Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Two Complete Detective Books [#55, March 1949] (25¢, 176pp, pulp) 1 · Nightmare · Edward S. Aarons · n. David McKay 1948 83 · Seller of Souls · J. F. Hutton · na

Two Complete Detective Books [#56, May 1949] (25¢, 176pp, pulp) 1 · Front for Murder · Guy Emery · n. Macrae-Smith 1947 89 · Murder Makes Me Nervous [Lt. Ryan] · Margaret Scherf · n. Doubleday 1948

Two Complete Detective Books [#57, July 1949] (25¢, 176pp, pulp) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 1 · Kiss and Kill · Van Siller · n. Doubleday 1948, as Paul’s Apartment 93 · A Hair of the Dog · Jean Leslie · n. Doubleday 1947

Two Complete Detective Books [#58, September 1949] (25¢, 176pp, pulp) 1 · Madam Is Dead · Robert Terrall · n. Dell 1947 85 · If You Have Tears · John Evans · n. Mystery House 1947

Two Complete Detective Books [#59, November 1949] (25¢, 176pp, pulp) 1 · Shoes for My Love · Jean Leslie · n. Doubleday 1948 77 · Where’s Mr. Chumley? [Chief Insp. Gidleigh] · Seldon Truss · n. Doubleday 1948

Two Complete Detective Books [#60, January 1950] (25¢, 176pp, pulp) 1 · The Dead Tycoon · Richard Wormser · na 79 · Green December Fills the Graveyard [Insp. Lane Parry] · Maureen Sarsfield · n. Pilot Press 1945

Two Complete Detective Books [#61, March 1950] (25¢, 176pp, pulp) 1 · Fatal Lady [MacDougal Duff] · Charlotte Armstrong · na 81 · The Three Fears [Dr. Hugh Westlake] · Jonathan Stagge · n. Doubleday 1949

Two Complete Detective Books [#62, May 1950] (25¢, 176pp, pulp) 1 · Lady Killer · Elisabeth Sanxay Holding · n. Duell, Sloane, Pearce 1942 75 · Sinister Shelter [Paul Kilgerrin] · Charles L. Leonard · n. Doubleday 1949

Two Complete Detective Books [#63, July 1950] (25¢, 176pp, pulp) 1 · The Blue Men · Rex Russell · na 73 · If the Coffin Fits— [Tom Doyle; Doc Egg] · Day Keene · na Dime Mystery Magazine Mar 1945

Two Complete Detective Books [#64, September 1950] (25¢, 144pp, pulp) 1 · Painted for the Kill [Captain Andrew Torrent] · Lucy Cores · n. Duell, Sloane, Pearce 1943 78 · The Fall Guy [Rush Henry] · Joe Barry · n. Mystery House 1945

Two Complete Detective Books [#65, November 1950] (25¢, 144pp, pulp) 1 · The Gun in Daniel Webster’s Bust [Emily & Henry Bryce] · Margaret Scherf · n. Doubleday 1949 65 · The Frightened Fiancee [Sam Crombie] · George Harmon Coxe · n. Knopf 1950

Two Complete Detective Books [#66, January 1951] (25¢, 144pp, pulp) 2 · Lazarus #7 [Danile Webster] · Richard Sale · n. Simon & Schuster 1942 74 · The Corpse Walked Away [Max Thursday] · Wade Miller · na

Two Complete Detective Books [#67, March 1951] ed. Jack Byrne (Real Adventures Pub. Co., Inc., 25¢, 144pp, pulp) Details supplied by Jim Felton. 2 · Too Fair to Die! [Rex McBride] · Cleve F. Adams (with Robert Leslie Bellem & W. T. Ballard) · na; later published in a different form as Shady Lady, Ace Books, 1955. 67 · Compliments of a Fiend [Ed & Am Hunter] · Fredric Brown · n. Dutton 1950

Two Complete Detective Books [#68, Summer 1951] (25¢, 144pp, pulp) 1 · The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck · Alexander Laing · n. Farrar & Rinehart 1934 94 · The Brass Ring · Lewis Padgett · n. Duell, Sloane, Pearce 1946

Two Complete Detective Books [#69, Winter 1951] (25¢, 144pp, pulp) 2 · The Phantom Lady · William Irish · n. J.B. Lippincott 1942 81 · The Clean-Up [Rush Henry] · Joe Barry · n. Arcadia House 1947

Two Complete Detective Books [#70, Spring 1952] (25¢, 144pp, pulp) 2 · The Listening House · Mabel Seeley · n. Doubleday 1938 83 · So Keen a Killer · Will Levinrew · na

Two Complete Detective Books [#71, Summer 1952] (25¢, 112pp, pulp) 2 · Passing Strange · Richard Sale · n. Simon & Schuster 1942 58 · The Cocktail Murders · Frederick C. Davis · n. Doubleday 1951, as Lilies in Her Garden Grew

