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Mercury Mystery Magazine
Title changed from Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

Publishers:

Mercury Publications, Inc.; 527 Madison Avenue, New York 22, NY: Mercury Mystery Magazine.

Editors:

Joseph W. Ferman - Editor: Mercury Mystery Magazine.

Mercury Mystery Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 3, Whole No. 227, June 1958] (35¢, digest, cover: You’ve Got Him Cold by Mel Hunter)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · You’ve Got Him Cold [Mac] · Thomas B. Dewey · n. Simon & Schuster, 1958; condensed.

105 · Mystery Puzzle: Hung to Death · J. A. Kripper · pz

106 · The Case of the Three Suitors · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss

110 · Miss Teach · Robert Arthur · ss

126 · Understanding Victim · Dorothy Dunn · ss

Mercury Mystery Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 4, Whole No. 228, August 1958] ed. Joseph W. Ferman (Mercury Press, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover: Listen to the Night)

4 · Listen to the Night · Ed Lacy · n.

104 · If the Shoe Fits · Marvin Rossman · ss

111 · Pen Pal · Willard Marsh · ss

115 · Third from the End · Roger Dee · ss

120 · Small-Town Cop · Borden Deal · ss

Mercury Mystery Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 5, Whole No. 229, October 1958] (Mercury Press, Inc., 35¢, digest, cover: Strip for Murder)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Strip for Murder · Dolores Hitchens · na

107 · Mystery Puzzle: Death of a Tall Man · J. A. Kripper · pz

108 · Killer · Hal Ellson · ss

116 · Roll Call · Eleanor St. Germaine · ss

121 · Blood on the Campus · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine June 1948

Mercury Mystery Magazine [Vol. 4 No. 6, Whole No. 230, December 1958] ed. Joseph W. Ferman (Mercury Press, Inc., 35¢, 132pp, digest)
Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian.

4 · Time Wounds All Heels · Ed Lacy · na; illustrated by J. G.

104 · Where Are the Stars? · Ruth Doan · ss

108 · [illustration] · H. Martin · il

109 · A Worm in a Wild Apple · Gerald R. Kelly · ss

117 · Falling Down, Falling Down [Little Sam; Opal] · Lee Hays · ss

122 · A Matter of Morals · Thomas Millstead · ss

Mercury Mystery Magazine [Vol. 5 No. 1, Whole No. 231, February 1959] ed. Joseph W. Ferman (Mercury Press, Inc., 35¢, 130pp, digest, cover: Hinges of Hell)

5 · The Hinges of Hell [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · n. Ives Washburn, 1955; condensed.

107 · Against the Lights · Hassoldt Davis · vi

110 · The Death of Eric Heilkram · Miriam Allen deFord · ar

126 · The Only Thing to Do · Henry Slesar · ss

Mercury Mystery Magazine [Vol. 5 No. 2, Whole No. 232, April 1959] ed. Joseph W. Ferman (Mercury Press, Inc., 35¢, 132pp, digest)
Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian.

4 · Home from the Sea [Inspector Goldsmith] · J. A. Kripper · pz; illustrated by H. Martin

5 · Hi, Killer · William O’Farrell · ss

17 · Stickler for Details · Ed Lacy · ss

22 · The Real Gone Goose [Inspector Schmidt] · George Bagby · n. Doubleday, 1959; condensed.

128 · Monitored Call · Will Stanton · vi

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia) (about)
Australian reprint edition of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

Publishers:

Atlas Publications, Pty, Ltd.; 262 Queen’s Parade, Clifton Hill, Melbourne: Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia).

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia) [#1, 1956] (2/-, 114pp, digest, cover by Ed Emsh)
Details supplied by Tom Lesser.

5 · Red Scarf · Gil Brewer · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine November 1955

102 · Mystery Puzzle: Ski Lodge Murder · J. A. Kripper · pz Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1956

103 · Stick-Up Man in My Mirror · Frank O’Leary · ts Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine November 1955

112 · Schooled in Crime · Thomas P. Ramirez · ts Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine November 1955

113 · This Is the Mystery · Malden Grange Bishop · ts Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine December 1955

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia) [#2, 1956] (2/-, 114pp, digest)
Issue partially indexed.

· Dead Right [Gil Vine] · Stewart Sterling · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine February 1956

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia) [#3, 1956] (2/6d, 114pp, digest, cover by Dick Shelton)
Details supplied by Tom Lesser.

5 · The Mexican Murders · Louis Trimble · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956, as “The Virgin Victim”

104 · Mystery Puzzle: Fall to Death · J. A. Kripper · pz Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956

105 · The Case of the Fatal Want Ad · Lawrence G. Blochman · ms Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956

109 · Honor Among Thieves · David Lampe, Jr. · ms Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia) [#4, (December) 1956] (2/6d, 114pp, digest, cover by Ed Emsh)
Details supplied by Tom Lesser.

