Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Off Beat Detective Stories [v3 #5, November 1959] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) Details taken from eBay listing. Terror Beats Silken Wings! · Al James · nv Darling It’s Murder! · Art Crockett · nv The Lust Patrol! · Gil Grayson · nv Mate of the Damned! · James Rosenquest · ss So Dies a Tramp! · Bill Ryder · ss You Can’t Escape! · Buck Redmond · ss A Redhead for the Butcher! · Mickey Fairbanks · ss Death Can’t Lose! · Jack Kavanagh · ss Corpses Want Company! · Bob Shields · ss Hell Is a Lovely Lady! · Grover Brinkman · ss Scramble My Brains! · Sam Holt · ss The Slaughtering Frail! · Flip Lyons · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v3 #6, January 1960] (35¢, digest) Last Stop... Hell · Norman Struber · ss Violence for Valerie · Ray Dunham · ss Baby, Die for Him · Bill Ryder · ss Blonde Trap · G. G. Revelle · ss One Fearful Night · Jim Barnett · ss Lust Leaves Ugly Scars · Edward L. Stacey · ss Never Spurn a Hellcat · Flip Lyons · ss No Game for Chickens · Leslie G. Sabo · ss Her Shrieks Brought Terror · Jack Kavanagh · ss Hot Dame with a Cooler · Art Crockett · ss Sultry Shack Doll · Jim Arthur · ss Don’t Blast a Frail · Bob Shields · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v4 #1, March 1960] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Details taken from eBay listing. Brenda Came High! · Luke Hogan · nv Blood Fills the Night! · Jay Richards · nv The Thirsting Blade! · Bill Ryder · nv Her Lovers Were Corpses! · Leslie G. Sabo · ss Scared Cop—Dead Cop! · Don Unatin · ss Last Fling in Hell! · James Rosenquest · ss Rumble Doll! · Art Crockett · ss Patsy for Passion! · Al James · ss Beauty Baits the Trap! · Grover Brinkman · ss The Mayhem Kid! · Jim Arthur · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v4 #2, May 1960] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) Details taken from eBay listing. One Hideous Night! · Don Unatin · nv Blonde Dynamite! · Leslie G. Sabo · nv Blood Bath for Kitty! · Bob Shields · nv You’re My Knife! · Ed Lacy · ss Slay Ride! · Art Crockett · ss Come Sin with Me! · Flip Lyons · ss The Passionate Phantom! · Edward D. Hoch · ss You Can’t Punk Out! · Norman Struber · ss Little Darling of Lust! · Art Rordan · ss Hate Draws the Bead! · Bill Ryder · ss Slaughter Swamp! · Grover Brinkman · ss Love Her Corpse Tomorrow! · Greg Burns · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v4 #3, July 1960] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Details taken from eBay listing. Drive the Knife Deep! [Duke Valentine] · Bob Shields · nv Lust of the Damned! · Christopher Mace · nv Stand Still for Murder! · Steve Lawton · nv Evil Walks the Night! · Jim Arthur · ss Get Lost, Bum! · Arnold English · ss Passion’s Playmate! · Wayne Thomas · ss The Devil Thumbs a Ride! · Grover Brinkman · ss Hot Frail—Cold Trail! · Jack Kavanagh · ss I, the Executioner! · Art Rordan · ss Skull Game! · Art Crockett · ss Fiends Love Too! · Douglas Cole · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v4 #4, September 1960] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Details taken from eBay listing. Frame Me in Satin [Duke Valentine] · Bob Shields · ss Hell’s Lovely Gravedigger · Grover Brinkman · ss So Dies a Tramp · Art Crockett · ss Burn for Me, Darling · Ed Lacy · ss Deadline on Death · Robert Wilkens · ss Buy Murder Cheap · Herman Hesse · ss Little Sister of Lust · Jim Arthur · ss Passion Pad · Gil Grayson · ss Run from Her, Killer · Jay Richards · ss Stand-In for Terror · Bill Ryder · ss Devil Woman · Leslie G. Sabo · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v4 #5, November 1960] (35¢, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Bribe Me with Lust! [Duke Valentine] · Bob Shields · nv 19 · Passion’s Fires Kill! · Talmage Powell · ss 25 · Satan’s Kids! · Leslie G. Sabo · ss 36 · You Can’t Kill Hate! · Steve Lawton · ss; given as by Stan Lawton. 46 · Judge Me in Hell! · Chet Williams · nv; given as by W.E. Morse on the cover. 59 · Hot Torpedo! · Frank Huepper · ss 67 · Soft Brides of Evil! · Bill Ryder · ss 78 · The Guts to Kill! · Grover Brinkman · ss 91 · One Hideous Night! · Jay Richards · ss 103 · Deadly Dream Doll! · Jim Arthur · ss 111 · The Dead Can Kill! · Jack Kavanagh · ss 116 · Lover of the Damned! · Chet Williams · nv

