Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Contents Lists

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v24 #2, January 1969] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Die Like a Thief [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · na 52 · The Unwanted Astronaut · Tom H. Moriarty · ss 66 · Hair of His Head [Roger West] · John Creasey · ss The Evening Standard 1950 73 · Kill Him for Me · Robert Hopkins · ss 81 · Making the Murder Scene · Ed Lacy · ss 92 · Nightmare at Crestview Towers · Robert Colby · nv 119 · The Jack of Clubs · Theodore Mathieson · vi 122 · Under a Cold Sun · Jack Ritchie · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v24 #3, February 1969] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Peter Youngman. 2 · Rich Man’s Blood [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · na 52 · Johnny Torrio: Chicago’s Most Feared Murder Monster · David Mazroff · ar 78 · Blind Lady Justice · Edward Y. Breese · ss 98 · Too Much Evidence · Neil Harrington · ss 114 · The Guiltstone Dagger · Jonathan Craig · vi 117 · Death of a General · Henry Slesar · ss 125 · The Loser · James McKimmey · vi

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v24 #4, March 1969] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by SMZ) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Kill in the Dark [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · na 50 · Don’t Make It a Federal Case · Ed Lacy · ss 62 · The Hippie Murders [Kevin Kar] · Max Van Derveer · nv 92 · The Day of the Dead · Jaime Sandaval · ss 101 · Mace Murders · Robert Edmond Alter · ss; given as “The Mace Murders” in the Table of Contents. 112 · Murder on Location · Frank B. Long · ss 126 · The Last Laugh · Leo R. Ellis · vi

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v24 #5, April 1969] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by SMZ) Details supplied by Peter Youngman & Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Murder Is My Accomplice [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · na 52 · Runners in the Park · James McKimmey · ss 66 · Murder in the Night [Mr. Mei Wong] · Dan Ross · ss 74 · Jack “Legs” Diamond: The Cobra of the Underworld · David Mazroff · ar 102 · Howdy · Richard Deming · ss 116 · Welcome to the Club · Jack Ritchie · vi 120 · Hellbound · Jonathan Craig · ss 125 · Retirement · Bill Pronzini · vi

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v24 #6, May 1969] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by SMZ) Details supplied by Peter Youngman & Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Girl with the Tortured Eyes [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · na; given as “The Girl with the Frightened Eyes” in the Table of Contents. 52 · Just Before Midnight · Jonathan Craig · ss 59 · The Dummy · Clayton Matthews · ss 70 · Murder Is My Host · Jack Webb · ss 87 · Cycle of Assassins · George W. Smyth · ss 94 · The Missing Gabriel Horn [Ed Noon] · Michael Avallone · nv 112 · Escape · Jack Foxx · ss 117 · Farewell Performance [Joe Chaviski] · Edwin P. Hicks · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v25 #1, June 1969] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Peter Youngman. 2 · The Night Was Made for Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · na 48 · The Tomb at the Top of the Tree · Edward D. Hoch · ss 60 · A Matter of Living · Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss; given as by Jeffrey M. Wallman. 72 · Company for Death · C. B. Gilford · ss 84 · Louis “Lepke” Buchalter: Last of the Mass Murderers · David Mazroff · ar 109 · Too Many Accidents · Morris Hershman · ss 112 · The Pandora Plan · Jack Webb · ss 125 · Sympathy · Gil Brewer · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v25 #2, July 1969] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Robert Maguire) Details supplied by Peter Youngman. 2 · Cause for Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · na 49 · The Masterpiece · Harold Rolseth · ss 56 · Tutored to Death · Fletcher Flora · nv 83 · A Reason to Kill · Hal Ellson · ss 92 · Where Am I? · Jack Ritchie · ss 104 · Two for One · Edward Y. Breese · ss 108 · Someday They’ll Kill Her · Max Van Derveer · nv 125 · Bones · Henry Slesar · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v25 #3, August 1969] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Given as v25 #2 in the Table of Contents. Details supplied by Peter Youngman. fc. · [front cover] · Robert Maguire · cv Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1965 2 · Youth Is for Dying [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · na 54 · Measure Four · Austin Mattox · ss 65 · Precog · Theodore Mathieson · ss 73 · Time to Kill · Ed Lacy · ss 82 · Lucky Luciano: The Murderous Gangster · David Mazroff · ar 108 · By His Own Hand [Mr. Mei Wong] · Dan Ross · ss 118 · The Deadly Businessman · Thomas Humphrey · ss 123 · The Free-Lancers · Louis Riley · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v25 #4, September 1969] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Peter Youngman. 2 · Murder-Go-Round [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · nv; not the same as the story of the same name in the March 1979 issue. 49 · Affairs in Order · Norman Daniels · ss 58 · You Can Never Really Know · Bill Pronzini · ss 74 · Eulogy in a Phone Booth · Henry Slesar · ss 80 · Letter to the Editor · Harriet Hughes Crowley · ss 96 · Where There’s a Will · Martha Hoke · ss 103 · Dead Man’s Song [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss 116 · Little Old Ladies Can Be Dangerous · Jack Foxx · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v25 #5, October 1969] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Robert Maguire) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Road to Nowhere [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · nv 50 · The Almost-Perfect Hiding Place · Bill Pronzini · ss 61 · Picnic at Midnight · Edward D. Hoch · ss 74 · Death Wears a White Hat · M. G. Ogan · nv 101 · Panama Interlude · Joseph C. Stacey · ss 105 · Frozen Assets · Edward Wellen · ss 112 · Pool Party · Andrew Benedict · ss 125 · Murder at Gan-El [Inspector Nissim] · Haim Ben-Dov · vi

