Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Contents Lists

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v4 #6, May 1959] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Benke) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. ifc. · John Creasey and the Toff · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · ed 4 · Invitation to Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Richard Deming) · nv 32 · One in a Dozen [J.C. Dinwiddie] · Dennis Weigand · ss 38 · Night of Dread · Dave Burns · ss 51 · Murderer’s Gift · Talmage Powell · ss 56 · The Love Racket [Richard Rollison (The Toff)] · John Creasey · na 121 · The Joker · Martha Hoke · ss 126 · Run, Willie, Run · Henry Slesar · vi

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v5 #1, June 1959] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 4 · Death Selects the Winner [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv 26 · Murder on the “Delta Queen” [Jim Troy] · Theodore Mathieson · nv 47 · The Battle for Burley · Tom McNamara · ss 63 · Black Badge of Innocence · Ernest Jason Fredericks · ss 74 · The Flaming Scarf · Verne Athanas · nv 98 · High Octane Homicide · Miles Harden · ss 107 · Deadly Honeymoon · Grover Brinkman · ss 119 · Including Murder · Samuel Elkin · ss John Creasey Mystery Magazine Jan 1959

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v5 #2, July 1959] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Dick Shelton) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 4 · Murder Plays Charade [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv; given as “Death Plays Charade” in the Table of Contents. 29 · Scratch One Mark · Dan J. Marlowe · ss 43 · The Defenders · C. B. Gilford · ss 53 · The Musical Doll · Helen Kasson · ss 64 · The Suspicious Bride · John C. Fleming & Lois Eby · nv 107 · A Distinctive Flavor · Len Guttridge · ss 114 · Never Turn Your Back · Larry Holden · ss 125 · Double Talk · Mil Bigsby · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v5 #3, August 1959] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Dick Shelton) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 4 · Death Creeps Slowly [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Richard Deming) · nv 30 · Mike Shayne as I Know Him · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · ar 37 · The Familiar Face · C. V. Tench · vi 40 · The Frightened Lady [Jim Troy] · Theodore Mathieson · ss 60 · Death of a Psychiatrist · Ruth E. Malone · ss 77 · The Toy-Head Man · Franklin Gregory · ss 90 · Dead Wrong [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss 109 · Save Me in San Salvador · Bill S. Ballinger · ss 124 · Wake of a Killer · Art Crockett · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v5 #4, September 1959] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Biggs) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 4 · Die Like a Dog [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday · na 73 · Step Into My Parlor · Lee Priestley · ss 80 · Murder in Mexico · Manuel Fernez · ss 97 · A Perfect Crime · John Rowland · ss 103 · Preventive Murder · C. B. Gilford · ss 116 · Piece of Cake [Roger West] · John Creasey · ss Eat, Drink, and Be Buried, ed. Rex Stout, Viking 1956 123 · Your Turn to Die · Eloise Cooper Pittman · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v5 #5, October 1959] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) Details taken from eBay listing. Bury Me Not [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv Pay Off or Die · Richard Deming · ss Dead End [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss The Dead Man Dialled · Roy Vickers · ss Witness to Murder · William D. Burdick · ss Double Tragedy · Robert Bloch · ss He Was Always Unlucky · John Bude · ss Hate for the Toff [Richard Rollison (The Toff)] · John Creasey · ss Goldfish · Ross Barrale · ss Noise in the Night · Eric Allen · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v5 #6, November 1959] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 4 · Masquerade for Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Richard Deming) · nv 32 · Date with a Coroner · Floyd Wallace · nv 54 · Death of a Light-Hearted Lady · Ruth Malone · ss 72 · The Toff and the Unknown Victim [Richard Rollison (The Toff)] · John Creasey · nv 84 · Fury in the Fog [Jim Troy] · Theodore Mathieson · nv; given as by Richard Mathieson in the Table of Contents. 105 · An Unusual Mystery Story Contest · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · is 108 · The Footsteps of Murder · Mary Lynn Mitchell · ss 116 · You’re Supposed to Pray · Grady Mullis · ss 123 · The Patsy · Jim Hallman · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v6 #1, December 1959] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Biggs) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 4 · Dead on the Hour [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv 26 · The Bonanza Maze [Jim Troy] · Theodore Mathieson · nv 48 · Malay Ambush · Richard Townshend Bickers · vi 51 · The Trick · Robert Barbour Johnson · ss 61 · Long Journey · Robert Holmes · ss 66 · The Stolen Town · Norman Anthony · nv 104 · Courier of Death · Raymond Drennen · nv 125 · Night Call · Charlotte & Dan Ross · vi

