Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Magazines, Listed by Title

Twelve Stories Detective Tales
Mike Cook, in Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, says this was a pulp magazine that commenced in March 1942, but provides no details of it and no copy has been located. It is believed to be a misreading of the cover of Detective Tales magazine, which frequently had “twelve stories” as a description above the title.

Two-Books Detective Magazine:
Initially reprinting “Two $2.00 Mystery Novels” as Two-Books Detective Magazine, the magazine changed slightly with the third issue to Two-Book Detective Magazine with a tagline of “Two Full-Length Mystery Novels”, each of which was original. After a couple of issues this expanded to “Four Full-Length Mystery Novels” which made nonsense of the title, so that was changed a few issues later to New Detective Magazine.

Two-Books Detective Magazine
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, Summer 1933 (Two-Books Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, Autumn 1933 (Two-Books Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 144pp+, pulp) (Contents)

Two-Book Detective Magazine
Title changed from Two-Books Detective Magazine. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #3, December 1933-January 1934 (15¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, February-March 1934 (15¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, May 1934 (Two-Books Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 144pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, July 1934 (15¢, 144pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #7, September 1934 (Two-Books Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 122pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #8, November 1934 (15¢, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #9, January 1935 (Two-Books Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)

New Detective Magazine
Title changed from Two-Book Detective Magazine. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #10, March 1935 (Two-Books Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, May 1935 (Two-Books Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, July 1935 (Two-Books Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, September 1935 (Two-Books Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, December 1935 (Two-Books Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)

Two-Book Detective Magazine (Canada):    (about)
Canadian reprint edition of Two-Book Detective Magazine/New Detective Magazine. Other issues probably exist.

Two-Book Detective Magazine (Canada)
• ___ December 1933-January 1934 (20¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)

New Detective Magazine (Canada)
Title changed from Two-Book Detective Magazine (Canada).
• ___ v2 #3, September 1935 (Two-Books Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)

2 Book Mystery Magazine    (about)
Although implying that it reprinted two full-length, published, novels in each issue, to compete with other similar magazines on the newsstand, 2 Book Mystery Magazine actually reprinted novelettes from other pulps, particularly Private Detective Stories and folded after only two issues. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, February 1946 (Golden Willow Press, Inc., 25¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, June 1946 (25¢, digest) (Contents)

Two Complete Detective Books    (about)
Two Complete Detective Books was one of the precursors of book clubs in that it afforded the general public current, full-length, fiction in the mystery/detective field at a low price. Including two complete novels in each issue it ran for 76 issues from 1939 to 1953. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, Winter 1939 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #2, Summer 1939 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #3, Fall 1939 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #4, Winter 1939-40 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #5, Spring 1940 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #6, Summer 1940 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #7, Fall 1940 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #8, Winter 1940 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #9, Spring 1941 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #10, Summer 1941 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #11, Fall 1941 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #12, Winter 1941 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #13, Spring 1942 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #14, Summer 1942 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #15, Fall 1942 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #16, Winter 1942 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #17, January 1943 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #18, February 1943 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #19, March 1943 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #20, April 1943 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #21, July 1943 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #22, September 1943 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #23, November 1943 (Real Adventures Pub. Co., Inc., 25¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #24, January 1944 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #25, March 1944 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #26, May 1944 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #27, July 1944 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #28, September 1944 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #29, November 1944 (Real Adventures Pub. Co., Inc., 25¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #30, January 1945 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #31, March 1945 (Fiction House, 25¢, 164pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #32, May 1945 (Fiction House, 25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #33, July 1945 (Real Adventures Pub. Co., Inc., 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #34, September 1945 (Fiction House, 25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #35, November 1945 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #36, January 1946 (Fiction House, 25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #37, March 1946 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #38, May 1946 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #39, July 1946 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #40, September 1946 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #41, November 1946 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #42, January 1947 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #43, March 1947 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #44, May 1947 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #45, July 1947 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #46, September 1947 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #47, November 1947 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #48, January 1948 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #49, March 1948 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #50, May 1948 (Real Adventures Pub. Co., Inc., 25¢, 160pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #51, July 1948 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #52, September 1948 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #53, November 1948 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #54, January 1949 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #55, March 1949 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #56, May 1949 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #57, July 1949 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #58, September 1949 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #59, November 1949 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #60, January 1950 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #61, March 1950 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #62, May 1950 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #63, July 1950 (25¢, 176pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #64, September 1950 (25¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #65, November 1950 (25¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #66, January 1951 (25¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #67, March 1951 (Real Adventures Pub. Co., Inc., 25¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #68, Summer 1951 (25¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #69, Winter 1951 (25¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #70, Spring 1952 (25¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #71, Summer 1952 (25¢, 112pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #72, Winter 1952 (35¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #73, Spring 1953 (35¢, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #74, Summer 1953 (35¢, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #75, Winter 1953-54 (35¢, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ #76, Spring 1954 (35¢, 144pp, pulp) (Contents)

