Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Black Mask (UK) [v7 #5, April 1950] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the September 1949 (US) issue. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 3 · Man’s Best Fiend · Robert Turner · na Black Mask Sep 1949 22 · The Slay’s the Thing · Phil Richards · ss Black Mask Sep 1949 31 · Murder Express · Hiawatha Jones · ss Black Mask Sep 1949 36 · Blackmail Backfire [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · nv Black Mask Sep 1949 49 · How Safe’s a Safe? · Joseph W. Quinn · ar Black Mask Sep 1949 50 · Not Necessarily Dead · Robert P. Toombs · nv Black Mask Sep 1949

Black Mask (UK) [v7 #6, May 1950] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 64pp+, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 3 · Dirge in Bolero Time [Clinton L. Colby] · Robert Martin · na Black Mask Jan 1950 20 · Death for a Dollar [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · ss Black Mask Jan 1950; not the same as the story of the same name in the March 1944 issue. 33 · Come Hell or Hot Water! · Tedd Thomey · ss Black Mask Jan 1950 40 · The Lady Grooms a Corpse · Bruno Fischer · nv Black Mask Jan 1950 51 · Swansong for an Ugly Duckling · Marian O’Hearn · nv Black Mask Jan 1950

Black Mask (UK) [v7 #7, June 1950] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the November 1949 (US) issue. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 3 · The 7th Pallbearer [Willie Carmody] · Robert C. Dennis · nv Black Mask Nov 1949 30 · Steal Your Own Grave · E. A. Morris · nv Black Mask Nov 1949 47 · Her Favorite Alibi · Julius Long · ss Black Mask Nov 1949 59 · Make with a Wake · John Krill · ss Black Mask Nov 1949

Black Mask (UK) [v7 #8, July 1950] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 64pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 2 · She, Me and Murder [Jim Bennett] · Robert Martin · na Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1948 21 · Death Comes Gift-Wrapped · William P. McGivern · ss Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1948 27 · Three Men and a Corpse · Victor K. Ray · ss Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1948 31 · The Hunter and the Hellcat · Frank Ward · nv Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1948 41 · Lethally Yours · Val Gendron · ss Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1948 46 · Sucker’s Fury · Henry Norton · nv Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1948 57 · Moonlight ’n’ Murder · Graham Goulden · ss Black Mask Nov 1949 64 · Bullets, Ballistics and Bloodshed · J. E. B. Cole · ar Black Mask Jan 1949

Black Mask (UK) [v7 #9, August 1950] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp) Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 2 · No Grave Has My Love · John D. MacDonald · nv Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1948 15 · Mr. Maddox’ Phony Finish [Mr. Maddox] · T. T. Flynn · na Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1948 32 · I Take This Doom · Raymond Drennen, Jr. · ss Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1948 39 · Meet Miss Murder [Jerry Duhan] · Philip Ketchum · nv Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1948 49 · How Dead Can You Get? · Robert Turner · ss Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1948 53 · Countess of Hades · E. V. Stevens · ar Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1948 54 · Homicide in a Hurry · B. J. Benson · nv Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1948

Black Mask (UK) [v7 #10, September 1950] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp) Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 2 · Slayer at Sea · Fred Lane · na Black Mask Mar 1950 27 · Drop Dead Twice · Hank Searls · ss Black Mask Mar 1950 34 · Skid-Row Slaughter · Bryce Walton · ss Black Mask Mar 1950 42 · Epitaph for an Eager Beaver · John P. Foran · ss Black Mask Mar 1950 50 · Hot-Rod Homicide · Dean Evans · nv Black Mask Mar 1950 64 · Crime, Murder, and Guns · J. E. B. Cole · ar Black Mask Mar 1949

Black Mask (UK) [v7 #11, October 1950] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp) Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 2 · Glitter Street Nightmare · Robert C. Dennis · nv Black Mask Detective May 1950 21 · Always Leave ’Em Dying · Jim T. Pearce · ss Black Mask Detective May 1950 27 · Murder Is the Best Policy · Albert Simmons · ss Black Mask Detective May 1950 39 · A Kill for the Bride · Robert P. Toombs · nv Black Mask Detective May 1950 60 · The Random Kee-Whango · Rufe Bakal · ss Black Mask Detective May 1950 64 · Court of Laughs · Harold Helfer · ar Black Mask Detective May 1950

Black Mask Detective (UK) Title changed from Black Mask (UK). Publishers: Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd.; 18 Bride Lane, London EC4: Black Mask Detective (UK)

Black Mask Detective (UK) [v7 #12, November 1950] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp) Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 2 · Yes, Sir, That’s My Slay Babe! · John D. MacDonald · nv Dime Detective Magazine May 1950 20 · Dizzy Doll Blues · Robert Turner · nv Dime Detective Magazine May 1950 33 · Hussies Prefer Homicide [Mike Trye] · Zale Herrington · na Dime Detective Magazine May 1950

