Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Web Terror Stories [v4 #1, August 1962] (35¢, 112pp+, digest) 1 · Orbit of the Pain-Masters · Arthur P. Gordon · nv 24 · Miss Inquisitor · Franz Rauch · ss 34 · My Love, The Monster · John Jakes · ss 52 · Victim Wanted—Female · Lawrence Frey · ss 63 · The Girl in the Iron Collar · Leslie Manette · ss 68 · Nightmare Hall · Cameron Pye · ss 78 · Treason of the Blood · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ss 94 · Chains of the Conqueror · Gary Roberts · ss

Web Terror Stories [v4 #2, March 1963] (35¢, 112pp+, digest) 1 · Terror-Slaves of the Nile · Willard Bradley · ss 20 · Mistress of Horror Castle · Giles Hazel · ss 33 · Ling-Tsu’s Experiments in Fear · Maynard Barr · ss 52 · The Aztec Pain Princess · Ben Bennett · ss 69 · Through a Lens, Darkly · Charles Sinclair · nv 94 · Oh, But to Die! · Arthur P. Gordon · ss 102 · The Crystal · Lawrence Frey · ss

Web Terror Stories [v4 #3, November 1963] (35¢, 112pp+, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · The Golden Whip · William S. Brett · nv 27 · Destroy Me! · John Sykes · ss 37 · The Spanish Hook · Frederick Durfee · nv 59 · Torture Chains of Vengeance · Leon Brock · ss 67 · The Dream · Gregory Stein · ss 79 · Act of Horror · Charles de DuFour · ss 94 · Hands of Pain · Carl Peckham · ss 101 · The Fanatic Justice of Satan’s Cult · Harold Smithson · ss

Web Terror Stories [v4 #4, April 1964] (35¢, 112pp+, digest) 1 · Mistress of the Six Gates of Horror · Emory Connor · ss 19 · Hell’s Harem · Herbert Price · ss 31 · Nightmare Island · D. H. Symonds · ss 44 · Dance with the Devil · Arthur Winston · ss 62 · Drums of Torment · Kent L. Bowman · ss 72 · His Majesty—The Fiend! · Alex Burn · ss 88 · The Purifying Lash · Emily Bond · ss 96 · Angel of Evil · Robert Rossner · ss Web Detective Stories Sep 1961

Web Terror Stories [v4 #5, August 1964] (35¢, 112pp+, digest) 1 · Mistress of the Steel Masque · Yancey Robillard · ss 18 · Isle of the Damned · Winston Aldrich · ss 31 · Have Tux—Will Suffer · Bursell Bradshaw · ss 42 · Evil Is the Night · Charles O’Connor · ss 57 · Call Me Victim · L. Wilbur Martin · ss 66 · The Horror Room · R. Duncan MacVee · nv 90 · The Whipping-Stone · Jason Lamont · ss 100 · Jaws of Doom · Harley Bursick · ss

Web Terror Stories [v4 #6, November 1964] (50¢, 160pp+, digest) 1 · Blood Relation · Manfred Oravec · nv 40 · Lash of Shame · R. F. Voralberg · nv 61 · Horror Grotto · Alistair Bogaert · ss 79 · The Night Has a Thousand Torments · Randall Mattia · ss 88 · Salt for My Wounds · Mark Bergstrom · na 138 · Master of the Saxon Shore · David Aubrey Woolrich · nv

Web Terror Stories [v5 #1, February 1965] (50¢, 160pp+, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · The Pain Tree · Aurelia Mulhare · ss 14 · The Angel of Hell · Bursell Bradshaw · ss 29 · Mr. Borealis · Clement Duffy · nv 58 · Footlight Vengeance · Ramon Aguilera · ss 68 · Prey on Me · Henry Cranford · ss 86 · My Love, My Prisoner · Charles Patterson · ss 95 · The Curse of the Borgias · Christine Crewell · ss 103 · Repent at Leisure · Rip Kelly · ss 118 · Come Kiss the Lash · Justin Lamont · nv 137 · Murder: Scene One · Denham Kelsey · ss 144 · Satan’s Spawn · Pete Brown · ss 152 · Glutton for Punishment · Ernestine Durrell · ss

