Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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5 Detective Novels Magazine [v3 #3, Fall 1951] (25¢, 148pp, pulp, cover by Samuel Cherry) 10 · My Corpse Has Two Faces · Howard J. Green & Paul Frank · nv 38 · Night of April 17 · Garth R. Spencer · nv 60 · The Mystery of Galleon Key · Philip Wylie · na The American Magazine Mar 1935 84 · Women Are Funny · W. T. Ballard · nv Popular Detective Aug 1939 104 · Me, Murderer · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na Thrilling Detective Jan 1939

5 Detective Novels Magazine [v4 #1, Winter 1952] (25¢, 148pp, pulp) 10 · Blood, Sweat and Jeers · Donn Mullally · nv 30 · Thanks for Murder · Ted Stratton · ss 47 · Killer Under Glass · David X. Manners · ss 52 · Angels Die Hard · Paul Chadwick · ss 69 · Death Takes No Holiday · W. T. Ballard · nv Popular Detective Dec 1942 89 · The Dame from Chicago · Benton Braden · ss 98 · Compliments of a Fiend · Fredric Brown · nv Thrilling Detective May 1945; later expanded as the Ed and Am Hunter novel The Bloody Moonlight, Dutton, 1949.

5 Detective Novels Magazine [v4 #2, Spring 1952] (25¢, 148pp, pulp) 12 · The Morning After Murder · William Irish · ss; revised from “Murder on My Mind”, Detective Fiction Weekly, Aug 15, 1936, as by Cornell Woolrich. 26 · The Bride Shot Once · Donn Mullally · ss 44 · Don’t Tell the Police · Edward Hope · na The American Magazine Aug 1939 80 · Paint That Pistol In · Rufus Bakalor · ss 84 · Headless Angel [Miles Standish Rice] · Baynard Kendrick · nv Black Mask Sep 1939 112 · Danger in the Dark · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv Thrilling Mystery May 1941

5 Detective Novels Magazine [v4 #3, Summer 1952] (25¢, 148pp, pulp) 12 · Meat of the Murder · Donn Mullally · ss 30 · Dance, Pretty Maiden · John H. Knox · nv 52 · Doom for the Groom · R. Van Taylor · ss 60 · This Will Slay You [Mike O’Hanna] · Dale Clark · ss Black Mask Dec 1941 78 · He’s in the Death House · W. T. Ballard · nv Popular Detective Aug 1941 96 · The Little Sleep · Philip Weck · ss 104 · The Ghost Breakers · Fredric Brown · nv Thrilling Detective Jul 1944 121 · Immanuel [Sammy Gomez] · Dean Evans · nv

5 Detective Novels Magazine [v5 #1, Fall 1952] ed. David X. Manners (Standard Magazines, Inc., 25¢, 148pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Burglary Technique · Anon. · ms 9 · Just for Laughs · Anon. · hu 10 · Man Sinister · Talmage Powell · nv 19 · Of Crooks and Hooks · Anon. · ms 36 · Strange Bedmates · Anon. · ms 37 · Shoving the Queer · Anon. · ms 38 · This Way to the Morgue [Murray Gifford] · Frederick C. Davis · ss Black Mask Oct 1938 43 · Home Was Never Like This · Anon. · ms 55 · Snake Hobby · Benton Braden · ss 59 · The Murder Frame [Matt Mercer] · Day Keene · nv Thrilling Detective Dec 1941 65 · Cartoon Fun · Anon. · ct 81 · The Real Bluebeard · Harold Helfer · ts 82 · Kindly Omit Flowers [Special Squad] · Stewart Sterling · nv Black Mask Mar 1942 89 · Would You Like a Sweetheart? · Anon. · ms 104 · Special Performance · Rex Sherrick · ss 108 · Do You Know Your Cops? · Anon. · qz 109 · The Cryptogram Corner · Anon. · pz 110 · The Long Night · William Campbell Gault · nv 121 · Dead but Not Unknown · Anon. · ms

