Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Triple Detective [v10 #1, Winter 1954] ed. Morris Ogden Jones (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · The Readers’ Jury · Bert Reichert · cl 8 · The Tattooed Nude · Emmett McDowell · na 70 · Precinct 23 · M. E. Chaber · na 84 · Location for Murder · Edward Churchill · na Popular Detective Sep 1947 101 · Too Perfect · William Carter · ar

Triple Detective [v10 #2, Spring 1954] ed. Morris Ogden Jones (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) Details supplied by James Felton. 6 · The Readers’ Jury · Harold Helfer · cl 8 · The Magic Rabbits · Cecil de Vada · ms 10 · Lead for Breakfast · Stewart Sterling · na 29 · Cherchez la Femme? · Norman Renard · ar (r) 39 · The Gates · Manly Wade Wellman · ss 42 · Murder · O. J. Robertson · qz 43 · Death Halts a Holiday [Nick Blade] · Edward Churchill · nv Popular Detective Sep 1948 59 · Animal Crackers · John L. Benton · ar 79 · Detectagram Crossword Puzzle · Bert Schroeder, Jr. · pz 80 · The Shield · William Degenhard · na 93 · Impatient Burglar · Stephen J. Schmiedl · ar 110 · Crepe for Suzette [Johnny Castle] · C. S. Montanye · nv Thrilling Detective Oct 1948

Triple Detective [v10 #3, Summer 1954] ed. Samuel Mines (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) Details supplied by James Felton. 6 · Animal Crackers · Harold Helfer · hu 8 · The Readers’ Jury · Jack Benton · cl 10 · Running Scared · Norman A. Daniels · na 47 · Death Is a Noise · Fredric Brown · nv Popular Detective Feb 1943 60 · Who’s Who? · Joseph C. Stacey · qz 61 · Bright Bulb · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss G-Men Detective Mar 1947 67 · Hide-Away · H. A. DeRosso · ss 74 · Night Without End · Wyatt Blassingame · nv Thrilling Detective Apr 1949 100 · Death Rides a Wildcat · Lee E. Wells · na Thrilling Detective Aug 1942 120 · My Corpse Craves Company · Frank D. Millman · ss 126 · I’ll Get What’s Mine · Henry Guth · ss

Triple Detective [v11 #1, Fall 1954] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) Details supplied by James Felton. 6 · The Readers’ Jury · J. S. Endicott · cl 8 · Too Many Are Dead · William Rough · na Thrilling Detective Mar 1946 41 · Death in the House on 23rd Street · Samuel Mines · ar Mystery Book Magazine Apr 1946, as by Leo Marr 48 · Specters Walk Beside Me · Jim O’Brien · na Thrilling Detective Sep 1944 85 · If Not Worms, Fishes · Stephen Marlowe · na 110 · Do You Know Your Courts? · Anon. · qz 114 · Law and Disorder · Harold Helfer · cl (r)

Triple Detective [v11 #2, Winter 1955] (25¢, pulp) 10 · Houses of Death · Walter Monaghan · na 37 · Make Mine Murder · Edward S. Ronns · nv Thrilling Detective Mar 1941 74 · The Galahad Racket · Lloyd Albertson · ss 86 · Don’t Bury Me Yet · W. T. Ballard · nv Black Book Detective Apr 1948 103 · Final Gesture · Jane Hardey · ss

Triple Detective [v11 #3, Spring 1955] ed. James B. Hendryx (Best Publications, 25¢, pulp) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 6 · The Readers’ Jury · J. S. Endicott · cl 10 · A Shadow Named Death · R. Van Taylor · na 29 · Rendezvous · Donald S. Sipprell · ss 34 · The Dancing Sandwiches · Fredric Brown · na Mystery Book Magazine Sum 1950, as “The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches” 67 · No Dead End · Larry Holden · ss 77 · Until You Hang · Edward Ronns · na Thrilling Detective Apr 1947 113 · Law and Disorder · Harold Helfer · cl (r)

Triple Detective [v12 #1, Summer 1955] (25¢, pulp) 8 · Murder in Bright Lights · Jonathan Joseph & Bryant Ford · na Mystery Book Magazine Sum 1950 66 · The Dragnet · William Degenhard · na 86 · Anniversary · Harold Helfer · ts 89 · The Mayor Is Dead [Mike Dobson] · B. J. Benson · nv Popular Detective May 1949

Triple Detective [v12 #2, Fall 1955] (25¢, pulp) 8 · Don’t Wait Up for Me · Larry Holden · na 58 · In at the Kill · Wilbur S. Peacock · nv Popular Detective Nov 1950 88 · The Body in the Trunk · Harold Q. Masur · nv Thrilling Detective Feb 1948 110 · Murder My Darling · Frank D. Millman · ss

Triple Detective [#1, April 2008 (v12 #3, Winter 1956)] ed. Tom Johnson (Altus Press, $14.95, 96pp, tp) 4 · The Readers’ Jury · Tom Johnson · ed 9 · The Lady of Death [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · Stewart Sterling · na; restored from “The Lady’s Out for Blood!” (Triple Detective, Spring 1953). 36 · The Happiest Hour Murders [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)] · Robert Wallace (by Norman A. Daniels) · na; restored from “Many Men Die” (Thrilling Detective, October 1935). 70 · The Stolen Formula [Secret Agent X] · Elia Back & Tom Johnson · na; extensively revised from a story that first appeared, in Greek, in Maska in 1950.

