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Sure-Fire Detective Stories [v2 #3, July 1958] (Pontiac Publishing Co, Inc., 35¢, 112pp, digest, cover by M. E. Sherwood) Details taken from eBay listing. House of the Evil! · Bob Shields · nv Don’t Rescue Me! · Dan Stribe · nv Step Up and Be Murdered! · Al Meadows · nv She Devil! · Dennis Jory · ss The Roots of Hell! · Mike Lifton · ss Shark Bait! · Jay Fox · ss Terror Has No Conscience! · Marvin Gray · ss The Counterfeit Murderer! · Chuch Wells · ss Confession of the Damned! · Jay Marshall · ss Die for Me, Pal! · Jim Allen · ss The Seventh Corpse! · Jack Mansfield · ss Man with a Passion! · Lawrence Block · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories Title changed from Sure-Fire Detective Stories. Publishers: Pontiac Publishing Corporation; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA: Off Beat Detective Stories

Off Beat Detective Stories [v2 #4, September 1958] (Pontiac Publishing Corp., 35¢, 112pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) Details supplied by Tom Daniels. 1 · You’ll Die Again! · Steve Gordon · ss 9 · Dig My Grave Deeper! · Al James · nv 22 · The Living Dead! · Jim Barnett · ss 33 · Drive Straight to Hell! · Art Crockett · ss 43 · Death Has Many Faces! · Jed Owens · ss 50 · Murder Is My Business! · Lawrence Block · ss 56 · One Brutal Night! · Bill Rank · nv 69 · Save Me a Murder! · Bill Ryder · ss 83 · A Horrible Decision! · Anthony Strong · ss 91 · I’ll Spoil Her for You! · George Hall · ss 95 · Search for Hell! · Don Unatin · nv

Off Beat Detective Stories [v2 #5, November 1958] (Pontiac Publishing, digest) Details supplied by Darren Heil. 1 · Black Birds of Doom! · Bryce Walton · nv 13 · Never Cool a Cop! · Henry Slesar · ss; given as by Henry Slezar. 20 · My Name Is Terror! · Al James · ss 30 · Drink to the Damned! · Flip Lyons · ss 42 · Die, Damn You! · Keith Redmond · ss 53 · Hell’s Whistle Stop! · James Allen · ss 61 · Call My Hearse Now! · Don Unatin · nv 73 · Punks on a Tear! · Art Crockett · ss 83 · Love Me and Die! · Edward L. Stacey · ss 94 · Passion of Fury! · Bill Power · ss 97 · Payoff in Blood! · Bill Ryder · nv

Off Beat Detective Stories [v2 #6, February 1959] (35¢, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Death Be My Lover! · Al James · ss 10 · Rumble Bait! · Sam Holt · ss 19 · Her Kind Means Death! · Tony Phillips · nv 34 · Non Stop to Hell! · Zack Steele · ss 44 · My Sin—Death! · James Allen · ss 53 · My Grave Is Empty! · Ray Dunham · nv 66 · Madness Stalks Its Prey! · Jim Arthur · ss 73 · Bargain in Blood! · Sheldon Lord · ss 81 · The Burning Fury! · Lawrence Block · ss 89 · The Evil Ones! · Art Crockett · ss 98 · The Hounds of Doom! · Bill Ryder · nv

Off Beat Detective Stories [v3 #1, March 1959] (Pontiac Publishing, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Her Price Was Slaughter · Robert Turner · ss 11 · The Deadly Pro · Al James · ss 20 · Death’s Loveless Caress · Bill Ryder · nv 33 · A Slug for My Lover · Jim Arthur · ss 41 · Dateline, Hell · Frank Cannell · ss 57 · Bloody Saturday · Richard F. Watson · nv 68 · No Wreath for Maxie · Jim Barnett · ss 82 · The Living Corpse · Doug Flanders · ss 94 · Murder Has Soft Arms · Larry Crowe · ss; given as by Larry Crown. 105 · Brains Can Kill You · Art Crockett · ss 114 · Less Lives Than a Cat · Ed Lacy · nv

Off Beat Detective Stories [v3 #2, May 1959] (Pontiac Publishing, digest) Details supplied by Darren Heil. 1 · Blood Won’t Wash Out · Ed Lacy · nv 15 · Too Dumb to Die! · Hal Crosby · ss 21 · One for Death Road! · Jay Richards · ss 29 · Deadly Dream Doll! · Mickey Fairbanks · ss 41 · Ring in My Corpse! · Art Crockett · ss 50 · My Executioner’s Waiting! · Bill Ryder · nv 62 · Harvest of Doom! · James Allen · ss 70 · Take Her or Die! · Luke C. Hogan · ss 80 · Lover from Hell! · Al James · ss 88 · Kids of the Devil! · Ross Hayden · ss 97 · Portrait of Evil! · Tom Phillips · ss 107 · The Crawling Madness! · Lee Caldwell · ss 113 · Kill for Me, Buddy! · Gil Grayson · nv

