The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 910

Star Detective Magazine [v1 #2, August 1935] ed. James Randall (Western Fiction Publishing Co., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · Death Stalks the Night · Hugh B. Cave · na 57 · Crook’s Seminary · Richard Wormser · ss; given as by Richard Wormsey. 69 · Brains for Sale · Donald Barr Chidsey · ss 86 · Kings and Killers · Conrad Gerson · ss 104 · Murder Magic · George A. McDonald · ss

Star Detective Magazine [v1 #3, October 1935] ed. James Randall (Western Fiction Publishing Co., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Master of Death · E. Hoffmann Price · ss; given as by E. Hoffman Price. 24 · Whistle of Doom · Leslie D. La Valley · ss 33 · G-Men · Lemuel de Bra · ss 42 · Murder Afloat · L. Ron Hubbard · ss 56 · Stag Affair · John Mallory · ss 65 · Corpse on Ice · Russ Meservey · ss 77 · Knife Prints · D. E. Winstead · ss 91 · Pain in the Neck · Donald S. Aitken · ss; given as by Donald S. Aitkin. 99 · Body in the Rain · Richard Wormser · ss 111 · Snipe Hunt · Arthur K. Barnes · ss

Star Detective Magazine [v1 #4, April 1936] (15¢, pulp) 6 · Sockdolager · Paul Cain · nv 27 · Sewers Are for Rats · Donald Barr Chidsey · ss 37 · Puzzle Buster · John Carlisle · nv 58 · Whispering Death · William Edward Hayes · nv 84 · Witness Trouble · Eugene Cunningham · nv 107 · Crook in Florida · James Hall · ss

Star Detective Magazine [v1 #5, July 1936] ed. James Randall (Western Fiction Publishing Co., 10¢, 128pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 6 · Lady Killer · Donald Barr Chidsey · ss 19 · Snake Ride · Eugene Cunningham · nv 45 · Shadow in Blood · Richard Wormser · ss 58 · Private Steal · James Hall · ss 70 · Smuggle-Proof · Donald Northwood · ss 81 · Coffin Needed · John Carlisle · ss 96 · Direct Action · T. K. Hawley · ss 104 · Thieves and Nerves · Charles Tenney Jackson · ss

Star Detective Magazine [v1 #6, December 1936] ed. James Randall (Western Fiction Publishing Co., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · Death Decoy · William Edward Hayes · nv 32 · Murder for Sale · Eugene Cunningham · ss 49 · Dream Clue · James Quinlan · ss True Crime Magazine July 1936 50 · Stiffs Can’t Squeal · Donald Barr Chidsey · nv 70 · Balkan Nightmare · Anton Titelescu · ts 74 · Killer’s Pay-Off · John B. Simpson · ss 90 · Trigger-Man · Roger Torrey · ss 101 · G-Man’s Nemesis [Curt Dailey] · Lemuel de Bra · ss 112 · Hitch-Hike · Avery Rollins · ss 114 · Icy Hands of Death · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss

Star Detective Magazine [Vol. 2 No. 1, March 1937] (10¢, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. 6 · The X-Man · N. V. Romero · na 46 · $50,000 Legs [Penny Packer] · Richard Sale · ss 57 · Triple Cross · Roger Torrey · ss 70 · The Death Tank · John Mallory · ss 82 · “Gangs”—One Hundred Years Ago · Eugene Cunningham · ar 83 · Numbers of Death · James Hall · nv 93 · Wired for Sound · Richard Werner · ss

Star Detective Magazine [Vol. 2 No. 2, August 1937] ed. James Randall (Western Fiction Publishing Co., 10¢, 112pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller & Sai Shankar. 8 · Armed Legs · Donald Barr Chidsey · ss; illustrated by Don De Marco 21 · C.O.D.—Cash or Death! · Gary Sheene · ss 30 · Gunman’s Alibi · Gregory Regan · ss; illustrated by Earl Mayan 43 · Coppers Strike Hot · S. J. Bailey · ss 55 · G-Man Wanted · Lemuel de Bra · ss; illustrated by Earl Mayan 66 · Flame of the Devil · E. Hoffmann Price · nv; illustrated by Don De Marco 94 · Woman-Bait · Vic Shelton · ss; illustrated by Don De Marco

Star Detective Magazine [Vol. 2 No. 3, February 1938] (10¢, pulp) · Death Rides a Cab · James Hall · ss · Appointment in Hell · Brent North · ss · Double Cross · Len Larson · ss · Back-Woods Tragedy · Anatole Field · ss · Murder Is My Business · William R. Cox · ss · Vengeance Is Mine · Ken Jason · ss · Bait for Death · John Taylor · ss · Murder in Three Acts · Walter Walker · ss · Copper’s Luck · John B. Starr · ss · The Game of Love and Death · Henry T. Sperry · ss

