Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Contents Lists

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v38 #5, May 1976] (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Death in a Small Package [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv 44 · A Time to Kill · Talmage Powell · nv Fifteen Western Tales Apr 1948 81 · Blood on the Snow · Herbert Harris · ss 87 · The Dog · Pauline C. Smith · ss 101 · Beach Party · James Holding · ss 107 · The Girl in the Yellow Bikini · Phillip M. Margolin · ss 122 · A Bit of String · Kathleen Hershey · vi 125 · A Better Way · William E. Chambers · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v38 #6, June 1976] (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Murder After Midnight [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv 50 · Look Before You Shoot · Robert Hoskins · ss 64 · Change of Luck · Charles M. Andrews · vi 68 · Summer of Vengeance · Jerry Jacobson & Sonny Alvarez · ss 86 · The Confession · Sam Wilson · vi 88 · Death Is My Passenger · Charles W. Runyon · nv 116 · Murder Comes to School · M. G. Ogan · ss 125 · The Handy Man · Marion M. Markham · vi

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v39 #1, July 1976] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 2 · Murder Most Fair [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv 49 · Church Work · Donald Smyth · ss 53 · The Mourning After · James McKimmey · ss 69 · Top Billing · Marilyn Granbeck · ss 74 · The Wheelchair Murder · Frank Sisk · nv 96 · Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate · Marcia K. Brown · ss 116 · The Long Shadow · Frank Bury · vi 120 · Not Just a Number · John Lutz · ss 125 · Permission to Murder · Herbert Harris · vi