Web Terror Stories [v5 #2, June 1965] (50¢, 160pp+, digest) 1 · The Night of the Huntress · Mark Bergstrom · na 53 · The Leather Mask · Alistair Bogaert · nv 72 · Doctor Fang’s Garden of Pain · Michael Beloit · nv 94 · The Whipping Cure · Blake Burnham · ss 103 · Lash of the Avenger · Randall Mattia · ss 117 · See You in a Nightmare · Hilda Reeves · nv 137 · Venus of the Claws · Eric Ashby · nv

Saucy Detective: Short-lived companion magazine to Saucy Stories and Saucy Movie Tales.

Saucy Detective Publishers: Movie Digest, Inc.; 330 West 42nd Street, New York, NY; and later at 67 West 44th Street, New York, NY: Saucy Detective

Saucy Detective [v1 #1, March 1937] (pulp) Murder Resort · Franz Serdaly · ss Sailor’s Gal · Martin Slavin · ss Blood on Silk · Gig Lockhart · ss Girl Trouble · Will Gibson · ss Girl from Spain · Lew Merrill · ss Murder by a Rose · Roger Orange · ss Stars Die in Bed · Martin Slavin · ss

Saucy Detective [v1 #2, April 1937] (25¢, 160pp, pulp) Details taken from incomplete Table of Contents. 2 · Saucy Crimes and the Editor · [The Editor] · ed 4 · Body Snatchers · John Beck · ss 21 · Sally the Sleuth [Sally the Sleuth] · Paul Jason · cs 24 · Dames Are Dynamite · Malcom Rust · ss 40 · The Nudist Murder Case · Paul Haggard · na 81 · Death Lost an Eye · Dubois Rice · ss 93 · Saucy Crimes of the Gay ’90’s · [Various] · ms Passion’s Playgirl · Frank E. Marks · ss; possibly “Passion’s Play Back”. Lady Detectives Never Tell Much · Michael Nash · ss Saucy Movie Tales Apr 1937 Golden Girl · Guy Russell · ss Saucy Movie Tales Apr 1937 Snatch Trouble · Donald Hogarth · nv Saucy Movie Tales Apr 1937

Saucy Detective [v1 #3, May 1937] (25¢, 160pp, pulp, cover by Jo of Shipman Studios) 2 · Saucy Crimes and the Editor · [The Editor] · ed 4 · Kidnapped · John Beck · ss 22 · Death from a Widow · Roger Orange · ss 30 · Knives for a Lady · John Beck · ss 37 · Sally the Sleuth [Sally the Sleuth] · Paul Jason · cs 40 · Murder File · Reeves L. Black · ss 52 · Spanish Sauce · Gig Lockhart · ss 60 · Meet Me at the Morgue · Donald Hogarth · na 94 · Shooting Star · Laurence Sternig · ss 104 · Saffron Ladies · Lars Anderson · ss 117 · Hot Ice · Cliff Everard · ss 132 · Picked Up in Paris · Pierre Monte · ss 140 · Crimes of the Gay 90’s · [Various] · ms 144 · Hands in the Dark · Peg Dougherty · ss 154 · Women’s Prison · Mildred Walsh · ss

Saucy Detective [v1 #4, June 1937] (25¢, pulp) Details taken from www.oldsfbooks.com Case of the Mad Stallion · Stephen Storm · ss Wax Virgins · Andre Surdos · ss Death Walks Close · Will Gibson · ss The Body in the Brook · Stephen Storm · ss Murder Most Foul · Paul Haggard · na Sally the Sleuth [Sally the Sleuth] · Paul Jason · cs Lay Down & Die · John Beck · ss Shoplifter Siren · Burt Reynal · ss The Doctor’s Wild Night · Martin Slavin · ss Even Fish Kill! · Gig Lockhart · ss Window Dressing · Malcom Rust · ss Kill Me Tonight · Dubois Rice · ss Bullets from a Harem · Jefferson Ames · ss