2 Detective Mystery Novels Magazine    (about)
--- see under Thrilling Mystery.

Two-Fisted Detective Stories (1950s)    (about)
Two-Fisted Detective Stories was another of the action-packed, violent, crime-adventure fiction magazines of the mid-1950s which added large measures of brutal sex to rough and ruthless tales of murder and mayhem. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, June 1959 (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, July 1959 (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, September 1959 (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, December 1959 (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, January 1960 (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, March 1960 (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, June 1960 (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 112pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, August 1960 (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 112pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, October 1960 (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 112pp, digest) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, December 1960 (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 112pp, digest) (Contents)

Two-Fisted Detective Stories (1980s)    (about)
The first issue was devoted entirely to Robert E. Howard, but the second issue contained a selection of fiction from other authors. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ #1, May 1984 (Cryptic Publications, $4.50, 72pp, ph, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) (Contents)
• ___ #2, November 1988 (Cryptic Publications, 56pp, ph, cover by Jim Morrison) (Contents)

Undercover Detective    (about)
Short-lived magazine featuring a gripping action novel about “Conway Clark, International Undercover Ace” in each issue, as well as several other short stories and novelettes. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, December 1938 (Double Action Magazines, Inc., 10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, February 1939 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, April 1939 (10¢, pulp) (Contents)

The Underworld:    (about)
Despite the title, The Underworld featured better than average action crime stories, mainly by authors unknown today, most initially reprinted from other Munsey titles. Launched in 1927 it ran for 93 issues under a variety of title variations before folding in 1935.

The Underworld
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, May 1927 (J. Thomas Wood, 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, June 1927 (J. Thomas Wood, 25¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, July 1927 (25¢, 128pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, August 1927 (J. Thomas Wood, 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #5, September 1927 (15¢, 96pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #6, October 5, 1927 (J. Thomas Wood, 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, October 20, 1927 (J. Thomas Wood, 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, November 5, 1927 (pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, November 20, 1927 (pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, December 5, 1927 (pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, December 20, 1927 (J. Thomas Wood, 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, January 5, 1928 (pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, January 20, 1928 (J. Thomas Wood, 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, February 1928 (J. Thomas Wood, 15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #3, March 1928 (pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, April 1928 (J. Thomas Wood, 15¢, 112pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #5, May 1928 (pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #6, June 1928 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, July 1928 (pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, August 1928 (pulp) (Contents)

