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Black Book Detective [v27 #1, Fall 1949] (Better Publications, Inc, 20¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Off the Record · [The Editor] · ed 11 · The Dennison Documents [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 75 · Thubway Tham’s Couthin [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss 83 · Necklace of Little Tento · Arthur J. Burks · ss 88 · Tamale Town Payoff [Steve Dix] · C. S. Montanye · nv 104 · A for Alice · Elizabeth Starr · ss 109 · Dead Dogs Tell Tales [David N. Carvalho] · Robert Wallace · ts 114 · The Crime Quiz · Anon. · qz 115 · You Die for Me · Morris Cooper · ss

Black Book Detective [v27 #2, Winter 1950] (Better Publications, Inc., 20¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 6 · Off the Record · [The Editor] · ed 11 · Murder Town [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 82 · The Jackpot Spilled Danger · F. E. Rechnitzer · nv 99 · The First Gang Buster · Robert Wallace · ts 103 · Thubway Tham’s Funny Money [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss 112 · Too Dumb to Kill · C. K. M. Scanlon · ss 117 · Dirty Hands · B. J. Benson · ss

Black Book Detective [v27 #3, Spring 1950] (Better Publications Inc., 20¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 11 · Blueprints of Crime [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 78 · My Life to Give · Norman A. Daniels · nv 93 · Thubway Tham’s Veiled Lady [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss 103 · Lydia, the Arsenic Queen · Stacy Kent · ts 109 · Last Word · Will Oursler · ss 113 · Death and Nine Lives · Fredric Brown · ss 121 · Not So Tough · Rollin Fitzsimmons · ss

Black Book Detective [v28 #1, Summer 1950] (Better Publications Inc., 20¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. The Murder Genius [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na The Body in the Bar · D. L. Champion · nv Thubway Tham, Eye Witness [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss The Wreath on Her Coffin · Johanas L. Bouma · ss The Cop and the Star · Barry Perowne · ss Pass the Dice—to Death · Jack D’Arcy · ss

Black Book Detective [v28 #2, Fall 1950] (20¢, pulp) The Black Bat Fights for Life [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na Gunplay at Julio’s [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · nv Shadow on the Door · C. K. M. Scanlon · ss In the Bag · Carroll John Daly · ss Thubway Tham Ith Raided [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss The Corny Killer · Benton Braden · ss

Black Book Detective [v28 #3, Winter 1951] (Better Publications Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by Samuel Cherry) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Off the Record · [The Editor] · ed 9 · The League of Faceless Men [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 79 · The Crime Quiz · The Old Sarge · qz 80 · Thubway Tham’s Crisis [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss 88 · Part of the Night · Carroll John Daly · nv 105 · Murder Is Easy · Roger Dee · ss 113 · The Other Side of the Story · Harold Helfer · ms

Black Book Detective [v29 #1, Spring 1951] (Better Publications Inc., 20¢, pulp) 6 · Off the Record · [The Editor] · ed 9 · The Dangerous Corpse [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 80 · The Unarmed Sniper · Len Zinberg · ss 83 · The Crime Quiz · The Old Sarge · qz 84 · Murder Stalks the Big Top · H. C. Butler · nv 99 · Six-Legged Lawbreaker · Carter Critz · ar 100 · The Purse · Harold Helfer · ss 102 · The Reader Writes · [The Readers] · lc 103 · A Little Psychology · Arnold Grant · ss 105 · Murder by Experts · [Various] · br 106 · What’s Your Alibi? · [Various] · ms 107 · See You at the Morgue · Russell Branch · ss

Black Book Detective [v29 #2, Winter 1952] ed. David X. Manners (Better Publications, Inc., 20¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Samuel Cherry) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 6 · Crime Confidential · Stewart Sterling · ts 10 · The Killer Who Wasn’t [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 74 · A Pawn for the Chair · Joe Archibald · ss Thrilling Detective Jul 1942 80 · Or Up a Dark Alley · W. Lee Herrington · ss 93 · Thubway Tham’s Nithe Old Lady [Thubway Tham] · Johnston McCulley · ss 101 · Good Friend · Harold Helfer · ts 102 · The Twisted Tree · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss Thrilling Mystery Jul 1941 111 · The Man on the Corner · C. K. M. Scanlon · ss 115 · Justice · Clarence E. Flynn · pm 116 · Behind the Magic Wand · Bruce Elliott · ar 119 · Option on Death · James Donnelly · ss Exciting Detective Sum 1942

Black Book Detective [v29 #3, Winter 1953] ed. David X. Manners (Better Publications Inc., 20¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Crime Confidential · Norman Renard · ms 9 · Enough Rope · Harold Helfer · ts 10 · Hot, Willing—and Deadly [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · Stewart Sterling · na 25 · A Slight Case of Graft · Manly E. David · ms 45 · The Eyes of Murder · Philip Ketchum · ss 53 · What Is It? · Joseph C. Stacey · qz 54 · Right Guy · William Degenhard · nv 72 · A Place to Hide · Richard Deming · ss 77 · What—Not Again! · Carter Critz · ms 81 · Holdup at Twin Palms · Roger Dee · ss 85 · Crazy · Murray Leinster · ss 89 · Girl in Trouble · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 97 · He Killed 31 · Freeman Hubbard · ts 99 · Keep It Quiet · Edward Ronns · ss 103 · Clever, These Racketeers · Fred M. Maul · ms 113 · Line o’ Crime · Jack Benton · ms