Off Beat Detective Stories [v3 #3, July 1959] (Pontiac Publishing, digest) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 1 · A Cutie for My Coffin! · Jim Arthur · ss 11 · Big Boss of the Tank! · Elliot Gilbert · ss 20 · Slaughter the Lovelies! · Don Unatin · nv 34 · Green Bait for the Snark! · Jack Kavanagh · ss 41 · Eva Begged for It! · Larry Crowe · ss 52 · The Murderous Moll! · Grover Brinkman · nv 62 · Night of the Ripper! · Jay Richards · ss 69 · Baby Needs a New Lover! · Flip Lyons · ss 79 · She’ll Shriek for Death! · Bill Ryder · ss 91 · Her Taunts Meant Terror! · Art Crockett · ss 103 · The Trouble Beat! · Zack Steele · ss 114 · As Cold As Doom! · Gil Grayson · nv

Off Beat Detective Stories [v3 #4, September 1959] Shake the Lady Down! · Joe F. J. Smith · nv The Dead Can Kill! · William Logan · nv Hate Needs Lovely Victims! · Don Unatin · nv Big Brains—Big Dough! · Ed Lacy · ss Homecoming for a Killer! · Mickey Fairbanks · ss Her Kind Die Bloody! · James Rosenquest · ss My Fee Is Lust! · Leslie G. Sabo · ss Her Heel from Hell! · Art Crockett · ss Kiss the Blood Off! · Al James · ss And Slaughter Again! · Bob Shields · ss Black Fins of Terror! · Jay Richards · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v3 #5, November 1959] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) Details taken from eBay listing. Terror Beats Silken Wings! · Al James · nv Darling It’s Murder! · Art Crockett · nv The Lust Patrol! · Gil Grayson · nv Mate of the Damned! · James Rosenquest · ss So Dies a Tramp! · Bill Ryder · ss You Can’t Escape! · Buck Redmond · ss A Redhead for the Butcher! · Mickey Fairbanks · ss Death Can’t Lose! · Jack Kavanagh · ss Corpses Want Company! · Bob Shields · ss Hell Is a Lovely Lady! · Grover Brinkman · ss Scramble My Brains! · Sam Holt · ss The Slaughtering Frail! · Flip Lyons · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v3 #6, January 1960] (35¢, digest) Last Stop... Hell · Norman Struber · ss Violence for Valerie · Ray Dunham · ss Baby, Die for Him · Bill Ryder · ss Blonde Trap · G. G. Revelle · ss One Fearful Night · Jim Barnett · ss Lust Leaves Ugly Scars · Edward L. Stacey · ss Never Spurn a Hellcat · Flip Lyons · ss No Game for Chickens · Leslie G. Sabo · ss Her Shrieks Brought Terror · Jack Kavanagh · ss Hot Dame with a Cooler · Art Crockett · ss Sultry Shack Doll · Jim Arthur · ss Don’t Blast a Frail · Bob Shields · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v4 #1, March 1960] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Details taken from eBay listing. Brenda Came High! · Luke Hogan · nv Blood Fills the Night! · Jay Richards · nv The Thirsting Blade! · Bill Ryder · nv Her Lovers Were Corpses! · Leslie G. Sabo · ss Scared Cop—Dead Cop! · Don Unatin · ss Last Fling in Hell! · James Rosenquest · ss Rumble Doll! · Art Crockett · ss Patsy for Passion! · Al James · ss Beauty Baits the Trap! · Grover Brinkman · ss The Mayhem Kid! · Jim Arthur · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v4 #2, May 1960] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) Details taken from eBay listing. One Hideous Night! · Don Unatin · nv Blonde Dynamite! · Leslie G. Sabo · nv Blood Bath for Kitty! · Bob Shields · nv You’re My Knife! · Ed Lacy · ss Slay Ride! · Art Crockett · ss Come Sin with Me! · Flip Lyons · ss The Passionate Phantom! · Edward D. Hoch · ss You Can’t Punk Out! · Norman Struber · ss Little Darling of Lust! · Art Rordan · ss Hate Draws the Bead! · Bill Ryder · ss Slaughter Swamp! · Grover Brinkman · ss Love Her Corpse Tomorrow! · Greg Burns · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v4 #3, July 1960] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Details taken from eBay listing. Drive the Knife Deep! [Duke Valentine] · Bob Shields · nv Lust of the Damned! · Christopher Mace · nv Stand Still for Murder! · Steve Lawton · nv Evil Walks the Night! · Jim Arthur · ss Get Lost, Bum! · Arnold English · ss Passion’s Playmate! · Wayne Thomas · ss The Devil Thumbs a Ride! · Grover Brinkman · ss Hot Frail—Cold Trail! · Jack Kavanagh · ss I, the Executioner! · Art Rordan · ss Skull Game! · Art Crockett · ss Fiends Love Too! · Douglas Cole · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v4 #4, September 1960] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) Details taken from eBay listing. Frame Me in Satin [Duke Valentine] · Bob Shields · ss Hell’s Lovely Gravedigger · Grover Brinkman · ss So Dies a Tramp · Art Crockett · ss Burn for Me, Darling · Ed Lacy · ss Deadline on Death · Robert Wilkens · ss Buy Murder Cheap · Herman Hesse · ss Little Sister of Lust · Jim Arthur · ss Passion Pad · Gil Grayson · ss Run from Her, Killer · Jay Richards · ss Stand-In for Terror · Bill Ryder · ss Devil Woman · Leslie G. Sabo · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v4 #5, November 1960] (35¢, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Bribe Me with Lust! [Duke Valentine] · Bob Shields · nv 19 · Passion’s Fires Kill! · Talmage Powell · ss 25 · Satan’s Kids! · Leslie G. Sabo · ss 36 · You Can’t Kill Hate! · Steve Lawton · ss; given as by Stan Lawton. 46 · Judge Me in Hell! · Chet Williams · nv; given as by W.E. Morse on the cover. 59 · Hot Torpedo! · Frank Huepper · ss 67 · Soft Brides of Evil! · Bill Ryder · ss 78 · The Guts to Kill! · Grover Brinkman · ss 91 · One Hideous Night! · Jay Richards · ss 103 · Deadly Dream Doll! · Jim Arthur · ss 111 · The Dead Can Kill! · Jack Kavanagh · ss 116 · Lover of the Damned! · Chet Williams · nv