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v25 #6, November 1969] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 2 · Killer of the ‘Glades [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · na 50 · Albert Anastasia: “Butcher from Brooklyn” · David Mazroff · ar 74 · The Murder Parade [Captain Leopold] · Edward D. Hoch · ss 92 · A Nice Place to Visit But... · Bill Pronzini · ss 104 · Dearly Beloved · Merle Ahern · ss 109 · A Little Ski Trip · John F. Murray · ss 119 · The Inside Job · Paul Yawitz · ss 123 · Just the Type · Martha Hoke · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v26 #1, December 1969] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Die in Silence [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · nv 50 · Vindictive Vito Genovese: America’s Crime Boss · David Mazroff · ar 75 · Your Father’s Mustache · Irwin Ross · vi 79 · The Matches · John Jakes · ss 88 · We’ll Trade Even · Edward Y. Breese · ss 105 · Blueprint · Basil Wells · ss 111 · The Unleashed · Norman Daniels · ss 124 · The Perfect Neighbor · Bill Wy Wilson · ss; given as “The Perfect Neighborhood” in the Table of Contents.

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v26 #2, January 1970] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Robert Maguire) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · A Wild Young Corpse [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · nv 50 · Junkie · Max Van Derveer · nv 74 · The Crank [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss 89 · Death in Waiting · Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss 99 · Promises to Keep · Edward Wellen · vi 104 · Dead Man’s Passage [Johnny Hawk] · Edward Y. Breese · ss 123 · The Tilt of Things · Howard R. Petri · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v26 #3, February 1970] (50¢, digest) ’Twas the Night Before Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · ss Fred Burke—Killer of Killers · David Mazroff · ar Reckoning Day [Joe Chaviski] · Edwin P. Hicks · ss Crime After Crime · Morris Hershman · ss Requiem for a Godfather · M. G. Ogan · ss The Hair of the Dog · Theodore Mathieson · ss Here Comes Malacious · Clayton Matthews · ss Cheap Labor · Lawrence E. Orin · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v26 #4, March 1970] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 2 · The Lobster War [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 48 · Little Man with the Big Mouth [Johnny Hawk] · Edward Y. Breese · nv 70 · The Gun · Frank Gruber · ss Weird Tales Jul 1942 86 · The Dark Hour · Evelyn Bond · ss 94 · The Tin Coffin · Grover Brinkman · ss 103 · The Bad Actors · Louis Riley · ss 116 · The Evil Men Speak · George F. Bellefontaine · ss 122 · Fourth Man · M. G. Ogan · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v26 #5, April 1970] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by James Felton & Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Name of the Game Is Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · na 50 · By a Hair’s Breadth · Patrick Meadows · ss 57 · You’re Safe Here · Jack Foxx · ss 62 · Snapshot of a Gunman · Ronald Fieldman · nv 86 · Possession · Edward Wellen · vi 89 · The Cat-alyst · Alberto N. Martin · ss 96 · This Was Al Capone: The Mastermind of Crime · David Mazroff · ar; given as “The Rise of Al Capone” in the Table of Contents. 123 · The Little Bombay Cowboy [Mr. Mei Wong] · Dan Ross · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v26 #6, May 1970] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Dead Man’s Heritage [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 49 · Rub the Wrong Way · Paul Felder · vi 52 · The Fall of Al “Scarface” Capone: America’s Most Infamous Gangster · David Mazroff · ar 76 · Three Wives Too Many · Kenneth Fearing · nv Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1956; given as “Three Wive’s Too Many” on the cover. 