Black Book Detective Magazine (1933-1953 Newsstand/Hoffman/Ranger/Better) Pulp comic books 1942-1944
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Published Mar 1942 by Better Publications.$69.00
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.
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Published May 1942 by Better Publications.$130.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$37.00
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.
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Published Sep 1942 by Better Publications.$32.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$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.
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Published Oct 1943 by Better Publications.$160.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
$77.00
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.
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Published Jun 1943 by Better Publications.$59.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Summer 1943. The Black Bat in "Without Blood They Die" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Benny Sees Red" by Allan K. Echols; "Rain Will Tell" by H. Wolf Salz; and "Death and Violence: by Thad Kowalski. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Sep 1943 by Better Publications.$73.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 40%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Fall 1943. The Black Bat in "Guardian in Black" by "G. Wayman Jones" (Norman Daniels); "Cast Iron Alibi" by C.S. Montanye; and "Hands of Doom" by Charles N. Heckelmann. Pulp magazine format; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Mar 1944 by Better Publications.$115.00
View scans- Trimmed
- Paper: Cream to off white
$41.00
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.
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Published Sep 1944 by Better Publications.$115.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$48.00
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.