Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Detective Short Stories [v1 #3, February 1938] (10¢, pulp) 10 · Crime Creeps at Night · William Edward Hayes · nv 33 · Hell’s Own Skyscraper · Nat Schachner · ss 52 · Madmen Laugh by Moonlight · Hugh B. Cave · ss 63 · The Song That Death Sang · Cyril Plunkett · ss 71 · There’s Blood on My Hands · Roger Torrey · ss 79 · The Tale That Dead Men Told · Alan Hyde · ss 87 · Headed for a Hearse · John Mallory · ss 95 · Bullet-Proof Rat Trap · Wyatt Blassingame · ss 101 · Mr. Murder Man · William R. Cox · ss 108 · The Devil’s Got a Date · Will Ahearn · ss 114 · Shoot Fast, G-Man · Henry T. Sperry · ss 117 · Crooks Can’t Win · Wayne Rogers · ss

Detective Short Stories [v1 #4, April 1938] (10¢, pulp) 10 · Horror House · Henry T. Sperry · ss 24 · To Hang by the Neck Until Dead · John Gunderson · ss 32 · Who Killed Spandrelli? · William R. Cox · ss 39 · The Night Is Filled with Fear · Wyatt Blassingame · ss 47 · Whisper Murder to the Moon · Cyril Plunkett · ss 53 · Green Ice to Cool a Coffin · James Duncan · ss 67 · The Fiery Finger Points · Nat Schachner · ss 78 · Blood of the Beast · Roger Torrey · ss 91 · The Corpse from the Sky · Fred Daly · ss 99 · The Gentleman Is Dead! · Hugh B. Cave · ss 110 · Death Keeps a Diary · Sam Carson · ss 125 · Death won’t Accept an I.O.U. · T. K. Hawley · ss

Detective Short Stories [v1 #5, July 1938] (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) 8 · Give Hijackers Hell! · William Corcoran · ss 19 · Gun Handy · Raymond Moffatt · ss 28 · Pattern for Murder · Philip Ketchum · ss; probably not the same as the story of the same name in the March 18, 1939 issue of Detective Fiction Weekly. 42 · Feed a Killer Feathers · Wyatt Blassingame · ss 48 · Hell Stretch · Cyril Plunkett · ss 56 · Death Pays All Debts · Frederick C. Painton · ss 69 · Sky-Written in Blood · H. C. Brokmeyer · ss 77 · Money Makes Trouble · Roger Torrey · ss 84 · A Suicide Laughs Last · Herbert L. McNary · ss 89 · Free-Lance G-Man · J. A. Chambliss · ss 99 · Woman-Haters Revenge · Henry T. Sperry · ss 104 · One-Night Stand in Hades · Omar Gwinn · ss

Detective Short Stories [v1 #6, October 1938] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 6 · Homicide House · Edward S. Ronns · nv 22 · Expert in Murder · Norman A. Daniels · ss 29 · Torture-Feature · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss 35 · Too Tough to Kill · Louis L’Amour · ss 39 · The Devil Dies Hard · H. Charles McDermott · ss 45 · Masters of Midnight · Hugh B. Cave · ss 60 · Murder Is Messy · Omar Gwinn · ss 77 · The Nerve of a Killer · James Hall · ss 79 · The Devil Wears Rubber Gloves · Donald Dale · ss 87 · Turn to Dust and Die · Robert O. Kenyon · ss 89 · Sinister Highway · William Edward Hayes · ss 103 · Strong Arm Copper · Kirk Rand · ss

Detective Short Stories [v2 #1, January 1939] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 12 · Death in Disarray · Omar Gwinn · ss 27 · Dame Nature, Detective · James H. Martin · ss 30 · The Gatman Beyond Disguise · Richard Hughes · ss 44 · Nothing but a Copper · Edward S. Ronns · ss 60 · The Corpse Came Back · Leo Stalnaker · ss 65 · A Quiet Case of Murder · James Hall · ss 74 · Hot Ice for Homicide · Lawrence A. Keating · ss 79 · Blood Is No Alibi · Alexander Faust · ss 85 · Hello, Killer · Edward Warren · ss 94 · Gaffed Guilt · Robert O. Kenyon · ss 96 · The Careless Cadaver · Hugh B. Cave · ss 103 · Censored in Hell · Robert Thompson · ss

