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Private Detective Stories [Vol. 18 No. 1, December 1945] (15¢, pulp)

4 · Justifiable Homicide · Roger Torrey · nv

30 · Death on My Hands [Cupid Cain] · George A. McDonald · ss

48 · Ghoul of My Dreams · Henry Norton · ss

56 · Dark Destiny · Elizabeth Starr · ss

64 · Bright Dummy · Ray Cummings · ss

Private Detective Stories [Vol. 18 No. 2, January 1946] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, 96pp, pulp) (Full Text)

4 · Message to America · Col. Evans F. Carlson, USMC · ms

6 · Once Is Enough [Martin Ferris] · Andrew Holt · na; illustrated by Parkhurst

26 · Shadow of the Ax · Camford Sheavely · nv

42 · Red Points to Murder · William Decatur · ss

48 · The Murderer on Palmetto Key · Ray Cummings · ss

58 · “It’s for Me” · E. Starr · ss

64 · Dead Ringer · Dale Clark · nv

92 · Sleuthing vs. Luck · [uncredited] · ar

Private Detective Stories [Vol. 18 No. 3, February 1946] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Stock Exchange Aids Feds · [uncredited] · ms

6 · Killer Wanted—First Class · Geoffrey North · nv

24 · No Blood Is Bad Blood · Henry Norton · ss

32 · Tab Me for the Kill · Talmage Powell · ss

38 · Nailed · Lew Merrill · ss

46 · Lethal Lady · Walton Grey · ss

54 · The Man in the Crowd · David Carver · ss

64 · The Hot Rock · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

73 · The Man Who Was Reborn · [uncredited] · ms

94 · Blood Science in Crime · [uncredited] · ms

Private Detective Stories [Vol. 18 No. 4, March 1946] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, 96pp, pulp)

4 · Message to America · Col. Evans F. Carlson, USMC · ms

6 · Death Is My Shadow · Day Keene · nv

26 · Mr. Hubert’s Lifetime · Elizabeth Starr · ss

34 · Elegy for Max · Andrew Holt · nv

54 · Unhonored and Unhung · Henry Norton · ss

64 · Rye and Die [Adam Somervell] · Lew Merrill · nv

95 · The Hard Way · [uncredited] · ms

Private Detective Stories [Vol. 18 No. 5, May 1946] (15¢, pulp)

6 · How Tough Can You Get? · William R. Cox · ss

24 · Bear Killing · Roger Torrey · ss

40 · Circus Kill [Sheriff Lovatt] · Henry Norton · ss

58 · The Sound of Death · David Carver · ss

66 · Ride to Doom · Ray Cummings · ss

· Death Takes “Toughest Cop” · [uncredited] · ms

· Pearl of Great Price · [uncredited] · ms

· When Women Won’t Talk · [uncredited] · ms

· Black-Market Rackets · [uncredited] · ms

Private Detective Stories [Vol. 18 No. 6, July 1946] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp)
Details supplied by K. Becker.

4 · Death Takes the Pot · Roger Torrey · na

32 · Reunion with Murder · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

40 · Make Your Kill · Talmage Powell · ss

48 · Ware the Wan Wino · Camford Sheavely · ss

56 · For Whom the Bell Kills · Henry Norton · ss

62 · The Dead Are Harmless · Ray Cummings · ss

68 · Graveyard Serenade · Ellery Watson Calder · ss

Private Detective Stories [v19 #1, September 1946] (15¢, pulp)

6 · Death Has a Slide Rule, Too · Coleman Meyer · ss

20 · Gunshot Showdown · Jerome Severs Perry · ss

28 · Lilies in Bloom [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss

36 · Spare the Rod · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

54 · Murder on the Ball · David Carver · ss

58 · Would You Like to Be a Corpse? [Terry O’Rourke] · George A. McDonald · nv

Private Detective Stories [Vol. 19 No. 2, November 1946] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Joseph Szokoli)
Details supplied by K. Becker.

