Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Thrilling Detective [v52 #2, August 1944] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 11 · The Night of Terror · Thomson Burtis · na 35 · Guinea Pig Money · Benton Braden · ss 40 · Slight Touch of Satan [Johnny Castle] · C. S. Montanye · nv 55 · Queen of the Gold-Diggers · Samuel Mines · ar 58 · Murder on Her Mind · Walter Wilson · ss 63 · Leave at Your Peril · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss 71 · Lined with Death · John L. Benton · ss

Thrilling Detective [v52 #3, September 1944] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 11 · Specters Walk Beside Me · Jim O’Brien · na 38 · Memphis Blues · Frank Johnson · ss 42 · Death Before Defense · W. T. Ballard · nv 57 · Genuine Banknotes · Samuel Mines · ar 60 · The Blizzard Blows Death · Jason Lee · ss 69 · Shoulder Straps [Dave McClain] · C. S. Montanye · ss 76 · Orders from the Boss · James Harry Martin · ss

Thrilling Detective [v53 #1, October 1944] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 13 · The Phantom Bridegroom · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na; originally written as a “Green Ghost” story, but main character’s name was changed and all mention of the Green Ghost was removed. 38 · Murder Cooperation [Willie Brann] · Benton Braden · nv 54 · Hot Seat Serenade · H. Wolff Salz · ss 57 · Bargain in Cash · Walter Wilson · ss 63 · Find the Body · Samuel Mines · ar 66 · An Eye for an Eye · Charles S. Strong · ss 69 · Mountain Showdown · Hal White · ss

Thrilling Detective [v53 #2, November 1944] (10¢, pulp) 11 · Negatives of Guilt [Johnny Wells] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 34 · Thirty Grand Rage · Benton Braden · ss 41 · The Bad Axe Murders · Samuel Mines · ar 44 · The Magic Formula · Robert S. Fenton · nv 53 · The Old Inn · Walter Wilson · ss 57 · Four Leaves for Luck · William Fredric Kruger · ss 59 · A Matter of Death · Fredric Brown · nv 76 · The Little Things · William Benton Johnston · ss

Thrilling Detective [v53 #3, December 1944] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by Al Tonik. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 11 · The Dead Don’t Cry [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday · na 37 · Payoff—Death [Wayne Wright] · Ted Coughlan · ss 46 · Off the Arm · John L. Benton · ss 49 · Publicity for the Corpse [Johnny Castle] · C. S. Montanye · nv 65 · Cop-Shy · O. Dennis · ss 72 · Hobnails · Mary H. Shannon · ss

Thrilling Detective [v54 #1, January 1945] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 11 · Three Hours of Danger · Armstrong Livingston · nv 26 · Murder Is No Technicality [Willie Brann] · Benton Braden · nv 40 · Telepathic Solution · Walter Wilson · ss 47 · King’s Pawn · Allan K. Echols · nv 50 · Murder Up Stream [Dave McClain] · C. S. Montanye · nv 56 · Death on the Meter · Edward Ronns · nv 70 · A Touch of Sherlock Holmes · John L. Benton · ss 77 · Who Dares Not To? · John Steinbeck · ms Range Riders Western Win 1944; a War Bond message.

Thrilling Detective [v54 #2, February 1945] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. 11 · Murder Calls the Tune · W. T. Ballard · nv 26 · A Shroud for Mr. Hyde [Willie Brann] · Benton Braden · nv 39 · Salmon for Satan · Hal K. Wells · ss 43 · Twenty Grand Leg · Walter Wilson · ss 51 · One Trial Less [Wayne Wright] · Ted Coughlan · ss 58 · Death Wears a Mask · Henry Kuttner · nv 70 · The Man Who Took a Walk · Samuel Mines · ar

Thrilling Detective [v54 #3, March 1945] (10¢, pulp) 11 · Murder in the Sky [Johnny Wells] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 32 · Clue of the Clever Corpse · John L. Benton · ss 36 · The Dead Reach Far · R. Sprague Hall · nv; not the same as the story of the same name in the March 1935 issue of Popular Detective. 47 · On a Steep Side Street [Dave McClain] · C. S. Montanye · ss 54 · Lead for the Editor · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss 57 · You Can Always Duck · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss 65 · Diamonds Flushed · Benton Braden · ss