Triple Detective [#2, July 2008 (v12 #4, Spring 1956)] (Altus Press, $14.95, 146pp, tp) Doctor Death Returns [Doctor Death] · Steve Mitchell · na Double Danger Tales #56 2002, as by Son of Zorro Murder Museum [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)] · K. G. McAbee · na Crime’s Last Stand [Benson Roberts (The Masked Avenger)] · Tom Johnson · nv Double Danger Tales #24 1999

Triple Detective [#3, March 2009 (v13 #1, Summer 1956)] (Altus Press, $14.95, 128pp, tp) The Black Bat’s War [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Tom Johnson) · na The Eyes of Satan [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)] · Robert Wallace · na Double Danger Tales #37 2000, as by Tom Johnson Dark Streets of Doom [Benson Roberts (The Masked Avenger)] · Tom Johnson · na

Triple Detective [#4, February 2010 (v13 #2, Fall 1956)] (Altus Press, $14.95, 128pp, tp) The Gibbering Gas of Madness [Jeff Shannon (The Eagle)] · Capt. Kerry McRoberts (by Tom Johnson) · na City of Phantoms [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)] · Robert Wallace (by Tom Johnson) · na The Death Plague [Benson Roberts (The Masked Avenger)] · Tom Johnson · na Double Danger Tales #39 2000 The Legend · Tom Johnson · nv

Triple Detective (Canada)    (about) Canadian reprint edition of Triple Detective. Number of issues published not known.

Triple Detective Novels    (about) British reprint edition of both Triple Detective and Five Detective Novels interleaved. The precise title seemed to vary from issue to issue. Publishers: Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd.; 14 Lever Street, Manchester 1: Triple Detective Novels

Three Detective Novels (UK) [#1, 195?] (9d, pulp) Partial reprint of the November 1949 issue of Five Detective Novels Magazine. The Murder Bridge · George Harmon Coxe · na Thrilling Detective Feb 1935 Too Tough to Die [Red Lacey] · George Bruce · nv Popular Detective Jul 1935 Death on an Ocean Liner · Richard Sale · nv Thrilling Detective Mar 1940

Triple Detective (UK) [#2, 195?] (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 9d, 64pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the Fall 1950 issue of Triple Detective. 2 · Where the Snow Was Red [Dr. John Smith] · Hugh Pentecost · n. Dodd, Mead 1949; abridged. 31 · The Deadly Voyage [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Margaret Ludwig · na Maigret Keeps a Rendezvous, George Routledge & Sons 1940, as “The Sailors’ Rendezvous”; translated from the French (“Au rendez-vous des Terre-Neuvas”, Fayard, 1931). 62 · Murder Spends the Weekend [Mugs Kelly] · Don Hobart · ss Triple Detective Fll 1950

Triple Detective Novels [#3, 195?] (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 1/-, pulp) Partial reprint of the Fall 1950 issue of Five Detective Novels Magazine. 4 · Deliver the Dead · T. T. Flynn · na Popular Detective Nov 1937 30 · Dark Shadow [Johnny Sconns] · John Hawkins · nv Popular Detective Jan 1938 44 · The Hobby Murders · Joseph J. Millard · na Popular Detective Feb 1942

Triple Detective Novels [#4, 195?] (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 1/-, pulp) Partial reprint of the Summer 1951 issue of Triple Detective, plus a single story from elsewhere. Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · The Readers’ Jury · [The Readers] · lc Triple Detective Sum 1951 7 · The Register · Harold Helfer · ts Triple Detective Sum 1951 10 · Mischief Done · Jack Sheridan · na Home & Van Thal 1948 59 · The Lady Was No Lady · Anon. · ms Triple Detective Sum 1951 59 · Speaking of Tricks · Anon. · ms Triple Detective Sum 1951 60 · Smart Guys Don’t Slip · Harold Lawlor · ss Popular Detective Mar 1951 65 · Alias Sherlock Holmes · Anon. · ms Triple Detective Sum 1951 65 · Do You Feel a Chill? · Anon. · ms Triple Detective Sum 1951 65 · Pardon My Pistol · Anon. · ms Triple Detective Sum 1951

Triple Detective Novels [#5, 195?] (Pemberton’s of Manchester, pulp) Issue not found. Need Contents