Off Beat Detective Stories [v4 #6, January 1961] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Mistress of Madness! [Duke Valentine] · Bob Shields · nv 20 · Death Is Forever! · Harrison Smith · ss 30 · Run, Sucker, Run! · Ted F. Parker · ss 41 · Doom Prowls the Night! · Gil Grayson · ss 53 · Lust Town! · Art Crockett · nv 68 · Don’t Laugh at Murder! · Edward D. Hoch · ss 75 · Bleed for Me, Lover! · Frank Gillmore · ss 87 · Soft Arms—Bloody Hands! · Grover Brinkman · ss 103 · Hell’s Fires Burn Hot! · Flip Lyons · ss 114 · The Nameless Terror! · Bill Ryder · nv

Off Beat Detective Stories [v5 #1, March 1961] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest) “Nice Girls Kill First” by Leslie G. Sabo is listed on the cover but did not appear until the May 1962 issue. Details taken from eBay listing. Blond Bombshell! [Duke Valentine] · Bob Shields · nv Womanhunt! · Grover Brinkman · nv A Bullet for Baby! [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv Never Bet on Death! · David Kasanof · ss Pose for Passion! · Al James · ss Night of the Slasher! · Art Rordan · ss Her Kind Die Young! · Hal Ellson · ss Lust Slave! · Flip Lyons · ss Kiss Me and Die! · Bill Rank · ss Brotherhood of Evil! · James Rosenquest · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v5 #2, May 1961] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) Details taken from eBay listing. So Lethal My Love! [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv Wake for a Willing Wanton! · Grover Brinkman · nv Double Dealing Doll! · Flip Lyons · nv Creeps Can Kill! · Casey Hancher · ss Fear Stalks the Shadows! · Talmage Powell · ss Vengeance of the Damned! · Harrison Smith · ss Lovely Lady of Lust! · James Rosenquest · ss You’ve Got to Hate Big! · J. Simmons Scheb · ss Hell Pit! · Steve Lawton · ss Deadly Cargo! · Jay Richards · ss Passion Knows No Rules! · Jack MacKinnon · ss

Off Beat Detective Stories [v5 #3, July 1961] (Pontiac Publishing Co., Inc., 35¢, 128pp, digest, cover by Carl Pfeufer) Details taken from Table of Contents. 5 · Murder Wears a Bikini! [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv 22 · Soft Mark! · Leslie G. Sabo · ss 28 · Passion’s Price Is High! · Russell Thompson · ss 38 · Never Con a Killer! · William H. Duhart · ss 48 · Frail for a Fall Guy! · Christopher Mace · ss 55 · Share My Coffin, Darling! · Bill Rank · nv 68 · You Can’t Bury Evil! · Jim Arthur · ss 79 · Horror Claims a Bride! · Flip Lyons · ss 91 · Blood Will Tell! · Ted F. Parker · ss 100 · Her Corpse Needs Loving! · Grover Brinkman · ss; given as “Her Ghost Needs Loving” on the cover. 111 · Lust Loves the Dark! · Edward D. Hoch · nv

Off Beat Detective Stories [v5 #4, September 1961] (35¢, digest) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Strippers Are Murder! [Juan Kelly] · Art Crockett · nv 23 · The Passionate Punk! · Dan Sontup · ss 36 · No Place to Run! · Casey Hancher · ss 44 · Hell’s Handmaiden! · Edward D. Hoch · ss 50 · You Can’t Deal with the Devil! · John Mackenzie · nv 69 · Scream for Me, Darling! · Steve Lawton · ss 79 · Terror Tavern! · Ted F. Parker · ss 93 · Lust of the Damned! · William H. Duhart · ss 105 · Death Watch! · Grover Brinkman · ss 113 · Soft Angel of Madness! · Anthony Stuart · nv