The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Index by Magazine Issue: Page 45

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (continued)
• ___ v46 #6, June 1982 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v46 #7, July 1982 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v46 #8, August 1982 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v46 #9, September 1982 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v46 #10, October 1982 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v46 #11, November 1982 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v46 #12, December 1982 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest, cover by Bill Edwards) (Contents)
• ___ v47 #1, January 1983 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v47 #2, February 1983 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v47 #3, March 1983 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v47 #4, April 1983 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v47 #5, May 1983 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest, cover by John Healey) (Contents)
• ___ v47 #6, June 1983 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v47 #7, July 1983 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v47 #8, August 1983 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v47 #9, September 1983 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v47 #10, October 1983 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest, cover by H. Castellon) (Contents)
• ___ v47 #11, November 1983 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v47 #12, December 1983 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v48 #1, January 1984 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v48 #2, February 1984 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v48 #3, March 1984 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v48 #4, April 1984 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v48 #5, May 1984 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v48 #6, June 1984 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v48 #7, July 1984 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v48 #8, August 1984 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v48 #9, September 1984 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v48 #10, October 1984 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v48 #11, November 1984 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v48 #12, December 1984 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest, cover by Doug Weaver) (Contents)
• ___ v49 #1, January 1985 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v49 #2, February 1985 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v49 #3, March 1985 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v49 #4, April 1985 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v49 #5, May 1985 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest, cover by Pecoraro) (Contents)
• ___ v49 #6, June 1985 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest, cover by Pecoraro) (Contents)
• ___ v49 #7, July 1985 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest, cover by Pecoraro) (Contents)
• ___ v49 #8, August 1985 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.75, 132pp, digest) (Contents)

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual   (about)
Each issue contained an original Mike Shayne novella, and 15-17 short stories mainly reprinted from other Renown publications, chiefly The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., although six of the stories in the 1972 issue are original. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, Summer 1971 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.00, 192pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #2, 1972 (Renown Publications Inc., $1.00, 192pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #3, 1973 (Renown Publications Inc., $1.00, 192pp, digest) (Contents)

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (Australia)   (about)
Despite the appearance of being an Australian reprint edition of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine this actually reprinted stories from a wide variety of sources, and even had some original stories. The first 12 issues were also published as the first series of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (UK) with revised dates and other minor differences. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, January 1957 (2/-, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, February 1957 (1/6d, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, March 1957 (Frew Publications Pty. Ltd., 1/6d, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, April 1957 (1/6d, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, May 1957 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, June 1957 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, July 1957 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, August 1957 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, September 1957 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, October 1957 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, November/December 1957 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, January/February 1958 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, March/April 1958 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, May/June 1958 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ May 1964 (3/6d, digest) (Contents) (Incomplete)

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (UK)   (about)
Despite the appearance of being a British reprint edition of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine this actually reprinted stories from a wide variety of sources. The first series were actually published in Australia and are identical to the first 12 issues of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (Australia) except for revised dates and other minor differences. They were distributed in England by Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 18 Bride Lane, London, E.C.4. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, May 1957 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, June 1957 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/6d, 129pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, July 1957 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/6d, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, August 1957 (Frew Publications Pty. Ltd., 1/6d, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, September 1957 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, October 1957 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #7, November 1957 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #8, December 1957 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #9, January 1958 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #10, February 1958 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #11, March 1958 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #12, May/June 1958 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #101, March 1964 (2/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #102, April 1964 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 2/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #103, May 1964 (2/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #104, June 1964 (2/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #105, July 1964 (2/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #106, August 1964 (2/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #107, September 1964 (2/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #108, October 1964 (3/-, digest) (Contents)

Mobs   (about)
One of several gangster pulps published by Harold B. Hersey. However, by the time it was published, in 1930, public interest in gangsters was fading and it only lasted for 2 issues. Commenced with Volume 1 #2, not uncommon with magazines published by Harold Hersey. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #2, June-July 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by W. C. Brigham) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, August 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by R. C. Wardel) (Contents)

Mobsters
Although published for only three issues, Mobsters was an important traditional pulp magazine with “stories of the fight against the Underworld”. The covers were similar to the paperback books that began in this period to crowd out the magazines. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, December 1952 (Standard Magazines, Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, February 1953 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, April 1953 (Standard Magazines, Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, June 1953 (unpublished) (Standard Magazines, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Samuel Cherry) (Contents)