2 · A Note of Introduction · The Editors · ed (r)

5 · The Savage Streets · Floyd Miller · n. Popular Library, 1956; condensed.

101 · Mystery Puzzle: Service Station Mystery · J. A. Kripper · pz Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine November 1955, as “Gas Station Incident”

103 · Bellboy · Jim Thompson · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine February 1956

110 · The Murdered Magdalen · Craig Rice · tc Cavalcade (Australia) June 1948

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia) [#5, 1957] (2/6d, 114pp, digest)
Details supplied by Tom Lesser. Kurt Singer’s “Journey into Oblivion” is listed on the cover but does not appear in the magazine.

5 · Hang for Her · Floyd Mahannah · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1956

108 · Mystery Puzzle: Death by Strangulation · J. A. Kripper · pz Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine February 1956

109 · Cleopatra of Puget Sound · Stewart H. Holbrook · ar True Crime Detective Summer 1952

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia) [#6, 1957] (2/6d, 114pp, digest)
Details supplied by Tom Lesser. Jim Thompson’s “Prowler in the Pear Trees” is listed on the cover but does not appear in the magazine.

5 · Hunt the Man Down · William Pearson · n. Simon & Schuster, 1956; condensed.

108 · It Couldn’t Happen Here? · Jack Kerkhoff · ar Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine September 1955, as “Is Your Phone Tapped?”

Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine (Australia) [#7, 1957] (digest)
Issue partially indexed - partial details taken from announced contents in #6. The issue itself may not have been published.

· Deadly Curves · Edward Ronns · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine December 1955

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) (about)
British reprint edition of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine

Publishers:

Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd.; 18 Bride Lane, London EC4: Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK).

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#1, March 1963] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 3/-, 128pp+, digest)
Partial reprint of the January 1958 and October 1957 issues of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine, plus a single story from Bestseller Mystery Magazine.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · My Most Baffling Murder Case · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar 1956

11 · New Answer to an Old Problem · Thomas P. Ramirez · ar Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine October 1957

13 · The Pit and the Bottle · Arthur Porges · ss Bestseller Mystery Magazine April 1961

26 · Hell Is Sold Out [Did It Happen?] · Wolf Mankowitz · ss The Evening Standard July 9 1955

31 · Don’t Call Tonight · William Campbell Gault · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine October 1957

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#2, April 1963] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 3/-, 128pp+, digest)
Partial reprint of the April 1958 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Six Inches from the Gas Chamber · Miriam Allen deFord · ar Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1958

12 · The Gambler · Joseph Zaitchik · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1958

19 · Quiet Hell · Walt Sheldon · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1958

25 · The Case of the Busy Corpse · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1958

29 · The Three-Time Losers · George Bagby · n. Doubleday, 1958; condensed.

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#3, May 1963] (digest)
Reprint of the August 1958 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

· Listen to the Night · Ed Lacy · n. Mercury Mystery Magazine August 1958

· Small-Town Cop · Borden Deal · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine August 1958

· Pen Pal · Willard Marsh · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine August 1958

· If the Shoe Fits · Marvin Rossman · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine August 1958

· Third from the End · Roger Dee · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine August 1958

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#4, June 1963] (2/6d, digest)
Partial reprint of the June 1958 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

· You’ve Got Him Cold [Mac] · Thomas B. Dewey · n. Simon & Schuster, 1958; condensed.

· Miss Teach · Robert Arthur · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine June 1958

· The Case of the Three Suitors · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine June 1958

· Understanding Victim · Dorothy Dunn · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine June 1958

· Mystery Puzzle: Hung to Death · J. A. Kripper · pz Mercury Mystery Magazine June 1958

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#5, July 1963] (2/6d, digest)
Partial reprint of the February 1957 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

· The Girl Who Kept Knocking Them Dead · Hampton Stone · n. Simon & Schuster, 1957; condensed.

· Reward · James M. Fox · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine February 1957

· 204,000 Fingerprints · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine February 1957

· Blood of a Poet · Frances Lipsig · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine February 1957

· A Night to Remember · Thomas P. Ramirez · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine February 1957

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#6, August 1963] (2/6d, digest)
Partial reprint of the October 1957 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine, plus a single story from each of the January 1958 issue of the same magazine and the April 1961 issue of Bestseller Mystery Magazine.

· The Broken Angel · Floyd Mahannah · n. Macrae-Smith, 1957; condensed.

