Contents Lists

Popular Detective [v17 #1, June 1939] (Better Publications, 10¢, 114pp, pulp) [MH] 10 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 13 · Three Wise Apes [Diamondstone] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv 33 · More Than Blood · W. T. Ballard · ss 42 · Copperhead Killer · John L. Benton · ss 48 · Death Dons a Disguise · Nelson S. Bond · nv 65 · A Killer’s Heel [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 75 · Muffled Murder · Cyril Plunkett · ss 79 · Storm Victim · Dwight V. Babcock · ss 90 · The Final Payoff · George A. McDonald · nv
Popular Detective [v17 #2, August 1939] (Better Publications, 10¢, 114pp, pulp) [MH] 13 · Death Walks in Circles · Cyril Plunkett · nv 31 · Timid T-Man · Norman A. Daniels · ss 41 · Death in the Quiet Zone · Leo Stalnaker · ss 50 · Women Are Funny · W. T. Ballard · nv 70 · Double Duty · Robert Milton · ss 78 · Hick’s Tricks · G. R. Taggart · ss 84 · Wings of the Law · Frank Piazzi · nv 100 · Dumb Is the Word for Willie [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 111 · Official Business · The Editor · cl
Popular Detective [v17 #3, October 1939] (Better Publications, 10¢, 114pp, pulp) [MH] 8 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 16 · He Who Killed · Norman A. Daniels · nv 35 · Scent to the Jug [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 46 · Death Baits a Trap · Arthur W. Phillips · nv 65 · Marked for Evidence · J. S. Endicott · ss; illus. Sherman 72 · The Key of Death · Vance C. Criss · ss 75 · The Haunted Man · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv 94 · The Devil to Pay · Ralph Davidson · ss 98 · The Dead-Head Is Death · John L. Benton · ss
Popular Detective [v18 #1, December 1939] (Better Publications, 10¢, 114pp, pulp) [MH] 12 · Pirates in Paradise · Dale DeV. Kier · nv; illus. Parkhurst 34 · Rookie Cop · Norman A. Daniels · ss 42 · Sinister House · J. S. Endicott · ss 46 · Death’s Scoop · Arthur W. Phillips · nv 64 · Hero’s Reward · G. Wayman Jones · ss 73 · Murder Among Magicians · Manly Wade Wellman · ss 85 · Bank Night · William Donald Bray · ss 94 · Problem for a Ranger · Margie Harris · nv; illus. Parkhurst 112 · Official Business · The Editor · cl
Popular Detective [v19 #3, October 1940] (Better Publications, 10¢, 114pp, pulp) [MH] 14 · Murder Stalks the Park · Johnston McCulley · nv 31 · The Ten Grand Trail · Glenn H. Wichman · ss; illus. Costanza 41 · Bertie of the Big Feet · Arthur J. Burks · ss 50 · Death Pays the Ransom · Roy Marr · nv 70 · Terror at Tanjung Priok · Charles S. Strong · ss 78 · Exit Doctor Death · Frank Piazzi · nv 97 · Melody of Doom · Harold F. Sorenson · ss 105 · Tough Bird · Bret Altsheler · ss; illus. C. A. Murphy 112 · Official Business · The Editor · cl
Popular Detective [v22 #1, December 1941] (Better Publications, 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction.

· Red Tears for Murder · Laurence Donovan · n.
