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Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v26 #3, February 1970] (50¢, digest) ’Twas the Night Before Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Dennis Lynds) · ss Fred Burke—Killer of Killers · David Mazroff · ar Reckoning Day [Joe Chaviski] · Edwin P. Hicks · ss Crime After Crime · Morris Hershman · ss Requiem for a Godfather · M. G. Ogan · ss The Hair of the Dog · Theodore Mathieson · ss Here Comes Malacious · Clayton Matthews · ss Cheap Labor · Lawrence E. Orin · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v26 #4, March 1970] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 2 · The Lobster War [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 48 · Little Man with the Big Mouth [Johnny Hawk] · Edward Y. Breese · nv 70 · The Gun · Frank Gruber · ss Weird Tales Jul 1942 86 · The Dark Hour · Evelyn Bond · ss 94 · The Tin Coffin · Grover Brinkman · ss 103 · The Bad Actors · Louis Riley · ss 116 · The Evil Men Speak · George F. Bellefontaine · ss 122 · Fourth Man · M. G. Ogan · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v26 #5, April 1970] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by James Felton & Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Name of the Game Is Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · na 50 · By a Hair’s Breadth · Patrick Meadows · ss 57 · You’re Safe Here · Jack Foxx · ss 62 · Snapshot of a Gunman · Ronald Fieldman · nv 86 · Possession · Edward Wellen · vi 89 · The Cat-alyst · Alberto N. Martin · ss 96 · This Was Al Capone: The Mastermind of Crime · David Mazroff · ar; given as “The Rise of Al Capone” in the Table of Contents. 123 · The Little Bombay Cowboy [Mr. Mei Wong] · Dan Ross · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v26 #6, May 1970] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Dead Man’s Heritage [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 49 · Rub the Wrong Way · Paul Felder · vi 52 · The Fall of Al “Scarface” Capone: America’s Most Infamous Gangster · David Mazroff · ar 76 · Three Wives Too Many · Kenneth Fearing · nv Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1956; given as “Three Wive’s Too Many” on the cover. 96 · Raft of Fear · Clayton Matthews · ss 106 · Why Don’t You Answer, Theodore? · Garen Drussaï · vi 110 · The Fatal Black Chip · Richard M. Rose · ss 123 · The Woman in Black · Edward Wellen · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v27 #1, June 1970] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Peter Youngman & Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Death Walks Here [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 45 · Accident Prone · John G. Hill · ss 54 · The Zodiac Murder · Merle Ahern · nv 74 · They Kill by Night · James O’Connor Sargent · nv; given as “Kill by Night” on the cover. 95 · The Big Stretch · Clayton Matthews · ss 106 · Dark Motive · Lew Gellert · ss 112 · Zone · Edward D. Hoch · ss 123 · Mute Memorial · Carroll Mayers · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v27 #2, July 1970] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Peter Youngman & Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Thousand Flowers Murder Case [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 44 · Let’s Have an Accident · Lawrence Treat · ss 57 · There’s One Born Every Minute · Bill Pronzini · ss 65 · You Can’t Count on Anything · Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss 70 · The Real Bad Friend · Robert Bloch · nv Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 1957 92 · Monday Is the Dullest Night of the Week · William Jeffrey · ss 104 · Help Your Police Department · Max Van Derveer · ss 124 · Every Litter Bit Hurts · Michael Avallone · ss With Malice Toward All, ed. Robert L. Fish, Putnam 1968; given as “Every Litter Bit Helps” in the Table of Contents.