Detective Short Stories [v2 #2, March 1939] (10¢, pulp) Death a la Carte · Eric Howard · ss The Man in Amber Glasses · Samuel Taylor · ss My Father—Murderer · Russell Gray · ss Palace of Sin · Omar Gwinn · ss Letter of the Law · W. T. Ballard · ss The Color of Blood · Allan K. Echols · ss A Corpse Rides the Blue Line · Brent North · ss Murder’s a Sure Thing · Wyatt Blassingame · ss O Handsome—The Cops · James Duncan · ss Poison Is for Rats · Orlando Rigoni · ss Short Circuit to Hell · Maurice Gimbel · ss

Detective Short Stories [v2 #3, June 1939] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Show Me the Way to the Morgue · Edward S. Ronns · nv 24 · Mood for Murder · Don Cameron · ss 34 · The Gun-Moll Venus · Eric Howard · ss 44 · Decoy for the Corpse · Arthur J. Burks · ss 53 · Murder at the World’s Fair · Omar Gwinn · ss 69 · No Time for Killing · T. K. Hawley · ss 72 · Manhattan Manslaughter [O.B. “Obie” O’Brien] · James Hall · ss 83 · Hot Ice Means Homicide · Allan K. Echols · ss 90 · The Killer · Paul Ellsworth Triem · ss 96 · Murder Is a Racket · Robert O. Kenyon · ss 103 · Reckless Rookie · Arthur W. Phillips · ss 110 · The Key to Doom · John Wallace · ss

Detective Short Stories [v2 #4, September 1939] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 6 · Don’t Take Murder Seriously · H. H. Stinson · nv 31 · Death Is the Best Man · Edward S. Ronns · ss 50 · The Widow o’ Woonsocket Hollow · Richard Sale · ss 64 · Soft-Boiled Cop · H. J. Carr · ss 68 · Debtor at Eight · Edmond Hamilton · ss 71 · You Can’t Count on a Corpse · B. B. Fowler · ss 82 · Killers Belong in the Zoo · Leo Stalnaker · ss 87 · Dummy Up and Die! · Robert W. Thompson · ss 94 · Homicide Honeymoon [O.B. “Obie” O’Brien] · Omar Gwinn · ss 109 · Diamond Ante · E. S. Shilston · ss

Detective Short Stories [v2 #5, August 1940] (10¢, pulp) Murder Is My Middle Name · Edward S. Ronns · ss Lady Killer · Dwight Babcock · ss Hell-Ship Homicide · Murray Smith · ss Death Is No Bargain · Eric Howard · ss A Bullet for the Bridegroom · Brent North · ss You Can’t Frame a Friend · James Hall · ss No Chance of Hanging · Duane Decker · ss

Detective Short Stories [v2 #6, November 1940] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 8 · Million-Dollar Murders, Inc. · William Edward Hayes · nv 29 · Case of the Blushing Butcher · Lawrence Treat · ss 40 · A Mortgage on the Morgue · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss 49 · A City-Dick Has to Use Science · Fenton W. Earnshaw · ss 56 · Death’s Door · Hugh B. Cave · ss 59 · The Blonde Will Die Daintily [O.B. “Obie” O’Brien] · John Wallace · ss 74 · A Little Matter of Murder · Mindret Lord · ss 83 · Hang onto Your Gat! · Dale Clark · ss 95 · Blood Is Where You Find It · Mark Harper · ss 102 · Tailor-Made Fall-Guy · Robert W. Thompson · ss