5 Detective Novels Magazine [v5 #2, Winter 1953] (25¢, 148pp, pulp) 10 · Stop the Presses [Murray Gifford] · Frederick C. Davis · nv Black Mask Dec 1938 32 · Once Upon a Train [Hildegarde Withers; John J. Malone] · Craig Rice & Stuart Palmer · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1950 49 · Murder in the Mirror · W. T. Ballard · ss Thrilling Detective Mar 1940 64 · The Lady and the Iceman · Rufus Bakalor · ss 68 · The Tattooed Lovely · Tom Roan · nv 102 · Blaze of Glory · Nicholas Zook · ss 106 · Murder’s Autograph · William L. Jackson · ss 110 · What Happened to Lisa? · Talmage Powell · nv

5 Detective Novels Magazine [v5 #3, Spring 1953] ed. Morris Ogden Jones (Standard Magazines, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Janes) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 6 · The Lowdown · Stewart Sterling · ts 9 · Crime and Fun-ishment · [Various] · hu 10 · Model for Murder [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · nv 35 · Death and Hunger · Bess Ritter · ts 41 · State’s Evidence · Cellblock Sam · pm 47 · With Death in His Corner [Kip Morgan] · Louis L’Amour · nv Thrilling Detective Dec 1948 55 · Watch This! · Adrian Anderson · hu 61 · Criminal Nicknames Quiz · Anon. · qz 62 · The Cat from Siam · Fredric Brown · nv Popular Detective Sep 1949 71 · Strictly for the Birds · Jack Benton · ts 81 · Death Under the Palms · Wyatt Blassingame · nv G-Men Detective May 1948 96 · Five Gray Rats · Merle Constiner · nv Popular Detective May 1947; illustrated by Orban 103 · X Marks the Spot · William Carter · ts 120 · Three from the Sticks · C. S. Montanye · ss The Phantom Detective May 1947; illustrated by Thomas Beecham

5 Detective Novels Magazine [v6 #1, Summer 1953] (25¢, 148pp, pulp, cover by Samuel Cherry) 10 · Death All Around Me · Norman A. Daniels · nv 42 · Killer Cop · Philip Weck · nv 61 · Heads—It’s Murder · W. T. Ballard · nv Popular Detective Feb 1941 77 · Wings of the Dark Angel · William Hopson · nv G-Men Detective Jul 1947 92 · While the Iron Is Hot · Allan K. Echols · ss Detective Novel Magazine Jun 1946 96 · Murder in Florida [Honest John Carmody] · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Thrilling Detective Dec 1940 119 · Candid Camera · Seabury Quinn · ss Thrilling Mystery May 1941

5 Detective Novels Magazine [v6 #2, Fall 1953] (25¢, 148pp, pulp) 10 · The Skeleton Crew [Steve Koski] · Stewart Sterling · nv 39 · Bunko Game · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss 46 · Cherchez la Frame [Hildegarde Withers; John J. Malone] · Craig Rice & Stuart Palmer · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1951 61 · Fish for Murder · Wyatt Blassingame · nv Popular Detective Jul 1948 76 · Hibiscus and Homicide [Saunders “Sandy” McKane] · William Campbell Gault · na Thrilling Detective Oct 1947 103 · Don’t Forget Your Gun · William Chamberlain · na Thrilling Detective Jul 1946

5 Detective Novels Magazine [v6 #3, Winter 1954 (unpublished)] (pulp) One story was announced for the unpublished Winter 1954 issue. Running Scared · Norman A. Daniels · na Triple Detective Sum 1954

5 Detective Novels Magazine (Canada)    (about) Canadian reprint edition of 5 Detective Novels Magazine. Number of issues published not known.

Five Star Detective Stories    (about) Short-lived Canadian pulp about which little is known. Other issues may exist. Publishers: Five Star Publishing Company; 28 Wellington Street West, Toronto, Ontario: Five Star Detective Stories, Jul 1941 – Aug 1941. Adam Publishing Company; 28 Wellington Street West, Suite 502, Toronto, Ontario: Five Star Detective Stories, Apr 1942.

