Black Book Detective Magazine (1933-1953 Newsstand/Hoffman/Ranger/Better) Pulp comic books 1946 or later
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Published Sep 1946 by Better Publications.$22.00
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- Water damage: Slight.
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Published Feb 1947 by Better Publications.$21.00
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The Black Bat in "The Crime to Come" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Murder is Patient" by Wayland Rice; "Death Reaches Out" by Norman A. Daniels; "Homicide at hangover Hollow" by Jason Lee; and "It Could Happen to You" by Bill Anson. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Aug 1947 by Better Publications.$37.00
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- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.
$18.00
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The Black Bat in "Dead Man's Plunder" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Let Murder Sleep" by Norman A. Daniels; "The Stickup" by Jack Kofoed; "The Visiting Corpse" by Donald Bayne Hobart; "Expert in Murder" by Wayland Rice; and "Run From a Dead Man" by Nels Leroy Jorgensen. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Oct 1947 by Better Publications.$26.00
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The Black Bat in "The Long Ago Murder" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Shroud of Guilt" by Anthony Tompkins; "Avery's Bones" by Wayland Rice; "Nail for a Noose" by Robert Sidney Bowen; "The Psychological Approach" by Ray Cummings: and "Nice Morning for Murder" by Donald Bayne Hobart. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Dec 1947 by Better Publications.$59.00
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- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
$32.00
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- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
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Published Feb 1948 by Better Publications.$44.00
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$29.00
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$8.00
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- Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 70%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
The Black Bat in "The Coiled Serpent" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "The Lottery Racketeer" by Nels Leroy Jorgensen; "Close Cover Before Striking" by Sam Merwin Jr.; "The Missing Clue" by Ray Cummings; "Death Ends the Year" by Johnston McCulley; and "Mementos of Murder" by John L. Benton. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.
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Published Sep 1948 by Better Publications.$37.00
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The Black Bat in "The Lying Killer" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "I Can't Stand Blood" by Jules Archer; "Death Needs a Key" by Nels Leroy Jorgensen; "Big Target" by Roger Fuller; "The Murder Obsession" by Wayland Rice; "Idea for Murder" by Robert Sidney Bowen; "The Widower" by Sam Merwin Jr.; "Who's That Knocking?" by Hal White; and "Thubway Tham's Deed of Mercy" by Johnston McCulley. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 144 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.
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Published Nov 1948 by Better Publications.$99.00
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$37.00
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- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%.
Volume 25, Issue 2 - November, 1948. The Black Bat in "City of Hate" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "I am the Law" by Carroll John Daly; "The Invisible Hand" by Lewis Little; "The Killer and hiks Dead" by Norman A. Daniels; "Mr. Morpho" by Arthur J. Burks; and "Thubway Tham's Perfect Day" by Johnston McCulley. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 146 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.
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Published Jan 1949 by Better Publications.$61.00
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Published Mar 1949 by Better Publications.$62.00
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$35.00
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- Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
Vol. 26, No. 1 - March 1949. 6.75" x 9.25", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.20.
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Published Jun 1949 by Better Publications.$19.00
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- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Published Sep 1949 by Better Publications.$21.00
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- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
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Published Jan 1952 by Better Publications.$33.00
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$33.00
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- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Winter 1952. The Black Bat in "The Killer Who Wasn't" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Or Up a Dark Alley" by W. Lee Herrington; "Thubway Tham's Nithe Old Lady" by Johnston McCulley; "The Man on the Corner" by C.K.M. Scanlon; "A Pawn for the Chair" by Joe Archibald; "The Twisted Three" by G.T. Fleming-Roberts; and "Option on Death" by James Donnelly. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.