4 · Production for Death · Gordon Dozier · ar

6 · The Worm Has Fangs · Camford Sheavely · ss; illustrated by Paul H. H. Stone

14 · Killers Have Green Eyes · Laurence Donovan · ss; illustrated by Jay McArdle

26 · One Trail to Murder [“Bumps” McCarthy] · T. K. Burnham · ss; illustrated by Paul H. H. Stone

38 · Terror by Night [Dr. Gabriel] · Lew Merrill · ss; illustrated by William Meilink

50 · Death Shakes the Dice · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss; illustrated by Jay McArdle

63 · As Dead as They Come · R. T. Judson · nv Super-Detective July 1945, as “Death Rolls Its Own” by Laurence Donovan; illustrated by Newton Alfred

95 · The American Dreyfus Case · Redding Davidstone · ar

Private Detective Stories [v19 #3, December 1946] (15¢, pulp)

6 · Murder Runs in the Family · John Ryan · nv

34 · I Won’t Die [Cole Monroe] · Robert A. Garron · ss

44 · Sweet Kiss of Death · Laurence Donovan · ss

54 · Man Being Murdered · Joseph McCoy · ss

62 · Killing Comes First · Schuyler Garratt Edsall · ss

Private Detective Stories [v19 #4, January 1947] (15¢, pulp)

6 · Cue Line for Death · William Decatur · nv

34 · Corpse for the Cops · Robert L. Wright · nv

60 · The Body Goes Calling · Henry Malcolm · ss

70 · Flashbulb Trap · Joseph McCoy · ss

80 · Mountain Murder · Paul Hanna · ss

Private Detective Stories [v19 #5, February 1947] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp, cover by Allen Anderson)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Picture of Murder · T. V. Faulkner · nv Private Detective Stories December 1940, as “The Murderer’s Pet” by Robert A. Garron

30 · I’ll Murder for You · Larry Dunn · ss

42 · Fifteen Thousand Bail · John Garrett · ss

50 · Hard Luck for Haggerty · John Wallace · ss

62 · A Two-Bit Punk · Randolph Barr · ss Spicy Detective Stories May 1938, as “Tough Baby” by Wallace Kayton

74 · Pick Up a Murder · Henry Malcolm · ss Spicy Detective Stories July 1941, as by William B. Rainey

95 · Gangland Guns Went Underground · Robert Leslie Bellem · ar

Private Detective Stories [v19 #6, March 1947] (Trojan Publishing, 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Lewis Trege)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

4 · Major Smith’s Little Game · Will Nichols · ar

6 · Bullet Trick · Howard Prince · na; illustrated by H. L. V. Parkhurst

32 · Witness to Murder · James Brent · ss; illustrated by Newton H. Alfred

42 · G-Man Junior · Joe McCoy · nv; illustrated by Jay McArdle

58 · A Matter of Timing · Walton Grey · ss

70 · Don’t Die in Bed · Charles Saunders · ss; illustrated by Newton H. Alfred

85 · Fadeout · Ray Cummings · ss

92 · Death Called for Dolly · Howard McIntosh · ar

Private Detective Stories [Vol. 20 No. 1, June 1947] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp, cover by Modest Stein)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Close to Murder · Howard Prince · na

38 · The Persuader · Walton Grey · ss

50 · Bullet to Spare · T. V. Faulkner · ss

60 · Cheap Homicide · Paul Hanna · ss

78 · Forget the Kill · Randolph Barr · ss

94 · Dawn of Death · James Bennett · ar

Private Detective Stories [Vol. 20 No. 2, November 1947] (20¢, pulp) (Full Text)

4 · Easy Death · Ted Stratton · nv

30 · Slay Ride · W. T. Ballard · nv

50 · Murder Is Sweet · Jo Barron · ss

59 · Bought Silence · Ray Cummings · ss

62 · The Big Kill · Norman A. Daniels · ss

Private Detective Stories [Vol. 20 No. 3, February 1948] ed. M. R. Bindamin (Trojan Magazines, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by George J. Rozen) (Full Text)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Killer on Sight · Norman A. Daniels · na

28 · Dead Guy’s Trap · Geoffrey North · nv

48 · Bright Light Kill · Dale Clark · ss

63 · Cancer of the Mind · [uncredited] · ms

64 · Mix a Stiff One · John G. Potter · ss

Private Detective Stories [Vol. 20 No. 4, May 1948] ed. M. R. Bindamin (Trojan Magazines, Inc., 20¢, 80pp, pulp, cover by George J. Rozen)
Details supplied by Morgan Wallace.