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v27 #3, August 1970] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Peter Youngman. 2 · This Key Unlocks Coffins [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 44 · Death of a King · Jerry Jacobson · nv 67 · Twister! · Clayton Matthews · ss 76 · Dead Man’s Cat · Walt Sheldon · ss Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 1956 92 · Good Sister Frances · M. G. Ogan · ss 104 · The Specimen Takers · Ray Hanson · ss 119 · Lonely Burden · Aubrey S. Newman · ss 125 · Retribution · William Jeffrey · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v27 #4, September 1970] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Triple Cross at Holy Cross [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 43 · Dead Broke · Edward Wellen · vi 47 · A Short Bier · George Antonich · ss 58 · The Butcher in the Haystack · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · vi 62 · The Quiet Life [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1956 87 · The Afternoon Ear · Edward D. Hoch · ss 100 · The Murderers Five · David Mazroff · ar 125 · Belle · M. G. Ogan · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v27 #5, October 1970] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Big House Blues [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 46 · Syndicate Man · Max Van Derveer · ss; given as “The Syndicate Man” in the Table of Contents. 66 · The Deadly Odds · Clayton Matthews · ss 80 · Walk Away Fast · Hal Ellson · nv Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine Sep 1956 102 · A Simple Respectful Gesture · Barry N. Malzberg · ss; given as by Barry J. Malzberg. 107 · A Knowledge of the City · Stephen Barr · ss 112 · Resurrection of Jenny Carroll · Robert Colby · ss 126 · Inflationary Spiral · Edward Wellen · vi

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v27 #6, November 1970] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Double Indemnity for a River Bum [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 44 · Under the Fig Tree [Inspector Nissim] · Haim Ben-Dov · ss 50 · Murder Is No Man’s Friend [Flagg] · William Jeffrey · ss 69 · The Thorn · George F. Bellefontaine · ss 76 · The Balance of Justice · Robert Colby · ss 92 · The Kansas City Story: Mobsters, Mayhem and Murder · David Mazroff · ar 118 · Here, Kitty · J. Simmons Scheb · ss 125 · Danger for Mr. Wong [Mr. Mei Wong] · Dan Ross · vi

