The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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John Creasey Mystery Magazine (US) [v1 #17, May 1958] ed. John Creasey (2/-, 112pp, large digest) Reprint of the January 1958 (UK) issue. Details derived from a cover scan and the contents of the UK issue. 5 · Mr. Vinnery Stayed Upstairs · Louis Golding · ss John Bull May 29 1948 15 · Death of the Jade Bride · Sax Rohmer · ts The American Weekly September 7 1952 19 · Detective’s Wife · Herbert Harris · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine January 1958 24 · Strike for Death [Part 2 of 4; Roger West] · John Creasey · sl John Creasey Mystery Magazine January 1958 50 · The Amateur [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss John Bull November 19 1949, as “Amateur in Violence” 58 · The Baffling Case of Pontecorvo · Alan Moorehead · ts The Traitors: The Double Lives of Fuchs, Pontecorvo and Nunn May by Alan Moorehead, Hamish Hamilton, 1952 76 · The Man Who Was Drowned · James Pattinson · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine January 1958 86 · The Body Snatchers · Jack Smith-Hughes · ts Eight Studies in Justice by Jack Smith-Hughes, Cassell & Co., 1953 102 · Thread of Life · Will Oursler · ss Mystery Book Magazine Spring 1949 105 · Book Reviews · John Creasey · rc John Creasey Mystery Magazine January 1958 110 · Crime Books of the Month · [uncredited] · bi John Creasey Mystery Magazine January 1958

John Creasey Mystery Magazine (US) [v1 #18, June 1958] ed. John Creasey (2/-, 112pp, large digest) Reprint of the February 1958 (UK) issue. Details derived from a cover scan and the contents of the UK issue. 5 · Curtains for Me · Anthony Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard October 3 1951 9 · In the Shadow [Did It Happen?] · W. Stanley Moss · ar The Evening Standard November 25 1954 13 · One Reckless Moment · J. M. Stewart · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine February 1958 22 · Death in Room 66: The Fox Case · Lord Jowitt · ts Some Were Spies by Lord Jowitt, Hodder & Stoughton, 1954 40 · Wash, Set—and Murder [Dr. David Wintringham] · Josephine Bell · ss The Evening Standard December 19 1949, as “The Case of the Faulty Drier” 47 · The Poisoner · Felix Kivell · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine February 1958 54 · The Hand in the Sand · Ngaio Marsh · ts My Favourite True Mystery ed. Ernest V. Heyn, Heinemann, 1956 58 · Strike for Death [Part 3 of 4; Roger West] · John Creasey · sl John Creasey Mystery Magazine February 1958 82 · The Brides in the Bath · Douglas G. Browne & E. V. Tullett · ts Bernard Spilsbury: His Life and Cases by Douglas G. Browne & E. V. Tullett, Harrap, 1951 95 · Black Beauty of West Camp · James Pattinson · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine February 1958 105 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br John Creasey Mystery Magazine February 1958 110 · Crime Books of the Month · [uncredited] · bi John Creasey Mystery Magazine February 1958

John Creasey Mystery Magazine (US) [v1 #21, January 1959] ed. John Creasey (35¢, 112pp, large digest) Reprint of the May 1958 (UK) issue. Details derived from a cover scan and the contents of the UK issue. 5 · Stan the Killer [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949 translated from the French (“Stan Le Tueur”, Police-Roman, December 23, 1938). 29 · The Letter and the Law [Did It Happen?] · John Gunn · ar The Evening Standard May 24 1955 34 · A Knock at the Door · Clare Leward · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine May 1958 39 · The Case of the Morphine Murderer · Richard B. Morris · ts John Creasey Mystery Magazine May 1958 56 · The Man I Didn’t Kill [Part 2 of 2] · Norman Deane · sl Hurst & Blackett, 1950 85 · The Specialty of M. Duclos · Oliver La Farge · ss The New Yorker April 29 1950, as “La Spécialité de M. Duclos” 90 · The Lost Ambassador · Milward Kennedy · ts John Creasey Mystery Magazine May 1958 95 · The Skull in the Rubble [Professor Luther Bastion] · Gavin Holt · ss A Century of Detective Stories, Hutchinson, 1935, as “The Aztec Skull” rewritten from “The Aztec Skull” published as by Charles Rodda (Flynn’s, June 13, 1925). 110 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br John Creasey Mystery Magazine May 1958

