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    Chief Detective (1946)   (about)
    Very little is known about this title which seems to be a one-shot pulp launched by H.C. Blackerby who also launched another one-shot detective pulp, Gem Detective, and a one-shot western pulp called Prize Western at the same time. The title was later used by Frank Communale for a true crime magazine in the 1950s.

    • Publishers:
      • H.C. Blackerby; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA: Chief Detective.

    • Editors:

    Chief Detective Stories   (about)
    Very little is known about this title which seems to be a one-shot pulp published by the Canadian publisher Norman Book Company reprinting stories from their other magazines such as Daredevil Detective Stories and World-Wide Detective Stories.

    • Publishers:
      • Norman Book Company; 78 Wellington Street, Toronto, Ontario: Chief Detective Stories.

    Close to the Bone [Issue One, June 2020] (12pp, ebook) (Full Text)
    Details taken from magazine website.
    • 3 · “The Seatown Blues” [Part 1 of 3] · Paul D. Brazill · ss; this part is titled “Into the Valley”.
    • 12 · Writing Tips: The Ugly, the Bad, and the Good · Oliver Brannan · ar

    Close to the Bone [Issue Two, July 2020] (11pp, ebook) (Full Text)
    Details taken from magazine website.
    • 3 · “The Seatown Blues” [Part 2 of 3] · Paul D. Brazill · ss; this part is titled “Rainy Days and Mondays”.
    • 11 · About Ben Pitkin from The Hard Cold Shoulder · L. A. Sykes · ar

    Close to the Bone [Issue Three, August 2020] (10pp, ebook) (Full Text)
    Details taken from magazine website.
    • 4 · “The Seatown Blues” [Part 3 of 3] · Paul D. Brazill · ss; this part is titled “A Gift Horse”.
    • 10 · The Little Things That Noir · Chris Roy · ar

    Close to the Bone [Issue Four, September 2020] (14pp, ebook) (Full Text)
    Details taken from magazine website.
    • 3 · Longcroft on Lockdown [Part 1 of 2] · Darren Sant · ss Close to the Bone (online) October 4 2020
    • 7 · Rhyme & Reason · Laura Lamarca · ar
    • 9 · The Smell of Death [Part 1 of 2] · Carola Schmidt · ss Close to the Bone (online) September 9 2020

    Clues:   (about)
    Clues was always a popular choice among readers, despite never quite reaching the top rank of detective pulps. Starting in 1926 it ran for a very creditable 17 years (and 218 issues) before falling foul of the wartime paper shortages like so many other pulps. Listing supplied by Richard Bleiler unless otherwise noted.

    Clues

    • Publishers:
      • Clues, Inc.; 799 Broadway, New York, NY; and later at 80 Lafayette Street, New York, NY: Clues, Oct 1926 – May 1931.
      • Clayton Magazines, Inc.; 155 East 44th Street, New York, NY: Clues, May 1931 – Jun 1932.

    • Editors:

    Clues [v1 #1, September 1926] (pulp)
    This issue was not published. Harold Hersey was editor at commencement, and many of the magazines with which he was associated began with Volume 1 #2. The magazine did not apply for second class mailing until August 31, 1926 and magazines were dated one or two months prior to actual release. No serials commenced until Volume 1 #2, the second issue. Street & Smith Archives, Syracuse University, has no record of any Volume 1 #1. It has also been suggested that the numbering might have continued from the one-shot Clayton magazine Cowboy Life published in January 1926.

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