Thrilling Detective [v55 #1, April 1945] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 11 · It Comes Up Murder [Johnny Castle] · C. S. Montanye · nv 27 · Hannah Dies on a High Note · Charles G. Givens · ss 32 · Malice in Wonderland · Lawrence De Foy · nv 47 · Death Wears Scarlet · J. S. Endicott · ss 51 · Dead Sea Murder Fruit · Hal K. Wells · ss 56 · Two Rings for Death · Eric A. Provost · nv 67 · Mysterious Passenger · Stephen Payne · ss

Thrilling Detective [v55 #1, May 1945] (10¢, pulp) This is the second issue labelled v55 #1. Details supplied by Rob Preston. 11 · Compliments of a Fiend · Fredric Brown · nv; later expanded as the Ed and Am Hunter novel The Bloody Moonlight, Dutton, 1949. 36 · Trouble Trail · J. S. Endicott · ss 40 · Diamond Grab [Willie Brann] · Benton Braden · nv 53 · Death Deposit · Walter Wilson · ss 57 · From the Bottom-Up · David X. Manners · ss 60 · Murder on Furlough · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss

Thrilling Detective [v55 #2, June 1945] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 11 · Death of an Opera Star [Johnny Castle] · C. S. Montanye · nv 28 · Murder-on-the-Hudson · Bob Woehlke (with Fredric Brown) · nv 40 · Bombshell Murder · J. S. Endicott · ss 44 · The Butcher · Cyril Plunkett · nv 55 · Too Young to Fight · H. Wolff Salz · ss 57 · Murder, She Says! · Ken Lewis · ss 64 · Death Scoops a Columnist · Joe Archibald · ss

Thrilling Detective [v56 #1, July 1945] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp, cover by Samuel Cherry) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 11 · The Crawling Corpse · Dale Clark · nv 24 · Signature in Ashes · Frances Beck · nv 38 · Death Is a Silver Shadow · John L. Benton · ss 43 · Wait for the Hearse · Eric A. Provost · ss 50 · Murder Is Bigamy · Leigh Brackett · nv; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 66 · Tracks in the Snow · Samuel Mines · ss 69 · Summer Slay Ride [Dave McClain] · C. S. Montanye · ss

Thrilling Detective [v56 #2, August 1945] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. Given as v56 #1 in the Table of Contents. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 11 · Fly Home, Pigeon · C. S. Montanye · na 25 · Danger Signal · Larry Sternig · ss 30 · I’m Nobody’s Body · William Rough · nv 44 · Murder Without Music [Jim Bennett] · Robert Martin · nv 56 · Penny Blacks from Heaven · Hal K. Wells · ss 63 · Footsteps on the Roof · John L. Benton · ss 66 · Death Bait · Paul Chadwick · ss

Thrilling Detective [v56 #3, September 1945] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp, cover by Samuel Cherry) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 11 · Murder’s Mandate · W. T. Ballard · nv 28 · Death of a Dead Man · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · nv 42 · Ordeal by Oswald · Hal K. Wells · ss 49 · One Shot Trick · Benton Braden · ss 54 · Look Homeward, Killer · Ken Lewis · nv 67 · Dead Man’s Nerve · Jack Bradley · ss

Thrilling Detective [v57 #1, November 1945] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 11 · The Man from Alcatraz · John L. Benton · na 41 · Tattooed Blonde · Hal K. Wells · ss 48 · Murder—off the Record [Johnny Castle] · C. S. Montanye · nv 61 · Die for a Smoke · Allan K. Echols · ss 64 · Secretarial Shakedown · Benton Braden · ss

Thrilling Detective [v57 #2, January 1946] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 13 · The Second Act Is Murder · W. T. Ballard · nv 29 · A Corsage for the Corpse · Bill Morgan · ss 34 · Death in the Wind · Curtiss T. Gardner · nv 48 · Still Waters Mean Murder · Emil J. Krukar · ss 55 · Slay That Hoofer Down · Fergus Truslow · ss 63 · Dead Man’s Gift · Ben Frank · ss 66 · Down to Danger · J. Lane Linklater · nv 77 · Opals Are Unlucky [Dave McClain] · C. S. Montanye · ss

Thrilling Detective [v57 #3, March 1946] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 13 · Too Many Are Dead · William Rough · na 40 · Today’s Lesson Is Death · Richard Brister · ss 46 · The Corpse Walked Away · H. Ralph Goller · nv 58 · Gopher Trap · Hal K. Wells · ss 63 · Murder of a Memory · John L. Benton · ss 71 · Money Music [Dave McClain] · C. S. Montanye · ss 77 · A Spot of Murder · J. Lane Linklater · ss