Star Detective Magazine [Vol. 2 No. 4, July 1938] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., 10¢, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · Beware the Devil’s Spy Ring! · Frederick C. Painton · na 31 · Public Servant’s Payoff · J. A. Chambliss · nv 44 · Side Show to Hell · Vance C. Criss · ss 49 · Murder’s Not Funny · Dale Clark · nv 62 · Gun Trap for a Money-Killer · Roger Torrey · ss 70 · Hot Cars · Norman A. Daniels · ss 78 · Bullet Bait · H. C. Brokmeyer · ss 87 · Something Shocking · Omar Gwinn · ss 90 · Horror in the Ravine · Brent North · ts 106 · A Cop Breaks the Law · John Douglass Stolp · ss

Star Detective Magazine [Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1938] (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Virgil Utter. 8 · One Million Dollars—in Corpses! · Edward S. Ronns · na 83 · Murder Is Serious [Inspector Mike Thomas] · Cleve F. Adams · nv 91 · Dead Man’s Code · James Hall · vi 93 · Killers Don’t Scream · Cyril Plunkett · ss 97 · Murder Blackout · Robert O. Kenyon · ss 102 · The Sizzle Seat Is for Saps · Norman A. Daniels · nv

Startling Detective Adventures:   (about) Numbering continued from True Love Affairs Magazine. Continued as a true-crime magazine after June 1930.

Startling Detective Adventures Publishers: Fawcett Publications, Inc.; Broadway & Eleventh Streets, Louisville, KY: Startling Detective Adventures.

Startling Detective Adventures [Vol. 4, No. 19, December 1929] (25¢, pulp) · Murder at Midnight · Arthur Guy Empey · ss · Under Cover · Lemuel de Bra · ss · Cryptogram Murder Case · A. Conan Doyle · ss · The Hollywood Murder Mystery [Part 1 of 4] · Ruth Biery · n. · House of Fear [Part 1 of 2] · H. Bedford-Jones · sl

Startling Detective Adventures [Vol. 4, No. 20, January 1930] (25¢, pulp) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 8 · The Chief’s Chair · The Editor · ed 14 · Soft Hearts in Hard Places · [uncredited] · vi 16 · Solving Minnesota’s Most Astounding Crime · [uncredited] · ts 21 · The Witherell Kidnapping Case · Nick Harris · ts; given as “The Witherill Case” in the Table of Contents. 27 · Shovers of the Queer · George S. Dougherty · ts 32 · The Black Panther · Jay Kalez · ss 41 · True Tales of a House Detective: The Mystery of Room 612 · [uncredited] · ts 42 · Testimony of the Dead · Chester L. Saxby · nv 58 · The Hollywood Murder Mystery [Part 2 of 4] · Ruth Biery · n. 71 · Startling Escapes from Devil’s Island · [uncredited] · ms 73 · The Finger of Guilt · Charles G. Booth · ss 80 · House of Fear [Part 2 of 2] · H. Bedford-Jones · sl 87 · The Double-Cross · Edward J. Smithson · ss 92 · “Sherlock of France” Murdered · [uncredited] · ms Time 93 · How Scotland Yard Works · Roy Anderson · ar 94 · Crime Reporting on Scientific Basis · [uncredited] · ar

Startling Detective Adventures [Vol. 4, No. 21, February 1930] (25¢, pulp) · The Seven White Fires · Clem Yore · ss · The Big Shot · Joseph Ball · ss · The Trail of Death · Clifford Yeates · ss · The Hollywood Murder Mystery [Part 3 of 4] · Ruth Biery · n. · Landru, Super Bluebeard [Part 1 of 3] · George Groat · bg [Ref. Henri Landru] · From Wall Street to a Lifer’s Cell [Part 1 of 2] · Thomas J. Wainwright · bg

Startling Detective Adventures [Vol. 4, No. 22, March 1930] (Fawcett Publications Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by F. R. Glass) (Full Text) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 13 · The Chief’s Chair · The Editor · ed 14 · The Santa Claus Bank Robbery · Boyce House · ts 19 · The Menace of Bogus Checks · [uncredited] · ms 20 · The Baby Cab Murder Case · Detective Lieut. F. B. Condaffer; as told to Madeline Kelley · ts 25 · Scotland Yard a Dogged Sleuth · [uncredited] · ms 26 · How I Solved the Kent Murder Mystery · John P. Hoy · ts 33 · The Clutching Shadow · Wilson Collison · ss Fawcett’s Triple-X Magazine December 1925 39 · Landru, Super Bluebeard [Part 2 of 3] · George Groat · bg [Ref. Henri Landru] 42 · A New Era in the Control of Crime · [uncredited] · ms 43 · From Wall Street to a Lifer’s Cell [Part 2 of 2] · Thomas J. Wainwright · bg 51 · Underworld Lingo · [uncredited] · ms 52 · The Hollywood Murder Mystery [Part 4 of 4] · Ruth Biery · n. 66 · The Clue Club: The Evidence on the Japanned Box · [uncredited] · cn 67 · Trapping the Lenox Burglars · George S. Dougherty · ts 71 · True Tale of a House Detective: When the Police Failed · [uncredited] · ss 73 · The Spy Champion · Robert Peery · ss 80 · The Perfect Alibi · Max Kohler · ts 82 · Startling Escapes from Devil’s Island · [uncredited] · ms 83 · Photography, Crime’s Enemy · George C. Henderson · ar 84 · How the Coughlin Kidnaper Was Caught · Joseph Ball · ts