Modern Detective (1934)   (about)
• ___ v1 #1, August 1934 (The Lans Publishing Co., 15¢, 36pp) (Contents)

Modern Detective (1954)   (about)
Australian digest mainly printing original stories by Australian authors, although two of the issues reprinted stories from US pulp magazines. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #2, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #3, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #4, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #5, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #6, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #7, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #8, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #9, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #10, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #11, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)

Mouth Full of Bullets   (about)
Mouth Full of Bullets published 4 online issues from Autumn 2006 to Summer 2007, then three print issues before reverting to an online magazine from the Summer 2008 issue. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #5, Autumn 2007 (Contents)
• ___ #6, Winter 2007 (Contents)
• ___ #7, Spring 2008 (Contents)

See Also: Mouth Full of Bullets: Best of Year One, Mouth Full of Bullets Mystery Magazine, 2008

Movie Detective   (about)
Movie Detective capitalised on the popularity of the Hollywood screen magazines and mainly contained story adaptations of recent films. It only lasted for two issues, though sources differ on the dates of those issues, as indicated below.
• ___ v1 #1, January 1942 (Manhattan Fiction Publications, 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, February 1942 (Manhattan Fiction Publications, 10¢, pulp) (Contents)

Movie Mystery Magazine   (about)
Movie Mystery Magazine was a digest magazine, printed on the rough paper of the paperbacks of the day, and featuring one novelization of a movie in each issue. It stood little chance when competing with the slick, large, movie magazines of the time and folded after three issues. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, July-August 1946 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #2, September-October 1946 (Anson Bond Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #3, December 1946/January 1947 (Anson Bond, 25¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)

Murdaland   (about)
Subtitled “Crime Fiction for the 21st Century”, Murdaland was “a literary magazine dedicated to fiction that evokes the spirit and motifs of classic crime novels and film noir: dread, lust, violence, greed, nasty habits, bad feelings and worse decisions”. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, 2007 (Mug Shot Press, $12.00, 267pp, tp, cover by Tyler Moore & Terry Gratuity) (Contents)
• ___ #2, October 2007 (Contents)

Murder   (about)
Launched after the success of Manhunt, Murder featured the same mix of contemporary murder and crime-adventure stories, but was discontinued in the face of fierce competition before establishing its identity with the reading public. The title is given as Murder! on the cover only. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, September 1956 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Frank Cozzarelli) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, December 1956 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, March 1957 (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by O. G. Brabbins) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, July 1957 (pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, September/October 1957 (Decker Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)

Murder Mysteries (1929)   (about)
Short lived pulp magazine about which little is known. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, April 1929 (Magazine Publishers, Inc., 10¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Ray Wardell) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, May 1929 (10¢, pulp, cover by Ray Wardell) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, June 1929 (10¢, pulp, cover by Ray Wardell) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, July 1929 (Magazine Publishers, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by O. Uzzell) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, August 1929 (pulp) (Contents) (Incomplete)

Murder Mysteries (1934):   (about)
A very uncommon title, not to be confused with the earlier Hersey magazine called Murder Mysteries or the later Blue Ribbon magazine called Detective and Murder Mysteries. Very little is known about the magazine, and it is not even clear how many issues there were. The numbering of the October 1936 issue as v1 #9 suggests two further issues between May 1935 and October 1936, but none have ever been located.

Murder Mysteries
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, October 1934 (Associated Authors, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, January 1935 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, February 1935 (Associated Authors, Inc., 20¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, March 1935 (20¢, pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, April 1935 (20¢, pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, May 1935 (20¢, pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) (Contents) (Incomplete)
• ___ v1 #7, July 1935 (pulp) (Contents) (Missing)

Detective and Murder Mysteries
Title changed from Murder Mysteries. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #9, October 1936 (Associated Authors, 15¢, 96pp, large pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #10, December 1936 (Associated Authors, 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by W. Darr) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, February 1937 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, April 1937 (15¢, pulp, cover by W. Darr) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, May 1937 (15¢, pulp, cover by W. Darr) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, July 1937 (Associated Authors Inc., 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, September 1937 (Shade Printing Co., Inc., 15¢, 96pp, large pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, November 1937 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, January 1938 (15¢, pulp) (Contents) (Incomplete)
• ___ v3 #2, May 1938 (Shade Publishing, 15¢, pulp) (Contents)

