Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Magazines, Listed by Title

Austin Layman’s Crimestalker Casebook
--- see under Crimestalker Casebook.

Avon Detective Mysteries    (about)
Arguably a reprint anthology like Avon Fantasy Reader, though it carried a few new stories. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, March 1947 (25¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #2, 1947 (25¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ #3, 1947 (25¢, digest) (Contents)

Baffling Detective Mysteries    (about)
Short-lived sensationalist crime fiction magazine, superseded by the true crime magazine Baffling Detective Fact Cases. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, March 1943 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, May 1943 (Baffling Mysteries, Inc., 25¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by George James) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, July 1943 (25¢, 114pp, large pulp, cover by George James) (Contents)

Banner Mysteries    (about)
While usually regarded as a book series, some authorities consider this a magazine because of the presence of a second story, by a different author, in the first “issue”. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, March 1945 (Fact and Fiction Publications, 25¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Mac Raboy) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, April 1945 (Fact and Fiction Publications, 25¢, 129pp, digest) (Contents)

Bedside Detective Casebook    (about)
--- see under Detective Casebook.

Best Detective    (about)
Seemingly a one-shot pulp by Exclusive Detective Stories. Not to be confused with the long-running Best Detective Magazine from the 1930s. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, December 1947 (Exclusive Detective Stories, Inc., 25¢, 132pp, pulp) (Contents)

Best Detective Magazine:    (about)
As Best Detective Magazine the magazine was predominantly reprint, but after 95 issues it was relaunched, in November 1937, as Crime Busters featuring “all new stories” mainly with series characters such as The Gadget Man and The Death Angel. However, this only lasted for 24 issues and in November 1939 the magazine was relaunched again, this time as Street & Smith’s Mystery Magazine, dropping the most colourful of the series characters. This final incarnation lasted for only 26 issues before the magazine finally folded during World War II.

Best Detective Magazine
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, November 1929 (20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, December 1929 (20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, January 1930 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, February 1930 (20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, March 1930 (20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, April 1930 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, May 1930 (20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, June 1930 (20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, July 1930 (20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, August 1930 (20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, September 1930 (20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, October 1930 (20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, November 1930 (20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, December 1930 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, January 1931 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, February 1931 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #5, March 1931 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #6, April 1931 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, May 1931 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, June 1931 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, July 1931 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #4, August 1931 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #5, September 1931 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #6, October 1931 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #1, November 1931 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 15¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #2, December 1931 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 15¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #3, January 1932 (15¢, pulp, cover by John Falter) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #4, February 1932 (15¢, pulp, cover by John Drew) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #5, March 1932 (15¢, pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #6, April 1932 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #1, May 1932 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #2, June 1932 (20¢, pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #3, July 1932 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #4, August 1932 (20¢, pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #5, September 1932 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #6, October 1932 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #1, November 1932 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #2, December 1932 (20¢, pulp, cover by John A. Coughlin) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #3, January 1933 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #4, February 1933 (20¢, pulp, cover by John Drew) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #5, March 1933 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #6, April 1933 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #1, May 1933 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #2, June 1933 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #3, July 1933 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #4, August 1933 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by John Drew) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #5, September 1933 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #6, October 1933 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #1, November 1933 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #2, December 1933 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #3, January 1934 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #4, February 1934 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #5, March 1934 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #6, April 1934 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #1, May 1934 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #2, June 1934 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #3, July 1934 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #4, August 1934 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #5, September 1934 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #6, October 1934 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #1, November 1934 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by John Drew) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #2, December 1934 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #3, January 1935 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #4, February 1935 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #5, March 1935 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #6, April 1935 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #1, May 1935 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #2, June 1935 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #3, July 1935 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 20¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #4, August 1935 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #5, September 1935 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #6, October 1935 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #1, November 1935 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #2, December 1935 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #3, January 1936 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #4, February 1936 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #5, March 1936 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #6, April 1936 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #1, May 1936 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #2, June 1936 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #3, July 1936 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #4, August 1936 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #5, September 1936 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #6, October 1936 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v15 #1, November 1936 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v15 #2, December 1936 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v15 #3, January 1937 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v15 #4, February 1937 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v15 #5, March 1937 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v15 #6, April 1937 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v16 #1, May 1937 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v16 #2, June 1937 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v16 #3, July 1937 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v16 #4, August 1937 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v16 #5, September 1937 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)

