X Bockerna - Sweden

X Bockerna 

Published in Sweden from 1951 right through to the mid 1960's. A prolific edition numbers wise and finished just short of number 200.

I have found that a few USA/AUS Digest covers have been adapted and used and in most cases done very well and you'll find some great artwork and all the usual writers, Ricky Drayton, Day Keene, Harry Whittington, Al Bocca, Danny Spade, Johnny Grecco, Nat Karta, Spike Gordon, Bart Banarto, Michael Storme, Hans Lugar, Edward Ronns, Dail Ambler etc etc!

Leisure Library # 07

No 23 - Me & My Ghoul - Michael Storme

Leisure Library # 11

No 26 - Satan's Widow - H. Whittington

Phantom Book # 

No 67 - So Dead My Love - H. Whittington

Original Novel # 708

No 81 - Vengeful Sinner - H. Whittington

Original Novel # 713

No 78 - Sleep With The Devil

Phantom Book # 567

No 70 - Drawn To Evil - H. Whittington

Phantom Book # 557

No 14 - Murder Is My Business - H. Whittington

Phantom Book # 589

No 6 - The Crooked Circle

Phantom Book # 528

No 44 - Come Murder Me 

Leisure Library # 15

No 34 - Midnight Sister - Hans Lugar

Phantom Books # 611

No 85 - City Of Sin

Phantom Books # 574

Crow Editions - USA Digest /Canadian Paperbacks!

Crow editions were a short lived run published in Canada from 1949 to 1950 and used a vast amount of Digest covers by companies like Astro, Quarter, Carnival & Exotic and in most cases these covers were very badly redrawn for these Crow editions.

Exotic Novel # 02/1950

Carnival Novel # 902

Astro Book # 31

Quarter Book # 41

Quarter Books # 69

Quarter Books # 39

Quarter Book # 26

Astro Book #11

Astro Book # 18

Astro Book # 14

Astro Book # 2

Astro Book # 16

Astro Book # 1

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

Stork Novels !

Stork Books 

Only an eight book series with connections and reprinted titles to Croydon and Gem books. Always real nice artwork which makes it a collectable series to find. Published from late 1949 on wards.

1 - Life Of Passion - Gordon Semple (William Arthur Neubauer)

Art by Fred Claude Rodewald

2 - Fool For Love - Wright Williams (Watkins E. Wright)

3 - Sinful Life - Glenn Watkins .

Art by Claude Rodewald

Sinful Life - back cover

4 - Soul Of Passion - Richard Himmel
5 - Passionate Lover - Gail Jordan (Peggy Gaddis)

Art by Fred Claude Rodewald

6 - The Sins Of Donna Kenyon - Ralph Carter (William Arthur Neubauer)
7 - Raging Passions - Thomas Stone (Florence Stonebraker)
8 - Two Sinners - Lee Jackquin .

Art by L.B. Cole

Novels Inc !

Novels Inc .

A short run Digest Book series of only 6 known titles. Published by PDC this seems to be the remains of the defunct Knickerbocker Novels romance series from the late 40's and early 50's .

Novels Inc. ran these titles in 1952 and always had some superb artwork.

1 - Made For Loving - William Arthur (Neubauer)

Art by Fred Claude Rodewald.

2 - Sinner In Gingham - Gail Jordan (Peggy Gaddis)

Art by Walter Popp

3 - Percentage Girl - Wright Williams .
4 - Come Sin With Me - Gail Jordan (Peggy Gaddis)
5 - ?
6 - ?
7 - ?
8 - ?
9 - Stag Stripper - Gene Harvey .

Stag Stripper # 9 - Art by Walter Popp

10 - The Tigress - John Saxon.

The Tigress # 10