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v39 #2, August 1976] (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Bronze Statue Murders [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Max Van Derveer) · na 56 · The Quick and the Just · Roy Armstrong, II · ss 66 · Night Dogs · Jerry Jacobson · ss 85 · Counterpoint · Wyc Toole · ss 93 · Hope Chest · Talmage Powell · ss 108 · Hate-in-the-Mist · Herbert Harris · ss (r) 115 · Look at the Bright Side · Sharon Herbst · vi 117 · Guerre de Plume · Frank Sisk · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v39 #3, September 1976] ed. Sam Merwin, Jr. (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) Cover same as that on the February 1974 issue of Charlie Chan Mystery Magazine. Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 2 · A Climate for Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Max Van Derveer) · na 59 · Bannerman Collection · Edward Wellen · ss 66 · The Wrong Door · Dave Bischoff · nv 86 · Painted in Crimson · Pauline C. Smith · ss 100 · Blind Man’s Bluff · John F. Dobbyn · ss; given as by Edward Wellen on the cover. 108 · In the Soup · James Holding · ss 114 · The Square Root of Dead · Michael Kurland & Richard Lupoff · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v39 #4, October 1976] ed. Sam Merwin, Jr. (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 2 · Death Is Where You Find It [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · na 56 · A Shot Unheard · Gerald Franklyn · ss 70 · The Savonarola Syndrome [Hal Johnson (Library Fuzz)] · James Holding · nv 92 · Two Birds · Edward Wellen · ss 99 · The Third Thursday · Pauline C. Smith · ss 113 · The Best-Laid Plan · Basil Wells · ss 118 · Highway Hit-Man [Joe Chaviski] · Edwin P. Hicks · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v39 #5, November 1976] (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · You Can Beat a Frame [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv 51 · The Packing Case · James Holding · ss 60 · Death of a Don · David Mazroff · ar 88 · The Eavesdropper · Ruth Wissmann · ss 99 · Running Water · Marion S. Moore · ss 105 · Rubout · Edward Wellen · ss 115 · No Story · Fred J. Curran · ss 120 · Sticks and Stones · Alvin Fick · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v39 #6, December 1976] ed. Sam Merwin, Jr. (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 2 · Redhead at Large [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · na; given as “The Dead Do Care” on the cover. 51 · Day of Judgment · Edward D. Hoch · ss 61 · He Who Waits · Virginia Hart · ss 66 · Or Was She Pushed? [Sam Train] · Ernest Savage · nv 83 · McIver’s Fancy · Carl Jacobi · ss 92 · Hero with a Headache [Hal Johnson (Library Fuzz)] · James Holding · ss 103 · To Die a Hero · Robert Kissel · ss 108 · Vantage Point · Marjorie Van der Boom · ss 119 · Longshot · Gil Stern · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v40 #1, January 1977] (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Donal B. Buchanan & Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Murder Maker [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · na 60 · Live by the Sword · Melanie Dulac · ss 74 · Death in the Parlor [Barney Kowalski] · Philip Donald · ss 91 · The Cupcakes · T. A. Keohane · ss 97 · The Streak · Michael Cassutt · ss 109 · Thirteen Cents for the First Ounce · Mary L. Testa · vi 112 · To Stalk a Spectre · Robert E. Tepperman · ss 125 · The Hijackers · Lorraine Marise · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v40 #2, February 1977] (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · A Contour for Killing [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv 49 · Cool Dave Burgess · Max F. Harris · ss 56 · The Last Days of Al Capone · David Mazroff · ar 84 · A Touch of Red · Edward D. Hoch · ss 94 · Ticket to Harperville · Jerry Jacobson · ss 114 · Matinee · Ruth Wissmann · ss 122 · Sophie · Wilhelmena Raisbeck · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v40 #3, March 1977] ed. Sam Merwin, Jr. (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Monte Herridge & Kenneth R. Johnson. The Table of Contents lists “The Bleeder” by Art Crockett on page 47, but the Gerald story appears instead. 2 · Mexican Payoff [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by George Warren) · nv 47 · The Logging Road · Yvonne Gerald · ss 56 · Visitor from Bangladesh [Sam Train] · Ernest Savage · nv 74 · Never Trust a Salesman · Gerald Tomlinson · ss 88 · To Mama with Love · Sarah Randall · ss 106 · The Wooden Dove · Edward D. Hoch · ss 122 · The Fool-Proof Crime · Elton Triplett · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v40 #4, April 1977] ed. Sam Merwin, Jr. (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 2 · Target: Mike Shayne [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Robert Terrall) · na Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Apr 1959 48 · A Case for Curiosity · Wyc Toole · ss 61 · Bad Guys Are Nice · Anita Zelman · ss 66 · Ransom · Michael J. Hanson · nv 83 · An Innocent Man · Herbert Harris · ss 88 · Night Drop · Jerry Jacobson · nv 106 · The Counterfeit Frame · T. A. Meeks · ss 119 · Peter’s Second Wife · Joann S. Scheb · ss 123 · Sixty Seconds’ Delay · Mike Mahoney · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v40 #5, May 1977] ed. Sam Merwin, Jr. (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Monte Herridge & Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Verdict Was Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv 49 · The Dark Side · Bill Pronzini · ss 54 · The Crimes of Harry Waters · James McKimmey · ss 68 · The Barn Dance · B. M. Hoffman · ss 79 · Last Night I Heard Him Crying · Jeanne F. Capron · ss 90 · Hit and Run · Edward van der Rhoer · ss 107 · Of Course, I Killed Him · Doris L. Goldberg · vi 112 · Motive, Motive... · Art Crockett · ss 125 · Kiss Her Goodbye · Herbert Harris · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v40 #6, June 1977] ed. Sam Merwin, Jr. (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Monte Herridge & Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Violent Ones [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv; given as “The Violent People” on the cover. 49 · Mr. Wong Takes a Holiday [Mr. Mei Wong] · Dan Ross · ss 56 · Fit for Framing · Jerry Jacobson · ss 76 · Cleota [Sam Train] · Ernest Savage · nv 95 · Final Commitment · David Bradt · ss 102 · Radical Solution · Ken Liebowitz · ss 116 · Double Decoy · Herbert Harris · ss 121 · Daddy’s Little Girl · William E. Chambers · ss; given as by William C. Chambers in the Table of Contents.

