Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Magazines, Listed by Title

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Annual    (about)
Each issue contained an original Mike Shayne novella, and 15-17 short stories mainly reprinted from other Renown publications, chiefly The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., although six of the stories in the 1972 issue are original. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, Summer 1971 (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.00, 192pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #2, 1972 (Renown Publications Inc., $1.00, 192pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #3, 1973 (Renown Publications Inc., $1.00, 192pp, digest) (Contents)

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (Australia)    (about)
Despite the appearance of being an Australian reprint edition of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine this actually reprinted stories from a wide variety of sources, and even had some original stories. The first 12 issues were also published as the first series of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (UK) with revised dates and other minor differences. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, January 1957 (2/-, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, February 1957 (1/6d, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, March 1957 (Frew Publications Pty. Ltd., 1/6d, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, April 1957 (1/6d, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, May 1957 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, June 1957 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, July 1957 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, August 1957 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, September 1957 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, October 1957 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, November/December 1957 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, January/February 1958 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, March/April 1958 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, May/June 1958 (2/-, 112pp+, digest) (Contents)

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (UK)    (about)
Despite the appearance of being a British reprint edition of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine this actually reprinted stories from a wide variety of sources. The first series were actually published in Australia and are identical to the first 12 issues of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (Australia) except for revised dates and other minor differences. They were distributed in England by Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 18 Bride Lane, London, E.C.4. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, May 1957 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, June 1957 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/6d, 129pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, July 1957 (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/6d, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, August 1957 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, September 1957 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, October 1957 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #7, November 1957 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #8, December 1957 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #9, January 1958 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #10, February 1958 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #11, March 1958 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #12, May/June 1958 (1/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #101, March 1964 (2/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #102, April 1964 (2/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #103, May 1964 (2/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #104, June 1964 (2/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #105, July 1964 (2/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #106, August 1964 (2/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #107, September 1964 (2/6d, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #108, October 1964 (3/-, digest) (Contents)

Mobs    (about)
One of several gangster pulps published by Harold B. Hersey. However, by the time it was published, in 1930, public interest in gangsters was fading and it only lasted for 2 issues. Commenced with Volume 1 #2, not uncommon with magazines published by Harold Hersey. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #2, June-July 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by W. C. Brigham) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, August 1930 (Good Story Magazine Company, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by R. C. Wardel) (Contents)

Mobsters    (about)
Although published for only three issues, Mobsters was an important traditional pulp magazine with “stories of the fight against the Underworld”. The covers were similar to the paperback books that began in this period to crowd out the magazines. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, December 1952 (Standard Magazines, Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, February 1953 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, April 1953 (Standard Magazines, Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, June 1953 (unpublished) (Standard Magazines, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Samuel Cherry) (Contents)

Modern Detective    (about)
Australian digest mainly printing original stories by Australian authors, although two of the issues reprinted stories from US pulp magazines. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #2, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #3, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #4, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #5, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #6, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #7, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #8, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #9, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #10, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #11, 1954 (1/-, 66pp, digest) (Contents)

Mouth Full of Bullets    (about)
Mouth Full of Bullets published 4 online issues from Autumn 2006 to Summer 2007, then three print issues before reverting to an online magazine from the Summer 2008 issue. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #5, Autumn 2007 (Contents)
• ___ #6, Winter 2007 (Contents)
• ___ #7, Spring 2008 (Contents)

Movie Detective    (about)
Movie Detective capitalised on the popularity of the Hollywood screen magazines and mainly contained story adaptations of recent films. It only lasted for two issues, though sources differ on the dates of those issues, as indicated below. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, January 1942 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, February 1942 (10¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)

Movie Mystery Magazine    (about)
Movie Mystery Magazine was a digest magazine, printed on the rough paper of the paperbacks of the day, and featuring one novelization of a movie in each issue. It stood little chance when competing with the slick, large, movie magazines of the time and folded after three issues. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, July-August 1946 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #2, September-October 1946 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #3, December 1946/January 1947 (Anson Bond, 25¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)

Murdaland    (about)
Subtitled “Crime Fiction for the 21st Century”, Murdaland was “a literary magazine dedicated to fiction that evokes the spirit and motifs of classic crime novels and film noir: dread, lust, violence, greed, nasty habits, bad feelings and worse decisions”. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, 2007 (Mug Shot Press, $12.00, 267pp, tp, cover by Tyler Moore & Terry Gratuity) (Contents)
• ___ #2, October 2007 (Contents)