Off Beat Detective Stories [v4 #6, January 1961] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Mistress of Madness! [Duke Valentine] · Bob Shields · nv 20 · Death Is Forever! · Harrison Smith · ss 30 · Run, Sucker, Run! · Ted F. Parker · ss 41 · Doom Prowls the Night! · Gil Grayson · ss 53 · Lust Town! · Art Crockett · nv 68 · Don’t Laugh at Murder! · Edward D. Hoch · ss 75 · Bleed for Me, Lover! · Frank Gillmore · ss 87 · Soft Arms—Bloody Hands! · Grover Brinkman · ss 103 · Hell’s Fires Burn Hot! · Flip Lyons · ss 114 · The Nameless Terror! · Bill Ryder · nv

Off Beat Detective Stories [v5 #1, March 1961] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) “Nice Girls Kill First” by Leslie G. Sabo is listed on the cover but did not appear until the May 1962 issue. Details taken from eBay listing. Blond Bombshell! [Duke Valentine] · Bob Shields · nv Womanhunt! · Grover Brinkman · nv A Bullet for Baby! [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv Never Bet on Death! · David Kasanof · ss Pose for Passion! · Al James · ss Night of the Slasher! · Art Rordan · ss Her Kind Die Young! · Hal Ellson · ss Lust Slave! · Flip Lyons · ss Kiss Me and Die! · Bill Rank · ss Brotherhood of Evil! · James Rosenquest · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v5 #2, May 1961] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) Details taken from eBay listing. So Lethal My Love! [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv Wake for a Willing Wanton! · Grover Brinkman · nv Double Dealing Doll! · Flip Lyons · nv Creeps Can Kill! · Casey Hancher · ss Fear Stalks the Shadows! · Talmage Powell · ss Vengeance of the Damned! · Harrison Smith · ss Lovely Lady of Lust! · James Rosenquest · ss You’ve Got to Hate Big! · J. Simmons Scheb · ss Hell Pit! · Steve Lawton · ss Deadly Cargo! · Jay Richards · ss Passion Knows No Rules! · Jack MacKinnon · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v5 #3, July 1961] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · Murder Wears a Bikini! [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv 22 · Soft Mark! · Leslie G. Sabo · ss 28 · Passion’s Price Is High! · Russell Thompson · ss 38 · Never Con a Killer! · William H. Duhart · ss 48 · Frail for a Fall Guy! · Christopher Mace · ss 55 · Share My Coffin, Darling! · Bill Rank · nv 68 · You Can’t Bury Evil! · Jim Arthur · ss 79 · Horror Claims a Bride! · Flip Lyons · ss 91 · Blood Will Tell! · Ted F. Parker · ss 100 · Her Corpse Needs Loving! · Grover Brinkman · ss; given as “Her Ghost Needs Loving” on the cover. 111 · Lust Loves the Dark! · Edward D. Hoch · nv

Off Beat Detective Stories [v5 #4, September 1961] (35¢, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Strippers Are Murder! [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv 23 · The Passionate Punk! · Dan Sontup · ss 36 · No Place to Run! · Casey Hancher · ss 44 · Hell’s Handmaiden! · Edward D. Hoch · ss 50 · You Can’t Deal with the Devil! · John Mackenzie · nv 69 · Scream for Me, Darling! · Steve Lawton · ss 79 · Terror Tavern! · Ted F. Parker · ss 93 · Lust of the Damned! · William H. Duhart · ss 105 · Death Watch! · Grover Brinkman · ss 113 · Soft Angel of Madness! · Anthony Stuart · nv

Off Beat Detective Stories [v5 #5, January 1962] (cover by Carl Pfeufer) Lovely Lady of Death! [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv Beauty Be Damned! · Talmage Powell · nv Handmaiden of Agony! · Jim Arthur · nv Let’s Die My Sweet! · Wallace Downs · ss Passion Plot! · David Kasanof · ss And Slay Once More! · Michael W. Elm · ss Vengeance Doll! · Al James · ss You Can’t Kill Lust! · Grover Brinkman · ss There’s No Escape! · Flip Lyons · ss Darling of Hate! · William H. Duhart · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v5 #6, May 1962] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) Details taken from eBay listing. Name Your Poison [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv Setup for Murder · Edward D. Hoch · nv Horror Rides the Night! · Alan Lance · nv Lust Won’t Wait! · William H. Duhart · ss Nice Guys Kill First! · Leslie G. Sabo · ss Burn in Hell, My Love! · Ben Bartel · ss Evil Maiden of Desire! · Hal Ellson · ss A Toast to the Damned! · Donald E. Westlake · ss As Red as Blood! · Ed Lacy · ss Terror School! · Christopher Mace · ss The Payoff Is Passion! · Warren Downing · ss Teasers Die Hard! · Flip Lyons · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v6 #1, July 1962] (35¢, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Carnival of Lust! [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv 18 · Bikini Babe! · Jackson Queens · ss 26 · Little Rat—Big Boodle! · Jay Richards · ss 35 · Hard-Nose Bull! · Ed Lacy · ss 41 · Lovely Vision of Death! · James Rosenquest · ss 51 · House of the Big Hate! · Harrison Smith · nv 65 · Layout for Murder! · Edward D. Hoch · ss 75 · Hate Won’t Die! · Alan Lance · ss 84 · Punk on the Prowl! · J. Simmons Scheb · ss 90 · Killer’s Farm! · Jordan Roberts · ss 101 · Death for a Price! · Steve Lawton · ss 109 · Sweet Mistress of Murder! · Larry M. Harris · ss 114 · Never Fool with Passion! · William H. Duhart · nv

