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Triple Detective [v 9 #1, Spring 1953] ed. Everett H. Ortner (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 146pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · The Reader’s Jury · The Editor · cl 9 · Sidelights on Crime · Bert Reichert · nf 10 · A Corpse for Caroline · Jeremy York · na 27 · Old Friends Meet · Mark Wall · nf 33 · Paid in Full · Walt Robbins · nf 39 · Amen · James Brand · nf 66 · Murder Bait · Philip Weck · ss 74 · Blonde Angel of Death · W. T. Ballard · na Thrilling Detective Jun ’42 94 · Black Pudding Blues · Rufus Bakalor · ss 97 · Killer on the Loose · Walter Monaghan · ss 111 · Heart of Gold · Dave Dryfoos · ss 113 · Decisions · Jack Benton · ms 114 · The Lady’s Out for Blood! [Myro Catin] · Stewart Sterling · na 131 · Explanations · Harold Helfer · ms 145 · Treasure Alley · Norman Renard · ar
Triple Detective [v 9 #2, Summer 1953] ed. Everett H. Ortner (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · The Reader’s Jury · The Editor · cl 9 · The Mystery Quiz · Joseph C. Stacey · qz 10 · Softly Creep and Kill! · Peter Paige · na Detective Tales Aug ’47 25 · Last Laugh · Stephen Baxter · nf 35 · One Good Turn- · Lew York · nf 45 · Dead Wrong · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 54 · Sucker for a Blonde · Ralph Wellner · ss 64 · Killer, What’s Your Name? · Frederick C. Davis · na Argosy Jan 10 ’42 79 · Ah, Youth! · Mark Wall · ms 84 · The Corpse Came Back · Philip Weck · ss 93 · The Square Peg · Leonard F. Guttridge · ss 96 · Fiend in the Dark · Harold Helfer · ar 98 · All She Wants Is Money · Emmett McDowell · na 111 · Explanations · Jack Benton · ms 115 · Dear Mr. District Attorney— · Bart Lacey · nf
Triple Detective [v 9 #3, Fall 1953] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · The Sweetest Corpse in Town! · Peter Paige · na Detective Tales Apr ’48 · A Coffin in His Dreams · John D. MacDonald · na · The Screaming Blonde · Stewart Sterling · na · Two White Beards · Harold Helfer · ss · Rocks in His Head · D. S. Halacy · ss · The Man Behind the Gun · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss
Triple Detective [v10 #1, Winter 1954] ed. Morris Ogden Jones (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) from TOC. [MH/JF] 6 · The Readers’ Jury · Bert Reichert · cl 8 · The Tattooed Nude · Emmett McDowell · na 70 · Precinct 23 · M. E. Chaber · na 84 · Location for Murder · Edward Churchill · na Popular Detective Sep ’47 101 · Too Perfect · William Carter · nf
Triple Detective [v10 #2, Spring 1954] ed. Morris Ogden Jones (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) from TOC. [JF] 6 · The Readers’ Jury · Harold Helfer · cl 8 · The Magic Rabbits · Cecil de Vada · nf 10 · Lead for Breakfast · Stewart Sterling · na 29 · Cherchez la Femme? · Norman Renard · nf Thrilling Detective Oct ’48 39 · The Gates · Manly Wade Wellman · ss 42 · Murder · O. J. Robertson · qz 43 · Death Halts a Holiday · Edward Churchill · na Popular Detective Sep ’48 59 · Animal Crackers · John L. Benton · nf 79 · Detectagram Crossword Puzzle · Bert Schroeder, Jr. · pz 80 · The Shield · William Degenhard · na 93 · Impatient Burglar · Stephen J. Schmiedl · nf 110 · Crepe for Suzette [Johnny Castle] · C. S. Montanye · nv Thrilling Detective Oct ’48