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v28 #1, December 1970] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 2 · Death Has Two Faces [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 45 · The Big Difference · Lew Gellert · vi 48 · Twist of the Knife · Edward D. Hoch · ss 66 · Early Retirement of Mario Coletti · Margaret E. Brown · ss 78 · The Weird Sister · M. G. Ogan · nv 100 · Pay a Debt · Leo R. Ellis · ss 107 · Stalemate · Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss 116 · Brush with Death · Edward Wellen · ss 121 · There’s Always a Flaw · Matthew Miner · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v28 #2, January 1971] ed. Cylvia Kleinman (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Monte Herridge & Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Yacht Trip to Death [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · na 46 · Shock Treatment · Edward Wellen · ss 50 · The Smiling People · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1946 60 · Nucky Johnson: The Man Who Stole Atlantic City · David Mazroff · ar 91 · The Most Unkindest Cut · Miriam Allen deFord · ss 100 · Truck Stop · Jerry Jacobson · ss; possibly by Jerry Jacobsen. 112 · The Great Heist · Michael Zuroy · ss 125 · Nepotism · Lawrence E. Orin · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v28 #3, February 1971] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Lady Had a Gun [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Frank Belknap Long) · nv 32 · “What Took You So Long?” [Joe Chaviski] · Edwin P. Hicks · ss 48 · Loss of Evidence · Carl Henry Rathjen · ss 60 · A Trip to the Islands [Johnny Hawk] · Edward Y. Breese · nv 82 · Three in Chains [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales May 1946 105 · Die-Hard · Edward D. Hoch · ss 116 · The Guilty Ones · Morris Hershman · ss 124 · Charade for Mr. Wong [Mr. Mei Wong] · Dan Ross · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v28 #4, March 1971] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Charge Is Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 42 · Diamonds Are a Thief’s Best Friend · David Mazroff · ar 67 · Now You See Her... · Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss 81 · Ice—and Snow · Bill Pronzini · ss 88 · The Cat Man · Rex Beach · ss Liberty May 18 1929 102 · Involvement · Carroll Mayers · ss 111 · Dawn Catch · M. G. Ogan · ss 120 · The Poison Man · Edward D. Hoch · ss 125 · Willing Victim · Morris Hershman · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v28 #5, April 1971] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Death Is My Payoff [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 39 · D-Day Minus One · Betty Ren Wright · ss 44 · The Mystery of the Fabulous Laundryman · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty Oct 31 1931 56 · Siege Perilous [Harry Ponder] · Edward D. Hoch · ss 70 · The Abraxas Affair · Jerry Jacobson · nv 94 · I, Osco Brono, Am Back · Leonard J. Guardino · ss 106 · The Eraser · Gary Brandner · ss 112 · Barrels of Clues · Carl Henry Rathjen · ss 125 · The Fixer · Bill Wallace · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v28 #6, May 1971] (50¢, digest) We’re All Killers [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · na Tarnhelm, or the Death of My Uncle Robert · Hugh Walpole · ss Liberty Dec 28 1929 Murder on Lazy River [Johnny Hawk] · Edward Y. Breese · ss The Night Is for Dying · M. G. Ogan · ss The Bad Ones · Edwin P. Hicks · ss The Open Door · Dina Donohue · ss I Owe You a Dinner, Marty · Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss The Only Suspect · Carl Henry Rathjen · ss Recoil · Larry Killian · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v29 #1, June 1971] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Airport Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 38 · Trouble in Xanadu · George Antonich · ss 50 · Frank Nitti: Al Capone’s Capo Killer · David Mazroff · ar 73 · The Expert · A. F. Oreshnik · ss 84 · The Letter of the Law · Leslie T. White · ss Liberty Apr 23 1938 99 · The Pro · Jeffrey M. Wallmann · ss 110 · The Gamblers · Carroll Mayers · ss 121 · The Sugar Man · Edward D. Hoch · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v29 #2, July 1971] (Renown Publications, Inc., 50¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Schoolhouse Murder [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 37 · The Gemila Caper · Curtis Pechtel · ss 46 · The Hero · Newton Rhodes · ss 54 · The Thing in Lover’s Lane [Father David Noone] · Edward D. Hoch · ss 72 · The Hunted · W. R. Burnett · ss Liberty Jun 28 1930 90 · Color Her Dead · Leo P. Kelley · ss 110 · The Final Face · Jerry Jacobson · ss 123 · The Shark Pool · Gary Brandner · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v29 #3, August 1971] (Renown Publications, Inc., 60¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Death Comes to Breakfast [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 41 · Born to Burn · Basil Wells · ss 46 · The Juror · Clark Howard · ss 57 · The Big Step · Robert Edmond Alter · vi 60 · Nightmare · Cornell Woolrich · na Argosy Mar 1 1941, as “And So to Death” 114 · Osborn and Sabrina · Pauline C. Smith · ss 122 · Wife Killer · M. G. Ogan · ss

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v29 #4, September 1971] (Renown Publications, Inc., 60¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · Murder of a Mean Old Man [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 44 · The Execution of Barbara Graham · David Mazroff · ar 72 · Cops Work on Holidays · Max Van Derveer · ss 90 · Beauty in His Brain · Dana Burnet · ss Liberty Jun 16 1934 100 · The Hard Cure · Richard M. Rose · ss 111 · I Know a Way · Bill Pronzini · vi 115 · Blood Money · Edward D. Hoch · ss 125 · The Missing Tapestry [Mr. Mei Wong] · Dan Ross · vi

Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine [v29 #5, October 1971] (Renown Publications, Inc., 60¢, 128pp+, digest) Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 2 · The Landlord Murder Case [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Edward Y. Breese) · nv 42 · Fifty Bucks by Monday · Stephen Dentinger · ss 54 · The Griggsby Papers [Henry Turnbuckle] · Jack Ritchie · nv 80 · The Drop [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] · George C. Chesbro · nv 101 · Tiger Tale · Gary Brandner · ss 106 · The Cautious Killer · Kurt E. Johnson · ss 112 · The Deadly Fare · Clayton Matthews · ss 124 · The Kidnaping Kit · Gary Paulsen · ss; given as “The Kidnapping Kit” in the Table of Contents.