Startling Detective Adventures [Vol. 4, No. 23, April 1930] (25¢, pulp) · The Mystery of the Mink Coat · W. C. I. Hallowell · ss · The Killer in the Red Mask · Forbes Parkhill · ss · The Death Sting Murders [Part 1 of 3] · Frederick C. Painton · sl · Landru, Super Bluebeard [Part 3 of 3] · George Groat · bg [Ref. Henri Landru] · My Seventeen Years Among Prison Rioters · Kain O’Dare · ts · How I Captured Topeka’s Girl Bandit · Everett Probasco · ts · Solving the Two-Million Dollar Mail Robbery · Robert Faherty · ts

Startling Detective Adventures [Vol. 4, No. 24, May 1930] (25¢, pulp) · The Mystery of the Murdered Countess · Steuart M. Emery · ss · Fingers of Death · Earle Buell · ss · Murder in the Woods · Charles G. Booth · ss · The Death Sting Murders [Part 2 of 3] · Frederick C. Painton · sl

Startling Detective Adventures [Vol. 4, No. 25, June 1930] (Fawcett Publications Inc., 25¢, 100pp, large pulp, cover by F. R. Glass) Details supplied by Steve Miller & Sai Shankar. 6 · The Chief’s Chair · The Editor · ed 12 · Brooklyn’s Black Terror · Joseph Appelgate · ss 18 · The Man Who Died Twice · Leslie T. White · ss 22 · The Gallows of Doom · Wayne Sprague · ss 26 · “Dingbat” Oberta’s Last Ride · [uncredited] · ss 28 · The Murders in Federie Manor [Part 1 of 5] · M. G. Eberhart · sl 43 · The Dirty Dude Steps Out · W. C. I. Hallowell · ss 47 · The Clue Club · [uncredited] · cn 48 · The Affair of the Spanish Dancer · Steuart M. Emery · ss 61 · The Secret of the Scarab’s Wing · Eric Taylor · ss 69 · The Mystery of the Infernal Machines · George S. Dougherty · ss 73 · True Tales of a House Detective · [uncredited] · ts 76 · The Death Sting Murders [Part 3 of 3] · Frederick C. Painton · sl 86 · The Slaying of Old Man Lyons · Edward Anderson · ss 91 · The Man Who Beat the Noose · [uncredited] · ts 92 · Trailing the Missing Million · J. Frederick Funston · ss

Startling Detective Adventures [Vol. 5, No. 26, July 1930] (Fawcett Publications Inc., 25¢, 98pp, large pulp, cover by Harry Fisk) (Full Text) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 6 · The Chief’s Chair · The Editor · ed 12 · The Phantom in the House of Oesterreich · Don Nachaidh · ts [Ref. Otto Sanhuber] 20 · The Clue of the Rattlesnake · Herbert Hall Taylor · ts 23 · Death by the ’Rod’ · [uncredited] · ar; on drive-by shootings. 26 · The “Gorilla” Murderer [Part 1 of 2] · Sheriff Frank Green; as told to Jerry E. Cravey · ts 32 · Al Capone, King of Gangland · Alvin E. McDermott · bg [Ref. Al Capone] 36 · The Body in the Belfry · Joseph B. Wirges · ts 42 · The Corpse by the Car Track · Edward Anderson · ts 47 · The Masked Bomber · Edith Salt · ts 50 · Kansas City’s Wildcat · Wayne Sprague · ts 54 · Trapped by the Bandit Terror · A. M. Thompson · ts 60 · Strange Adventures in Crime Detection: Two Watches Doom Lifer · John Westcott · ts 61 · The Man with the Wounded Wrist · David Redstone · ss 68 · The Pockmarked Killer · W. C. I. Hallowell · ss 74 · The Murders in Federie Manor [Part 2 of 5] · M. G. Eberhart · sl 86 · The Clue Club: The Mysterious Murder of Algernon Ashe · [uncredited] · cn