Five Star Detective Stories [July 1941] (Five Star Publishing Company, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 3 · Murder at the Ringside · Hayward Coleman · nv 23 · You Gotta Be Nasty · Cliff Strong · nv 44 · Murder Note on Demand · Benton Slough · nv 82 · Trial of the Liar · James Sullivan · ss

Five Star Detective Stories [August 1941] (Five Star Publishing Company, pulp, cover by Walter Leslie) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Through the Death Door · Samuel Rodney · ss 14 · Vulture Row · Chester Mais · ss 19 · Tables Turned · Leslie Chamberes · ss 28 · The Fourth Knife · Hayward Coleman · ss 39 · Death on Ice · Roy Dickson · ss 52 · The Sunday Supper Murder · Lieut. Tom Charteris · ss 56 · Don’t Show Murder · Merton Fellowes · nv 85 · Suicide Song · J. Fawlkes · ss

Five Star Detective Stories [v1 #3, April 1942] (Adam Publishing Company, pulp) Dated March on the cover and spine, but April in the Table of Contents. Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Murder on the Air · Stuart Shelby · nv 28 · Spirit for Murder · Tod Kinsley · ss 39 · Killing Is Unlucky · Gene Tyne · ss 50 · Double in Death · Rod Clarke · ss 63 · Prescription for Death · John Haines · ss 74 · Blood Will Tell · Daniel Veigh · ss 86 · The Water Hole · C. Lamont Turner · ss 94 · Surprise Evidence · Richard March · ss

Flynn’s: Under a variety of titles Flynn’s (Weekly) (Detective) (Fiction) (Magazine) was one of the most popular, and longest running, of all the detective pulps—notching up an impressive 929 issues over a period of 28 years, maintaining a rigid publication schedule for 17 of those years.

Flynn’s Publishers: The Red Star News Company; 280 Broadway, New York, NY: Flynn’s Editors: William J. Flynn - Editor: Flynn’s

Flynn’s [v1 #1, September 20, 1924] (10¢, 6+192+12pp+, pulp, cover by Lejaren Hiller) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 2 · Vultures of the Dark [Part 1 of 7] · Richard E. Enright · sl 40 · Euclid, Archimedes & Company, Detectives [Part 1 of 4] · Frank Blighton · ar 50 · The Pillsbury Touchstones [Malcolm Steele] · Mansfield Scott · ss 62 · Answered at Last · Joseph Renaud · ss 66 · The Trail Invisible [(Ex-)Inspector George F. Hopper] · Bertrand Royal · nv 82 · In a Diamond Darkly [King Green & Moxie Sloss] · Clement Wood · ss 94 · Domes of Silence [Part 1 of 6] · Oscar J. Friend · sl 112 · Cash on Hand · Boyd Fleming · ss 118 · Deadly Sins That Led to Murder [Part 1 of 8] · Frank Edward Farncombe · ar 123 · Saving His Money · Raymond Lester · ss 131 · The Yupa Blade · Karl W. Detzer · ss 141 · The Black Hawthorn Jar [Jack Sangren] · John Harris Burland · ss 149 · The Third Shot [Part 1 of 3] · Madeleine Sharps Buchanan · sl 162 · Hinky Dink’s Granny-Knot [Hinky Dink] · C. Donald Feak · ss 167 · Two Bad Pennies · Neil Moran · ss 172 · The Empty Automatic · Charles J. Naylor · ss 180 · Why Yankee ’Arry Reformed · Thomas H. Griffiths · ss 188 · As One Jeweler to Another · George S. Brooks · ss

Flynn’s [v1 #2, September 27, 1924] (10¢, 4+192pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 194 · Craig Kennedy and the Elements—Air [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · nv 211 · Out of the Night [Part 1 of 3] · Gardner Weeks Wood · sl 225 · Euclid, Archimedes & Company, Detectives [Part 2 of 4] · Frank Blighton · ar 234 · While Christine Slept · William Garrett · ss 239 · Before Witnesses · Edgar Wallace · ss The Story-teller Feb 1924 247 · Vultures of the Dark [Part 2 of 7] · Richard E. Enright · sl 267 · One Trick Too Many [Malcolm Steele] · Mansfield Scott · ss 277 · Unseen Hands · Wilson Collison · ss 287 · Deadly Sins That Led to Murder [Part 2 of 8] · Frank Edward Farncombe · ar 291 · Domes of Silence [Part 2 of 6] · Oscar J. Friend · sl 313 · Ghost Prints · Milo Ray Phelps · ss 324 · Find the Woman · Gilbert Riddell · ss 333 · High Polish [Bill Lawson] · Louis Lacy Stevenson · ss 340 · The Open Door · Michael Kent · ss 348 · The Third Shot [Part 2 of 3] · Madeleine Sharps Buchanan · sl 365 · In the Fog · Francis Marlowe · ss The Detective Magazine Apr 11 1924 373 · A Fellow Feeling · Jack Woodford · ss 376 · The Lacquer Box · Judson Philips · ss