4 · A Date with Death · Andrew J. Collins · nv; illustrated by Joseph Szokoli

22 · Killer’s Disease · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv; illustrated by Frank Volp

42 · Body in the Boat · Frank Morris · ss; illustrated by Joseph Szokoli

54 · Cautious Corpse [Johnny Diamond] · H. C. Butler · ss; illustrated by Newton Alfred

60 · The Murder Fix · Norman A. Daniels · ss; illustrated by Al Savitt

· Prejuice · [uncredited] · ms

Private Detective Stories [Vol. 20 No. 5, August 1948] (25¢, pulp)

6 · Satan Strikes! · Norman Ober · nv

38 · A Face for Acid · Morton I. Jackson · ss

46 · Pearls of Blood · Ted Stratton · nv

66 · Dead Men Know · Raymond Drennen, Jr. · ss

81 · Call for the Killer · Morris Horton · ss

86 · Blood and Gall · Gordon Dozier · ar

90 · Raving Beauty · Ralph Sedgwick Douglas · ss

101 · The Scent of Murder · Will Nichols · ms

102 · Murder Means Money · Paul Hanna · ss

113 · Kid Jailbreak · Howard McIntosh · ss

122 · Murder Points · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

Private Detective Stories [Vol. 20 No. 6, November 1948] ed. M. R. Bindamin (Trojan Magazines, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Death Has Many Eyes · William Rough · nv; given as “Creeping Death” on the cover.

34 · Gently, Brother, Gently! · Raymond Drennen, Jr. · ss

48 · Homicide Harvest · Frank Kane · ss

58 · The Queen Was in the Parlor · H. C. Butler · ss

68 · Beautiful but Dead · Dick Cole · ss

76 · Murder Ride · Elliott Wales · ss

84 · Death Writes in Red [Joe Trimo] · Andrew R. Manning · ss

90 · Bedroom Show · Willard Haver · ss

98 · The Yogi Says Yes · C. M. Kornbluth · ss

Private Detective Stories [Vol. 21 No. 1, February 1949] ed. Adolphe Barreaux (Trojan Magazines, Inc., 25¢, pulp)

6 · Red-Hot Ice · R. Keene Lee · nv

30 · Death Shapes the Frame · Joseph Commings · ss

46 · Tumbling Corpses [Sally the Sleuth] · Adolphe Barreaux · cs

54 · Toy of Doom [Johnny Diamond] · H. C. Butler · ss

64 · Dance of Death [Jerry Jasper] · Ray McClelland · cs

72 · Murder on the Bench · Raymond Drennen, Jr. · ss

82 · Blast and Be Damned! · Henry R. Wyman · ss

90 · Homicide Horns In [Smith & Wesson Humphrey] · John Kane · ss

104 · Redheads Spell Danger [Ken “Rackets” Daly] · Hal Cross · ss

Private Detective Stories [Vol. 21 No. 2, April 1949] (25¢, pulp)

6 · Blind Blackmail · Paul Kolton · nv

32 · The Joke’s on Murder · Bryce Walton · ss

48 · The Hanging Corpse [Jerry Jasper] · Ray McClelland · cs

56 · Double-Cross for Death · Paul Clane · ss

64 · Death at the Ball [Sally the Sleuth] · Adolphe Barreaux · cs

72 · Wedding Bells for Rats · Gerald James · ss

80 · Murder for Christmas · H. C. Butler · ss

90 · Death on the Half Shell · Charles H. Barker · ss

98 · Diamonds and Bullets · John Kane · ss

Private Detective Stories [Vol. 21 No. 3, June 1949] (25¢, pulp)

6 · Date with Death · M. E. Legge · nv

28 · Murder on the Meter · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

40 · Death Bait [Sally the Sleuth] · Charles Barr · cs

48 · One Shot Pay-Off · Robert Turner · ss

60 · Mister Murder · Kevin Blake · nv

86 · The Treasure Car [Jerry Jasper] · Dick Steele · cs

94 · Slayer’s Frame · George Adams · ss

110 · Blood Blots the Night · Marshall Page · ss

Private Detective
Title changed from Private Detective Stories.

Publishers:

Trojan Magazines, Inc.; 125 East 46th Street, New York 17, NY: Private Detective.

Private Detective [Vol. 21 No. 4, September 1949] ed. Adolphe Barreaux (Trojan Magazines, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Morgan Wallace.

6 · Crime Crazy · Seven Anderton · ss; illustrated by William Meilink

24 · Fiesta of Murder · Clint Murdock · ss; illustrated by Frank Volp

30 · Dirty Politics [Sally the Sleuth] · Charles Barr · cs

38 · Death Is a Dummy · Clark Demery · na Private Detective Stories April 1938, as “Death on Display” by Robert Leslie Bellem; illustrated by Joseph Szokoli

58 · Murder En Route [Jerry Jasper] · Ray McClelland · cs

66 · Spill No Blood · Tom Stone · ss; illustrated by Frank Volp

76 · Dive to Doom [Johnny Neal] · Herbert Carter · ss; illustrated by Frank Volp

84 · Suicide Tip-Off [Horatio “Scoop” Nelson] · Arthur Packer · nv; illustrated by Robert McCarty

122 · The Store Detective · Sam D. Cohen · ar

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