Murderous Intent   (about)
Semi-professional magazine with a mix of fiction, interviews, and nonfiction articles. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, Spring 1995 (Madison Publishing Company, $3.95, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, Summer (July/August/September) 1995 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.00, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, Fall (October/November/December) 1995 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.00, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, Winter (January/February/March) 1996 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.00, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, Spring 1996 (Madison Publishing Company, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, Summer 1996 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.00, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, Fall 1996 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.00, 64pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, Winter 1997 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.00, 64pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, Spring 1997 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.00, 64pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, Summer 1997 (Madison Publishing Company, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, Fall 1997 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.95, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, Winter 1998 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.95, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, Spring 1998 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.95, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, Summer/Fall 1998 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.95, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #4, Winter 1998 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.95, 64pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #1, Spring 1999 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.95, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #2, Summer 1999 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.95, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #3, Fall 1999 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.95, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #4, Winter 1999 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.95, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)

Murder Shorts   (about)
Small pamphlet magazine issued just after the end of the Second World War when paper rationing was at its height. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ 1st Selection, (February 1946) (Gerald G. Swan, 7d, 36pp, 5.5″ x 8.5″) (Contents)
• ___ 2nd Selection, (1946) (Gerald G. Swan, 5.5″ x 8.5″) (Contents) (Missing)

Murder Stories   (about)
Short-lived pulp magazine published by Harold Hersey about which little is known. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, July-August 1931 (Good Story Magazine Co., Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by Ray Wardell) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, September-October 1931 (pulp, cover by Walter M. Baumhofer) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, November-December 1931 (Good Story Magazine Co., Inc., 20¢, 6+84pp, pulp, cover by Kirchner) (Contents)

Mysterious Suspense Stories   (about)
• ___ #1, September 2016 (Rainfall Books, £4.00, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #2, October 2016 (Rainfall Books, £4.00, 36pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #3, June 2017 (Rainfall Books, £4.00, 40pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #4, April 2018 (Rainfall Books, £4.00, 40pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #5, February 2020 (Rainfall Books, £5.50, 36pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #6, (October) 2020 (Rainfall Books, £6.00, 36pp, A5, cover by Steve Lines) (Contents)

Mystery (1932)   (about)
--- see under The Illustrated Detective Magazine.

Mystery (1979):   (about)
Mystery started in 1979 as a limited-distribution title, shifting to a nationally-distributed, slick, quarto-sized, magazine in January 1981. After 9 issues it converted to a digest, closing after a further two issues.

Mystery
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, November/December 1979 (Mystery, $2.00, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, March/April 1980 (Mystery, $2.00, 64pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, June/July 1980 ($2.00, 60pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, January 1981 (Mystery, $2.00, 64pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, March 1981 (Mystery, $2.00, 64pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, May 1981 (Mystery, $2.00, 64pp, quarto) (Contents)

Mystery Magazine
Title changed from Mystery. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v3 #1, #7, July 1981 (Mystery Magazine, Inc., $2.00, 64pp+, quarto, cover by Don Diekmann) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, #8, September 1981 (Glendale, CA, $2.00, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, #9, January 1982 (Mystery Magazine, Inc., $2.00, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, #10, April 1982 (Mystery Magazine, Inc., $1.95, 96pp+, digest, cover by Thomas Warkentin) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, #11, July 1982 (Mystery Magazine, Inc., $1.95, 96pp+, digest) (Contents)

Mystery Adventure(s) (Magazine)   (about)
--- see under New Mystery Adventures.

Mystery and Detection   (about)
One of several pulp reprint magazines issued by World’s Work as a spin-off from the Master Thriller series where the first Tales of Mystery and Detection had appeared in March 1934. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, 1934 (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #2, 1934 (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, April 1935 (1/-, 124pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, May 1935 (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, June 1935 (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, July 1935 (World’s Work (1913) Limited, 1/-, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, August 1935 (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, September 1935 (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, October 1935 (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)