Black Book Detective (Canada)    (about) Canadian reprint edition of Black Book Detective. Number of issues published not known but all issues seen appear to be direct reprints of the US issues so it is likely that all the US issues from Winter 1945 on (at least) were reprinted in Canada. Publishers: Better Publications of Canada, Ltd.; Toronto, Ontario: Black Book Detective (Canada)

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v20 #3, Winter 1945] (10¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents Blind Man’s Bluff [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na Black Book Detective Win 1945

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v21 #1, Spring 1946] (Pines Publications, Limited, 15¢, 114pp, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents The Man Behind Murder [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na Black Book Detective Spr 1946 The Reluctant Juror · Anthony Tompkins (by Norman A. Daniels) · nv Black Book Detective Spr 1946

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v21 #2, Summer 1946] (pulp) Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v21 #3, Fall 1946] (Pines Publications, Limited, 15¢, 114pp, pulp) Identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Details supplied by Rob Preston. 6 · Off the Record · [The Editor] · ed Black Book Detective Fll 1946 11 · With Malice Aforethought [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na Black Book Detective Fll 1946 64 · The Edge of Death · Richard Bridges · ss Black Book Detective Fll 1946 80 · A Detective’s Life Is Easy · Ray Cummings · ss Black Book Detective Fll 1946 85 · Murder with Colored Lights · Curtiss T. Gardner · ss Black Book Detective Fll 1946 93 · Dead on Departure [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss Black Book Detective Fll 1946 97 · Code Girl · Barry Perowne · ss Britannia and Eve Sep 1945

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v22 #1, February 1947] (pulp) Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v22 #2, April 1947] (pulp) Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v22 #3, June 1947] (pulp) Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v23 #1, August 1947] (pulp) Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v23 #2, October 1947] (pulp) Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v23 #3, December 1947] (pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents City of Hidden Death [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na Black Book Detective Dec 1947 Suddenly It’s Murder · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · nv Black Book Detective Dec 1947 Without Evidence · Norman A. Daniels · ss Black Book Detective Dec 1947 The Murderer Stands Mute · John L. Benton · ss Black Book Detective Dec 1947 Six Day Murder · Jack Kofoed · ss Black Book Detective Dec 1947

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v24 #1, February 1948] (Better Publications of Canada, Ltd., 15¢, pulp) Identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Details supplied by Jerry Boyajian. 6 · Off the Record · [The Editor] · ed Black Book Detective Feb 1948 13 · The Coiled Serpent [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na Black Book Detective Feb 1948 62 · Close Cover Before Striking · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss Black Book Detective Feb 1948 70 · The Lottery Racketeer [Black Burton] · Nels Leroy Jorgensen · nv Black Book Detective Feb 1948 84 · The Missing Clue · Ray Cummings · ss Black Book Detective Feb 1948 89 · Death Ends the Year · Johnston McCulley · ss Black Book Detective Feb 1948 97 · Mementos of Murder · John L. Benton · ss Black Book Detective Feb 1948

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v24 #2, April 1948] (Better Publications of Canada, Ltd., 15¢, 114pp, pulp) Identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Details supplied by Rob Preston. 6 · Off the Record · [The Editor] · ed Black Book Detective Apr 1948 13 · Inheritance of Murder [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na Black Book Detective Apr 1948 65 · The Frightened Comedian · Jack Kofoed · ss Black Book Detective Apr 1948 74 · Don’t Bury Me Yet · W. T. Ballard · nv Black Book Detective Apr 1948 89 · The Brass Ring [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss Black Book Detective Apr 1948 93 · Call for a Murderer · John L. Benton · ss Black Book Detective Apr 1948 96 · The Lying Corpse · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss Black Book Detective Apr 1948

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v24 #3, June 1948] (pulp) Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v25 #1, September 1948] (pulp) Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v25 #2, November 1948] (pulp) Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v25 #3, January 1949] (Pines Publications, Limited, 20¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents Thirty-One Deadly Guns [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na Black Book Detective Jan 1949 Thunder in Stony Flats · A. J. Collins · nv Black Book Detective Jan 1949

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v26 #1, March 1949] (Pines Publications, Limited, 20¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents Riddle of the Dead Man’s Bequest [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na Black Book Detective Mar 1949 Bury Me in the Same Grave [Satan Hall] · Carroll John Daly · nv Black Book Detective Mar 1949

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v26 #2, May 1949] (Pines Publications, Limited, 20¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents Murder’s Playground [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na Black Book Detective May 1949 My Pal, the Killer · W. H. Swanberg · nv Black Book Detective May 1949

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v26 #3, Summer 1949] (pulp) Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v27 #1, Fall 1949] (pulp) Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v27 #2, Winter 1950] (pulp) Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents

Black Book Detective (Canada) [v27 #3, Spring 1950] (pulp) Issue not found - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Need Contents