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Black Book Detective Magazine

Black Book Detective Magazine was a fairly average pulp until it introduced the character of The Black Bat crimefighter in the July 1939 issue. He featured in about 60% of the magazine's issues and was directly responsible for the magazine surviving into the early 1950s, long after most detective pulps.

There was at least 1 issue of a Canadian reprint edition, and at least 5 issues of a British reprint edition.

1933
v1 #1
Jun
v1 #2
Jul
v1 #3
Sep
v1 #4
Oct
v1 #5
Dec

1934
v1 #6
Jan
v2 #1
Feb
v2 #2
Mar
v2 #3
Apr
v2 #4
Jun
v3 #1
Aug
v3 #2
Oct
v3 #3
Nov

1935
v3 #4
Feb
v4 #1
Apr

1936
v4 #2
Jan
v4 #3
Feb
v4 #4
Mar
v5 #1
Apr
v5 #2
May
v5 #3
Jun
v5 #4
Jul
v6 #1
Oct

1937
v6 #2
Apr
v6 #3
Jun

1938
v6 #4
Mar
v7 #1
May
v7 #2
Jul
v7 #3
Sep
v8 #1
Nov

1939
v8 #2
Jan
v8 #3
Mar
v9 #1
May
v9 #2
Jul
v9 #3
Sep
v10 #1
Nov

1940
v10 #2
Jan
v10 #3
Mar
v11 #1
May
v11 #2
Jul
v11 #3
Sep
v12 #1
Nov

1941
v12 #2
Jan
v12 #3
Mar
v13 #1
May
v13 #2
Jul
v13 #3
Sep
v14 #1
Nov

1942
v14 #2
Jan
v14 #3
Mar
v15 #1
May
v15 #2
Jul
v15 #3
Sep
v16 #1
Nov

1943
v16 #2
Jan
v16 #3
Mar
v17 #1
May
v17 #2
Summer
v17 #3
Fall
v18 #1
Winter

1944
v18 #2
Spring
v18 #3
Summer
v19 #1
Fall
v19 #2
Winter

1945
v19 #3
Spring
v20 #1
Summer
v20 #2
Fall
v20 #3
Winter

1946
v21 #1
Spring
v21 #2
Summer
v21 #3
Fall

1947
v22 #1
Feb
v22 #2
Apr
v22 #3
Jun
v23 #1
Aug
v23 #2
Oct
v23 #3
Dec

1948
v24 #1
Feb
v24 #2
Apr
v24 #3
Jun
v25 #1
Sep
v25 #2
Nov

1949
v25 #3
Jan
v26 #1
Mar
v26 #2
May
v26 #3
Summer
v27 #1
Fall

1950
v27 #2
Winter
v27 #3
Spring
v28 #1
Summer
v28 #2
Fall

1951
v28 #3
Winter
v29 #1
Spring

1952
v29 #2
Winter

1953
v29 #3
Winter

Canadian reprint edition

Some issues are extrapolated and have not been confirmed. Other issues may exist.

1945 v20 #3
Winter

1946 v21 #1
Spring v21 #2
Summer
v21 #3
Fall

1947 v22 #1
Feb v22 #2
Apr v22 #3
Jun v23 #1
Aug
v23 #2
Oct
v23 #3
Dec

1948 v24 #1
Feb
v24 #2
Apr v24 #3
Jun v25 #1
Sep v25 #2
Nov

1949
v25 #3
Jan
v26 #1
Mar
v26 #2
May v26 #3
Summer v27 #1
Fall

1950 v27 #2
Winter v27 #3
Spring
v28 #1
Summer v28 #2
Fall

1951 v28 #3
Winter v29 #1
Spring

1952 v29 #2
Winter

1953 v29 #3
Winter

British reprint edition

The precise details of this edition are unclear. There was (at least) one pulp issue from Atlas Publishing & Distributing in 1940. A second series was started in 1946 by Pemberton's (of Manchester) Ltd. with a single pulp issue followed by (at least) three digests (possibly unnumbered).

Other issues may exist.

1940
April
v11 #1
June

1946
v1 #1 #1

1947

1948

1949
#2

1950
#3