John Creasey Mystery Magazine (US) [v1 #22, February 1959] ed. John Creasey (35¢, 112pp, large digest) Reprint of the June 1958 (UK) issue. Details derived from a cover scan and the contents of the UK issue. 5 · Cop’s Gift · Rex Stout · ss What’s New December 1953, as “Tough Cop’s Gift” 9 · Murder by Television · Peter Beveridge · ts John Creasey Mystery Magazine June 1958 17 · The Sacrifice · Denys Val Baker · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine June 1958 31 · The Fantasia Murder · Cyril Ray · ts John Creasey Mystery Magazine June 1958 39 · The Hand · Gerald Villiers · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine June 1958 42 · The Baron and the Blue Diamond [Part 1 of 2; John Mannering (The Baron)] · Anthony Morton · na Star Weekly November 29 1952 86 · The Baccarat Case · E. W. Fordham · ts Notable Cross-Examinations by E. W. Fordham, Constable, 1951 99 · Out of the Grave · Martin Downes · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine June 1958 107 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br John Creasey Mystery Magazine June 1958 109 · Mrs. Wipple Cleans Up · S. L. Jackson, uncredited · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine June 1958

John Creasey Mystery Magazine (US) [v1 #23, March 1959] ed. John Creasey (35¢, 112pp, large digest) Reprint of the July 1958 (UK) issue. Details derived from a cover scan and the contents of the UK issue. 4 · The Gangster · Peter Cheyney · ss The Evening Standard June 27 1951 9 · Huntsman in the Snow · P. F. Latham · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine July 1958 17 · The Moneymaker · Murray Teigh Bloom · ar Money of Their Own by Murray Teigh Bloom, Weidenfled & Nicolson, 1957 33 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br John Creasey Mystery Magazine July 1958 35 · The Ship of Sleepless Men · Anthony Abbot · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine July 1958 42 · The Baron and the Blue Diamond [Part 2 of 2; John Mannering (The Baron)] · Anthony Morton · na Star Weekly November 29 1952 94 · The Murder of P.C. Edgar · Peter Beveridge · ts John Creasey Mystery Magazine July 1958 100 · Delayed Action · Alan Kennington · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine July 1958 106 · An Occupational Hazard · John Valentine · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine July 1958

John Creasey Mystery Magazine (US) [v1 #24, April 1959] ed. John Creasey (35¢, 112pp, large digest) Reprint of the August 1958 (UK) issue. Details derived from a cover scan and the contents of the UK issue. Some copies of this issue were dated “March” on the price sticker. 4 · The Grand National Case [Francis Quarles] · Julian Symons · nv 1956 24 · The Hero Murderer · Milward Kennedy · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1958 28 · The Other Gun · Terry Harknett · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1958 32 · First a Murder · Michael Halliday · na Stanley Paul & Co., 1948 84 · The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett · E. W. Fordham · ts Notable Cross-Examinations by E. W. Fordham, Constable, 1951 90 · In the Red · Colin Robertson · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1958 94 · The Training of a Detective · Peter Beveridge · ar John Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1958 102 · The Avon Emeralds · Joe Piddock · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1958 107 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br John Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1958 110 · The Open and Shut Case · Stephen Paul · vi John Creasey Mystery Magazine August 1958

John Creasey Mystery Magazine (US) [v2 #1, May 1959] ed. John Creasey (large digest) Issue partially indexed - probably a reprint of the September 1958 (UK) issue.

John Creasey Mystery Magazine (US) [v2 #2, June 1959] ed. John Creasey (35¢, 112pp, large digest) Reprint of the October 1958 (UK) issue. ifc. · Taking Crime Seriously · John Creasey · ed John Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1958 5 · A Date with a Spider · Vida Derry · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1958 16 · Exit Edward · John Valentine · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1958 20 · The Murderer Who Talked Too Much · Philip Lindsay · ts The Mainspring of Murder by Philip Lindsay, John Long, 1958 28 · The Toff Takes Shares [Richard Rollison (The Toff)] · John Creasey · nv John Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1958 87 · The Murder of Mrs. Fox · E. W. Fordham · ts Notable Cross-Examinations by E. W. Fordham, Constable, 1951 96 · Poodle in a Dustbin · J. M. Stewart · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1958 101 · Ze Truth, Ze ’Ole Truth…in Engleesh [The Courts Day by Day] · J. A. J. · ts The (London) Evening News 19?? 104 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br John Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1958 107 · The Burglar’s Buttons · [uncredited] · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine October 1958; the author was to be revealed as the result of a competition, but this doesn’t seem to have happened.