96 · Raft of Fear · Clayton Matthews · ss 106 · Why Don’t You Answer, Theodore? · Garen Drussaï · vi 110 · The Fatal Black Chip · Richard M. Rose · ss 123 · The Woman in Black · Edward Wellen · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v27 #1, June 1970] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Peter Youngman & Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Death Walks Here [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 45 · Accident Prone · John G. Hill · ss 54 · The Zodiac Murder · Merle Ahern · nv 74 · They Kill by Night · James O’Connor Sargent · nv; given as “Kill by Night” on the cover. 95 · The Big Stretch · Clayton Matthews · ss 106 · Dark Motive · Lew Gellert · ss 112 · Zone · Edward D. Hoch · ss 123 · Mute Memorial · Carroll Mayers · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v27 #2, July 1970] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Peter Youngman & Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Thousand Flowers Murder Case [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 44 · Let’s Have an Accident · Lawrence Treat · ss 57 · There’s One Born Every Minute · Bill Pronzini · ss 65 · You Can’t Count on Anything · Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss 70 · The Real Bad Friend · Robert Bloch · nv Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1957 92 · Monday Is the Dullest Night of the Week · William Jeffrey · ss 104 · Help Your Police Department · Max Van Derveer · ss 124 · Every Litter Bit Hurts · Michael Avallone · ss With Malice Toward All, ed. Robert L. Fish, Putnam 1968; given as “Every Litter Bit Helps” in the Table of Contents.

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v27 #3, August 1970] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Peter Youngman. 2 · This Key Unlocks Coffins [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 44 · Death of a King · Jerry Jacobson · nv 67 · Twister! · Clayton Matthews · ss 76 · Dead Man’s Cat · Walt Sheldon · ss Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1956 92 · Good Sister Frances · M. G. Ogan · ss 104 · The Specimen Takers · Ray Hanson · ss 119 · Lonely Burden · Aubrey S. Newman · ss 125 · Retribution · William Jeffrey · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v27 #4, September 1970] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Triple Cross at Holy Cross [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 43 · Dead Broke · Edward Wellen · vi 47 · A Short Bier · George Antonich · ss 58 · The Butcher in the Haystack · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · vi 62 · The Quiet Life [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1956 87 · The Afternoon Ear · Edward D. Hoch · ss 100 · The Murderers Five · David Mazroff · ar 125 · Belle · M. G. Ogan · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v27 #5, October 1970] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Big House Blues [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 46 · Syndicate Man · Max Van Derveer · ss; given as “The Syndicate Man” in the Table of Contents. 66 · The Deadly Odds · Clayton Matthews · ss 80 · Walk Away Fast · Hal Ellson · nv Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1956 102 · A Simple Respectful Gesture · Barry N. Malzberg · ss; given as by Barry J. Malzberg. 107 · A Knowledge of the City · Stephen Barr · ss 112 · Resurrection of Jenny Carroll · Robert Colby · ss 126 · Inflationary Spiral · Edward Wellen · vi