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Vault November 16, 2019

Manhunt No. 12 Dec. 1953

Contents Page
David Goodis “Black Pudding” art by Ray Houlihan
Richard Marsten “Switch Ending”
Charles Beckman, Jr. “Killing on Seventh Street”
Craig Rice “Murder Marches On!” (John J. Malone)
Hunt Collins “Sucker”
Dan Sontup’s Portrait of a Killer No. 7: Tillie Gburek
Evan Hunter “The Wife of Riley” art by Tom O’Sullivan
Harold Q. Masur “Richest Man in the Morgue” (Scott Jordan)
Jonathan Craig “The Quiet Room”
David Chandler “The Coyote”
Roy Carroll “Wife Beater” art by Tom O’Sullivan
Frank Kane “The Icepick Artists” (Johnny Liddell)
Vincent H. Gaddis’ Crime Cavalcade
R. Van Taylor “The Insecure” art by Ray Houlihan
Coming Up Next Month
Mugged and Printed: Frank Kane, Harold Q. Masur, David Goodis, David Chandler

Manhunt Detective Story Monthly Vol. 1 No. 12 Dec. 1953
Flying Eagle Publications, Inc,
Editor: John McCloud
Managing Editor: Hal Walker
Art Director: Chas. W. Adams
Business Manager: R.E. Decker
Cover: Frank Uppwall
144 pages, 35¢

Peter Enfantino’s story-by-story synopses of Manhunt is featured in The Digest Enthusiast No. 6–10.

Vault September 30, 2019

Manhunt No. 11 Nov. 1953

Manhunt Detective Story Magazine Vol. 1 No. 11 Nov. 1953
Contents
Henry Kane “The Big Touch” (Peter Chambers)
Peter Paige “The Watcher”
Craig Rice “The Bells Are Ringing” (John J. Malone)
Charles Beckman, Jr. “Case History”
Evan Hunter “The Right Hand of Garth”
Vincent H. Gaddis’ Crime Cavalcade
Raymond J. Dyer “Six Stories Up”
Richard Marsten “Classification: Dead”
Fletcher Flora “A Long Way to KC”
Dan Sontup’s Portrait of a Killer: Pat Mahon
Bruno Fischer “Coney Island Incident”
Jonathan Craig “Kid Stuff”
Mugged and Printed: Henry Kane, Evan Hunter, Bruno Fischer, Craig Rice

Flying Eagle Publications, Inc,
Editor: John McCloud
Managing Editor: Hal Walker
Art Director: Chas. W. Adams
Business Manager: R.E. Decker
144 pages, 35¢

Peter Enfantino’s story-by-story synopses of Manhunt is featured in The Digest Enthusiast No. 6–10.

Vault August 26, 2019

Michael Shayne No. 1

“I am both proud and gratified that my long-time and valued friend, Leo Margulies, is the publisher and sole owner of this magazine. It is a project that both Leo and I have held in our minds and hearts for many years.” –Brett Halliday

Contents
Brett Halliday “Bring Back a Corpse!”
Craig Rice “The Quiet Life” (John J. Malone)
Robert Bloch “Water’s Edge”
Charles Irving “You Wash, and I’ll Dry”
Hal Ellson “Walk Away Fast”
Kenneth Fearing “Three Wives Too Many”
John E. Hasty “Unfinished Business”
Louis Trimble “A Pitch for Murder”
Carter Sprague “A Present for Peter”
Matthew Lee “Home Ground”
Norman Daniels “Rooftop”

Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine Vol. 1 No. 1 Sept. 1956
Publisher: Leo Margulies
Editor: Sam Merwin Jr.
Managing Editor: Cylvia Kleinman
5.25” x 7.75” 160 pages 35¢

Vault August 12, 2019

Detective No. 1

Detective: Magazine of True Crime Stories Vol. 1 No. 1 Winter 1951
Contents
Lawrence E. Spivak’s Introduction
Eleazar Lipsky “The Shield of the Innocent”
Craig Rice “Murder in Chicago”
Jackson Hite “The Orange Daniel Webster”
Edmund Pearson “Malloy the Mighty”
Laurence Dwight Smith “Incredible Dr. Brandenburg”
Lillian de la Torre “The First Locked Room”
Lewis E. Lawes “The Rose Man”
Edward Hale Bierstadt “Death Draws a Triangle”
Edward D. Radin “It Happened in Flushing”

Publisher: Lawrence E. Spivak
Editor: Edward D. Radin
Managing Editor: Robert P. Mills
General Manager: Joseph W. Ferman
Art Director: George Salter
Cover: Sid Rosenbaum
5.5” x 7.75” 128 pages 35¢

Detective: Magazine of True Crime Stories Vol. 1 No. 1 back cover

Vault July 18, 2019

Manhunt No. 8 Aug. 1953

Manhunt Detective Story Monthly Vol. 1 No. 8 August 1953
Contents
Fletcher Flora “The Collector Comes After Payday”
Evan Hunter “Still Life”
Fredric Brown “The Little Lamb”
Frank Kane “Slay Belle” (Johnny Liddell)
Robert Turner “The Crime of My Wife”
Dan Sontup’s Portrait of a Killer: Robert W. Buchanan, M.D.
Craig Rice “The End of Fear” (John J. Malone)
Vincent H. Gaddis’ Crime Cavalcade
Frances Carfi Matranga “Less Perfect”
James M. Cain “Two O’Clock Blonde”
Richard Ellington “The Ripper” (Steve Drake)
Roy Carroll “Kayo”
Harold Q. Masur “Rhapsody in Blood” (Scott Jordan)
Donald Hamilton “Throwback”
Richard Marsten “The Innocent One”
Mugged and Printed: James M. Cain, Fredric Brown, Richard Ellington, Harold Q. Masur