John Creasey Mystery Magazine (US) [v2 #3, July 1959] ed. John Creasey (35¢, 112pp, large digest) Reprint of the November 1958 (UK) issue. ifc. · Classics of Crime · John Creasey · ed John Creasey Mystery Magazine November 1958 4 · The $600,000,000 Plot · Murray T. Bloom · ts Money of Their Own by Murray Teigh Bloom, Weidenfled & Nicolson, 1957 28 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 42 · Portrait of Barbara · P. F. Latham · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine November 1958 51 · They Saw a Gnome in the Strand [The Courts Day by Day] · J. A. J. · ts The (London) Evening News 19?? 54 · Lavender · John Valentine · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine November 1958 59 · By Person or Persons Unknown · George Burnett · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine November 1958 70 · The Appeal of Murder · Philip Lindsay · ts The Mainspring of Murder by Philip Lindsay, John Long, 1958 72 · The Seventh Step · Stephen Phillips · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine November 1958 79 · So Fair…and yet So Deadly · Gustav Schenk · ar The Book of Poisons by Gustav Schenk, Rinehart & Co., 1955 translated from the German (Das Buch Der Gifte, Safari-Verlag, 1954). 82 · A Question of Morality · Robert Langley · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine November 1958 86 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br John Creasey Mystery Magazine November 1958 88 · A Good Job—for Corpses · Molly Lefebure · ar Evidence for the Crown by Molly Lefebure, William Heinemann, 1955 102 · Hair of His Head [Roger West] · John Creasey · ss The Evening Standard January 10 1950 107 · Harpoon Gun · Trevor Donne · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine November 1958

John Creasey Mystery Magazine (US) [v2 #4, August 1959] ed. John Creasey (35¢, 112pp, large digest) Reprint of the December 1958 (UK) issue. 4 · The Death Game · Michael Halliday · ex from Cat and Mouse, Hodder & Stoughton, 1955 54 · All’s Fair · Hugh Maxwell Lowe · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine December 1958 59 · Raffles of the River · Ex. Supt. Fred Cherrill of the Yard · ts Cherrill of the Yard by Fred Cherrill, Harrap, 1954 69 · Hand of Glory [Peter Trevor] · Frank King · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #38, January 1947 89 · The Day Our Thomas Went to London [The Courts Day by Day] · J. A. J. · ts The (London) Evening News 19?? 92 · Tuesday Night at Cico’s · Lewis Stedman · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine December 1958 100 · John Creasey Looks at New Books · John Creasey · br John Creasey Mystery Magazine December 1958 102 · The Begum’s Jewels · David Rowan · ts Famous European Crimes, Frederick Muller, 1956

Justice (1950s)   (about) A pulp magazine in all but format, Justice carried the subtitle “Amazing Detective Mysteries”, but focused on crime-adventure rather than detective puzzle plots. Publishers: Non-Pareil Publishing Corp.; 655 Madison Avenue, New York 21, NY: Justice. Editors: Harry Widmer - Editor: Justice.

Justice [Vol. 1 No. 1, May 1955] ed. Harry Widmer (Non-Pareil Publishing Corp., 35¢, 160pp+, digest) Details supplied by John Locke. 1 · Husband’s Best Friend [Lee Fiske] · Robert Martin · nv 20 · Living Bait · Frederick Lorenz · ss 33 · Justice Is Blind · Ad Gordon · ss 44 · Swamp Lice · Tom Roan · ss 54 · No Margin for Error · John Bender · ss 59 · Call Me a Liar · Edward A. Herron · ss 66 · Iron Man · William R. Cox · ss 75 · Gift Wrapped · George C. Appell · ss 79 · The Trouble with Alibis · John Mulhern · ss 87 · Why, Killer, Why? · David Karp · na

