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Accused Detective Story Magazine    (about) Accused Detective Story Magazine was an attractively-packaged digest with tough, fast-moving, and colorful fiction, that developed out of the pulp magazines of the 1950s. It survived for a mere four issues. Publishers: Atlantis Publishing Co., Inc.; 1 West 47th Street, New York 36, NY: Accused Detective Story Magazine Editors: Theodore Simms - Editor: Accused Detective Story Magazine William R. Thompson - Managing Editor: Accused Detective Story Magazine

Accused Detective Story Magazine [v1 #1, January 1956] (35¢, digest) Trouble Shooter [Shell Scott] · Richard S. Prather · na Easy to Say · Hal Ellson · ss Stationary Target · Richard Deming · ss Terrorists [Chester Drum] · Stephen Marlowe · ss Moment of Truth · Jack Webb · ss They’ll Find Us · Gil Brewer · ss Beach Party · Richard Marsten · ss Night Talk · Robert Turner · ss Home Front · John Jakes · ss Squealer · William Logan · ss The Ghosts That Wanted Company · Tom Beach · ts Vitelli’s Wife · Thomas Boyd · ts

Accused Detective Story Magazine [v1 #2, March 1956] (35¢, digest) The Mad Martini · Jack Webb · ss Insurance [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss The Last Spin · Bryce Walton · ss The Kids · Hal Ellson · ss Home · Gil Brewer · ss Clean Break · Richard Marsten · ss Escape · Fletcher Flora · ss Spear Gun · Tedd Thomey · ss The Seat of His Pants · Tom Beach · ts

Accused Detective Story Magazine [v1 #3, May 1956] (35¢, digest) Big Trouble · Hal Ellson · ss The Killing [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · nv The Siren and the Shill · John Jakes · nv The Spirit of the Convention · Richard S. Prather · ss Goodbye, Jeannie · Gil Brewer · ss Beat Me, Daddy · Stephen Marlowe · ss The Dark Walk · Tedd Thomey · ss Shortcut · Bryce Walton · ss The Big One · William Logan · ss The Game · Thomas Boyd · ss Chicken · Murray Wolf · ss The Man Who Hid · Tom Beach · ts

Accused Detective Story Magazine [v1 #4, July 1956] (35¢, digest) Optical Illusion · Richard Deming · nv A Lady of Talent · Jonathan Craig · nv His Wife’s Legs · B. Traven · ss Footsteps · Hal Ellson · ss The Burden · Max Franklin · ss The Shutter Bug · Stephen Marlowe · ss Smoker · Robert Turner · ss The Main Point · Bryce Walton · ss A Row of Dominoes · Jack Sword · ss Safe at Home · William Logan · ss Decision · Norman Struber · ss Yolande · Eleanor Roth · ss

Ace    (about)

Ace [v2 #1, June 1958] (50¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. The Wistful Wooer (A Romeo’s Revenge) · Joseph Hilton · ss One Man’s Passion · Arthur Shirley · ss To Skin a Cat · Ian Mackenzie · ss Seduction of a Chambermaid · Laurence Sterne · ss

Ace [August 1958] (50¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. Chaste but Never Caught · Bob Marcus · ss Why Wives Wander · Joel Michael · ar College Humor · Stewart James · hu; with a photo of Tempest Storm. The Syncopated Sex Racket · Lester Grady · ss Honey and Her Teasing Ways · Leonard Bishop · ss Lucky Pierre · Alan Moore · ss Crackers in Bed · Arthur Shirley · ss Shapes Sheets and Springs · Hugh Knight · ar; the story of Elliot White Springs.

Ace [December 1958] (50¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. To Whet an Urge · Edward Gibbons · ss Romance Lingers, Adventure Lives · Oscar Roland · ss Skeletons in the White House Closet · George Danziger · ar The Frat House Floozy · David Markson · ss; illustrated by Willard Goodman Bullets for a Tease · James Harvey · ss The Greedy Wench [from The Decameron] · Boccaccio · ss 1886; translated from the Italian (Decamerone, 1353). The Butler Did It · Arthur Shirley · ss Those Sinless Sex Queens · Howard Wright · ar; features a small photo of Pamela Moore. The Compleat Iconoclast · Carl Winston · ar; a story of H. L. Mencken. Trial by Trickery · Charles Nemo · ss

