The FictionMags Index

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Black Book Detective Magazine [v8 #3, March 1939] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 15 · The Winter King Killings [Jonathan Drake, Ace Manhunter] · Charles S. Strong · na 91 · Underground Stuff [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 94 · Murder with Sound · John L. Benton · ss 97 · Double Talk · Milton Lowe · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v9 #1, May 1939] (10¢, 128pp, pulp) 13 · I’m No Murderer [J.R. (Rick) Leroy] · Barry Perowne · na 97 · Mug in a Frame [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 100 · Suicide Detail · C. K. M. Scanlon · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v9 #2, July 1939] (10¢, 128pp, pulp) 13 · Brand of the Black Bat [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 93 · Alibi Murders · Lloyd Llewell · ss 100 · Robin Hood Pickpocket · Allan Pinkerton · ar (r)

Black Book Detective Magazine [v9 #3, September 1939] (10¢, 128pp, pulp) 13 · Murder Calls the Black Bat [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 95 · Cab for a Corpse [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 100 · One-Man Police Force · Bernard Breslauer · ar

Black Book Detective Magazine [v10 #1, November 1939] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 13 · Off the Record · [The Editor] · ed 14 · The Black Bat Strikes Again [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 92 · Just Take It Easy · Henry S. Lewis · ss 97 · Through Train to Hell · Weldon F. Sheerer · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v10 #2, January 1940] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 11 · Off the Record · [The Editor] · ed 12 · Black Bat’s Challenge [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na; illustrated by Parkhurst 93 · The Goose Gun · H. Dyson Carter · vi 96 · Men in the Morgue · Robert Wallace · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v10 #3, March 1940] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 14 · The Black Bat’s Spy Trail [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 93 · Murder at His Heels · Norman A. Daniels · ss 101 · Suckers Fly High · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v11 #1, May 1940] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 14 · The Black Bat’s Crusade [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 92 · Death Plays Tricks · Arthur J. Burks · ss 100 · Snatch Payoff · Jack Kofoed · ts

Black Book Detective Magazine [v11 #2, July 1940] (10¢, pulp) 12 · The Black Bat’s Flame Trail [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Whitney Ellsworth, [?]) · na 95 · Nut Stuff · Robert Gordon · ss 98 · Hostage to Murder · Riley Brown · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v11 #3, September 1940] (10¢, pulp) 12 · The Black Bat’s Triumph [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 89 · Say It with Lead · Eugene A. Clancy · ss 97 · Murder Stain · Riley Brown · ss 101 · A Touch for Luck · John McCurnin · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v12 #1, November 1940] (10¢, pulp) 16 · The Black Bat and the Trojan Horse [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 87 · Trooper in Stir · William L. Hopson · ss 94 · Dressed in White · Leo Hoban · ss

Black Book Detective Magazine [v12 #2, January 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) 6 · Off the Record · [The Editor] · ed 14 · The Black Bat’s Dragon Trail [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norvell W. Page) · na 93 · Mom Petrelli’s Boy · Gerry Seton · ss 99 · Eyes of the Magnate · William L. Hopson · ss

Black Book Detective Title changed from Black Book Detective Magazine Publishers: Better Publications, Inc.; 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago, IL: Black Book Detective, Mar 1941 – ?. Better Publications, Inc.; 10 East 40th Street, New York 16, NY: Black Book Detective, ? – Win 1953.

Black Book Detective [v12 #3, March 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 16 · The Black Bat’s Justice [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 91 · Horse Sense Retribution · Arthur J. Burks · ss 100 · The Reunion · Allan K. Echols · ss

Black Book Detective [v13 #1, May 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp, cover by V. E. Pyles) Details supplied by John Locke. 12 · Off the Record · [The Editor] · ed 14 · The Black Bat and the Red Menace [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 91 · Death on the Bounce · John Wallace · ss 99 · Murder by the Clock · Ivan Cameron · ss

Black Book Detective [v13 #2, July 1941] (10¢, pulp) 14 · The Black Bat’s Summons [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones · na 97 · Might I Suggest · Richard Brister · ss 101 · Last Night’s Murder · J. Lane Linklater · ss

Black Book Detective [v13 #3, September 1941] (10¢, pulp) 14 · The Black Bat’s Invisible Enemy [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 92 · Police Witness · Frank Johnson (by Donald Bayne Hobart) · ss 95 · Even-Steven · Owen Fox Jerome · ss 98 · The Man with the Purple Hat · Marvin Ryerson · ss