Black Mask Detective (UK) [v8 #1, December 1950] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 64pp+, pulp) Partial reprint of the July 1950 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Lost in the Shrouds [Clinton L. Colby] · Robert Martin · nv Black Mask Detective Jul 1950 20 · Jukebox Jungle · John D. MacDonald · ss Black Mask Detective Jul 1950 33 · Shutterbug’s Long Shot · Harmon Bellamy · ss Black Mask Detective Jul 1950 35 · Nice Girls Don’t Murder · Hank Searls · ss Black Mask Detective Jul 1950 49 · Nine Kills to Paradise · Robert Turner · nv Black Mask Detective Jul 1950

Black Mask Detective (UK) [v8 #2, January 1951] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp) Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 2 · Excuse My Dust · Harold Lawlor · ss Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1950 11 · The Bloody Tide · Day Keene · nv Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1950 28 · College-Cut Kill · John D. MacDonald · nv Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1950 59 · Back Door to Hell · James Hall · ss Black Mask Sep 1949

Black Mask Detective (UK) [v8 #3, February 1951] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp) Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 2 · Don’t Kill, My Love · Paul Kolton · ss Black Mask Detective Sep 1950 13 · Murder’s Little Helper [Willie Carmody] · Robert C. Dennis · nv Black Mask Detective Sep 1950 42 · Patsy in Slaughter-Land [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · ss Black Mask Jul 1932, as “New Boss” 56 · A Matter of Timing · Larry J. Marcus · vi Black Mask Detective Sep 1950 58 · Mum’s the Corpse · R. M. F. Joses · ss Black Mask Detective Sep 1950 64 · Crime Quirks · Harold Helfer · ar Black Mask Mar 1950

Black Mask Detective (UK) [v8 #4, March 1951] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 64pp+, pulp) Kill and Make Up · Mel Colton · nv Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1950 Exclusive Sucker · Walter Snow · ss Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1950 There Was a Crooked Man · Talmage Powell · nv Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1950 Murder on the Make · Robert Martin · na Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1950 Mourner’s Bench · W. P. Brothers · ss Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1950

Black Mask Detective (UK) [v8 #5, April 1951] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 64pp+, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Tri-Kill Cutie · John D. MacDonald · na Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1950 32 · Slayers Burn Slow [Jim Bennett] · Robert Martin · nv Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1950 51 · A Bullet for Baby · Donn Mullally · nv Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1950 62 · Killer’s Luck · Raymond Drennen · ss Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1950

Black Mask Detective (UK) [v8 #6, May 1951] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the November 1950 (US) issue. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 2 · Disc-Jockey Dirge · Albert Simmons · ss Black Mask Detective Nov 1950 15 · Five O’Clock Shroud [Manville Moon] · Richard Deming · na Black Mask Detective Nov 1950 34 · Hell Is What You Make It · Robert Turner · ss Black Mask Detective Nov 1950 42 · Dead-End for Delia · William Campbell Gault · nv Black Mask Detective Nov 1950 50 · Die, Gypsy, Die! · Richard E. Glendinning · ss Black Mask Detective Nov 1950 56 · Jail Jokers · Harold Helfer · hu (r) 57 · Mayhem Patrol · John Bender · ss Black Mask Detective Nov 1950 64 · Prove It! · Julius Long · ms (r)

Black Mask Detective (UK) [v8 #7, June 1951] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the December 1950 issue of Dime Detective. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 2 · Slay, Maestro, Slay! · Robert Turner · na Dime Mystery Magazine Jan 1943, as “Music for the Murder Maestro” 27 · For Auld Lang Crime [Mike Blair] · Hank Searls · nv Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1950 44 · Her Perfect Frame [Buster Hardin] · Mel Colton · ss Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1950 52 · Sitting Duck Running Wild · Richard E. Glendinning · ss Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1950

Black Mask Detective (UK) [v8 #8, July 1951] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the March 1951 (US) issue, plus three stories from elsewhere. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 2 · For Better or for Death [Clinton L. Colby] · Robert Martin · na Black Mask Detective Mar 1951 18 · Let Me Tell It · Donald Barr Chidsey · ss Black Mask Jan 1934 26 · Win, Lose—or Kill · Mel Colton · nv Black Mask Detective Mar 1951 38 · Homicidal Hobby · Rufus Bakalor · ss Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1950 42 · Let’s All Die Together [Mike Blair] · Hank Searls · ss Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1950 61 · Murder—Paid in Advance · Talmage Powell · ss Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1950