Ace [v3 #1, June 1959] ed. Ted Gottfried (Four Star Publications Incorporated, 50¢, 74pp, quarto) Details supplied by Morbus Iff. fc. · [photo] · Jerry Tibbs · cv 4 · Shopping Aces · Anon. · cl 6 · Ace-High Books and Records · Sam Brewer · rv 9 · Those Inspiring Silk Panties · Samuel Meldorf · vi 10 · A Small Cafe Ma’mselle · Anon. · pi 12 · Portrait of a Gagwriter · Warner Carter · ar 14 · The Wife Swapper · John A. Romano · ss 17 · Backstage, U.S.A. · Anon. · pi 20 · A Liberal Education · Jay Beckstein · vi 22 · Too Hot for the Networks · Dick Joseph · ar 26 · She Could Write a Book · Anon. · pi 29 · The Joker’s Gems · Anon. · hu 29 · [cartoon] · Mel Scott · ct 30 · The Man Who Outlived Himself · Carl H. Winston · ar 32 · When the Shades Are Up · Anon. · pi 36 · From the Mouths of Bards · Anon. · hu 38 · Where There’s Life · Anon. · pi 42 · Bon Vivants Are Made—Not Born! · Leonard Perry · ar 44 · The Cocktail Party · Willard Goodman · ia 46 · A Phone-y Story · Anon. · pi 48 · Monkey on Her Back · Joel Charles · ar 50 · The Pips of Pan · Anon. · pi 54 · Sauce for Mother Goose · [Various] · hu; this contains a single title, one paragraph of text, and then seven cartoons and one full-page illustration, each with their own caption taken from a Mother Goose rhyme. 58 · Southern Exposure · Anon. · pi 60 · Sex Is Just a Number After Five · Anon., Mel Scott & Brad Anderson · ia

Ace [v3 #2, August 1959] (50¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. Martinis for Breakfast · Carl Winston · ar; on W.C. Fields. The AWOL Who Won the War · Joel Charles · ar; features both WWII and WW I and Marine Private Earl Hancock Pete Ellis born in Iuka Kansas 1880. The Care and Selection of a Mistress · Ted Mark · ar The Great Bunion Derby · Lewis Arthur · ar; a story of CC Pyle, Charles C Pyle. One Woman’s Whim · Richie McPherson · ss; illustrated by Willard Goodman A Slight Case of Shock · Ed Orr · ss The Pipes of Passion · C. Jack Stamm · ss The Dog Who Liked Redheads · Robert Verra · ss How to Have Fun Without Money · Ronson Carle · ar Hey, Bartender · Willard Goodman · ss Tongue Flapping Bedfellows · Charles Nemo · ss

Ace [v3 #3, October 1959] ed. Ted Gottfried (Four Star Publications Incorporated, 50¢, 74pp, quarto) Details supplied by Morbus Iff. fc. · [photo] · Ron Vogel · cv 4 · Shopping Aces · Anon. · cl 6 · Ace-High Books and Records · Sam Brewer · rv 8 · The Rebel’s Last Revel · Vic Kaiser · vi 10 · Bow Jest · Anon. · pi 12 · Alex in Wonderland · Steve Dickson · ar 14 · The Imperfect Triangle · Joseph Richards · vi 16 · Why U.N. Raps U.S. on Vice Girls · Loren B. Spangler · ar 19 · The Show That Stops Roulette · Anon. · pi 22 · Return to Passion · Ben Harbin · vi 25 · [cartoon] · Lew Sliver · ct 26 · Two for the Show · Anon. · pi 28 · The Pushbutton People Eaters · Ted Mark · hu 30 · Siren for a Sunday Afternoon · Anon. · pi 34 · Double Standard · Ort Louis · vi 37 · Statuesque · Anon. · pi 40 · Handbook for Practical Jokers · Harry Gregory · ar 43 · [cartoon] · Irving Hagglund · ct 44 · Desert Island Playmates · Anon. · pi 48 · The Flatted Fifth · Willard Goodman · ia 50 · Beauty in Orbit · Anon. · pi 52 · The Art of Richmanship · John Porter · ar 55 · [cartoon] · Irving Hagglund · ct 56 · The Legend of Milady’s Bath · Anon. · pi 59 · The Joker’s Gems · Anon. · hu 59 · [cartoon] · G. Ludway · ct

Ace [December 1959] (50¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. The Stereophonic Sin Spin · Arnold Rader · ss The Million-Dollar Madam · Joel Charles · ss From Here to Paternity · Charles Nemo · ss The First Beatnik · Ronald White · ar; the story of William Saroyan. The Harem Maker · James Bellaugh · ss The Moralist · Larry Bright · ss Sex Is a Green Horse · Ted Mark · ss How to Outsmart a Horse · Joe E. Lewis · hu How to Be a Champ on Campus · Irv Docktor · ar