Triple Detective [v10 #3, Summer 1954] ed. Samuel Mines (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) from TOC. [JF] 6 · Animal Crackers · Harold Helfer · nf 8 · The Reader’s Jury · Jack Benton · cl 10 · Running Scared · Norman A. Daniels · na 47 · Death Is a Noise · Fredric Brown · nv Popular Detective Feb ’43 60 · Who’s Who? · Joseph C. Stacey · qz 61 · Bright Bulb · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss G-Men Detective Mar ’47 67 · Hide-Away · H. A. DeRosso · ss 74 · Night Without End · Wyatt Blassingame · nv Thrilling Detective Apr ’49 100 · Death Rides a Wildcat · Lee E. Wells · na Thrilling Detective Aug ’42 120 · My Corpse Craves Company · Frank D. Millman · ss 126 · I’ll Get What’s Mine · Henry Guth · ss
Triple Detective [v11 #1, Fall 1954] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) from TOC. [JF] 6 · The Readers’ Jury · J. S. Endicott · cl 8 · Too Many Are Dead · William Rough · na Thrilling Detective Mar ’46 41 · Death in the House on 23rd Street · Samuel Mines · ss Mystery Book Magazine Apr ’46 48 · Specters Walk Beside Me · Jim O’Brien · nv Thrilling Detective Sep ’44 85 · If Not Worms, Fishes · Stephen Marlowe · na 110 · Do You Know Your Courts? · Misc. Material · qz 114 · Law and Disorder · Harold Helfer · nf
Triple Detective [Spring 1955] ed. James B. Hendryx (Best Publications, 25¢, pulp) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 6 · The Reader’s Jury · J. S. Endicott · ms 10 · A Shadow Named Death · R. Van Taylor · nv 29 · Rendezvous · Donald S. Sipprell · ss 34 · The Dancing Sandwiches · Fredric Brown · na Mystery Book Magazine Sum ’50 67 · No Dead End · Larry Holden · ss 77 · Until You Hang · Edward Ronns · na Thrilling Detective Apr ’47 113 · Law and Disorder · Harold Helfer · ms
Triple Detective [v12 #3, Winter 1956] (Altus Press, $14.95, 96pp, 6½" x 10¼" s/b) Facsimile of the pulp magazine. [PSP] 4 · The Readers’ Jury · Tom Johnson · lc 9 · The Lady of Death [The Black Bat] · Stewart Sterling · na 36 · The Happiest Hour Murders [The Phantom Detective] · Robert Wallace · na 70 · The Stolen Formula [Secret Agent X] · Elia Back & Tom Johnson · na; originally published in Greece in 1950.
Triple Detective (UK)
Triple Detective (UK) [No. 2, 195?] ed. Anon. (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 9d, 64pp, pulp) This reprints three stories from the Fall 1950 issue of the US magazine. [PSP] 2 · Where the Snow Was Red · Hugh Pentecost · nv Triple Detective Fll ’50 31 · The Deadly Voyage · Georges Simenon · nv Triple Detective Fll ’50 62 · Murder Spends the Weekend · Don Hobart · ss Triple Detective Fll ’50
Triple Western
Triple Western [v 1 #1, Spring 1947] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 194pp, pulp) [TD]