Murder    (about)
Launched after the success of Manhunt, Murder featured the same mix of contemporary murder and crime-adventure stories, but was discontinued in the face of fierce competition before establishing its identity with the reading public. The title is given as Murder! on the cover only. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, September 1956 (Flying Eagle Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Frank Cozzarelli) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, December 1956 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, March 1957 (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by O. G. Brabbins) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, July 1957 (pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, September/October 1957 (Decker Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)

Murder Mysteries (1929)    (about)
Short lived pulp magazine about which little is known. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, April 1929 (Magazine Publishers, Inc., 10¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Ray Wardell) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, May 1929 (10¢, pulp, cover by Ray Wardell) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, June 1929 (10¢, pulp, cover by Ray Wardell) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, July 1929 (Magazine Publishers, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by O. Uzzell) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, August 1929 (pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)

Murder Mysteries:    (about)
A very uncommon title, not to be confused with the earlier Hersey magazine called Murder Mysteries or the later Blue Ribbon magazine called Detective and Murder Mysteries. Very little is known about the magazine, and it is not even clear how many issues there were. The numbering of the October 1936 issue as v1 #9 suggests two further issues between May 1935 and October 1936, but none have ever been located.

Murder Mysteries
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, October 1934 (Associated Authors, Inc., 20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, January 1935 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, February 1935 (Associated Authors, Inc., 20¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, March 1935 (20¢, pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, April 1935 (20¢, pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, May 1935 (20¢, pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) (Contents) (Placeholder)

Detective and Murder Mysteries
Title changed from Murder Mysteries. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #9, October 1936 (Associated Authors, 15¢, 96pp, large pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #10, December 1936 (Associated Authors, 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by W. Darr) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, February 1937 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, April 1937 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, May 1937 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, July 1937 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, September 1937 (Shade Printing Co., Inc., 15¢, 96pp, large pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, November 1937 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, January 1938 (15¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v3 #2, May 1938 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)

Murder Shorts    (about)
Small pamphlet magazine issued just after the end of the Second World War when paper rationing was at its height. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ 1st Selection, (February 1946) (Gerald G. Swan, 7d, 36pp, 5.5" x 8.5") (Contents)
• ___ 2nd Selection, (1946) (Gerald G. Swan, 5.5" x 8.5") (Contents) (Placeholder)

Murder Stories    (about)
Short-lived pulp magazine published by Harold Hersey about which little is known. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, July-August 1931 (Good Story Magazine Co., Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by Ray Wardell) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, September-October 1931 (pulp, cover by Walter M. Baumhofer) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, November-December 1931 (Good Story Magazine Co., Inc., 20¢, 6+84pp, pulp, cover by Kirchner) (Contents)

Murderous Intent    (about)
Semi-professional magazine with a mix of fiction, interviews, and nonfiction articles. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, Spring 1995 (Madison Publishing Company, $3.95, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, Summer (July/August/September) 1995 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.00, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, Fall (October/November/December) 1995 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.00, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, Winter (January/February/March) 1996 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.00, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, Spring 1996 (Madison Publishing Company; Vancouver, WA, 64pp+, quarto, cover by Anon.) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, Summer 1996 (Madison Publishing Company; Vancouver, WA, $5.00, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, Fall 1996 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.00, 64pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, Winter 1997 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.00, 64pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, Spring 1997 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.00, 64pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, Summer 1997 (Madison Publishing Company; Vancouver, WA, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, Fall 1997 (Madison Publishing Company; Vancouver, WA, $5.95, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, Winter 1998 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.95, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, Spring 1998 (Madison Publishing Company; Vancouver, WA, $5.95, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, Summer/Fall 1998 (Madison Publishing Company; Vancouver, WA, $5.95, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #4, Winter 1998 (Madison Publishing Company, $5.95, 64pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #1, Spring 1999 (Madison Publishing Company; Vancouver, WA, $5.95, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #2, Summer 1999 (Madison Publishing Company; Vancouver, WA, $5.95, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #3, Fall 1999 (Madison Publishing Company; Vancouver, WA, $5.95, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #4, Winter 1999 (Madison Publishing Company; Vancouver, WA, $5.95, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)

Mysterious Suspense Stories    (about)
• ___ #1, September 2016 (Rainfall Books, £4.00, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #2, October 2016 (Rainfall Books, £4.00, 36pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #3, June 2017 (Rainfall Books, £4.00, 40pp, A5) (Contents)
• ___ #4, April 2018 (Rainfall Books, £4.00, 40pp, A5) (Contents)

Mystery (1932)    (about)
--- see under The Illustrated Detective Magazine.