Ace [v4 #3, October 1960] ed. Ted Gottfried (Four Star Publications Incorporated, 50¢, 74pp, quarto) Details supplied by Morbus Iff. fc. · [photo] · Ron Vogel · cv 4 · Shopping Aces · Anon. · cl 6 · Ace-High Books and Records · Sam Brewer · rv 8 · A Shipboard Affair · Connie Sellers · vi 10 · Which Way to Turn? · Anon. · pi 13 · [cartoon] · Manent · ct 14 · The Decline and Fall of the Traveling Salesman · Ronson O. Carle · ar; given as “The Decline of Traveling Salesmen” in the Table of Contents. 17 · The Sizzlingest Spree You Ever Did See! · Anon. · pi; given as “The Sizzlingest Spree” in the Table of Contents. 20 · A Friend Indeed · Myron Lench · vi; illustrated by Irv S. Docktor 22 · How to Be a “Pooh” · Anon. · pi 24 · The Bordello That Made the Madams Blush! · Charles V. Nemo · ar; given as “A Bordello That Made Madams Blush” in the Table of Contents. 26 · What’s in a Name? · Anon. · pi 28 · No Comment · Lo Linkert, Irving Hagglund, Roy Williams, E. Kus & Anon. · ct; this is a two-page spread of six single-panel cartoons with no captions. 30 · The Perfect State · Anon. · pi 33 · ...Men Are Polygamous · Neil R. Selden · vi 34 · Jack Benny’s Hottest Discovery · Ron Vogel · pi 36 · How to Get Into Debt—and Stay There! · Harry Gregory · ar; given as “How to Get Into Debt” in the Table of Contents. 38 · [cartoon] · Lo Linkert · ct 39 · [cartoon] · Anon. · ct 40 · All About Eve · Anon. · pi 44 · The Bard with the Offbeat Bangs · Harris Townes · ar 46 · [cartoon] · Irving Hagglund · ct 47 · [cartoon] · David Pascal · ct 48 · An Old-Fashioned Strip · Anon. · pi 50 · The Executive Position · Ted Mark · ss 53 · The Joker’s Gems · Anon. · hu 53 · [cartoon] · Enif · ct 54 · Picadilly’s Peek-iest Revue · Anon. · pi 58 · All Join Hands and Babble · Dan Julius · hu 61 · Sex Is Just a Number After Five · Anon. · ia

Ace [v4 #5, February 1961] ed. Ted Gottfried (Four Star Publications Incorporated, cover photo by Ron Vogel, 50¢, 74pp, quarto) Details supplied by Morbus Iff. bc. · [cartoon] · Hic · ct 4 · Shopping Aces · Anon. · cl 6 · Ace-High Books and Records · Ken Noble · rv 8-9, 60 · The Passionate Name-Dropper · Ted Mark · vi 10 · Totem and Taboo · Anon. · pi 12-14, 62-63 · John Bull’s War on Sacred Cows · Don Gordon · ar 15 · [cartoon] · Art Lutner · ct 16-18, 68-70 · Oliver’s Trysts · Al Sproul & Jim Lehner · vi 19 · Ace 1961 Beauty Calendar · Anon. · pi 24-25, 64-66 · “Go Powder Your Nose!” · Jay Martin · hu 26 · Wrapped in Cellophane · Anon. · pi 28-29, 66-68 · Death Walks with a Wiggle · Connie Sellers · vi 30 · Let’s Pretend · Anon. · pi 32 · Heckling the Hecklers · Jack Heller · hu 34 · Stacking a Deck with Queens · Anon. · pi 38-40, 63 · Romance on a Shoestring · Ralph Blair · ar 41 · [cartoon] · Dan DeCarlo · ct 42 · Sticks Pick Slick Pix · Anon. · pi 45 · [cartoon] · Straley · ct 46 · How to Be Impossible · Steve Dickson · hu 49 · [cartoon] · Ah Sin · ct 50-52, 60 · The Making of a Man · Morton J. Golding · vi 53 · The Joker’s Gems · Anon. · hu _53 · [cartoon] · Enif · ct 54 · The Top Ten Exotics for 1961 · Anon. · pi 58, 70, 72-73 · The World’s Greatest Lover · Charles V. Nemo · ar 60 · [cartoon] · Gilligan · ct

