Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Magazines, Listed by Title

Thrilling Mystery (Canada):    (about)
Canadian reprint edition of Thrilling Mystery (Novel Magazine).

Thrilling Mystery (Canada)
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v19 #3, July 1943 (15¢, 112pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v19 #4, October 1943 (The American News Company, Ltd., 15¢, 112pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v20 #2, January 1944 (The American News Company, Ltd., 15¢, 112pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v20 #3, April 1944 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ July 1944 (15¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ January 1945 (15¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)

Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine (Canada)
Title changed from Thrilling Mystery (Canada). (Pub. Info.)
• ___ Summer 1945 (Publication Enterprises Ltd., 98pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ November 1945 (15¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ January 1946 (15¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ March 1946 (15¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v25 #1, May 1946 (Pines Publications Limited, 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ Summer 1946 (15¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ November 1946 (10¢, 116pp, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)

Detective Mystery Novel Magazine (Canada)
Title changed from Thrilling Mystery Novel Magazine (Canada).
• ___ v29 #1, Winter 1949 (pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v29 #2, Spring 1949 (pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)

Thrill Shorts    (about)
Small pamphlet magazines issued just after the end of the Second World War when paper rationing was at its height. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ 1st Collection (Gerald G. Swan, 7d, 36pp, 5" x 8") (Contents)
• ___ #2 (Gerald G. Swan, 7d, 36pp, 5" x 8") (Contents)

Thuglit    (about)
Small press hardcore noir crime magazine that had an earlier existence as an online zine from 2005 to 2009. Website: www.thuglit.com. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, September/October 2012 (Thuglit Publishing, $5.99, 132pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #2, November/December 2012 (Thuglit Publishing, $5.99, 138pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #3, January/February 2013 (Thuglit Publishing, $5.99, 140pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #4, March/April 2013 (Thuglit Publishing, $5.99, 126pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #5, May/June 2013 (Thuglit Publishing, $5.99, 132pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #6, July/August 2013 (Thuglit Publishing, $5.99, 116pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #7, September/October 2013 (Thuglit Publishing, $5.99, 128pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #8, November/December 2013 (Thuglit Publishing, $5.99, 128pp, pb, cover by Beth Steidle) (Contents)
• ___ #9, January/February 2014 (ThuglitPublishing, $5.99, 150pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #10, March/April 2014 (ThuglitPublishing, $5.99, 150pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #11, May/June 2014 (Thuglit Publishing, $5.99, 150pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #12, July/August 2014 (Thuglit Publishing, $6.50, 138pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #13, September/October 2014 (Thuglit Publishing, $6.50, 128pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #14, November/December 2014 (Thuglit Publishing, $6.50, 158pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #15, January/February 2015 (Thuglit Publishing, $6.50, 132pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #16, March/April 2015 (Thuglit Publishing, $6.50, 136pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #17, May/June 2015 (Thuglit Publishing, $6.50, 150pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #18, July/August 2015 (Thuglit Publishing, $6.50, 132pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #19, September/October 2015 (Thuglit Publishing, $6.50, 136pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #20, November/December 2015 (Thuglit Publishing, $6.50, 136pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #21, January/February 2016 (Thuglit Publishing, $6.50, 132pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ #22, March/April 2016 (Thuglit Publishing, $6.99, 144pp, pb) (Contents)
• ___ Last Writes, June 2016 (Thuglit Publishing, $11.99, 194pp, pb) (Contents)

Tightrope!    (about)
Although published long after the demise of the pulp magazine, Tightrope! hoped to gain from the publicity of a popular television series of the same name. The pulp size and format was an anachronism and, despite the better-than-average run of contemporary crime-adventure stories, the magazine folded after only four issues. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, April 1960 (Great American Publications, Inc., 35¢, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, May 1960 (35¢, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, June 1960 (35¢, quarto) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, August 1960 (35¢, quarto) (Contents)

Top Detective Annual    (about)
Annual pulp, reprinting mystery fiction by well-known writers from other Standard Magazines titles. While rumours exist of a 1950 issue it has never been located and was probably not published. Volume 1 #2 was the first issue registered for copyright. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, 1950 (20¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v1 #2, 1951 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, 1952 (Best Books, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by Samuel Cherry) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, 1953 (Best Books, Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)

Top-Notch Detective    (about)
Little is known about this magazine which promised “12 Smashing Murder Stories” in each issue. It began with vol.2 no.5 and so presumably replaced an earlier title, but it is not known what. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v2 #5, September 1938 (Western Fiction Publishing Co., Inc., 10¢, 114pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, December 1938 (Western Fiction Publishing, 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, March 1939 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)

Tough Stories Magazine    (about)
A crudely (hand) assembled digest-sized magazine, with pages stapled together (without spine, seemingly as issued), official page numbers penned over printed numbers, some pages crossed out (much like an uncorrected proof). It is unclear if this was ever offered for sale.
• ___ v1 #1, January 1956 (130pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, February 1956 (126pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, March 1956 (126pp, digest) (Contents)

Trapped Detective Story Magazine    (about)
Guilty Detective Story Magazine and Trapped Detective Story Magazine were companion magazines launched by Feature Publications in June/July 1956. Both determined to show that the spirit of the 1940s detective pulp magazines was still alive and well in the 1950s, albeit in a digest format. Guilty Detective Story Magazine ran for 35 issues and Trapped Detective Story Magazine for 34 issues, initially alternating on a bi-monthly schedule. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, June 1956 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, August 1956 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, October 1956 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, December 1956 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, February 1957 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, April 1957 (Headline Publications Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, June 1957 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, August 1957 (Headline Publications Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, October 1957 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, December 1957 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, February 1958 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, April 1958 (Headline Publications Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, June 1958 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, August 1958 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, October 1958 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, December 1958 (Headline Publications Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #5, February 1959 (Headline Publications Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Will Hulsey) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #6, April 1959 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, June 1959 (Headline Publications Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, August 1959 (Headline Publications Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, October 1959 (Headline Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #4, December 1959 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #5, February 1960 (Headline Publications Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #6, May 1960 (Headline Publications Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #1, August 1960 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #2, November 1960 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #3, February 1961 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #4, May 1961 (Headline Publications Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #1, August 1961 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #2, November 1961 (Headline Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #3, February 1962 (35¢, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #4, May 1962 (digest, cover by Robert Maguire) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #1, August 1962 (Headline Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #2, November 1962 (Headline Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest, cover by Robert Maguire) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #3, February 1963 (Headline Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)