Mystery:    (about)
Mystery started in 1979 as a limited-distribution title, shifting to a nationally-distributed, slick, quarto-sized, magazine in January 1981. After 9 issues it converted to a digest, closing after a further two issues.

Mystery
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, November/December 1979 (Mystery, $2.00, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, March/April 1980 (Mystery; Los Angeles, CA, $2.00, 64pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, June/July 1980 ($2.00, 60pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, January 1981 (Mystery; Los Angeles, CA, $2.00, 64pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, March 1981 (Mystery; Los Angeles, CA, $2.00, 64pp, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, May 1981 (Mystery; Los Angeles, CA, $2.00, 64pp, quarto) (Contents)

Mystery Magazine
Title changed from Mystery. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v3 #1, #7, July 1981 (Mystery Magazine, Inc., $2.00, 64pp+, quarto, cover by Don Diekmann) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, #8, September 1981 (Glendale, CA, $2.00, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, #9, January 1982 (Mystery Magazine, Inc., $2.00, 64pp+, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, #10, April 1982 (Mystery Magazine, Inc., $1.95, 96pp+, digest, cover by Thomas Warkentin) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, #11, July 1982 (Mystery Magazine, Inc., $1.95, 96pp+, digest) (Contents)

Mystery and Detection    (about)
One of several pulp reprint magazines issued by World’s Work as a spin-off from the Master Thriller series where the first Tales of Mystery and Detection had appeared in March 1934. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, 1934 (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #2, 1934 (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, April 1935 (1/-, 124pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, May 1935 (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, June 1935 (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, July 1935 (World’s Work (1913) Limited, 1/-, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, August 1935 (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, September 1935 (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, October 1935 (1/-, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)

Mystery Book Magazine:    (about)
Mystery Book Magazine started life as a high quality digest magazine that achieved very positive reviews, but disappointing sales. It started as a monthly in 1945, dropped back to a bi-monthly in schedule in 1947 and then in August 1947 dropped to a quarterly schedule and changed to a pulp format. After three years, with its fortunes failing, it changed its name dramatically to Giant Detective but folded after a mere two issues under that name.

Mystery Book Magazine
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, July 1945 (William H. Wise & Co., Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, August 1945 (William H. Wise & Co., Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, September 1945 (William H. Wise & Co., Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, October 1945 (William H. Wise & Co., Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, November 1945 (William H. Wise & Co., Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, December 1945 (William H. Wise & Co., Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, January 1946 (William H. Wise & Co., Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, February 1946 (William H. Wise & Co., Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1 (No. 9), March 1946 (Mystery Club, Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2 (No. 10), April 1946 (Mystery Club, Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3 (No. 11), May 1946 (Mystery Club, Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4 (No. 12), July 1946 (Mystery Club, Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1 (No. 13), August 1946 (Mystery Club, Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2 (No. 14), September 1946 (Mystery Club, Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3 (No. 15), October 1946 (Mystery Club, Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #4 (No. 16), November 1946 (Mystery Club, Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #1 (No. 17), January 1947 (Mystery Club, Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #2 (No. 18), March 1947 (Mystery Club, Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #3 (No. 19), May 1947 (Mystery Club, Inc., 25¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #1, Fall 1947 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 162pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #2, Winter 1948 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 162pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #3, Spring 1948 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #1, Summer 1948 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 196pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #2, Fall 1948 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 196pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #3, Winter 1948 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #1, Spring 1949 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #2, Spring 1949 (25¢, 162pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #3, Summer 1949 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 162pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #1, Fall 1949 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #2, Winter 1950 (25¢, 146pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #3, Spring 1950 (25¢, 146pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #1, Summer 1950 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 146pp, pulp) (Contents)

Giant Detective
Title changed from Mystery Book Magazine. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v10 #2, Fall 1950 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #3, Winter 1951 (Best Publications, 25¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) (Contents)

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