Flynn’s [v1 #3, October 4, 1924] (10¢, 192pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 387 · My Life in the Secret Service [Part 1 of 6] · William J. Flynn · ts 403 · The Money-Miler [Part 1 of 3] · Homer Eon Flint · sl 430 · Said with Flowers [Max Carrados] · Ernest Bramah · nv The Strand Magazine Jul 1924, as “The Bunch of Violets” 443 · The Stolen Formula [Malcolm Steele] · Mansfield Scott · ss 448 · Vultures of the Dark [Part 3 of 7] · Richard E. Enright · sl 467 · From All Angles [(Ex-)Inspector George F. Hopper] · Bertrand Royal · nv 483 · Euclid, Archimedes & Company, Detectives [Part 3 of 4] · Frank Blighton · ar 497 · First Catch Your Fish [King Green & Moxie Sloss] · Clement Wood · ss 506 · Come, Matherson! · John Scott Sanger · ss 511 · Domes of Silence [Part 3 of 6] · Oscar J. Friend · sl 531 · Deadly Sins That Led to Murder [Part 3 of 8] · Frank Edward Farncombe · ar 535 · On the Level · Gordon Hill Grahame · ss 542 · Out of the Night [Part 2 of 3] · Gardner Weeks Wood · sl 554 · Dealers in Magic · John A. Yellen · ss 561 · The Third Shot [Part 3 of 3] · Madeleine Sharps Buchanan · sl 574 · He Laughs Best · Caroline E. Aber · ss

Flynn’s [v1 #4, October 11, 1924] (10¢, 192pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 578 · Champion of Lost Causes [Part 1 of 7] · Max Brand · sl 598 · Three Kindly Strangers and the Hawk [The Hawk] · Frank Dilnot · ss 604 · Craig Kennedy and the Elements—Fire [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · nv 618 · My Life in the Secret Service [Part 2 of 6] · William J. Flynn · ts 638 · Two Bullets [Bill Lawson] · Louis Lacy Stevenson · ss 645 · Vultures of the Dark [Part 4 of 7] · Richard E. Enright · sl 668 · Hinky Dink Holds the Bag [Hinky Dink] · C. Donald Feak · ss 674 · Deadly Sins That Led to Murder [Part 4 of 8] · Frank Edward Farncombe · ar 678 · Domes of Silence [Part 4 of 6] · Oscar J. Friend · sl 695 · A Step Too Far · Roy W. Hinds · ss 704 · Euclid, Archimedes & Company, Detectives [Part 4 of 4] · Frank Blighton · ar 716 · The Money-Miler [Part 2 of 3] · Homer Eon Flint · sl 742 · The Body on the Beach · Charles J. Naylor · ss 751 · Out of the Night [Part 3 of 3] · Gardner Weeks Wood · sl 763 · Out of His Name · Arthur Blot · ss

Flynn’s [v1 #5, October 18, 1924] (10¢, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 770 · The Mystery Woman [Part 1 of 5] · J. U. Giesy & Junius B. Smith · sl 788 · Double-Damned · Florence M. Pettee · ss 797 · My Life in the Secret Service [Part 3 of 6] · William J. Flynn · ts 817 · Champion of Lost Causes [Part 2 of 7] · Max Brand · sl 834 · Hinky Dink’s Red Herring [Hinky Dink] · C. Donald Feak · ss 838 · Deadly Sins That Led to Murder [Part 5 of 8] · Frank Edward Farncombe · ar 842 · Lyle’s Lagoon · Eric Howard · ss 860 · Vultures of the Dark [Part 5 of 7] · Richard E. Enright · sl 879 · The Hawk and the Mean Millionaire [The Hawk] · Frank Dilnot · ss 885 · No Tracks · Karl W. Detzer · ss 893 · Domes of Silence [Part 5 of 6] · Oscar J. Friend · sl 911 · Galloping Owney · Arthur Blot · ss 918 · The Oak Cupboard [Jack Sangren] · John Harris-Burland · ss 925 · The Money-Miler [Part 3 of 3] · Homer Eon Flint · sl 944 · So This Is Brawley! · Charles G. Booth · ss 954 · Slade the Killer · Clarence E. Mulford · ar