Crime Busters
Title changed from Best Detective Magazine. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, November 1937 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, December 1937 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, January 1938 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, February 1938 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, March 1938 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, April 1938 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, May 1938 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, June 1938 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, July 1938 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, August 1938 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, September 1938 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, October 1938 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, November 1938 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, December 1938 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, January 1939 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, February 1939 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #5, March 1939 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #6, April 1939 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Modest Stein) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, May 1939 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, June 1939 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Frank Schweinsberger) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, July 1939 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Graves Gladney) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #4, August 1939 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Hubert Rogers) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #5, September 1939 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by W. Neff) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #6, October 1939 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Lawrence Toney) (Contents)

Street & Smith’s Mystery Magazine
Title changed from Crime Busters. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v5 #1, November 1939 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Graves Gladney) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #2, December 1939 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Dan Osher) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #3, January 1940 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Robert Stanley) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #4, February 1940 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Graves Gladney) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #5, March 1940 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Modest Stein) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #6, April 1940 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Lawrence Toney) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #1, May 1940 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Modest Stein) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #2, June 1940 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #3, July 1940 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by John A. Coughlin) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #4, September 1940 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by W. D. Stevens) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #5, November 1940 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Graves Gladney) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #6, January 1941 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #1, March 1941 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #2, May 1941 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #3, July 1941 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #4, September 1941 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #5, November 1941 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #6, January 1942 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #1, March 1942 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #2, May 1942 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #3, July 1942 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #4, September 1942 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 15¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #5, November 1942 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #6, January 1943 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #1, March 1943 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #2, May 1943 (Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) (Contents)

Best Detective Magazine (Canada)    (about)
Canadian reprint edition of Best Detective Magazine. Number of issues published not known.
• ___ August 1936 (pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)

Bestseller Mystery Magazine    (about)
Continuation of the Bestseller Library and Bestseller Mystery series which, for the first 209 issues, featured either full-length or abridged mystery novels. With issue Number 210 the title changed to Bestseller Mystery Magazine and each issue contained additional short stories. It is likely that most or all of the lead novels were abridged. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, #210, July 1958 (35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, #211, September 1958 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, #212, November 1958 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, #213, January 1959 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, #214, March 1959 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, #215, May 1959 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #7, #216, July 1959 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #8, #217, September 1959 (35¢, 132pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #9, #218, November 1959 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, #219, January 1960 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, #220, March 1960 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, #221, May 1960 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, #222, July 1960 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, #223, September 1960 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, #224, November 1960 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, #225, February 1961 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, #226, April 1961 (35¢, digest, cover by Alfred Taggart) (Contents)

Betty Fedora    (about)
• ___ #1, 2015 ($7.99, 134pp, tp) (Contents)
• ___ #2, (November) 2015 ($7.99, 152pp, tp) (Contents)
• ___ #3, Fall 2016 ($7.99, 128pp, tp) (Contents)
• ___ #4, 2017 ($7.99, 94pp, tp) (Contents)

Big-Book Detective Magazine    (about)
Big-Book Detective Magazine was launched as a companion to Big-Book Western Magazine, but was much less successful, lasting for a mere eight issues. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, December 1941 (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, 130pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, February 1942 (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, 130pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, April 1942 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, June 1942 (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, August 1942 (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, 130pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, October 1942 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, December 1942 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, February 1943 (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, 130pp+, pulp) (Contents)