· Trouble Comes Double · Fredric Brown · nv
· Shark Bait · W. T. Ballard · nv
· Ollie Does Some Trapping [Ollie Bascomb] · Harold de Polo · ss
· Ear for Murder · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss
· Last Post for Death · Robert Ahern · ss
Popular Detective [v23 #1, June 1942] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) from TOC. [JF] 8 · Official Business · The Editor · ed 11 · Blood Cargo · Walt Bruce · na 68 · The Knife Thrower [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 86 · Earful of Murder · Laurence Donovan · nv 47 · Amateur Scoop · Eric Preston · ss 57 · Too Many Angles · Calvin L. Boswell · ss 80 · You Can’t Quit · Sam Martin · ss 103 · Three-Corpse Parlay · Fredric Brown · ss
Popular Detective [v24 #2, February 1943] (Better Publications, 10¢, 114pp, pulp) [MH] 8 · The Break · Tom Curry · ss Argosy Jan 11 ’30 15 · Camelback Kill [Dr. Zeng] · Walt Bruce · na; illus. Orban 53 · Of Maestros and Gunmen [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald 64 · Open That Door · G. Wayman Jones · ss 72 · Death Is a Noise · Fredric Brown · nv 87 · No Murder · C. S. Montanye · ss 90 · Don’t Tell the Police · William Morrison · nv 100 · Official Business · The Editor · cl
Popular Detective [v24 #3, April 1943] (Better Publications, 10¢, 114pp, pulp) [MH] 8 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 15 · Killer’s Gift · J. Lane Linklater · ss 24 · Stuck with Murder · Marvin Ryerson · na; illus. Parkhurst 48 · Appointment with Murder · Albert A. Rabin · nv 68 · Sham and Eggs [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald 78 · Somebody Stole My Corpse · Ted Coughlan · nv; illus. Parkhurst 92 · Shadows on the Wall · Arthur J. Burks · nv 104 · An Old Account · Tom Curry · ss
Popular Detective [v25 #1, June 1943] (Better Publications, 10¢, 114pp, pulp) [MH] 8 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 13 · Lion’s Loot [Dr. Zeng] · Walt Bruce · na; illus. Orban 42 · Borgia’s Barbecue · Ted Coughlan · ss 52 · Flight to Death · William Morrison · ss 63 · Almost a Photo Finish [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald 72 · A Knife in His Chest · Dale Clark · nv; illus. Parkhurst 88 · Deadline for Murder · Norman A. Daniels · ss 98 · Fragile Evidence · Lee Fredericks · ss; illus. Parkhurst
Popular Detective [v25 #2, August 1943] (Better Publications, 10¢, 114pp, pulp) [MH] 8 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 13 · Murder Cruise · Whit Ellsworth · na 36 · Never Say Die · H. Wolff Salz · ss 39 · Dick Tracery [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald 48 · Girl from Pearl Harbor · William G. Bogart · ss; illus. Parkhurst 58 · Strictly Legal · Ted Coughlan · nv 71 · Too Much Hate · Norman A. Daniels · ss 78 · Death in New Mexico · E. Hoffmann Price · nv 89 · Sinews of War · Erskine Caldwell · ms; (A War Bond Message). 97 · Suspect · Don Tracy · ss
Popular Detective [v25 #3, October 1943] (Better Publications, 10¢, 98pp, pulp) [MH] 8 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 15 · Death Is My Gift · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv; illus. Atilio Sinagra 33 · Cargo of Death · John S. Endicott · ss 40 · The Fingernail Clue [Joe Bunt] · Laurence Donovan · nv 58 · Enough Rope · H. Wolff Salz · ss 62 · A Rose Deals Death · Nita Nolan · nv 78 · Klump to the Rescue [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald 83 · A War Bond Message · James M. Cain · ms 84 · Pay Telephone · Len Zinberg · ss
Popular Detective [v26 #1, December 1943] (Better Publications, 10¢, 98pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 15 · Blackmail Clinic [Dr. Zeng] · Walt Bruce · na; illus. Orban 45 · Murder Is for Keeps · Clark Frost · ss 48 · Miami Beach Saboteur · Jack Kofoed · nv; illus. V. E. Pyles 62 · Death Signals · John L. Benton · ss 67 · The Short Straw [Bill Kenyon] · Frank Johnson · ss 74 · Chuckles · Murray Leinster · ss 78 · F.B.I. Opener [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · nv; illus. Joe Archibald 86 · Our Sacrifice (A Message) · Angelo Patri · ms; (War Bond message).
Popular Detective [v26 #2, February 1944] (Better Publications, 10¢, 98pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 13 · The Irish Death Trap · Don Tracy · na 32 · William Klump, Nursemaid [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 42 · The Bird Master · Arthur J. Burks · nv 57 · Transfusion · Murray Leinster · ss 61 · Date with a Thousand Deaths [Bill Kenyon] · Frank Johnson · ss 67 · The Cop and the Cobbler · John L. Benton · ss 72 · The Big-Top Mystery · Thomson Burtis · nv 86 · Straight to the Bottom · Westbrook Pegler · ms; (War Bond promotion piece).
Popular Detective [v26 #3, April 1944] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 13 · Frame for Murder · Henry Kuttner · na 36 · Coiffeured to Kill [Joe Bunt] · Laurence Donovan · nv 50 · Gone with the Loot · John L. Benton · ss 53 · Murder on the Mississippi · H. Wolff Salz · ss 61 · It Could Only Happen to Willie [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 69 · The Foolish One [Bill Kenyon] · Frank Johnson · ss 74 · Buy Yourself a Bomber · Gypsy Rose Lee · ms; (War Bond promotion piece).