Black Book Detective [v14 #1, November 1941] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 16 · The Voice of Doom [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 90 · A Present for Butch · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss 98 · Two Plus Two Is Murder · Jim O’Brien · ss

Black Book Detective [v14 #2, January 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 15 · The Eyes of the Blind [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 92 · Help from a Corpse · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 97 · Let Me Guess · Thomas Lamar · ss

Black Book Detective [v14 #3, March 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by V. E. Pyles) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 14 · The Blackout Murders [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 90 · Snatchers Are Suckers · Robert C. Donohue · ss 97 · A Grave for Grogan · Norman A. Daniels · ss

Black Book Detective [v15 #1, May 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 14 · Shadow of Evil [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 86 · Murder Comes High [Mickey Dolan] · William Campbell Gault · ss 95 · No Closed Season · Robert Ahern · ss 102 · Pop and the Law · William Morrison · ss

Black Book Detective [v15 #2, July 1942] (10¢, 98pp, pulp) 12 · The Faceless Satan [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 85 · Killer Broadcast · Charles Stoddard · ss 88 · Murder in the Script · Jimmy O’Brien · ss 99 · Polly Wants a Corpse · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss

Black Book Detective [v15 #3, September 1942] (10¢, pulp) 13 · The Murder Prophet [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Laurence Donovan) · na; not the same as the story of the same name in the June 1947 issue. 86 · Where There’s Smoke · Fredric Brown · ss 95 · Moulage · Arthur J. Burks · ss 101 · Punk Job · Henry S. Lewis · ss

Black Book Detective [v16 #1, November 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 15 · The Nazi Spy Murders [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 85 · Foxy Noxen · Ted Stratton · ss 94 · Guilty Wires · Lew Martin · ss 97 · Hard to Kill · C. S. Montanye · ss

Black Book Detective [v16 #2, January 1943] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 6 · The Chinese Box · C. K. M. Scanlon · ss 15 · The Seventh Column [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 84 · The Color of Murder · Samuel J. Bailey · ss 95 · Air Raid · Ray Cummings · ss

Black Book Detective [v16 #3, March 1943] (10¢, pulp) 15 · Millions for a Murderer [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Laurence Donovan) · na 94 · A Tip for the Waitress · Joe Archibald · ss 100 · Blue Coupe · C. S. Montanye · ss

Black Book Detective [v17 #1, May 1943] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. 13 · Captains of Death [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 69 · The Man with Two Faces · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss 79 · Transfer to Death · Ted Coughlan · ss 88 · Lost—One Diamond Necklace · Robert Wallace · ss

Black Book Detective [v17 #2, Summer 1943] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 100pp, pulp) Details supplied by Steve Miller. 13 · Without Blood They Die [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Laurence Donovan) · na 73 · Benny Sees Red · Allan K. Echols · ss 77 · Rain Will Tell · H. Wolff Salz · ss 82 · Death and Violence · Thad Kowalski · ss

Black Book Detective [v17 #3, Fall 1943] (10¢, pulp) 15 · Guardian in Black [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 80 · Cast Iron Alibi · C. S. Montanye · ss 88 · Hands of Doom · Charles N. Heckelmann · ss

Black Book Detective [v18 #1, Winter 1943] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. Markets of Treason [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na Bataan Blood · Jean Francis Webb · ss Props for Murder · Dixon Wells · ss Murder by Matchlight · Jack O’Brien · ss

Black Book Detective [v18 #2, Spring (May) 1944] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Off the Record · [The Editor] · ed 13 · The White Witch [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 60 · The Amesbury Case · John L. Benton · ss 69 · Spy Aboard · Frank Johnson · ss

Black Book Detective [v18 #3, Summer 1944] (10¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Death for Charity [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na Yankee Doodle Feline · Hal K. Wells · ss Black Eye for Susan · John X. Brown · ss Murder Rides Behind the Siren · Prescott Chaplin (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss

Black Book Detective [v19 #1, Fall 1944] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by David Lee Smith. Murder Deals in Ersatz [Tony Quinn (The Black Bat)] · G. Wayman Jones (by Norman A. Daniels) · na Rats Don’t Live Long · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss A Date with Death · Samuel J. Bailey · ss Ansel and the Admiral’s Widow · H. Wolff Salz · ss Spectral Agent · Clark Frost · ss