“This was a morning for weeping at funerals, for sticking pins in your own wax image, for leaping into empty graves and pulling the sod in after you.”
“The Double Take” by Richard S. Prather Manhunt Detective Story Magazine 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¢
Manhunt Detective Story Monthly Vol. 1 No. 6 June 1953
Contents
Henry Kane “Far Cry” (Pete Chambers)
Evan Hunter “Small Homicide” art by J.Q. Farris
Charles Beckman, Jr. “Ybor City” art by R. Cossette
Manhunt’s Movie of the Month: The Hitch-Hiker
Richard Deming “The Loyal One”
Michael Fessier “The Faceless Man”
Vincent H. Gaddis: Crime Cavalcade
Harold Q. Masur “The Double Frame” (Scott Jordan)
Emmanuel Winters “The Caller” art by R. Cossette (flopped)
Richard S. Prather “Hot-Rock Rumble” (Shell Scott)
Hunt Collins “One Down” art by Tom O’Sullivan
Mugged and Printed: Henry Kane, Richard Deming, Evan Hunter, Richard S. Prather, Charles Beckman, Jr., and Michael Fessier
Every story opens with an illustration, mostly in two colors. Unsigned, unless noted.
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¢
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¢
Inside The Digest Enthusiast No. 9 January 2019:
Peter Enfantino delivers a story-by-story synopsis of Manhunt from January thru June 1954. Plus a report on the rare western digest paperback, Sunset Showdown by Steve Frazee.
Published by Dell in 1956, Johnny Liddell’s Morgue is a collection of Frank Kane’s short stories starring PI Liddell from earlier magazines, primarily Manhunt. Here’s the rundown:
“Lead Ache” Manhunt May 1954
“Frame” Manhunt August 1954
“Return Engagement” Manhunt Feb. 1955
“The Dead Grin” Manhunt June 1955
“A Package for Mr. Big” The Saint Detective Magazine Sep. 1954
“A Game of Murder” Mobsters Feb. 1953
“Morgue-Star Final” Crack Detective Stories July 1945
“Gory Hallelujah!” Private Eye Dec. 1953
Contents
Henry Kane “One Little Bullet” (Peter Chambers)
Kris Neville “Big Talk”
Robert Turner “Be My Guest”
Richard Ellington “Fan Club” (Steve Drake)
Roy Carroll “Shakedown”
Robert Patrick Wilmot “The G-Notes”
Richard Deming “Mugger Murder”
Evan Hunter “Kid Kill”
Shepherd Kole “Crime and Punishment”
David Goodis “The Blue Sweetheart”
Mickey Spillane “Everybody’s Watching Me” (Part 4 of 4)
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”
Contents
John Ross Macdonald “The Imaginary Blonde”
Michael Fessier “Sex Murder in Cameron”
Jonathan Craig “Dirge for a Nude”
Eleazer Lipsky “Stabbing in the Streets”
Richard Marsten “Carrera’s Woman”
Hunt Collins “Attack”
Mickey Spillane “Everybody’s Watching Me” (Part 2 of 4)
John Evans “So Dark for April”
Richard Deming “The Lesser Evil”
Fletcher Flora “As I Lie Dead”
Mugged and Printed: Mickey Spillane, Michael Fessier, John Evans, John Ross Macdonald, Richard Deming, and Eleazer Lipsky
Contents
“Everybody’s Watching Me” by Mickey Spillane (Part 1 of 4) art by Joe Kubert
“Die Hard” by Evan Hunter
“I’ll Make the Arrest” by Charles Beckman, Jr.
“The Hunted” by William Irish
“The Best Motive” by Richard S. Prather (Shell Scott)
“Shock Treatment” by Kenneth Millar
“The Frozen Grin” by Frank Kane (Johnny Liddell)
Backfire by Floyd Mahannah
“The Set-Up” by Sam Cobb
“Who is Vetter?” (coming next issue)