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v6 #2, January 1960] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 4 · Violence in the Sun [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Robert Terrall) · na 64 · You Aren’t Yellow · Joe Gores · ss 74 · Dead Run [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · nv 93 · And a Time for Dying · A. J. Collins · ss 103 · Killer’s Island · Richard Hardwick · ss 116 · The Tired Man · Lewis Horne · ss 125 · The Show Must Go On · Robert Bloch · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v6 #3, February 1960] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Ser Leone, [?]) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 4 · The Murder Locket [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv 30 · Uncle Rudolph’s Bequest · Richard Hardwick · ss 39 · What’s Happened to Lily? · Hal Ellson · ss 48 · The Dead Beat · Robert Bloch · na 105 · The Dark Corner · Miriam Lynch · ss 114 · My Cousin Twice Removed · Talmage Powell · ss 123 · The Very Last Day · Kenneth J. McCaffrey · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v6 #4, March 1960] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Ser Leone) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 4 · Bullet for a Blonde [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Richard Deming) · nv 31 · The Twenty Friends of William Shaw · Raymond E. Banks · ss 39 · One Way Bridge · Phil Hiner · ss 44 · The Trojan Horseshoe [Jim Troy] · Theodore Mathieson · nv 65 · A Break in the Ice · Hal Ellson · ss 70 · The Silken Touch of Murder · Frank Ward · na 121 · Stand Up Straight · Joseph R. Marshall · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v6 #5, April 1960] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Ser Leone) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. ifc. · A Mike Shayne Invitation · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · ed 4 · Odds on Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by W. Ryerson Johnson) · nv 30 · Unlucky Star · Joseph Commings · ss 42 · The Truthful Spy · Robinson MacLean · nv 83 · Conversation on the Cliff · Adrian Alington · ss The Evening Standard; The Evening Standard Detective Book, ed. Anon., Gollancz 1950 90 · Petals on the Water · John Knox · nv 118 · Listener’s Contest · Anne Smith Ewing · ss 125 · The Mixture as Before [Rod Keever] · Herbert Harris · vi