The Underworld Magazine
Title changed from The Underworld. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v4 #3, December 1928 (Magazine Publishers Inc., 20¢, 96pp+, pulp, cover by Joseph Doolin) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #1, February 1929 (Magazine Publishers, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by Joseph Doolin) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #2, March 1929 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #3, April 1929 (Magazine Publishers, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by R. C. Wardel) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #4, May 1929 (20¢, pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v6 #1, June 1929 (Magazine Publishers, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by W. C. Brigham) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #2, July 1929 (Magazine Publishers, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by W. C. Brigham) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #3, August 1929 (Magazine Publishers, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by R. C. Wardel) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #4, September 1929 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #5, October 1929 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #1, November 1929 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #2, December 1929 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #3, January 1930 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #4, February 1930 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #1, March 1930 (Carwood Publishing Company, 20¢, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #2, April 1930 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #3, May 1930 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #4, June 1930 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #1, July 1930 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #2, August 1930 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #3, September 1930 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #4, October 1930 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #1, November 1930 (20¢, pulp, cover by Arnold Lorne Hicks) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #2, December 1930 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp, cover by Arnold Lorne Hicks) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #3, January 1931 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #4, February 1931 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #1, March 1931 (20¢, pulp, cover by Arnold Lorne Hicks) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #2, April 1931 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #3, May 1931 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #4, June 1931 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #1, July 1931 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #2, August 1931 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #3, September 1931 (20¢, 108pp, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #4, October 1931 (Carwood Publishing Company, 20¢, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #1, November 1931 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #2, December 1931 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #3, January 1932 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #4, February 1932 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #1, March 1932 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #2, April 1932 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #3, May 1932 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #4, June 1932 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v15 #1, July 1932 (Carwood Publishing Company, 20¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Lyman Anderson) (Contents)
• ___ v15 #2, September 1932 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp, cover by Lyman Anderson) (Contents)
• ___ v15 #3, October 1932 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp, cover by Lyman Anderson) (Contents)
• ___ v15 #4, November 1932 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp, cover by Lyman Anderson) (Contents)
• ___ v16 #1, December 1932 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp, cover by Lyman Anderson) (Contents)
• ___ v16 #2, January 1933 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v16 #3, March 1933 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp, cover by Lyman Anderson) (Contents)
• ___ v16 #4, April 1933 (Carwood Publishing Company, 20¢, 128pp+, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v17 #1, May 1933 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Lyman Anderson) (Contents)
• ___ v17 #2, June 1933 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp, cover by Bertram Glover) (Contents)
• ___ v17 #3, July 1933 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp, cover by Lyman Anderson) (Contents)
• ___ v17 #4, August 1933 (20¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v18 #1, September 1933 (20¢, pulp, cover by Lyman Anderson) (Contents)
• ___ v18 #2, October 1933 (Carwood Publishing Company, 20¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Lyman Anderson) (Contents)
• ___ v18 #3, November 1933 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp, cover by Lyman Anderson) (Contents)
• ___ v18 #4, December 1933 (Carwood Publishing Company, 20¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Lyman Anderson) (Contents)
• ___ v19 #1, February 1934 (Carwood Publishing Co., 20¢, pulp, cover by Lyman Anderson) (Contents)
• ___ v19 #2, March 1934 (Carwood Publishing Co., 15¢, pulp, cover by Lyman Anderson) (Contents)
• ___ v19 #3, July 1934 (Carwood Publishing Company, 15¢, pulp, cover by Lyman Anderson) (Contents)
• ___ v20 #1, September 1934 (15¢, pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v20 #2, November 1934 (Carwood Publishing Company, 15¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by George Wilson) (Contents)
• ___ v20 #3, January 1935 (Carwood Publishing Company, 15¢, pulp, cover by George Wilson) (Contents)
• ___ v20 #4, February 1935 (Carwood Publishing Company, 15¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by George Wilson) (Contents)
• ___ v21 #1, March 1935 (Carwood Publishing Company, 15¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by George Wilson) (Contents)

The Underworld Detective
Title changed from The Underworld Magazine. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v21 #2, April 1935 (Carwood Publishing Company, 15¢, pulp, cover by George Wilson) (Contents)
• ___ v21 #3, May 1935 (15¢, pulp, cover by Joe Sokoli) (Contents)
• ___ v21 #4, June 1935 (Carwood Publishing Company, 15¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by George Wilson) (Contents)
• ___ v22 #1, July 1935 (Carwood Publishing Company, 15¢, pulp, cover by George Wilson) (Contents)

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