Popular Detective [v27 #1, June 1944] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · Four Sly Men · J. Lane Linklater · na 36 · Take Me for Murder · John L. Benton · nv 49 · Pattern for Killing [Archie McCann] · M. D. Orr · ss 56 · You Can’t Beat the Dutch [Bill Kenyon] · Frank Johnson · ss 65 · Murder on the Menu · Michael O’Brien · ss 69 · Skip Tracer Bullets [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss
Popular Detective [v27 #2, August 1944] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · Corpse Cargo [Dr. Zeng] · Walt Bruce · na 30 · The Greatest Swindle of All Time · Samuel Mines · nf 33 · Kill for Your Supper [Bill Kenyon] · Frank Johnson · ss 42 · White Palms in the South Seas [Archie McCann] · M. D. Orr · ss 51 · No Hits, No Aryans · Bill Morgan · ss 57 · Meat Brawl [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 66 · Key to Murder [Charles Mallory] · Curtiss T. Gardner · nv
Popular Detective [v27 #3, October 1944] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 13 · The Crimson Clown’s Return [Delton Prouse (The Crimson Clown)] · Johnston McCulley · nv 29 · The Man Who Forged to the Top · Samuel Mines · nf 32 · Design for Suicide [Archie McCann] · M. D. Orr · ss 40 · Voice of Murder · Jay Arlen · nv 54 · Defective Bureau [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 62 · Ticklish Business · Curtiss T. Gardner · ss 67 · Thunder in the West [Bill Kenyon] · Frank Johnson · ss
Popular Detective [v28 #1, December 1944] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · Death Stalks the Sound Stage [Rolph Burnham] · Thomson Burtis · nv 28 · Two-Timing Willie [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 37 · Slay-Mates · Charles Larson · ss 45 · The Battle of Cameron Dam · Samuel Mines · ts 48 · The Case of the Laughing Dogs · Lee Fredericks · nv 60 · Bargain for an Enemy · Murray Leinster · ss 72 · The Hanging Shadow · Robert Wallace · ss
Popular Detective [v28 #2, February 1945] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp, cover by Ernest Chiriacka) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · The Red Sword [by C. S. Montagne, [?]; Red Sword] · John Drummond · nv 34 · The Minister Is the Clue · Howard J. Dailey · ss 41 · Trance Figured [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald 50 · The Scar Was Wrong · Michael O’Brien · ss 54 · Bulls Make Good Bodyguards [Rolph Burnham] · Thomson Burtis · nv 67 · Soldiers Without Uniforms [Bill Kenyon] · Frank Johnson · ss
Popular Detective [v28 #3, April 1945] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · Bonus for a Body · T. W. Ford · na 33 · One Tooth of the Law [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald 41 · Death in Masquerade · J. S. Endicott · ss 47 · Double Reward · Benton Braden · ss 52 · Amateur Stuff [Rolph Burnham] · Thomson Burtis · nv 65 · The Village of Revenge [Bill Kenyon] · Frank Johnson · ss
Popular Detective [v29 #1, June 1945] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · Motto for Murder [Detective Rufe Reed] · Frank Johnson · na; illus. Parkhurst 32 · Pilot to Murderer · Walt Sheldon · ss; illus. Murphy 39 · Clown of Doom [Ed Rice] · John L. Benton · ss 43 · Death by Proxy [Archie McCann] · M. D. Orr · ss 50 · The Chair Is Not Cheated · Mel Watt · nv; illus. Parkhurst 64 · The Witness Share [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald
Popular Detective [v29 #2, August 1945] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · Murder Nightmare · Norman A. Daniels · na 31 · Hook, Line and Sinker [Archie McCann] · M. D. Orr · ss 39 · The D.A. Dies · John L. Benton · ss 43 · Crime at Capetown · Charles S. Strong · ss 52 · The Death Patrol · Curtiss T. Gardner · nv 65 · Good Cigar · Paul Annixter · ss 67 · One on the House Dick [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald
Popular Detective [v29 #3, October 1945] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · Murder Valley · Thomson Burtis · na 43 · Nice Night for Murder · Jack Gleoman · ss 47 · Murders in the Fog [Archie McCann] · M. D. Orr · ss 54 · Death at Oodnadatta · Charles S. Strong · nv 65 · Tooth and Consequences [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald 80 · How Long Is a War? · Paul Gallico · ms

Next -- Table-of-Contents