Triple Detective Novels [#6, 195?] (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 9d, pulp) Partial reprint of the Spring 1953 issue of Triple Detective. Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Blonde Angel of Death · W. T. Ballard · nv Thrilling Detective Jun 1942 24 · The Readers’ Jury · [The Editor] · cl Triple Detective Spr 1953 26 · The Lady’s Out for Blood! [Myro Catin] · Stewart Sterling · na Triple Detective Spr 1953 43 · Explanations · Harold Helfer · ts Triple Detective Spr 1953 57 · Sidelights on Crime · Bert Reichert · ms Triple Detective Spr 1953 58 · Murder Bait · Philip Weck · ss Triple Detective Spr 1953

Triple Detective Novels [#7, 195?] (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 9d, pulp) Partial reprint of the Summer 1953 issue of Triple Detective. Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Softly Creep and Softly Kill! [Tony Lark] · Peter Paige · na Detective Tales Aug 1947 19 · Last Laugh · Stephen Baxter · ar Triple Detective Sum 1953 29 · One Good Turn— · Lew York · ar Triple Detective Sum 1953 40 · Killer, What’s Your Name? · Frederick C. Davis · na Argosy Jan 10 1942 55 · Ah, Youth! · Mark Wall · ts Triple Detective Sum 1953 61 · The Square Peg · Leonard F. Guttridge · ss Triple Detective Sum 1953 65 · Fiend in the Dark · Harold Helfer · ts Triple Detective Sum 1953

Triple Detective Novels [#8, 195?] (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 9d, pulp) Issue not found. Need Contents

Triple Detective Novels [#9, 195?] (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 9d, pulp) Partial reprint of the Summer 1953 issue of Triple Detective, plus a single story from elsewhere. Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · The Shield · William Degenhard · na Triple Detective Spr 1954 17 · Impatient Burglar · Stephen J. Schmiedl · ar Triple Detective Spr 1954 35 · Dead Wrong · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss Triple Detective Sum 1953 44 · Sucker for a Blonde · Ralph Wellner · ss Triple Detective Sum 1953 56 · The Corpse Came Back · Philip Weck · ss Triple Detective Sum 1953

True Gang Life    (about) True Gang Life was another of the pulps that cashed in on the brief popularity of gangster stories. It is unclear how many issues were published. Publishers: Associated Authors, Inc.; 11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY; and later at 125 East 46th Street, New York 17, NY: True Gang Life

True Gang Life [v1 #1, November 1934] (Associated Authors, 20¢, 96pp, large pulp, cover by Raymond Thayer) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 4 · The Parachute Murders · Ralph Milne Farley & Al P. Nelson · nv 33 · On the Lam · L. A. Keating · ss 40 · Hi-Jack Gold · Willard Steuben · nv 58 · Red Dynamite · Mark Turrell Pattie · ss 66 · A Yellow Punk’s Guts · W. Clyde Young · ss 72 · The Brain Snatcher · Dion de Jurnel · nv

True Gang Life [v1 #2, January 1935] (Associated Authors, 20¢, 96pp, large pulp, cover by Raymond Thayer) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 4 · The Bank That Robbed Itself · Ralph Milne Farley & Al P. Nelson · nv 44 · Middle Man Menace · Grant M. Sassaman · ss 48 · Feathered Death · Mark Turrell Pattie · nv 65 · Hot Take-Over · W. Clyde Young · ss 70 · The Wiper Spook · Raymond A. Palmer · ss 78 · The High Graders · Willard Steuben · nv

True Gang Life [v1 #3, February 1935] (large pulp) The Train Wreckers · Ralph Milne Farley & Raymond A. Palmer · ss Mop-Up Mary · Charles B. McCray · ss Alice in Murderland · Howard R. Rhoades · ss Crossed Fingers · Mark Turrell Pattie · ss Hoppy Calls the Turn · Donald S. Aitken · ss The Deadly Dame · Gilbert Langen · ss Framer’s Finish · Leon Myron Bradley · ss The Navy Spirit · Steve Fisher · ss

True Gang Life [v1 #4, April 1935] (15¢, large pulp) The Ivory Lotus Murders [Jim Grant] · Ralph Milne Farley & Harold Ward · na Double Play · Grover Brinkman · ss Marked Deck · C. V. Brown · nv The Split-Up · Harold E. Flint · ss Alibi Bait · Raymond A. Palmer · nv The Crime Discourager · C. H. V. Young · ss Spike Guffey’s Getaway · William Allen · ss Safe Guy · Convict 8916 · vi The Murder Swindle · Lamoine E. Boyle · nv

True Gang Life [v1 #5, May 1935] (15¢, large pulp) Tong War · Ralph Milne Farley & E. Hoffmann Price · na Follow the Loot · Gene A. Gregory · na Call the Doctor · Mark Turrell Pattie · nv The Last Job · F. E. Shirley · nv The Deal · Paul W. Pickelle · ss