Saucy Detective Stories Title changed from Saucy Detective. Publishers: Movie Digest, Inc.; 67 West 44th Street, New York, NY: Saucy Detective Stories

Saucy Detective Stories [v1 #5, August 1937] (25¢, 1-96+65b-128b, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Title page reads Saucy Stories. Details taken from a scan of a (partial) Table of Contents, supplemented by information from Nichole Rounds. 2 · Saucy Stories and the Editor · [The Editor] · ed 4 · Torsos and Bullets · Frank E. Marks · ts 18 · Murder Body · Walter Bronson · ts 24 · Lips of Death · Cliff Everard · ts 36 · Newsreel Wench · Stephen Storm · ts 44 · Wedding Night · Will Gibson · ts 60 · Reward for a Lady · Lars Anderson · ts 78 · Lingerie Murders · Jeff Anderson · ts 65b · Daring Daylight Bank Robbery · Anon. · ts 76b · Sex Fiends Have Shocked Chicago · Anon. · ts 86b · Girl Blown Apart by Dynamite · Anon. · ts 94b · Holiday for a Corpse · Stephen De Beers · ts Cadavers Left Around · Paul Haggard · na (r); listed on the cover of magazine, but not in the Table of Contents.

Scarab Mystery Magazine    (about) Short-lived digest featuring “three complete new novels” per issue. Publishers: Black Horse Press, Inc.; Chicago, IL: Scarab Mystery Magazine

Scarab Mystery Magazine [v1 #1, November 1950] (25¢, digest) The Uncertain Corpse [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · na Brainstorm · Paul Marcus · na Noose Around My Neck · Edward Ronns · na

Scarab Mystery Magazine [v1 #2, January 1951] (Black Horse Press, Inc., 25¢, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 1 · The Career Girl and the Corpse · Anne Wormser · na 49 · The Clay Pigeons · Edward Ronns · na 87 · Terror for Two · Marty Holland · na

Scarlet Gang Stories: Short-lived companion to Scarlet Adventuress, Scarlet Confessions and True Gang Life, focussing on the sleazier side of crime. The first two issues were entitled Scarlet Gang Stories and the last three Scarlet Gang Smashers.

Scarlet Gang Stories Publishers: Associated Authors, Inc.; Hollis, Long Island, NY: Scarlet Gang Stories

Scarlet Gang Stories [v1 #1, January 1936] (Associated Authors, 20¢, 96pp, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 4 · Jackals in Silk · Don James Johnston · nv 26 · Soup to Nuts · Edward Green · ss 38 · Going Straight · J. H. Houghton · ss 44 · The Strange Case of Tony Rissutti · Ralph Milne Farley · ss 50 · The Alibi · Robert N. Reeves · ss 54 · The Freezing Passion · N. C. Cochran · ss 58 · The I.O.U. Murders · Raber Mundorf · ss 78 · Duke’s Destruction · Ray Allen Fleming · ss 80 · The White Mortar · Edward J. Donovan · ss

Scarlet Gang Stories [v1 #2, March 1936] (large pulp) David and the Devil’s Tribute · David Roberts & Joseph H. Hernandez · ss A Boat for a Boat · K. Krausse · ss A White Rose for Abe · Dick Ford · ss Signed and Sealed · Edward J. Donovan · ss Shock Man · Mark Turrell Pattie · ss Prints of Death · McLeod Dorford · ss Seven Ride with Eaton · Elton Sterrett · ss An Eye of an Eye · Harold Faller · ss Thirteen Notes in G · Joseph E. Nichols · ss

Scarlet Gang Smashers Title changed from Scarlet Gang Stories. Publishers: Associated Authors, Inc.; Hollis, Long Island, NY: Scarlet Gang Smashers