Two Complete Detective Books [#72, Winter 1952] (35¢, 144pp, pulp) 2 · The Paper Thunderbolt [John Appleby] · Michael Innes · n. Gollancz 1951, as Operation Pax 86 · The Bride Wore Black · Cornell Woolrich · n. Simon & Schuster 1940

Two Complete Detective Books [#73, Spring 1953] (35¢, 128pp, pulp) 1 · Obit Delayed · Helen Nielsen · n. Washburn 1942 62 · Murder Makes a Merry Widow · Robert George Dean · n. Doubleday 1938

Two Complete Detective Books [#74, Summer 1953] (35¢, 128pp, pulp) 2 · Man-Trap [Manville Moon] · Richard Deming · na 66 · The Long Memory · Howard Clewes · n. Macmillan 1951

Two Complete Detective Books [#75, Winter 1953-54] (35¢, 128pp, pulp) 2 · This Year’s Death · John Godey · n. Doubleday 1953 65 · Poisons Unknown [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · n. Washburn 1953

Two Complete Detective Books [#76, Spring 1954] (35¢, 144pp, pulp) 2 · Thursday’s Blade [Cyrus Hatch] · Frederick C. Davis · n. Doubleday 1947 80 · The Darker the Night [Reynold Frame] · Herbert Brean · n. Morrow 1949

2 Detective Mystery Novels Magazine    (about) --- see under Thrilling Mystery.

Two-Fisted Detective Stories (1950s)    (about) Two-Fisted Detective Stories was another of the action-packed, violent, crime-adventure fiction magazines of the mid-1950s which added large measures of brutal sex to rough and ruthless tales of murder and mayhem. Publishers: Reese Publishing Co., Inc.; 1776 Broadway, New York 19, NY: Two-Fisted Detective Stories

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v1 #1, June 1959] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Details taken from eBay listing. Price Tag on Lust! · Bill Ryder · nv The Lethal Blonde! · Leslie G. Sabo · nv Sing, Darling, Sing! · T. V. Neville · nv My Love’s a Tramp! · Grover Brinkman · ss I Can Kill! · Norman Struber · ss Buy Me That Gun! · Art Crockett · ss Death Works Overtime! · Al James · ss Her Shroud Won’t Fit! · Don Unatin · ss Jump Into Hell! · Tom Barnes · ss Ride Her Ghost! · Larry Crowe · ss A Bride for the Ape! · Jim Barnett · ss The Eyes of Murder! · James Allen · ss

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v1 #2, July 1959] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Details taken from eBay listing. Dance of the Dying Doll! · Art Crockett · nv Murder Squeezes Tight! · Bill Rank · nv Ladies of Dark Passion! · Gil Grayson · nv Blood for the Wanton! · Al James · ss Always Frame a Hero! · Samuel A. Krasney · ss Demon of the Black! · Talmage Powell · ss Slick Me for a Chick! · Mickey Fairbanks · ss Smooth Siren of Death! · Grover Brinkman · ss Don’t Spy on Me! · Bob Shields · ss The Terror Queen! · Sam Holt · ss Spit on My Grave! · Douglas Boyd · ss Hate Lives Forever! · Buck Grimes · ss

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v1 #3, September 1959] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Darren Heil. 1 · His Blood Was Bad! · Talmage Powell · ss 11 · Ginger Meant Spice · Jim Arthur · ss 20 · Passion Never Sleeps! · C. B. Gilford · nv; given as by C. B. Gifford. 36 · Killers Die Hard! · Jack Kavanagh · ss 43 · Escape Me Not! · Bob Shields · ss 50 · Death Wears a Bikini! · Sam Holt · nv 60 · Come Bury the Dead! · Al James · ss 69 · Badge of Dishonor! · John King · ss 77 · The Blazing Blonde · Art Crockett · ss 88 · Sweet Innocent Gang Doll! · Frank Cannon · ss 100 · Bring Me Her Corpse! · Greg Sloane · ss 109 · Bum Rap! · Larry Poteet · ss 115 · Drive Her to Hell! · Bill Ryder · nv

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v1 #4, December 1959] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Given as November 1959 on the cover. Details taken from eBay listing. The Tender Wanton! · Grover Brinkman · nv Soft Arms Mean Slaughter! · Don Unatin · nv Lust Be My Destiny! · Art Crockett · nv Bride of Violence! · Lawrence Block · ss You Can’t Cheat Murder! · Al James · ss Beasts Never Die! · Pete McCann · ss The Hell Beat! · Lee O. Miller · ss Tease of Death! · Leslie G. Sabo · ss Queens Can Be Had! · Bill Ryder · ss Slice Her for Marty! · Jim Arthur · ss

