William H. Stueber

Gangland Detective Stories - 09/40

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SEPTEMBER 1940

A LODGER FOR THE MORGUE by Paul Selonke
For a $100 fee and a dark-eyed cutie's dazzling smile, tough dick Jim Rowan held a hot-slug tete-a-tete with a cokehead killer . . . until his pistol repartee made Rowan overdue at the morgue!

THE MAN WHO FRAMED HIMSELF by Calvin L. Boswell
Accused of parking a shiv in a glamour girl's wishbone, hard-boiled Dave Towne tried to stay out of San Quentin's gas chamber. . .  by appointing his own executioner!Murder Is My Business · Hugh J. Gallagher · ss

Blue-Prints Backfire · James Rourke
The Devil Laughed Last · Mat Rand
The Bronze Arrow · Dougal McDougal 
Bullet Broadcast · John A. Saxon
The Death Cast · Lewis Sterling
Homicide Headlines · Carroll B. Mayers
Death Balances the Books · Joseph E. Nichols

112 pages
7x10
Facsimile edition
Allen Anderson Cover Artist

Headquarters Detective - 03/37

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G-Man Juggernaut

MURDER TREADMILL by Steve Fisher
Detective Tony Saxon tries to stop a murder treadmill—but gets Tommy-gun tangled when a girl joins the march to the morgue.
G-MAN JUGGERNAUT by G.T. Fleming-Roberts
John Dirk tries to find the hub of the vice wheel—and a big spoke leads him to the father of a girl he'd helped.
Hell's Handymen * George A. McDonald
Death on the Hook * John K. Butler
Homicide Help Wanted * Grant Lane
Blood in the Ticket * William Bruner
A Copper Calls His Shots! * Cleve F. Adams
Switched Doom * Orlando Rigoni

Size: 7x10
Pages: 128
Cover Artist: Norman Saunders
ISBN: 1-59798-139-7

Lone Wolf Detective Magazine - 10/40

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The Three Wise Corpses

THE THREE WISE CORPSES by Chester Brant
After Blaine, lone-wolf D.A., found that one corpse, he knew there'd be two more.  For the Grim Reaper had left a slaughter souvenir that meant a triple token of doom.
CURSE OF THE CLOVEN HOOF by Paul Adams
When Stan Sheldon hit New Orleans, he found the city overshadowed by a grim specter that left hideous death in its wake.  But Sheldon figured that ghosts couldn't kill—until he became the target of the phantom marauder.
Suicide Close-Up * John Gregory
League of Doom * Eric Lennox
Deep-Sea Sepulcher * Arthur Flint

110 pages
7x10
Facsimile edition
Norman Saunders Cover Art

 

 

Mystery Novels Magazine - 01/35

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Death in 447
  • 7x10
  • 128 pages
  • ISBN: 1-59798-259-8
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-59798-259-7
  • Cover Artist: George Gross
  • DEATH IN 447 by Beulah Poynter
    Crammed inside a trunk ina hotal room was the body of a beautiful woman—a woman all Broadway knew.  This sinister mystery begins to unfold when Detective McConnell arrives on the scene.  Dope smugglers, bootleggers, night-club entertainers, school girls, are all woven into the exciting, thrilling search for the one who knifed the beautiful show girl.
    THE DYNAMO HORROR by James Duncan
    CLAWS OF THE CAT by G.T. Fleming-Roberts
    MURDER BY THE DEAD Norman A. Daniels

Secret Service Stories - 09/28

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Trailing the Gun Runners

The Cavalier of Liberty [Part 1 or 2] * Victor Brandt
Trailing the Gun Runners [Part 2 or 2] * A. Hyatt Verrill
The Blue Light Mystery * M.A. Kellogg
Rumbling Cannon * Carl Jacobi
The Emperor's Detective [Part 3 of 3] * Percy Andrea
Inside Stories of Pre-War Anarchists' Plots * William LeQueux
In There A Criminal Class? * William Allen Pinkerton

128 pages
7x10
Facsimile edition
NOTE: Includes serial stories
F.A. Glass Cover Art

Speakeasy Stories - 10-11/31

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Overstocked Special

Diamonds of Death

Sucker Bait * C.B. Yorke
Diamonds of Death * Valentine Van Tyne
Masquerade * Harry Alden
Strictly Business * J.B. Lawrence
Doubling for Chiko * Hal Stevens
The Sober Lady * Edzal Vamoor
Yellow Guts * Bill Beyer

128 pages
7x10
Facsimile edition
Hersey Pulp
Walter Baumhofer Cover Art