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v41 #1, July 1977] ed. Sam Merwin, Jr. (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Bill Edwards) “A Time to Cry” by Edward van der Rhoer is listed on the cover, but did not appear until the October 1977 issue. Details supplied by Monte Herridge & Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Music for Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Sam Merwin, Jr.) · na 51 · The Bleeder · Art Crockett · ss 58 · Miracle Cure · Frederick Paul Walter · ss 72 · There’ll Be Some Changes Made · Don Wall · ss 84 · Incident at the Bridge · Nan Hamilton · ss 96 · The Finest of Families · George C. Chesbro · ss 106 · Special Ingredient · Lorraine Marise · ss 111 · One More Kill · Moss Tadrack · ss 118 · Night Vision · John David Ball · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v41 #2, August 1977] ed. Sam Merwin, Jr. (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 2 · The Stolen Jewels Caper [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · na; given as “The Case of the Stolen Jewels” on the cover. 55 · It Must Be You, Harry · Ernest Savage · ss 62 · Who Killed Johnny Roselli? · David Mazroff · ar 86 · Pure Rotten · John Lutz · ss 90 · Death in a Small Hotel · Wilhelmena Raisbeck · ss 102 · Comingor · James M. Reasoner · ss 118 · Baptism of Blood · Herbert Harris · ss 123 · Quiet Neighborhood · Kathleen Hershey · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v41 #3, September 1977] ed. Sam Merwin, Jr. (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Monte Herridge & Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · A Lady for Killing [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · na; given as “A Lady to Kill” on the cover. 46 · Déjà Vu · Helene Juarez Phipps · ss 58 · The Apostle Murders · Carole Ottofy Grillion · nv; given as by Carole Ottify Grillion in the Table of Contents and on the cover. 94 · Alone at Last · Anita Zelman · ss 112 · The Empty House · Dana Lyon · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v41 #4, October 1977] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by James Felton & Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Hot Ice, Cold Death [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv 45 · A Matter of Inches · Philip Segal · vi 48 · Chains · Dana Lyon · ss 58 · The Only Road to Glory · C. G. Cobb · nv 74 · Haven · James M. Reasoner · ss 93 · Partners · Hal Ellson · vi 97 · The Questionable Cure · Lorraine Marise · ss 102 · Cold Flight · Moss Tadrack · ss 111 · A Word from Willie · Charles Peterson · ss 122 · A Time to Cry · Edward van der Rhoer · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v41 #5, November/December 1977] ed. Sam Merwin, Jr. (Renown Publications, Inc., 75¢, 128pp+, digest) same cover art as the April 1974 issue. Details supplied by Monte Herridge & Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · It Had to Be Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv 50 · Death on the Move [Barney Kowalski] · Donal Buchanan · ss 67 · The Bent Twig · Virginia Hart · ss 74 · The Killers of Santa Cruz · David Mazroff · ar 95 · The Claimer Clamor · R. G. Hallawell · ss 105 · Death by the Numbers · John Lutz · ss 109 · Coma Vigil · Edward Wellen · ss 114 · A Body Never Knows · Ruth Wissmann · ss 124 · The Decision · Carroll Mayers · ss; given as by Carroll Meyers on the story itself.

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v42 #1, January 1978] (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.00, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Miami Connection [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · na 54 · The Bottle of Wine · Lawrence Treat · ss 68 · Flanagan Faked [Dennis Flanagan] · Carl Hoffman · nv 98 · Funeral in Peachtree · Frank Sisk · ss 110 · A Black Leather Cap · Hal Ellson · ss 117 · A Death in Topanga · Jack Neworth · ss 126 · The Last to Know · Helene Juarez Phipps · vi

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v42 #2, February 1978] ed. Sam Merwin, Jr. (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.00, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by James Felton & Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Diogenes Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by unknown) · nv 43 · The Happy Pigeon · George Antonich · ss 50 · The Press · Steven Knickmeyer · ss 68 · The Two-Timer · Lawrence Treat · ss 82 · Cause of Death · M. G. Ogan · ss 90 · The Peace Monger · James McKimmey · ss 106 · The Sequel · Frank Sisk · ss 117 · One for the Road · James Holding · ss 123 · Concrete Evidence · Craig Weeden · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v42 #3, March 1978] (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.00, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Seven to Die [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Sam Merwin, Jr.) · nv 40 · He’s Not Listening · Bob Lawrence · ss 55 · Brief Case · Charles Hinman · ss 64 · The Hole in the Window · Gary M. Levine · nv 92 · Easy Money · Mike Taylor · ss 104 · Those Were the Days · Ronald Pomeroy · ss 110 · Get Rich Quick [Sam Train] · Ernest Savage · nv

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v42 #4, April 1978] (Renown Publications, Inc., $1.00, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · A Pattern for Terror [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Sam Merwin, Jr.) · na 51 · Private Ear · Jean Darling · ss 58 · A Crime of Omission · Patrick Scaffetti · ss 77 · Deadhead Coming Down · Margaret Maron · ss 82 · High and Dry · Rick Chaffee · ss 93 · Cold Deal · Moss Tadrack · ss 98 · Conditioned to Kill · J. F. Peirce · ss 113 · Little Girl Lost · Cara Sell · ss 118 · The Hunch Player · R. G. Hallawell · ss