Monday 30 April 2018

Phantom Books !

Phantom Books are highly sought after and have some of the greatest sleazy crime covers you'll see in Digest book collecting .

They were published in the USA with a short run and also in Australia with a very large run. I will list the entire USA run below but the the Australian list will take way too long so will just list the ones I own.



Phantom Books USA

500 - Homicide Hotel - Joe Barry (Joe Barry Lake)
Homicide Hotel # 500
Homicide Hotel (back cover)

501 - Kisses Can Kill - Donnell Carey (Joe Barry Lake)
502 - The Deadly Lover - Robert O. Saber (Milton Ozaki)
503 - Married To Murder - Harry Whittington
Married To Murder # 503

504 - Love Me And Die - Day Keene (Lewis Dixon)

505 - Satan's Widow - Harry Whittington

506 - Crime On My Hands - Carl G. Hoges (Hodges)
507 - Hunt The Killer - Day Keene (Lewis Dixon)
508 - Swamp Kill (1952) - Whit Harrison (Harry Whittington)
Swamp Kill # 508

509 - Naked Fury - Day Keene (Lewis Dixon)
510 - Murder Doll (1952) - Robert O. Saber (Milton Ozaki)
Murder Doll # 510

511 - Violent Night - Whit Harrison (Harry Whittington)
512 - No Way Out - Robert O. Saber (Milton Ozaki)
513 - Wake Up To Murder - Day Keene (Lewis Dixon)
Wake Up To Murder # 513

Phantom Books - Australia

The Australian series ran from number # 501 right through to number # 695! (only listed below are editions I own)

503 - Crime On My Hands - (1951) - Carl G. Hoges
Crime On My Hands # 503

520 - Don't Cry, Beloved (1953) - Edward Ronns
Don't Cry Beloved # 520

526 - The Brass Monkey (1953) - Harry Whittington.
The Brass Monkey # 526

528 - Come Murder Me! (1953) - James Kieran 
Come Murder Me! # 528

529 - Vice Cop (1953) - Mark Reed (Norman A. Daniels)

Vice Cop # 529

530 - Dagger Of Flesh (1953) - Richard S. Prather 
Dagger Of Flesh # 530

541 - Kiss Of Death (1953) - Laura Hale (Frederic Lorenz)
Kiss Of Death # 541

544 - Woman Hunter (1953) - Laura Hale (Frederic Lorenz)
Woman Hunter # 544

550 - Walk In Fear (1953) - W.T. Ballard.
 (adapted) Art by C.C.Beall

560 - Gang Girl (1954) - Albert L. Quandt.
Gang Girl # 560 - Art by Rudy Nappi

562 - Let's Count Our Dead (1954) - Harry Whittington.
Let's Count Our Dead # 562

563 - Mrs. Homicide (1954) - Day Keene.
Mrs. Homicide # 563

578 - Mistress On A Deathbed (1954) - Norman A. Daniels.
Mistress On A Deathbed # 578

582 - The Cancelled Redhead (1954) - Hamlin Daly.
The Cancelled Redhead # 582 

593 - The Restless Corpse (1954) - Alan Pruitt
The Restless Corpse # 593

600 - Decoy (1954) - Michael Morgan.
Art by Harry Barton

639 - Terror In Times Square (1955) - Alan Handley
Terror In Times Square # 639

678 - Yesterday I Died (1956) - John Cooper
Yesterday I Died # 678

693 - Too Young To Die (1956) - Robert O. Saber
Too Young To Die # 693 - Art by Walter Popp

695 - The Preying Streets (1956) - Ledru Baker
The Praying Streets # 695


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