Black Book Detective Magazine (1933-1953 Newsstand/Hoffman/Ranger/Better) Pulp comic books 1939-1941
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Published Mar 1939 by Better Publications.$150.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
$77.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
Volume 8, Issue 3 - March, 1939. "The Winter King Killings" by Charles S. Strong; "Underground Stuff" by Donald Bayne Hobart; "Murder with Sound" by John benton; and "Double Talk" by Milton Lowe. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 116 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1939 by Better Publications.$77.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
Volume 9, Issue 1 - May, 1939. "I'm No Murderer" by Barry Perowne; "Mug in a Frame" by Donald Bayne Hobart; and "Suicide Detail" by C.K.M. Scanlon. 6.5" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Sep 1939 by Better Publications.$1,020.00
View scans- Trimmed
- TRIMMED. Cover glued to first and last pages along spine. Water damage.
Second Tony Quinn/Black Bat story (and first in-character cover appearance). "Murder Calls the Black Bat" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Cab for a Corpse" by Donald Bayne Hobart; and "One-Man Police Force" by Bernard Breslauer. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Mar 1940 by Better Publications.$180.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
"The Black Bat's Spy Trail" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Murder at his Heels" by Norman A. Daniels; and "Suckers Fly High" by Robert Sidney Bowen. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Nov 1940 by Better Publications.$77.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.
"The Black Bat's and the Trojan Horse" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Trooper in Stir" by William L. Hopson; and "Dressed in White" by Leo Hoban. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Sep 1941 by Better Publications.$105.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Water damage: Moderate.
"The Black Bat's Invisible Enemy" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Police Witness" by Frank Johnson; "Even-Steven" by Owen Fox Jerome; and "The Man with the Purple Hat" by Marvin Ryerson. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Nov 1941 by Better Publications.$31.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Volume 14, Issue 1 - November, 1941. The Black Bat in "The Voice of Doom" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "A Present for Butch" by Wilbur S. Peacock; and "Two Plus Two is Murder" by Jim O'Brien. 6.5" x 9.5", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.