Ace [v5 #1, June 1961] ed. Ted Gottfried (Four Star Publications Incorporated, cover photo by Bill Hamilton, 50¢, 74pp, quarto) Details supplied by Morbus Iff. 4 · Shopping Aces · Anon. · cl 6 · Ace-High Books and Records · Ken Noble · rv 8-9, 60-61 · The Shades Are Up · John Turner · vi 10 · Every Little Movement · Anon. · pi 13 · [cartoon] · Ah Sin · ct 14-16, 61 · The Fine Art of Being Insulting · Ronson O. Carle · ar 17 · Sherry Flip! · Anon. · pi 20-21, 64-66 · The Glassy Eye · Morton J. Golding · vi 22 · Interior Decoration · Anon. · pi 24 · Danger: Wolves at Work!; a two-page spread of six single-panel cartoons with captions. _ · [cartoon] · Ah Sin · ct _ · [cartoon] · Serrano · ct _ · [cartoon] · Ruby · ct 26 · Everybody Into the Pool · Anon. · pi 28-29, 68-72 · Knights and Nighties · Jay Martin · ar 30 · Mr. Moto’s Motto · Anon. · pi 33, 66-68 · A Diplomatic Affair · Samuel Meldorf · vi 34 · Return of the Love Goddess · Anon. · pi 38-40, 62 · Confessions of a Would-Be Playboy · Brooks Van Dyke · hu 41 · [cartoon] · Ah Sin · ct 42 · Girl Wanted · Anon. · pi 45 · [cartoon] · Ah Sin · ct 46-48, 61 · Guide to One-upmanship · Arthur Benson · hu 49 · [cartoon] · Ah Sin · ct 50-52, 62-63 · The Colonel’s Lady · Ted Mark · vi 53 · The Joker’s Gems · Anon. · hu _53 · [cartoon] · Anon. · ct 54 · How the Naughtiest City in the World Got That Way · Clement Smythe · ar; given as “The Naughtiest City in the World” in the Table of Contents. 58-59, 72-73 · The Hip Vagabond · Claude H. Janneck · vi

Ace [January 1963] (50¢, quarto) Details taken from eBay listing. 14 Years After Kinsey · Claude Janneck · ar The Fling’s the Thing · Hank Gross · ss Why Square Pegs Die Young · Jay Martin · ar Ride a Shooting Star · Hal Hennesey · ss Cats in the Bull Run · Morton Golding · ss Pay the Girl Two Dollars · Ted Mark · ss The Redhead from Cheapsville · Harry Roskolenko · ss Passionate Profs and Campus Lolitas · Melvin Pangborn · ar Boudoir Empress · Dan Julius · ss A Cure for TV’s Wise Cracks · Harry Gregory · ar

Ace [v6 #6, May 1963] ed. Larry Reich (Four Star Publications Incorporated, cover photo by Joann, 50¢, 74pp, quarto) Details supplied by Morbus Iff. 4 · Backtalk · [The Readers] · lc _4 · [letter from New York, New York] · Jed Mayberry · lt _4 · [letter from Monterey, California] · Adair Devlin · lt _4 · [letter from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania] · Willard Herskowitz, Jr. · lt _4 · [letter from Waukesha, Wisconsin] · [name withheld] · lt _4 · [letter from Wichita, Kansas] · Aldo V. Correlini · lt _4 · [letter from Billings, Montana] · Gerold D. Osinski · lt 6 · The Reviewer’s Cave · Andrew Correll · hu 8-9, 71-72 · The Sharpest Blade in the West · Ted Mark · vi; given as “Sharpest Blade in the West” in the Table of Contents. 10 · The Lowdown on “Wedded Bliss” in Hollywood · Russell Witkin · hu 13 · Maid’s Night In · Anon. · cs 14 · Hacienda Hideaway · Anon. · pi 17 · The Joker’s Gems · Anon. · hu; given as “Joker’s Gems” in the Table of Contents. _17 · [cartoon] · Frosty · ct 18-19, 68 · An Honest Affair · Morton J. Golding · vi 20-21, 73-74 · Our Amorous Founding Fathers · Charles V. Nemo · ar 22 · The Blonde with a Green Thumb · Anon. · pi; given as “Blonde with a Green Thumb” in the Table of Contents. 24-26, 71 · The Brass Hats Versus the Silver Screen · Jay Martin · ar 27 · [cartoon] · W. Engel · ct 28 · Jackie Gleason’s New Discovery · Anon. · pi 32-33, 68-69 · The Woman Bowl · Russell Gage · vi 34 · “Lolita” Finally Grows Up · George Lang · ar 37 · The Old Swimming Hole · Anon. · pi 40-41, 62-63 · The Latest Vogue of “Brain Watching” · Claude H. Janneck · ar 42-44, 62 · How to Chase Women and Improve Your Health · Maury Delman · ar 45 · After the Hunt Is Over! · Anon. · pi; listed without the exclamation point in the Table of Contents. 48-49, 60-62 · The Horizontal Sell · Louis Dove · vi 50 · A Billionaire Has a Fling · Anon. · pi 53 · Setting the Scene · Anon. · pi 56-57, 69-70 · You Don’t Have to Know the Language · Ralph Blair · ar 58 · Sister Act · Anon. · pi