Justice [Vol. 1 No. 2, July 1955] ed. Harry Widmer (Non-Pareil Publishing Corp., 35¢, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · In a Small Motel · John D. MacDonald · nv 23 · The Blue Note · Dorothy Dunn · ss 35 · A Hot Lick for Doc · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss 50 · Big Catch · Frederick Lorenz · ss 61 · Drifter · Herbert D. Kastle · ss 71 · Two Little Bullets · Ad Gordon · ss 80 · The First Man Hanged · Edward A. Herron · ss 87 · Lie Down, Killer · Richard S. Prather · na

Justice [Vol. 1 No. 3, October 1955] ed. Harry Widmer (Non-Pareil Publishing Corp., 35¢, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Las Vegas Trap · William R. Cox · nv 37 · Scared Money · John D. MacDonald · ss 44 · Fever Street · Bryce Walton · ss 55 · Teen-Age Casanova · Gil Brewer · ss 69 · Double or Nothing · John Bender · ss 79 · The Rat Game · Philip Weck · ss 95 · The Frigid Flame · Richard Matheson · na abridged from Someone Is Bleeding, Lion 1953.

Justice [Vol. 2 No. 1, January 1956] ed. Harry Widmer (Non-Pareil Publishing Corp., 35¢, digest) Details supplied by James Felton. 1 · The Black Bargain · Cornell Woolrich · nv 23 · Don’t Go Away Mad · Robert Turner · ss 34 · Hot Snow · Vin Packer · ss 41 · Scented Clues · Richard Deming · nv 57 · Die, Darling, Die · Gil Brewer · nv 78 · Pepper in His Tracks · Shep Shepherd · ss 85 · Backbite · Frederick Lorenz · ss 92 · The Sinkhole · James P. Webb · ss 100 · The Cocktail Jungle · Bruce Elliott · n. Lion Books, 1952, as “One Is a Lonely Number”

Kelly’s Magazine   (about) Reprint magazine rebinding unsold copies of Complete Detective Novel Magazine and Wild West Stories and Complete Novel Magazine. Publishers: Teck Publications, Inc.; 222 West 39th Street, New York, NY: Kelly’s Magazine.

Kelly’s Magazine [v1 #1, 1932] (Teck Publications, Inc., 25¢, 272pp+, pulp) A rebinding of the November 1932 issues of Complete Detective Novel Magazine, pgs 7-142 and Wild West Stories and Complete Novel Magazine, pgs 7-142. Contents listed on the front cover; no printing on spine or back cover. Details taken from front cover. · The Branded Spy Murders [Capt. (Col.) Hugh North] · F. V. Mason · n. Complete Detective Novel Magazine #53, November 1932 · With the Left Hand · Robert McBlair · ss Complete Detective Novel Magazine #53, November 1932 · Smart (?) Crooks · Schuyler Grey · cl Complete Detective Novel Magazine #53, November 1932 · Murder at Mills House · Edgar Forest Wolfe · ss Complete Detective Novel Magazine #53, November 1932; possibly an unfinished story set as a competition. · The Line-Up · Capt. Frank Peabody · cl Complete Detective Novel Magazine #53, November 1932 8 · The King of Golden Valley · Lawrence A. Keating · na Wild West Stories and Complete Novel Magazine November 1932 86 · Bad Lands Trail · William DeNoyer · ss Wild West Stories and Complete Novel Magazine November 1932 96 · Black Powder · Cliff Farrell · ss Wild West Stories and Complete Novel Magazine November 1932 104 · Charles William Quantrell—Guerilla · Franklin Reynolds · ar Wild West Stories and Complete Novel Magazine November 1932 111 · Bruin Ruined the Biscuits · Mickey Myrick · ss Wild West Stories and Complete Novel Magazine November 1932 118 · The White Wolf · Joseph Houghton · ss Wild West Stories and Complete Novel Magazine November 1932 123 · Pegleg Stakes a Claim · Hugh Woodyard · ss Wild West Stories and Complete Novel Magazine November 1932 131 · The Round-Up · “Coteau” Gene Stebbings · cl Wild West Stories and Complete Novel Magazine November 1932