Off Beat Detective Stories [v6 #2, September 1962] (35¢, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Satan Wears Satin! · Wallace Downs · nv 17 · The Passion to Kill! · Dan Sontup · ss 27 · Bride of Fear! · Flip Lyons · ss 39 · No Luck for a Sucker! · Ed Lacy · ss 50 · Con Doll! · Arthur Porges · ss 56 · Heroin Honey! · Art Crockett · nv 71 · Some Dames Are Poison! · William H. Duhart · ss 89 · Terror Calls Collect! · Don Tothe · ss 99 · Death Spins the Wheel! · Jay Richards · ss 106 · A Corpse Can Love! · Edward D. Hoch · nv

Off Beat Detective Stories [v6 #3, November 1962] (35¢, digest) Soft Flesh Can Be Deadly · Art Crockett · ss Terror Town · Brian Cole · ss Lovely Bait for a Killer · Edward A. Dieckmann, Sr. · ss The Passion to Kill · Ed Lacy · ss Some Dames Are Poison · Ed Ettinger · ss Madman’s Hotel · Edward D. Hoch · ss A Dame Can Cheat Big · Don Tothe · ss Sweet Night of Revenge · Flip Lyons · ss Hangman’s Yard · Heinrich Woos · ss Lust Means Big Trouble · Arthur Porges · ss Terror Prowls the Night · R. W. Lakin · ss Redheaded Bait · Jim Arthur · ss Death on the High Steel · Jay Richards · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v7 #4, January 1963] (35¢, digest) Mislabelled v7 #4 instead of v6 #4. Framed by a Fickle Frail · Art Crockett · ss Play with Me, Sucker · Jay Richards · ss Passion Baby · Bill Severn · ss High Price of Passion · Don Tothe · ss The Girl in the Gold Bikini · Ed Ettinger · ss Cargo of Death · Max F. Harris · ss Death Stalks the Dark Street · Jim Arthur · ss Death’s Errand Boy · Grover Brinkman · ss Smart Gal—Scared Punk · Roderick Thorp · ss Deadly Desire · Alan Lance · ss I Sell Terror · Flip Lyons · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v8 #1, March 1963] (Pontiac Publishing Corp., digest) Issue not found - may be phantom. Need Contents

Off Beat Detective Stories [v8 #2, May 1963] (Pontiac Publishing Corp., 35¢, 127pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) 3 · Hot Dame, Cold Slab [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv 19 · Fangs of Death · Ed Lacy · ss 24 · Framed for Passion · Alan Lance · ss 36 · Too Young to Live · Arthur Porges · ss 44 · The Flesh Eaters · Grover Brinkman · ss 52 · Murder Wears Satin · Ed Ettinger · nv 66 · Lust Pad · Andrew Blake · ss 74 · Death Trap · Jay Fox · ss 84 · Blood Doll · Jay Folb · ss 94 · Death Be My Lover · M. R. James · ss 104 · Lovely Victims of Hate · Ed Peele · ss 116 · Suckers Are for Killing · Steve Lawton · nv

Suspect Detective Stories    (about) Suspect Detective Stories was a fairly standard crime digest featuring fast-action, contemporary, crime adventure stories. It never made a mark in the crowded marketplace for such fare and folded after 5 issues. The issue numbering was continued by Infinity SF. Publishers: Royal Publications, Inc.; 47 East 44th Street, New York 17, NY: Suspect Detective Stories Editors: Larry T. Shaw - Editor: Suspect Detective Stories

Suspect Detective Stories [v1 #1, November 1955] ed. Larry T. Shaw (Royal Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) Details supplied by Jerry McMaster from Table of Contents. 3 · Angelica Is Still Alive · Walter Snow · ss 12 · Death Is Where You Find It · Larry Holden · nv 41 · Anything for a Friend · Jerome Bixby · ss 54 · The Naked and the Deadly · Robert Turner · ss 68 · Scream Your Head Off · Matt Christopher · ss 79 · Specialty Kill · Fletcher Flora · ss 91 · Dead Men Never Die · Roy Lopez · ss 103 · Bullets and Bulletins · The Prowler · cl 106 · Blood Money · Lorenz Heller · ss 118 · Murdering Myra · William Tenn · ss

Suspect Detective Stories [v1 #2, February 1956] ed. Larry T. Shaw (Royal Publications, Inc., 35¢, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · The Build-Up [Cash Barlow] · Richard S. Prather · nv 25 · Black Lace · Bryce Walton · ss 36 · One for the Hangman · Larry Holden · ss 53 · Dead Men Don’t Shreik · Walter Snow · ss 68 · A Tasty Dish · Lorenz Heller · ss 79 · Each Man Kills · Chester Cohen · ss 86 · Bullets and Bulletins · The Prowler · cl 88 · The Shallow Grave · Bruno Fischer · nv 116 · A Good Imagination · Robert Bloch · ss