Scarlet Gang Smashers [v1 #3, May 1936] (Associated Authors, 20¢, 96pp, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 4 · The Crusade of Lin Yan · Joseph H. Hernandez · nv 22 · Double for Trouble · Lee Namerin · ss 30 · The Phantom Big Shot · Leslie Lee Kimball · ss 38 · Payroll Double Cross · Joseph Francis · ss 46 · Poor Marksmanship · Charles B. McCray · ss 52 · A Case for the Morgue · Robert Martin · ss 56 · Fast Worker · Ernest Brent · ss 60 · The Last Laugh · C. R. Gaylord · ss 63 · Two Men Afraid · D. C. Retsloff · vi 65 · Thorobred · Virginia Stacey · ss

Scarlet Gang Smashers [v1 #4, June 1936] (large pulp) Issue not found. Need Contents

Scarlet Gang Smashers [v1 #5, July 1936] (large pulp) Blood on the Moon · Joseph H. Hernandez · ss Caviar Corpse · Ernest Brent · ss Honeymoon Hall · Cliff Everard · ss Undercover Backfire · Tom B. Stone · ss Dead Men’s Mutiny · Dick Ford · ss Men of Misfortune · Hal Firanze · ss Alibi Buster · William G. Bogart · ss Murder Rap · Bob Williams · ss The Final Witness · Grant Milton Sassaman · ss Stir Crow Takes Wings · J. R. Clows · ss Beefy Jones Passes On · V. S. Summers · ss

Scarlet Gang Smashers (UK)    (about) British reprint edition of Scarlet Gang Smashers. Publishers: William C. Merrett, Ltd.: Scarlet Gang Smashers (UK)

Scarlet Gang Smashers (UK) [n.d.] (2/-, 36pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the May 1936 (US) issue with a redrawn version of the same cover art. 2 · Double for Trouble · Anon. · ss Scarlet Gang Smashers May 1936, as by Lee Namerin 6 · The Phantom Big Shot · Anon. · ss Scarlet Gang Smashers May 1936, as by Leslie Lee Kimball 12 · Two Men Afraid · Anon. · vi Scarlet Gang Smashers May 1936, as by D. C. Retsloff 13 · Payroll Doublecross · Anon. · ss Scarlet Gang Smashers May 1936, as by Joseph Francis 18 · Poor Marksmanship · Anon. · ss Scarlet Gang Smashers May 1936, as by Charles B. McCray 22 · A Case for the Morgue · Anon. · ss Scarlet Gang Smashers May 1936, as by Robert Martin 25 · Fast Worker · Anon. · ss Scarlet Gang Smashers May 1936, as by Ernest Brent 27 · The Last Laugh · Anon. · ss Scarlet Gang Smashers May 1936, as by C. R. Gaylord 29 · Thoroughbred · Anon. · ss Scarlet Gang Smashers May 1936, as “Thorobred” by Virginia Stacey 30 · Tong War for Sweet Flower · Anon. · ss (r)

Scientific Detective    (about) A saddle-stitched, digest-size magazine of standard crime-adventure fare, Scientific Detective belied its name and had several fact articles and an occasional quiz about its fiction, which appears to be primarily reprint material. Its start date is not known: the earliest issue noted is March 1945 (labelled volume 5 number 1) while the latest known issue is dated May 1948. Precise issues published not known. Publishers: C.D. Publishing Co./B.E.C. Publishing Co.; New York: Scientific Detective Editors: Max Herzberg - Editor: Scientific Detective, ? 1947.

Scientific Detective [v5 #1, March 1945] (C.D. Publishing Co., 25¢, 52pp, digest) Details supplied by Denny Lien. 3 · Spent Her Life and Fortune Hunting a Killer · Anon. · ms The American Weekly 5 · The Hanging Judge · Edward Galley · ar Answers 9 · He Killed for the Thrill of It! · Anon. · ms Answers 11 · The Brotherhood of St. Paul · R. L. Hadfield · ar 15 · The Pachyderm Murderer · Claire Darth · ss 32 · I Killed Charles Robin · Joseph De Bona · ss 35 · World of Fantasy · Anon. · ms News of the World 38 · Murder for Pleasure · Norman Colgan · ar Answers 42 · The Last of the Highwaymen · Philip Rooney · ar 44 · The Fascinating Murderer · Anon. · ms 49 · Business Detectives Have Strange Tasks · Anon. · ms Fact Digest