Detective Short Stories [v3 #1, February 1941] (10¢, pulp) 8 · Case of the Doomed Debutante · Roger Torrey · ss 25 · The Man Who Hallowed Homicide · Lawrence Treat · ss 35 · The Candid Cadavers · Eaton K. Goldthwaite · ss 46 · The Corpse That Came to Stay · Edward Ronns · ss 63 · Too Tough and Too Mean · Eric Howard · ss 70 · Murder Plus · John Wallace · ss 80 · Comic People, These Killers · Walt Sheldon · ss 88 · Death, Yes, but Not Murder! · William Rough · ss 98 · The Alibi That Was Too Air Tight · W. T. Ballard · ss 102 · Cop Without a Conscience · C. S. Montanye · ss

Detective Short Stories [v3 #2, April 1941] (10¢, pulp) 8 · Most Dicks Go Out for Murder · E. Hoffmann Price · nv; given as by E. Hoffman Price. 31 · You Can’t Get Married in the Morgue · John McCurnin · ss 38 · Death on Duty · Roger Torrey · ss 42 · Four Killers and a Kid · W. T. Ballard · ss 51 · So You’ve Got a Gat—So What? · J. Lane Linklater · ss 58 · The Fighting Cop · Edward S. Ronns · nv 79 · No Corpses, No Cash · Eric Howard · ss 91 · Homicide Has Its Points · Dale Clark · ss 95 · Boy Meets Gun-Girl · Cyril Plunkett · ss 103 · Murder for the Many · Mark Harper · ss

Detective Short Stories [v3 #3, June 1941] (10¢, pulp, cover by J. W. Scott) 8 · The Corpse Was Beautiful · Edward S. Ronns · nv 31 · Case of the Kindly Killer · Arthur W. Phillips · ss 40 · Make Mine Murder · John McCurnin · ss 49 · No Law Can Touch Me · George E. Clark · ss 56 · The Guy with the Educated Gun · Lawrence Treat · ss 67 · See You in Jail · Roger Torrey · ss 74 · Mortgage on the Morgue · Ted Coughlan · ss 82 · Hollywood’s No Place for Homicide · Eric Howard · ss 94 · Detour to Death · Omar Gwinn · ss 102 · Keep the Cadavers Coming · J. Lane Linklater · ss

Detective Short Stories [v3 #4, September 1941] (10¢, pulp) 8 · And So to Death · William Edward Hayes · nv 30 · Homicide Up to the Hilt · Edward Ronns · ss 39 · Design for Dying · Anthony Boucher · ss 44 · Murder Is Putting It Mildly · Eaton K. Goldthwaite · ss 58 · You Can’t Make a Case Against a Corpse · E. Hoffmann Price · ss 78 · Killer Who Couldn’t Use His Gun · Duane Yarnell · ss 81 · There’ll Be Blood, and a Blonde · Eric Howard · ss 91 · One Man’s Poison · J. Lane Linklater · ss 99 · Bullet Boomerang · Jim Kjelgaard · ss 102 · Twice Dead, Twice Guilty · Leonard B. Rosborough · ss

Detective Short Stories [v3 #5, November 1941] (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) 8 · Homicide Highway · William Edward Hayes · nv 31 · Counterfeit Killer · Lawrence Treat · ss 41 · Case of the Promiscuous Corpses · Edward Ronns · ss 52 · Mortgage on a Murder · Dale Clark · ss 69 · Hot Ice for Hitler · Brent North · ss 80 · Bad Blood · H. Q. Masur · ss 84 · You Built a Frame for Me · Leonard B. Rosborough · ss 87 · Dead End · William Beggarate · ss 94 · Grapevine Vengeance · Eric Howard · ss 103 · Murder by Installment · Eric Preston · ss

Detective Short Stories [v3 #6, January 1942] (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Worse than Murder · Wyatt Blassingame · ss Blood on the Ballots · Eric Howard · ss The Tourist Cabin Murders · Edward Ronns · ss A Stiff in Time · Jimmy O’Brien · ss Detour to Death · Jim Kjelgaard · ss A Corpse Will Call for You · Roger Torrey · ss Horrible Business, This Homicide · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss Sweet Mystery of Death · Cyril Plunkett · ss When the Bloody Finger Points · Lawrence Treat · ss Cadaver on Wheels · J. J. Meany · ss