Thrilling Detective [v58 #1, May 1946] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 13 · Death on Skis · Edward Churchill · na 49 · The Knife and the Loot · J. Lane Linklater · ss 57 · The Tangled Web of Murder · E. E. Halleran · ss 62 · Don’t Meddle with Murder [Johnny Castle] · C. S. Montanye · nv; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 77 · The Brothers Are Burning · Roger Fuller · ss

Thrilling Detective [v58 #2, July 1946] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 9 · Don’t Forget Your Gun · William Chamberlain · na 33 · Murder Comes in Threes · H. C. Butler · ss 42 · The Corpse from Reno · John L. Benton · nv 55 · They Loved Me in San Merillo · Morgan Lewis · ss 62 · Blood on Her Hands · Talmage Powell · nv 78 · Another Job for Homicide · C. K. M. Scanlon · ss 82 · Please, I Killed Him · Wayland Rice · ss

Thrilling Detective [v58 #3, October 1946] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. 9 · Sixteen Pounds of Murder [Dwight & Gail Berke] · Carl G. Hodges · nv 28 · The Triangular Blade · Carter Sprague · nv 44 · Drive to Death · J. Lane Linklater · ss 53 · Slay, Fiddle, Slay · H. C. Butler · ss 62 · Meet the Killer · John L. Benton · nv 76 · The Quick and the Dead · Eric A. Provost · ss 84 · Perfect Recommendation · Walt N. Morey · ss

Thrilling Detective [v59 #1, December 1946] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 11 · The Mystery Man of Soho [Bob Fisher] · Margery Allingham · na The Thriller Apr 1 1933 46 · Shoot Fast, but Shoot Straight! · Sam Carson · ss 52 · Death in a Hurry [Roy Quick] · J. Lane Linklater · nv 65 · Final Judgement · Ralph Oppenheim · ss 75 · Ill Wind Blowing · David X. Manners · ss 80 · The Cat Came Back · Ken Tillson · ss

Thrilling Detective [v59 #2, February 1947] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 82pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 11 · The Center of the Stage [Rolph Burnham] · Thomson Burtis · na 38 · Make Mine Murder [Johnny Castle] · C. S. Montanye · nv; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 54 · Reversed Justice · Lee Fredericks · ss 57 · Dial M-U-R-D-E-R · John L. Benton · ss 62 · Nice, Like a Cobra [Jim Bennett] · Robert Martin · nv 77 · Death Bait · Bill Anson · ss 81 · Death Starts the New Year · Johnston McCulley · ss; illustrated by R. Jenney

Thrilling Detective [v59 #3, April 1947] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 11 · Until You Hang · Edward Ronns · na 42 · Death Plays the Fool · Hal K. Wells · ss 51 · Doctor Crippen, I Believe? · Leo Marr · ar 56 · Death at Both Ends · J. Lane Linklater · nv 70 · Atom Boy · Ray Cummings · ss 76 · Murder Breeds Murder [Dwight & Gail Berke] · Carl G. Hodges · nv 89 · Written in Blood · F. R. Read · ss 95 · Shakedown Shamus · A. J. Collins · ss

Thrilling Detective [v60 #1, June 1947] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Rob Preston & Morgan Wallace. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 11 · This Corpse on Me [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · na; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 42 · Poor Economy · Ray Cummings · ss Munsey’s Magazine Jan 1923; illustrated by Robert Jenney 47 · Too Much Hardware · Ralph Oppenheim · ss; illustrated by Ed DeLavy 58 · Murder’s Never Fun · Don James · ss 66 · The Egg in the Bier · A. J. Collins · nv 80 · Killing Takes Confidence · Curtiss T. Gardner · nv; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 94 · No Delay, No Rest · David X. Manners · ss 98 · Dead Man Overhead · Hal K. Wells · ss

Thrilling Detective [v60 #2, August 1947] (Standard Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Headquarters · [The Readers] · lc 11 · Merry Month of Mayhem [Steve Dix] · C. S. Montanye · nv 29 · Drop That Corpse · Tom Betts · ss 36 · Murder in My Bones [Dwight & Gail Berke] · Carl G. Hodges · nv 50 · A Short Bier for Bertha · A. J. Collins · ss 59 · Easy Money · Frank Morris · ss 69 · Lady in Trouble · Calvin L. Boswell · ss 74 · The Three Strange Men · J. Lane Linklater · nv 89 · The Killer Takes His Pick · Curtiss T. Gardner · ss 99 · Dead Man’s Trail [Kip Morgan] · Louis L’Amour · ss