Triangle Quarterly    (about)
Pulp magazine that reprinted contents of various US pulps of various genres. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ Summer (May-July) 1942 (American News Company, Limited; Toronto, 25¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ Spring (March-May) 1943 (American News Company, Limited; Toronto, 25¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ Spring 1945 (American News Company, Limited; Toronto, 25¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ Fall 1945 (American News Company, Limited; Toronto, 25¢, pulp) (Contents)

Triple Action Detective Tales
--- see under New All-Action Stories.

Triple Detective    (about)
As the name implied, Triple Detective presented “three complete detective novels” in each issue. It ran for 35 issues between 1947 and 1955 and was relaunched in January 2008 with issues dated from Winter 1956. Website: www.altuspress.com. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, Spring 1947 (25¢, 196pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, Summer 1947 (25¢, 196pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, Fall 1947 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, Winter 1948 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, Spring 1948 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 194pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, Summer 1948 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, Fall 1948 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, Winter 1949 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, Spring 1949 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, Summer 1949 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 162pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, Fall 1949 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 162pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #3, Winter 1950 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #1, Spring 1950 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #2, Summer 1950 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #3, Fall 1950 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #1, Winter 1951 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #2, Spring 1951 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #3, Summer 1951 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #1, Fall 1951 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #2, Winter 1952 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #3, Spring 1952 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #1, Summer 1952 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #2, Fall 1952 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #3, Winter 1953 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 146pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #1, Spring 1953 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 146pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #2, Summer 1953 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #3, Fall 1953 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #1, Winter 1954 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #2, Spring 1954 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #3, Summer 1954 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #1, Fall 1954 (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #2, Winter 1955 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #3, Spring 1955 (Best Publications, 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #1, Summer 1955 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #2, Fall 1955 (25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #1, April 2008 (v12 #3, Winter 1956) (Altus Press, $14.95, 96pp, tp) (Contents)
• ___ #2, July 2008 (v12 #4, Spring 1956) (Altus Press, $14.95, 146pp, tp) (Contents)
• ___ #3, March 2009 (v13 #1, Summer 1956) (Altus Press, $14.95, 128pp, tp) (Contents)
• ___ #4, February 2010 (v13 #2, Fall 1956) (Altus Press, $14.95, 128pp, tp) (Contents)

Triple Detective (Canada)    (about)
Canadian reprint edition of Triple Detective. Number of issues published not known.

Triple Detective Novels    (about)
British reprint edition of both Triple Detective and Five Detective Novels interleaved. The precise title seemed to vary from issue to issue. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, 195? (9d, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #2, 195? (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 9d, 64pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #3, 195? (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 1/-, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #4, 195? (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 1/-, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #5, 195? (Pemberton’s of Manchester, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #6, 195? (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 9d, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #7, 195? (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 9d, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #8, 195? (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 9d, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ #9, 195? (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 9d, pulp) (Contents)

True Gang Life    (about)
True Gang Life was another of the pulps that cashed in on the brief popularity of gangster stories. It is unclear how many issues were published. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, November 1934 (Associated Authors, 20¢, 96pp, large pulp, cover by Raymond Thayer) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, January 1935 (Associated Authors, 20¢, 96pp, large pulp, cover by Raymond Thayer) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, February 1935 (large pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, April 1935 (15¢, large pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, May 1935 (15¢, large pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, June 1935 (15¢, large pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v1 #7, July 1935 (15¢, large pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #8, October 1935 (15¢, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #9, November 1935 (15¢, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #10, February 1936 (Associated Authors Inc., 15¢, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #2, April 1936? (15¢, large pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #3, June 1936? (15¢, large pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #4, September 1936 (Associated Authors, 15¢, 96pp, large pulp, cover by W. Darr) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, November 1936 (15¢, large pulp, cover by Walter Darr) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v2 #6, January 1937 (15¢, large pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v2 #7, March 1937 (15¢, large pulp, cover by Walter Darr) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #8, June 1937 (15¢, large pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #9, August 1937 (Associated Authors Inc., 15¢, large pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #10, October 1937 (15¢, large pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #11, December 1937 (96pp, large pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #12, March 1938 (Combined Publications, Inc., 15¢, large pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #13, June 1938 (15¢, large pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)

True Gangster Stories (1939)    (about)
--- see under Double-Action Gang Magazine.

True Gangster Stories (1941)    (about)
Despite the title True Gangster Stories was mainly fiction. It had two separate short runs, each beginning with Vol. 1 No. 1, even though the title had previously been used for the final issue of Double-Action Gang Magazine. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, February 1941 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, July 1941 (15¢, 112pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #1, February 1942 (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, April 1942 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, June 1942 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, August 1942 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)

True Gangster Stories (UK) (1939)    (about)
British reprint edition of True Gangster Stories. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v2 #4, October 1939 (pulp) (Contents)

True Gangster Stories (UK) (1942)    (about)
British reprint edition of True Gangster Stories. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ ca. 1942 (Gerald G. Swan Ltd., 6d, 48pp, pulp) (Contents)