Detective Short Stories [v3 #6, April 1942] (10¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) This is the second issue labelled v3 #6. Details taken from eBay listing. 8 · Death Hires a Dancehall · Dale Clark · nv 32 · Public Corpse Number One · Fenton W. Earnshaw · ss 41 · The Ghoul Will Choose a Girl · Wyatt Blassingame · ss 48 · Killer for a Day · Jim Kjelgaard · ss 51 · Sometimes It’s Suicide · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss 62 · Case of the Curious Cadavers · Robert C. Blackmon · ss 71 · Tommy-Gun Wedding · Roger Torrey · ss 80 · Sinister Saturday · Eleanor Berdon · vi 82 · Horror Is My House · Cyril Plunkett · ss 96 · “Who Did I Murder?” · Fredric Brown · nv

Detective Short Stories [v3 #6, July 1942] (Manvis Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) This is the third issue labelled v3 #6. Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 8 · Homicide Can’t Happen Here · Russell Gray · nv; illustrated by Stanley A. Drake 29 · Case of the Wanton Cadavers · A. Boyd Correll · ss 38 · Blue Eyes, Golden Hair and Blood · Charles Ingerman · ss; illustrated by Stanley A. Drake 57 · Stand-In for Death · Eric Howard · ss; illustrated by Stanley A. Drake 68 · But I Call It Murder · Brent North · ss 80 · I Have to See the Killer · Cyril Plunkett · ss; illustrated by Stanley A. Drake 95 · Coppers Don’t Cash In · Leo Hoban · ss 99 · For Corpses Only · Ralph Berard · vi; illustrated by S. Gilman 101 · Rookie on a Rampage · Norman A. Daniels · ss; illustrated by S. Gilman 108 · Post Mortem Payoff · Miles Overholt · ss; illustrated by S. Gilman

Detective Short Stories [v4 #1, September 1942] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Manvis Publications, 10¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Scarlet Her Lips, Scarlet My Hands · Edward Ronns · nv 22 · The Black Hour · Charles Ingerman · ss 27 · Trigger Test · Cyril Plunkett · ss 33 · Murder of a Blonde · Wyatt Blassingame · nv 48 · Queen of the Mayhem · Robert Turner · ss 59 · When a Dick Uses His Dukes · Frederick C. Davis · nv 82 · No Corpses, No Cops · Bill Davis · ss 90 · The Blood in the Night · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss 100 · I Thought I’d Die Laughing · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss 106 · Murder Wears a Mask · Eric Howard · ss

Detective Short Stories [v4 #2, November 1942] (10¢, pulp) 8 · Death Is a Blonde or a Saboteur · Russell Gray · ss 27 · Take this Corpse for Example · Robert W. Cochran · ss 38 · Murder in the Modern Mode · Stewart Sterling · ss 56 · The Girl the Ghoul Chose · Robert Turner · ss 68 · The Clue Is the Cadaver · Frederick C. Davis · ss 87 · All-Out Homicide · Lawrence Treat · ss How Forgery Is Detected · Kenneth P. Wood · ar 98 · Anything Up to Murder · Cosmo Bennett · ss 102 · Make It Look like Suicide · Cyril Plunkett · ss 105 · Not Only a Great Detective · Ralph Berard · ss

Detective Short Stories [v4 #3, January 1943] ed. Robert O. Erisman (Manvis Publications, 10¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 10 · Three’s a Corpse · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv; illustrated by George Klein 30 · The Girl the Nazi Spies Forgot · Ralph Berard · ss 38 · Call the Cops or the Cadaver · Russell Gray · nv 61 · Danger—Murder Working · Duane Decker · ss 68 · Look for a Luscious Red-Head · W. T. Ballard · ss 81 · Dabblers in Death · Cyril Plunkett · ss; illustrated by W. Brooks 90 · First You Count the Cadavers · Robert Turner · ss; illustrated by W. Brooks 102 · Beware the Black Hatred · Joseph Bruce Fox · ss 104 · Gun Proof · Theodore J. Roemer · ss 109 · Service with a Laugh · Vincent A. Twice · ss