· This Place Belongs to Otto · Samuel W. Taylor · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine October 1957, as “This Is Otto’s Place”

· Pearls Are a Sucker’s Game · Paul Peach · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1958

· The Solid Gold Brick · Richard M. Gordon · ss Bestseller Mystery Magazine April 1961

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#7, September 1963] (2/6d, digest)
Partial reprint of the July 1957 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

· Five Hours to Live · Jay Albert · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine July 1957

· No Client of Mine [Joe Puma] · William Campbell Gault · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine July 1957

· The Man Who Was in Two Places at Once · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine July 1957

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#8, October 1963] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 3/-, 128pp+, digest)
Partial reprint of the March 1956 and February 1959 issues of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine, plus a single story from the July 1957 issue. Given as “December” on the cover.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · The Only Thing to Do · Henry Slesar · ss Mercury Mystery Magazine February 1959

6 · Sixty Cents’ Worth of Murder · Craig Rice · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine July 1957

11 · Prowlers in the Pear Trees · Jim Thompson · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine March 1956

18 · Terror on Vinicum Road · Ovide Desmarais · ss Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine March 1956

28 · Against the Lights · Hassoldt Davis · vi Mercury Mystery Magazine February 1959

32 · Mystery Puzzle · J. A. Kripper · pz (r)

34 · The Savage Streets · Floyd Miller · n. Popular Library, 1956; condensed.

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#9, November 1963] (digest)
Issue not indexed.

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#10, December 1963] (digest)
Partial reprint of the July 1956 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

· Murder Makes a Difference · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty 1945

· The Case of the Invisible Circle · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar The American Weekly 1955

· Mystery Puzzle: Garage Death · J. A. Kripper · pz Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine July 1956

· Catch a Killer [Jim Bennett] · Robert Martin · n. Dodd, Mead, 1956; condensed.

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#11, January 1964] (2/6d, digest)
Partial reprint of the January 1956 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine, plus a single piece each from the July 1956 and January 1958 issues.

· The Lingering Doubt · Miriam Allen deFord · ar Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine July 1956

· The Case of the Fatal Want Ad · Lawrence G. Blochman · ms Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956

· Honor Among Thieves · David Lampe, Jr. · ms Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956

· Mystery Puzzle: Fall to Death · J. A. Kripper · pz Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956

· Breakfast on the House · Thomas P. Ramirez · ar Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1958

· The Virgin Victim · Louis Trimble · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine January 1956

Mercury Mystery Magazine (UK) [#12, February 1964] (2/6d, digest)
Partial reprint of the April 1956 issue of Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine.

· The Healer and the Dying Bride · Miriam Allen deFord · ar Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1956

· Cleopatra of Puget Sound · Stewart H. Holbrook · ar True Crime Detective Summer 1952

· Journey Into Oblivion · Kurt Singer · ar 1955

· Hang for Her · Floyd Mahannah · na Mercury Mystery Book-Magazine April 1956

Midnight (1922): (about)
Midnight is an extremely scarce, early, tabloid, crime magazine that initially featured a mixture of fiction, true confessions, and exposes, but later became all fiction under the names Midnight Mysteries and Midnight Mystery Stories. Some of the early issues were destroyed by court order as being too risque.

Midnight

Publishers:

Midnight Publishing Co., Inc.; 119 West 40th Street, New York, NY: Midnight.

Midnight [v1, #1, August 19, 1922] (Midnight Publishing Company, Inc., 10¢, 9.25″ x 12.25″)
Details supplied by Alfred Jan.

3 · A Discussion of Nudity · Charles W. Wood · ms

4 · The Queen of New York’s Moulin Rouge Tells Her Life Story [Part 1 of 6] · [uncredited] · bg

7 · Why French Girls Don’t Like American Soldiers · Eugène Brieux · ms

8 · What Will Happen to You in New York? · Charles W. Wood · ar

10 · The Truth About Flappers · J. Howard Kelly · ms

11 · The Big Secret Evelyn Thaw Never Told · Evelyn Nesbit Thaw · ms

12 · Thirty Years in Tin Pan Alley · [uncredited] · ms

13 · At the Stroke of Twelve · Elizabeth Irons Folsom · ss

15 · What I Know About Married Men · A Manicure Girl · ts

16 · Who Has the Prettiest Legs in the World? · [uncredited] · pi

18 · Charged with His Own Murder [Part 1 of 6] · Fulton Oursler · sl

21 · My Adventure in Sarah Bernhardt’s Bedroom · [uncredited] · ts

22 · Athletic Temperatures · [uncredited] · ms

23 · Midnight Cruises of an Automobile Flirt · [uncredited] · ts

25 · If You Must Write a Love Letter · [uncredited] · ms

27 · Your Deepest Mystery Solved · [uncredited] · ms

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