Black Book Detective Magazine (1933-1953 Newsstand/Hoffman/Ranger/Better) Pulp comic books 1940-1949

Add to cart Very Good $160.00 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.

Add to cart Good $69.00 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.

Add to cart Very Good $95.00 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.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $28.00 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.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $62.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

The Black Bat in "The Blackout Murders" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Snatchers are Suckers" by Robert C. Donohue; and "A Grave for Grogan" by Norman A. Daniels. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $115.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $33.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Heavy foxing. Soiling. Moisture spotting.

Volume 15, Issue 1 - May, 1942. The Black Bat in "Shadow of Evil" by "G. Wayman Jones" (probably Norman Daniels); "Murder Comes High" by William Campbell Gault; "No Closed Season" by Robert Ahern; and "Pop and the Law" by William Morrison. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $29.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart $45.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

The Black Bat in "The Murder Prophet" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Where There's Smoke" by Fredric Brown; "Moulage" by Arthur J. Burks; and "Punk Job" by Henry S. Lewis. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $145.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $69.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

The Black Bat in "The Seventh Column" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "The Chinese Box" by C.K.M. Scanlon; "The Color or Murder" by Samuel J. Bailey; and "Air Raid" by Ray Cummings. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $105.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white

Add to cart Fair $37.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 50%. Back cover detached 50%. Cover Wrap Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Spring 1944. Cover by Rudolph Belarski. The Black Bat in "The White Witch" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "The Amesbury Case" by John L. Benton; and "Spy Aboard" by Frank Johnson. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 80 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $105.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $43.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Fall 1944. The Black Bat in "Murder Deals in Ersatz" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Rats Don't Live Long" by Robert Sidney Brown; "A Date With Death" by Samuel J. Bailey; "Ansel and the Admiral's Widow" by H. Wolff Salz; and "Spectral Agent" by Clark Frost. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 80 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $86.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $80.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

The Black Bat in "The Lakeside Mystery" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Murder Makes the Luck" by Norman A. Daniels; "Measured for Murder" by Nels Leroy Jorgensen; "The Key to Danger" by Wayland Rice; and "Listen for Death" by Roger Fuller. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart Fine $215.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $72.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate.

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.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $30.00 View scan 1" Spine split from bottom.

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.

Add to cart Fine $165.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $115.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $45.00 View scans 3" Spine split from top. Oxidation.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $44.00 View scans Paper: Cream 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.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $105.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $65.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $80.00 View scans Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $62.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

The Black Bat in "Inheritance of Murder" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Don't Bury Me Yet" by W.T. Ballard; "The Frightened Comedian" by Jack Kofoed; "The Brass Ring" by Donald Bayne Hobart; "Call for a Murderer" by John L. Benton; and "The Lying Corpse" by Wayland Rice. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 112 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $77.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $72.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

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.

Add to cart Very Good $30.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $16.75 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 40%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $115.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Fall 1950. The Black Bat in "The Black Bat Fights for Life" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Gunplay at Julio's" by Nels Leroy Jorgensen; "The Shadow on the Door" by C.K.M. Scanlon; "In the Bag" by Carroll John Daly; "The Corny Killer" by Benton Braden; and "Thubway Tham Ith Raided" by Johnston McCulley. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.