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v6 #6, May 1960] (35¢, digest) A Case for Michael Shayne [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv Death of a Daughter · Talmage Powell · ss Pistols for Nobody [Hud Mottram] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Die a Little Longer · Richard Deming · ss New Detective Magazine Apr 1953 A Matter of Habit · Peter Cheyney · ss Love with a Gun and other stories, Polybooks 1943 The Pattern and the Picture · Harrison W. Smith · ss The Screaming Woman · John Creasey · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v7 #1, June 1960] (35¢, digest) Murderers Make Mistakes [Johnny Lucas] · Peter Cagney · na The Debt of Death [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Richard Deming) · nv Graveside Rendezvous · Jonathan Breck · ss A Private Eyeful · Herbert Harris · ss Inviting Trouble · Charlotte & Dan Ross · ss One for Old Times · Harry Dane · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v7 #2, July 1960] (35¢, digest) The Great Pretender [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · na Murder on Jungle Key [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Richard Deming) · nv Split-Second Salvage · Stephen W. Pollak · ss The Evening Standard Running in the Rain · Derrick Rowles · ss Box Office Poison · Arthur LaBern · ss Death Comes to the Fiesta · Vera Johnson · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v7 #3, August 1960] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Ser Leone) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 4 · Blood of an Orange [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv 26 · The Big Build-Up · Robert Bloch · nv; illustrated by John Hamberger 44 · Key to Murder · Gloria Root Savoldi · ss 58 · The Man Nobody Could Touch · Norman Struber · nv 76 · The Third Face [Jim Troy] · Theodore Mathieson · nv 94 · The Lay-Away Plan · Paul Kruger · ss; illustrated by John Hamberger 101 · The Little Room · Miriam Lynch · ss 112 · Last of Riley · C. B. Gilford · ss; illustrated by John Hamberger 124 · Second Pursuit · John Gloag · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v7 #4, September 1960] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Ser Leone) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 4 · The Chronic Widower [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Richard Deming) · nv 33 · The Sensitivity of Murder · Joseph Dickinson · ss 40 · Murder for Members Only · Norman Anthony · nv; given as “Murder for Member’s Only” in the Table of Contents. 65 · Make Room for a Lamplighter · Samuel A. Krasney · ss 75 · Walk East on Twelfth Street · Thomas Calvert McClary · ss 90 · A Statement to the Police · Frank Selsey · vi 94 · The Big One · Talmage Powell · nv 119 · An Extra Cup of Coffee · Bob Bristow · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v7 #5, October 1960] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Ser Leone) Details supplied by Monte Herridge & Kenneth R. Johnson. 4 · The Homicidal Virgin [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday · na; illustrated by Bruce Marshall 74 · A Professional Job · R. M. Eggleston · ss 79 · The Stalkers · Arthur Porges · ss 86 · Ten-Cent Alibi · Robert Wicks · ss; illustrated by John Hamberger 93 · The Captive Corpse · M. C. Lynch · ss 102 · Undercover Man · Thomas Calvert McClary · nv 123 · Good Sound Therapy · Rog Phillips · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v7 #6, November 1960] (35¢, digest) Death of a Flack [Peter Chambers] · Henry Kane · na Trouble for the Redhead [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv The Elephant Didn’t Forget · Robert Barbour Johnson · ss You Can’t Think of Everything · Russell Heatley · ss The Deserted Lighthouse · Thomas dePerrigorde · ss Goodby Celeste! · Thomas Calvert McClary · ss Kiss and Tell · Martha Hoke · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v8 #1, December 1960] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · The Body on the Beach [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by W. Ryerson Johnson) · nv 30 · The Tiger’s Tail · Robert Arnet · ss 37 · Fool Proof · Herbert Harris · ss 41 · The Resignation · Kenneth J. McCaffrey · ss 46 · The Ivory Tower · Paul Daniels · na 104 · Never Kiss a Victim · Thomas Calvert McClary · ss 115 · Barfly · Frank Huepper · ss 125 · I Remember, I Remember · Conrad Frost · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v8 #2, January 1961] (35¢, digest) The Pickup Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Richard Deming) · nv The Waiting Game · Frank Ward · nv The Gun · Robert Arthur · nv The Marshal’s Posse · Thomas Calvert McClary · ss Third Act Curtain · Robert C. Ackworth · ss Two Passports for Mr. Huyl · Anthony Ward · ss Acting Job · Richard Deming · ss Murder Method · Talmage Powell · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v8 #3, February 1961] (35¢, digest) The Toasted Corpse [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv The Dark Road Home · Paul Daniels · nv Nightmare Edges · Lee Martin · nv Scream Wolf · Fritz Leiber · ss Big Time Operator · Jay Richards · ss My Remarkable Client · H. F. Maltby · ss The Price of Silence · Herbert Harris · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v8 #4, March 1961] (Renown Publications, Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. ifc. · Mike Shayne and His All-Stars · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · ed 4 · The Edge of the Law [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Richard Deming) · nv 30 · Homicide Hotel · Norman Anthony · nv 60 · Mama’s Boy · Richard Hardwick · ss 71 · Silent Partner · James Holding · ss 82 · Dead or Alive · Thomas Calvert McClary · ss 87 · Tale from Tangier · Mack Reynolds · ss 99 · Second Honeymoon · Richard Deming · ss 104 · Even Murderers Take Holidays · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard Oct 9 1950 110 · How to Kill Your Aunty · Theodore Sturgeon · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v8 #5, April 1961] (35¢, digest) With a Madman Behind Me [Ed Rivers (aka Lloyd Carter)] · Talmage Powell · na The Shanghaied Lady [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · ss The Kashmir Blue · Franklin Gregory · ss Three Brothers · Hal Ellson · ss Parking Lot · R. C. Stimers, Jr. & George Kauffman · ss The Robe · Peter Cheyney · ss On the Spot · Thomas Calvert McClary · ss The Extra Pill · Steve April · ss