Flying Eagle Publications, Inc,
Editor: John McCloud
Managing Editor: E.A. Tulman
Art Director: Chas. W. Adams
Business Manager: R.E. Decker
144 pages, 35¢

Vault May 17, 2019

Manhunt No. 7 July 1953

Manhunt Detective Story Monthly Vol. 1 No. 7 July 1953
Contents
Fredric Brown “The Wench is Dead”
Craig Rice “Quiet Day in the County Jail” art by J.Q. Farris
Fletcher Flora “I’ll Kill for You”
Jonathan Lord “Day’s Work”
Evan Hunter “Good and Dead” (Matt Cordell) art by R. Cossette
Bruno Fischer “Say Goodby to Janie” art by Rus Anderson
Hunt Collins “The Follower” art by R. Cossette
Vincent H. Gaddis’ Crime Cavalcade
Elliot West “I’m Getting Out” art by J.Q. Farris
Frank Kane “Evidence” (Johnny Liddell)
Dan Sontup’s Portrait of a Killer No. 2: Charles Henry Schwartz
Richard S. Prather “The Double Take” (Shell Scott)
Arnold Marmor “Heirloom”
Mugged and Printed: Fredric Brown, Bruno Fischer, Frank Kane, Craig Rice

Flying Eagle Publications, Inc,
Editor: John McCloud
Managing Editor: E.A. Tulman
Art Director: Chas. W. Adams
Business Manager: R.E. Decker
144 pages, 35¢

Vault January 9, 2019

Manhunt No. 5 May 1953

Manhunt Detective Story Monthly Vol. 1 No. 5 May 1953
Contents
John Ross Macdonald “The Guilty Ones” (Lew Archer)
Jonathan Craig “Services Rendered”
Vincent H. Gaddis: Crime Cavalcade
Robert Patrick Wilmot “Stakeout”
Steve Frazee “Graveyard Shift”
Evan Hunter “Now Die in It” (Matt Cordell)
Dan Sontup’s Portrait of a Killer: Warren Lincoln
James M. Cain “Cigarette Girl”
Michael Fessier “Nice Bunch of Guys”
William P. McGivern “Old Willie”
Harold Q. Masur “Build Another Coffin” (Scott Jordan)
Manhunt’s Movie of the Month: I Confess
Craig Rice “Don’t Go Near” (John J. Malone)
Grant Colby “Assault”
Mugged and Printed: James M. Cain, Craig Rice, Steve Frazee, and William P. McGivern
Every story opens with an illustration, mostly in two colors. Unfortunately, none are uncredited.

Flying Eagle Publications, Inc,
Editor: John McCloud
Managing Editor: E.A. Tulman
Art Director: Chas. W. Adams
Business Manager: R.E. Decker
144 pages, 35¢

Vault October 1, 2018

Manhunt Detective Story Monthly March 1953

Contents
Richard S. Prather “The Sleeper Caper” (Shell Scott)
Evan Hunter “Dead Men Don’t Dream” (Matt Cordell)
Bruno Fischer “Stop Him!”
Robert Patrick Wilmot “Triple-Cross”
Leslie Charteris “The Loaded Tourist” (The Saint)
Frank Kane “Payoff” (Johnny Liddell)
Craig Rice “The Tears of Evil” (John J. Malone)
Harold Q. Masur “The Mourning After” (Scott Jordan)
Mickey Spillane “Everybody’s Watching Me” (Part 3 of 4)
William Lindsay Gresham “Teaser”
Floyd Mahannah “Prognosis Negative”
Richard Marsten “Against the Middle”

Vault July 14, 2018

Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine No. 1

In September 1956, Brett Halliday teamed with publisher Leo Margulies to launch MSMM. “It is a project both Leo and I have held in our minds and hearts for many years,” writes Halliday in his introduction. “But we have waited patiently for the exact moment when the signs were right, when the many and varied elements essential to the production and distribution of a truly fine mystery magazine coincided to make the project feasible.”

“Michael” was changed to “Mike” with the seventh issue in April 1957. MSMM began as a monthly, but slipped to bi-monthly during its second year, and returned to monthly during 1958 for the balance of its impressive run. With 337 regular issues and three annuals (1971–1973), MSMM was by far one of the most successful digest magazines ever published. The final issue appeared in August 1985.

Its first editor was Sam Merwin, and he launched the title with a terrific first issue:

Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine Vol. 1 No. 1 September 1956

Contents
Brett Halliday: Full Cycle—New Birth (introduction)
Brett Halliday “Bring Back a Corpse!” (Mike Shayne)
Craig Rice “The Quiet Life” (John J. Malone)
Robert Bloch “Water’s Edge”
Charles Irving “You Wash, and I’ll Dry”
Hal Ellson “Walk Away Fast”
Kenneth Fearing “Three Wives Too Many”
John E. Hasty “Unfinished Business”
Louis Trimble “A Pitch for Murder”
Carter Sprague “A Present for Peter”
Matthew Lee “Home Ground”
Norman Daniels “Rooftop”

MSMM Checklist from Galatic Central.