Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Magazines, Listed by Title

Lone Wolf Detective Magazine    (about)
--- see under Variety Detective Magazine.

Love-Crime Detective    (about)
--- see under Double Detective.

M    (about)
Published twice annually, each issue contains a mix of mystery and horror. Website: www.bigpulp.com. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, May 2014 (Big Pulp, $6.00, 48pp, cover by Luke Spooner) (Contents)
• ___ #2, November 2014 (Big Pulp, $6.00, cover by Luke Spooner) (Contents)
• ___ #3, June 2016 (Big Pulp, 28pp, ebook) (Contents)

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine    (about)
MacKill’s Mystery Magazine was primarily a reprint magazine, and ran for 22 monthly issues from September 1952 to June 1954. The title was changed on the cover only to MacKill’s for the last four issues. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, September 1952 (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, October 1952 (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, November 1952 (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, December 1952 (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, January 1953 (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, February 1953 (6d, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, March 1953 (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, April 1953 (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, May 1953 (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, June 1953 (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, July 1953 (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, August 1953 (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, September 1953 (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, October 1953 (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, November 1953 (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, December 1953 (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #5, January 1954 (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #6, February 1954 (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, (March 1954) (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, (April 1954) (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, (May 1954) (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #4, (June 1954) (1/-, 128pp, digest) (Contents)

MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US)    (about)
US reprint edition of MacKill’s Mystery Magazine (US). Initially these were just the UK editions with an overprinted price, but no issue was published in March 1953 and from April 1953 on there were specific US editions with the same volume/issue number but different cover dates (and, occasionally, different cover art). The title was changed on the cover only to MacKill’s for the last five issues.
• ___ v1 #4, December 1952 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, January 1953 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, February 1953 (6d, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, April 1953 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, May 1953 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, June 1953 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, July 1953 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, September 1953 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, October 1953 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, November 1953 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, December 1953 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, January 1954 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, February 1954 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #5, March 1954 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #6, April 1954 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, May 1954 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, June 1954 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, July 1954 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #4, August 1954 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)

Mack’s Pocket Detective Stories Magazine    (about)
Virtually nothing is known about this magazine, which is believed to have lasted for only a single issue. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, November 1930 (Pocket Magazine Co., 15¢, digest) (Contents)

Malcolm’s    (about)
A well-designed and printed detective and crime-adventure, published by mystery fan Malcolm Koch. The magazine was discontinued after three issues due to poor circulation—a fourth issue was prepared but apparently never published. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, January 1954 (R. Malcolm & Associates, 35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, March 1954 (R. Malcolm & Associates, 35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, May 1954 (R. Malcolm & Associates, 35¢, digest) (Contents)

Mammoth Detective    (about)
Mammoth Detective was the older of the two mystery-detective pulp magazines published by Ziff-Davis, and weighed in initially with a massive 322 pages per issue and a planned monthly schedule. However the paper shortages during the war forced an irregular schedule closer to quarterly and a reduction in page count to 178 pages. After the war it briefly attained a monthly schedule but by then the writing was on the wall and it folded in late 1947 after a total of 33 issues. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, May 1942 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, September 1942 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 25¢, 324pp, pulp, cover by Robert Gibson Jones) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, January 1943 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, March 1943 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 25¢, 308pp, pulp, cover by Robert Gibson Jones) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, May 1943 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, August 1943 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 25¢, 276pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, November 1943 (25¢, 276pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, February 1944 (25¢, 276pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, May 1944 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 25¢, 276pp, pulp, cover by Arnold Kohn) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, August 1944 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 25¢, 276pp, pulp, cover by Robert Gibson Jones) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, November 1944 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 25¢, 276pp, pulp, cover by James Axelrod) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, February 1945 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 25¢, 276pp, pulp, cover by Richard R. Epperly) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, May 1945 (25¢, 276pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, August 1945 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #4, November 1945 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 25¢, pulp, cover by Richard R. Epperly) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #1, January 1946 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #2, March 1946 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #3, May 1946 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 25¢, 180pp, pulp, cover by Arnold Kohn) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #4, July 1946 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #5, August 1946 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #6, September 1946 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 25¢, pulp, cover by Robert Gibson Jones) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #7, October 1946 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 25¢, 180pp, pulp, cover by Arnold Kohn) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #8, November 1946 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #9, December 1946 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 25¢, pulp, cover by H. W. McCauley) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #1, January 1947 (Ziff-Davis Publishing, 25¢, 180pp, pulp, cover by Arnold Kohn) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #2, February 1947 (Ziff-Davis Publishing, 25¢, 180pp, pulp, cover by Arnold Kohn) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #3, March 1947 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #4, April 1947 (Ziff-Davis Publishing, 25¢, 178pp, pulp, cover by Arnold Kohn) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #5, May 1947 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #6, June 1947 (Ziff-Davis Publishing, 25¢, 178pp, pulp, cover by Harold W. McCauley) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #7, July 1947 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Co., 25¢, 180pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #8, August 1947 (Ziff-Davis Publishing, 25¢, 180pp, pulp, cover by Arnold Kohn) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #9, September 1947 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)

