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    Undercover Detective   (about)
    Short-lived magazine featuring a gripping action novel about “Conway Clark, International Undercover Ace” in each issue, as well as several other short stories and novelettes.

    • Publishers:
      • Double-Action Magazines, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA: Undercover Detective.

    The Underworld:   (about)
    Despite the title, The Underworld featured better than average action crime stories, mainly by authors unknown today, most initially reprinted from other Munsey titles. Launched in 1927 it ran for 93 issues under a variety of title variations before folding in 1935.

    The Underworld

    • Publishers:
        pringfield, MAJ. Thomas Wood; 236 West 55th Street, New York, NY; and later at 551 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY; and later at Myrick Building, Springfield, MA: The Underworld.

    • Editors:

    The Underworld [v1 #1, May 1927] ed. Tom Chadburn (J. Thomas Wood, 25¢, pulp)
    Details taken from Table of Contents.
    • 5 · Diamonds [Part 1 of 5] · J. S. Fletcher · sl The All-Story Magazine May 1905
    • 25 · Carriers · Edwin Balmer · nv The All-Story Magazine April 1909, as “C.Q.D.—“Carriers”—C.Q.D.”
    • 45 · Murder Mysteries of New York · Frank M. O’Brien · cl
    • 54 · A Midnight Burlesque · James Francis Dwyer · ss The Cavalier January 1910
    • 61 · The Land · Myron Brinig & Charles Paul · ss Munsey’s Magazine February 1923
    • 73 · The Spider · Louis Joseph Vance · ss Munsey’s Magazine September 1904
    • 80 · The Getaway · John D. Swain · ss Munsey’s Magazine March 1921
    • 89 · Two Who Were Thieves · Donn Byrne · ss All-Story Weekly August 28 1915
    • 97 · An Occasional Offender · Henry Leverage · ss The Argosy June 8 1918
    • 105 · Stolen Silk · Montague Glass · ss
    • 111 · Old Solitaire · Capt. Jack Crawford · ss The All-Story Magazine February 1906
    • 118 · The Face of Filomena · Charles B. Stilson · ss Munsey’s Magazine September 1921
    • 125 · A Doting Burglar · Ben Hecht · ss All-Story Weekly October 6 1917

    The Underworld [v1 #2, June 1927] ed. Tom Chadburn (J. Thomas Wood, 25¢, pulp)
    Details taken from Table of Contents.
    • 5 · The Maxwell Mystery [Fleming Stone] · Carolyn Wells · na The All-Story Magazine May 1906
    • 45 · Blundell’s Last Guest [Part 1 of 3] · Albert Payson Terhune · sl The All-Story Magazine February 1906 (+3)
    • 57 · Murder Mysteries of New York · Frank M. O’Brien · cl
    • 67 · Diamonds [Part 2 of 5] · J. S. Fletcher · sl The All-Story Magazine June 1905
    • 89 · The Moll Buzzer · Henry Leverage · ss The Argosy March 23 1918
    • 97 · Sir Wilfred’s Sapphire [Part 1 of 2] · Fred Jackson · nv All-Story Weekly September 18 1915
    • 119 · A Sort of a Story · Ben Hecht · ss All-Story Weekly December 22 1917
    • 123 · Dead Men Tell No Tales · Willoughby Sharp · ss Munsey’s Magazine June 1921

    The Underworld [v1 #3, July 1927] (25¢, 128pp, pulp)
    Details supplied by Rob Preston.
    • 5 · White and Unmarried · John D. Swain · nv
    • 35 · The Last Engagement · Edison Marshall · ss All-Story Weekly December 13 1919
    • 43 · Sir Wilfred’s Sapphire [Part 2 of 2] · Fred Jackson · nv All-Story Weekly September 18 1915
    • 51 · Two Thieves · Earl Derr Biggers · ss The All-Story Magazine December 1907
    • 57 · Blundell’s Last Guest [Part 2 of 3] · Albert Payson Terhune · sl The All-Story Magazine February 1906 (+3)
    • 73 · Murder Mysteries of New York · Frank M. O’Brien · cl
    • 81 · Diamonds [Part 3 of 5] · J. S. Fletcher · sl The All-Story Magazine July 1905
    • 101 · Drops of Death · George Allan England · ss Munsey’s Magazine January 1922
    • 111 · The House at the Crossroads · Florence M. Pettee · ss Munsey’s Magazine November 1923
    • 119 · Convict 8736 · Joseph Hall · ss All-Story Weekly June 26 1915
    • 125 · Stilletto or Password · Burke Jenkins · ss

    The Underworld [v1 #6, October 5, 1927] ed. Tom Chadburn (J. Thomas Wood, 15¢, pulp)
    Details taken from Table of Contents.
    • 7 · The Crime Detector · George Allan England · nv The Cavalier February 22 1913
    • 29 · The Little Green Door · Edgar Daniel Kramer · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly May 19 1923
    • 33 · The Chinese Pearls [Part 3 of 4] · Charles Sarver · sl
    • 47 · A Study in Somnolism · Junius B. Smith · ss The Cavalier November 2 1912
    • 57 · A Guilty Conscience · Henry Leverage · ss Munsey’s Magazine May 1921
    • 64 · Richard Hughes—Railroad Detective · Johnston McCulley · ss The Railroad Man’s Magazine 1908
    • 73 · Murder Mysteries of New York · Frank M. O’Brien · cl
    • 79 · Wrong Ethics, But— · Paul West · ss The Cavalier October 12 1912
    • 86 · The Universal Angle · Vingie E. Roe · vi Munsey’s Magazine November 1908
    • 89 · The Little Black Satchel · Samuel Hopkins Adams · vi Munsey’s Magazine September 1901

    The Underworld [v3 #1, January 20, 1928] ed. Tom Chadburn (J. Thomas Wood, 15¢, pulp)
    Details taken from Table of Contents.
    • 3 · Cinderella and the Forty Thieves · Lee Bertrand · ss The Argosy January 12 1918
    • 21 · The Shadow · John D. Swain · ss All-Story Weekly March 1 1919
    • 31 · The Crystal Vampire · Florence M. Pettee · ss Munsey’s Magazine June 1925
    • 44 · Murder Mysteries of New York · Frank M. O’Brien · cl
    • 53 · The Vane Bank Robbery · Robert McBlair · ss All-Story Weekly October 18 1919
    • 62 · The Apaches of New York, 2: “Eat-’Em-Up Jack McManus” · Alfred Henry Lewis · ar Pearson’s Magazine (US) March 1911
    • 69 · 50% Honor · Colman Galloway · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly September 29 1923
    • 78 · Deadly Sins That Led to Murder [Part 1 of 3] · Frank Edward Farncombe · ar Flynn’s September 20 1924 (+7)
    • 83 · Mysterious Pearl Robberies [Part 1 of 2] · Raymond S. Spears · sl
    • 89 · Mocking Bird Squares Things · Edgar Daniel Kramer · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly June 11 1921
    • 93 · Only a Trifle · James Oliver Curwood · ss

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