Black Mask Detective (UK) [v8 #9, August 1951] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the August 1950 issue of Dime Detective, plus a single story from elsewhere. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 2 · Keep Your Money Side Up [Mike Blair] · Hank Searls · nv Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1950 18 · His Fatal Fling · John D. MacDonald · nv Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1950 31 · One Sweet Frame · Jonathan Craig · ss Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1950 36 · Corpse-Gathering Cutie [Johnny Rock] · Mel Colton · ss Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1950 45 · The Busy Body · John Granger · ss Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1950 54 · Death Was the Bride · H. Hassell Gross · ss Dime Detective Magazine Aug 1950 58 · Aces and Eights · Ellis G. Curtis · ss Black Mask Detective Sep 1950

Black Mask Detective (UK) [v8 #10, September 1951] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the May 1951 (US) issue, plus a single story from each of the March 1950 and May 1950 (US) issues. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 2 · Eye for an Eye · Charles Larson · ss Detective Tales May 1943 7 · Homicide Furlough · Hank Napheys · ss Detective Tales Mar 1942, as by Harry Widmer 15 · Pay Up or Die [Manville Moon] · Richard Deming · nv Black Mask Detective May 1951 35 · Dead Heroes Don’t Count · Donald Barr Chidsey · ss Black Mask Detective May 1951 48 · Dead-End Darling · Dorothy Dunn · ss Black Mask Detective May 1950 61 · Boozer Take All · Walter Snow · ss Black Mask Mar 1950 64 · Why Else? · [Various] · ms (r)

Black Mask Detective (UK) [v8 #11, October 1951] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 2 · The Paper Doll · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv Black Mask Detective Magazine Jul 1951 27 · Once Around the Clock [Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Black Mask May 1941 45 · Model for Death · Francis K. Allan · ss Detective Tales Nov 1942 49 · The Brenneke Slug [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · nv Black Mask Sep 1943

Black Mask Detective (UK) [v8 #12, November 1951] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 2 · A Ram to the Slaughter · Richard Deming · ss Detective Fiction Jul 1951 18 · The Crown of Monte Diego · Frank Taubes · ss Detective Fiction Jul 1951 25 · Make Mine Monoxide · Dale Clark · ss Detective Fiction Jul 1951 32 · Lay Me Down and Die · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Fiction Jul 1951 46 · A Helping Hand · Rufus Bakalor · ss Detective Fiction Jul 1951 49 · Photo Finish · Francis K. Allan · ss Detective Tales Feb 1943 56 · The Widow Wouldn’t Mourn · Russell Branch · ss Dime Detective Magazine Jun 1950

Black Mask Detective (UK) [v9 #1, December 1951] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 2 · My Bride, My Corpse · Francis K. Allan · nv Detective Tales Aug 1951 20 · Mother Kills Best [Dave Smith] · Donn Mullally · nv Detective Tales Aug 1951 34 · Too Much Rope [Nem Parsons] · Winston Bouvé · nv Detective Tales Aug 1951 47 · Lady on the Loose · Dean Evans · nv Detective Tales Aug 1951 58 · Bull’s-Eye View [Ray Ruiz] · George C. Appell · ss Detective Tales Aug 1951

Black Mask Detective (UK) [v9 #2, January 1952] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 2 · Case of the Gorgeous Gams · John D. MacDonald · nv Detective Tales Oct 1951 22 · A Better Death Trap [Ray Ruiz] · George C. Appell · ss Detective Tales Oct 1951 29 · Coffin Key · Larry Holden · ss Detective Tales Oct 1951 36 · Final Appearance · Gil Brewer · ss Detective Tales Oct 1951 42 · Deadly Cargo! · William Campbell Gault · nv Detective Tales Oct 1951 55 · The Grave Joker · Morris Cooper · vi Dime Detective Magazine Dec 1950 57 · The Smiling Man · Robert Turner · ss Detective Tales Oct 1951 63 · For Customers Only · Millard H. Cannon · vi Black Mask Detective May 1951

Black Mask Detective (UK) [v9 #3, February 1952] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the October 1951 issue of Dime Detective, plus a single story from elsewhere. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons. 2 · Hollywood Knife Life · Dale Clark · nv Detective Tales Feb 1943, as “Hollywood Wolf Hunt” 15 · Murderers Three · Bryce Walton · ss Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1951 22 · Hell’s Hot Lick · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1951 29 · Red Hands I Love · Day Keene · ss Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1951 41 · A Bullet Marked Benny · Carroll John Daly · ss Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1951 44 · Atomic Blonde · Humphrey Jones · ss Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1951 52 · Tetanus for Two · Coretta Slavska · ss Dime Detective Magazine Oct 1951 54 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Stone · ia Detective Tales Oct 1951 55 · Never Trust a Corpse! [Nem Parsons] · Winston Bouvé · ss Flynn’s Weekly Jun 26 1926, as “The Monkey’s Paw” 64 · You Can’t Get Away with Murder! · Nelson & Geer · cl Detective Tales Oct 1951