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v1 #5, January 1960] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Details taken from eBay listing. Death Can Be Beautiful! · James Rosenquest · nv Pay My Fare in Hell! · Bob Shields · nv The Preying Punks! · Bill Ryder · nv The Passionate Zombie! · Leslie G. Sabo · ss Madness Creeps Slowly! · Art Crockett · ss More Bodies for Baby! · Jack Kavanagh · ss Requiem for a Tramp! · Sam Holt · ss Strippers Are Slaughter! · Grover Brinkman · ss Yours Sincerely...The Carver! · Jordan Roberts · ss Don’t Bug Me Man! · Edward Stacey · ss Peril Is a Redhead! · Pete McCann · ss Just Sin Once More! · G. G. Revelle · ss

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v1 #6, March 1960] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Details supplied by Richard Moore. 1 · Hot Babes Are Murder! · Jack Kavanagh · ss; given as “Hot Dames Are Murder!” in the Table of Contents. 7 · Goddess of Death Alley! · Art Crockett · ss 18 · Horror Needs a Witness! · Pete McCann · ss 31 · Play Murder Cool! · Norman Struber · nv 44 · Line My Tomb with Gold! · Don Unatin · ss 55 · Ellen Is Evil · Bob Shields · nv 68 · Lust Pulls the Switch! · Al James · ss 80 · Silence Screams Its Peril! · Luke Hogan · ss 91 · Soft Shoulders—Beware! · Leslie G. Sabo · ss 103 · Darling of Deadly Desire · Jay Richards · ss 112 · The Twisted One! · Jim Barnett · nv

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v2 #1, June 1960] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 112pp, digest) Details taken from eBay listing. Taunt Him with Sin! · Greg Burns · nv Blonde Bait! · Jim Arthur · nv; given as by Matt Christopher on the cover. Evil Gets Star Billing! · Pete McCann · nv Freeze Creep! · Ed Lacy · ss She Devil! · Art Crockett · ss; given as by Jim Arthur on the cover. Lonely Road to Hell! · Murray Wolf · ss Lustful Payoff! · Vincent Graham · ss Meet Me in Hell! · Gene Thomas · ss Murder Has Its Price! · Tom Grady · ss One Horrible Afternoon! · Charles Rogers · ss She Died Screaming! · Doug Pine · ss Death by Appointment! · Larry Black · ss Bursting Furies! · John Mack · ss Love Me, Devil! · Jack Diamond · ss Her Type Is No Good! · William Lundy · ss

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v2 #2, August 1960] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 112pp, digest) Details taken from eBay listing. Killers Have No Faces! [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv Luck Needs a Lover! · Don Unatin · nv The Devil’s Temptress! · Pete McCann · nv Tonight She’ll Die · Clark Warren · ss Drop Dead, Daddio! · Jay Richards · ss So Soft—So Deadly! · Al James · ss Bride of Hate! · Grover Brinkman · ss Bullets Are Bad Luck! · Jim Arthur · ss A Blade for the Chicken! · Edward D. Hoch · ss Take a Hard Fall! · Luke Hogan · ss

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v2 #3, October 1960] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 112pp, digest) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 1 · Kill Me with Kisses! [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv 17 · There’s No Escape! · Don Unatin · ss 27 · Hell School! · Pete McCann · ss 38 · Save Her for a Passion! · Grover Brinkman · ss; given as “Spare Her for Passion” on the cover. 48 · Mistress of Mayhem! · Al James · ss 59 · Come-on Cutie! · Flip Lyons · nv 73 · Lust Holds the Gun! · Gil Grayson · ss 86 · Dark Hunger! · Jay Richards · ss 98 · A Darling for the Devil! · Lawrence Stone · nv Don’t Tempt Murder! · Jim Arthur · ss

Two-Fisted Detective Stories [v2 #4, December 1960] (Reese Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 112pp, digest) Given as January 1961 on the cover. 4 · T.N.T. Temptress! [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv 19 · The Lusting Ones · Leslie G. Sabo · ss 26 · H-Man! · Talmage Powell · ss 34 · As Hot as Hell! · Vic Heston · ss 45 · Death Makes a Deal! · Hal Ellson · ss 51 · Lovelies Are for Lynching! · Jim Arthur · nv 63 · Mask of Terror! · Ed Lacy · ss 74 · The Devil Is a Dame! · Don Unatin · ss 85 · Murder Wears Satin! · J. Simmons Scheb · ss 91 · Drive My Hearse, Darling! · Edward D. Hoch · ss 96 · You Can’t Bury Evil! · Jim Barnett · nv

Two-Fisted Detective Stories (1980s)    (about) The first issue was devoted entirely to Robert E. Howard, but the second issue contained a selection of fiction from other authors. Publishers: Cryptic Publications; 107 East James Street, Mount Olive, NC 28365: Two-Fisted Detective Stories Editors: Robert M. Price - Editor: Two-Fisted Detective Stories