Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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.

Publishers: Golden Willow Press, Inc.; 125 East 46th Street, New York 17, NY.

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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.

Publishers: Real Adventures Publishing Co., Inc.; 670 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY; and later at 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY; and later at 1658 Summer Street, Stanford, CT.

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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.

Publishers: Reese Publishing Co., Inc.; 1776 Broadway, New York 19, NY.

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