Mammoth Mystery    (about)
Mammoth Mystery was the second mystery-detective pulp magazine published by Ziff-Davis, appearing three years after Mammoth Detective. It weighed in initially with a massive 274 pages per issue but was hit by the paper shortages during the war and shrank to 178 pages. No other issues were published in Volume 1, as confirmed by notice filed in copyright office. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, February 1945 (Ziff-Davis, 25¢, 276pp, pulp, cover by James Axelrod) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, January 1946 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 25¢, 178pp, pulp, cover by Richard R. Epperly) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, March 1946 (Ziff-Davis, 25¢, 178pp, pulp, cover by Arnold Kohn) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, June 1946 (Ziff-Davis, 25¢, 178pp, pulp, cover by Arnold Kohn) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, August 1946 (Ziff-Davis, 25¢, 178pp, pulp, cover by Arnold Kohn) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, October 1946 (Ziff-Davis, 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, December 1946 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, February 1947 (Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 25¢, pulp, cover by Arnold Kohn) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, April 1947 (Ziff-Davis, 25¢, pulp, cover by Arnold Kohn) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, June 1947 (Ziff-Davis, 25¢, 178pp, pulp, cover by Arnold Kohn) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, August 1947 (Ziff-Davis Publishing, 25¢, 180pp, pulp, cover by Arnold Kohn) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #5, October 1947 (unpublished) (Ziff-Davis Publishing, pulp) (Contents)

Manhunt    (about)
Manhunt boasted it was the world’s best-selling crime fiction magazine, and was certainly the “gold standard” against which all other “tough” crime magazines of the period measured themselves. Starting in January 1953 as a monthly digest, it flirted briefly (from March 1957 to May 1958) with a larger format to enhance newstand sales. The latter was not a success however and it soon reverted to digest size and dropped to bimonthly. In all it ran for almost 15 years and notched up a very respectable 114 issues. From January 1953 to March 1956 the cover read Manhunt Detective Story Monthly, but the magazine was always called just Manhunt in the Table of Contents. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, January 1953 (35¢, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, February 1953 (35¢, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, March 1953 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, April 1953 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, May 1953 (35¢, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, June 1953 (35¢, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #7, July 1953 (35¢, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #8, August 1953 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #9, September 1953 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc.; New York, 35¢, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #10, October 1953 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #11, November 1953 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #12, December 1953 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Uppwall) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, January 1954 (35¢, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, February 1954 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, May 1954 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, June 1954 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, July 1954 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, August 1954 (35¢, 144pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #7, September 1954 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #8, October 1954 (35¢, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #9, November 1954 (35¢, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #10, December 1954 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #11, December 25, 1954 (35¢, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, January 1955 (35¢, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, February 1955 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, March 1955 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 160pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, April 1955 (35¢, 160pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #5, May 1955 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #6 June 1955 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 192pp+, digest, cover by Robert Maguire) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #7, July 1955 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 160pp+, digest, cover by Robert Maguire) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #8, August 1955 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 144pp, digest, cover by Robert Maguire) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #9, September 1955 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #10, October 1955 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #11, November 1955 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest, cover by Robert Maguire) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #12, December 1955 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest, cover by Robert Maguire) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, January 1956 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, February 1956 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, March 1956 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #4, April 1956 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 144pp+, digest, cover by Tom O’Sullivan) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #5, May 1956 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #6, June 1956 (35¢, 144pp, digest, cover by Walter Popp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #7, July 1956 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest, cover by Walter Popp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #8, August 1956 (35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Frank Cozzarelli) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #9, September 1956 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest, cover by Tom O’Sullivan) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #10, October 1956 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest, cover by Tom O’Sullivan) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #11, November 1956 (35¢, 144pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #12, December 1956 (35¢, 144pp, digest, cover by Ray Houlihan) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #1, January 1957 (25¢, 144pp, digest, cover by Ray Houlihan) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #2, February 1957 (25¢, 144pp, digest, cover by Ray Houlihan) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #3, March 1957 (35¢, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #4, April 1957 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #5, May 1957 (35¢, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #6, June 1957 (35¢, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #7, July 1957 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 64pp+, quarto, cover by Dick Shelton) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #8, September 1957 (35¢, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #9, October 1957 (35¢, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #10, November 1957 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 64pp, quarto, cover by O. G. Brabbins) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #11, December 1957 (35¢, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #1, January 1958 (25¢, 128pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #2, February 1958 (128pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #3, April 1958 (128pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #4, June 1958 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #5, August 1958 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #6, October 1958 (35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Robert Maguire) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #7, December 1958 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #1, February 1959 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #2, April 1959 (35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Robert Maguire) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #3, June 1959 (35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #4, August 1959 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #5, October 1959 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #6, December 1959 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #1, February 1960 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #2, April 1960 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #3, June 1960 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #4, August 1960 (35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #5, October 1960 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #6, December 1960 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #1, February 1961 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #2, April 1961 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #3, June 1961 (35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #4, August 1961 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #5, October 1961 (35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #6, December 1961 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #1, February 1962 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #2, April 1962 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #3, June 1962 (35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #4, August 1962 (35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #5, October 1962 (35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #6, December 1962 (35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #1, February 1963 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #2, April 1963 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #3, June 1963 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #4, August 1963 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #5, October 1963 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #1, January 1964 (50¢, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #2, March 1964 (50¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #3, May 1964 (50¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #4, July 1964 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 50¢, 160pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #5, September 1964 (50¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #6, November 1964 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 50¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #1, January 1965 (50¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #2, March 1965 (50¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #3, May 1965 (50¢, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #4, July 1965 (50¢, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #5, September 1965 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 50¢, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #6, December 1965 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 50¢, 160pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #1, February/March 1966 (50¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #2, April/May 1966 (50¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #3, June/July 1966 (50¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #4, August/September 1966 (50¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #5, October/November 1966 (50¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #6, December 1966/January 1967 (50¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v15 #1, February/March 1967 (50¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v15 #2, April/May 1967 (50¢, digest) (Contents)