6 · The Trail Boss · The Editor · cl
11 · Smiling Charlie · Max Brand · n. Western Story Magazine Feb 12 ’27 (+5)
68 · Famous Texas Rangers: Sergeant E. A. Sieker (comic) · Jack Jervis · cs
70 · The Orphan · Clarence E. Mulford · n.
125 · Wonders of the West: The Overland Trail · Misc. · ms
129 · Beyond the Rio Grande · William Macleod Raine · n.
177 · Wonders of the West: Pony Express Record · Misc. · ms
192 · The Cowboy’s Work-Bench · Bill Anson · ar
bc. · Calvert Blended Whiskies · Misc. · ad; illus. Tom Lovell
Triple Western [v 1 #2, Summer 1947] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 196pp, pulp) [TD]

6 · The Trail Boss · The Editor · cl
11 · Bear Paw Range [“So Long, Sucker”] · Charles Alden Seltzer · n. (r)
74 · Powder Smoke · Jackson Gregory · n.
131 · The Tenderfoot · W. H. B. Kent · nv Short Stories Jan 10 ’37
178 · Billy the Kid · Jackson Cole · ts
186 · Famous Texas Rangers: Big Foot Wallace (comic) · Jack Jervis · cs
190 · That Was a Real Roundup · Will Anson · ts
Triple Western [v 1 #3, Fall 1947] (Best Publications, 25¢, 196pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · The Bar 20 Rides Again [Hopalong Cassidy] · Clarence E. Mulford · na Short Stories May 10 ’26 (+3) · A Man Four-Square · William MacLeod Raine · na Blue Book, 1918 · Thunderbird Trail [Gregory Quist] · William Colt MacDonald · na, 1946 · Wanted Dead or Alive · Jackson Cole · ss · Buzzard’s Light · Allan K. Echols · ss
Triple Western [v 2 #1, Winter 1948] (Best Publications, 25¢, 192pp+, pulp) [RF] 6 · The Trail Boss · The Editor · ed 13 · The Killer · Stewart Edward White · na The Red Book Magazine, 1919 58 · Six Feet Four · Jackson Gregory · na (r) 112 · The Barber of Tubac · Nelson C. Nye · na (r) 167 · Two-Gun Marshal · Jackson Cole · ar 177 · Cattle Trade · Gladwell Richardson · ss
Triple Western [v 2 #2, February 1948] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 194pp, pulp) [TD]

6 · The Trail Boss · The Editor · cl
13 · Clear the Trail · Charles Alden Seltzer · n. Argosy Jun 24 ’33 (+6)
76 · Bullets for Buckaroos · William Colt MacDonald · n.
126 · The Strong Shall Hold · Bruce Douglas · n.
73 · Snake in the Grass · Tom Parsons · ss
175 · Still Fast with His .44 · Hamilton Craigie · ts
177 · The Last Sun-Dance · John Edward Dalton · ts
bc. · Calvert Blended Whiskies · Misc. · ad; illus. Tom Lovell
Triple Western [v 2 #3, April 1948] (Best Publications, 25¢, pulp) from ToC. [VU] 6 · The Trail Boss · The Editor · ed 13 · Judge Colt · William MacLeod Raine · na Short Stories Oct 10 ’26 (+3) 69 · A Horse He Can Ride · Kenneth L. Sinclair · ss 72 · The Texas Terror: Ben Thompson · Will Barker · ar 76 · Black Sheep · Will Jenkins · na 116 · Deadlocked · Ed La Vanway · ss 126 · Rifle Law · Frank C. Robertson · na 174 · Stepson of Trouble: John Wesley Hardin · Hamilton Craigie · ar 177 · Dust Unto Dust · Samuel Mines · ss
Triple Western [v 3 #1, June 1948] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 194pp, pulp) [TD]

6 · The Trail Boss · Misc. · cl
9 · Black Buttes · Clarence E. Mulford · n.
64 · Tracked Down · William Robin · ts
68 · Border Range · Bruce Douglas · n.
125 · The Gallows Trap · Burl Tuttle · ss
131 · Legendary Gold · Thomas E. Way · ts
136 · Gunfighter Breed · Nelson C. Nye · n.
180 · A Bully in Boots - and Billy the Kid · Cole Weymouth · nf
181 · The Deadliest Killer of Them All: Sam Hildebrand · Hamilton Craigie · ts
Triple Western [v 3 #2, August 1948] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 178pp, pulp) [TD]

6 · The Trail Boss · Misc. · cl
9 · Troopers West · Forbes Parkhill · n.
65 · The Lost San Saba Mine · Will Barker · nf
68 · White Horse Mesa · Ormand Clarkson · n.
106 · Are They Cowboys? · John Edward Dalton · nf
110 · Randy of Roaring River · Frank C. Robertson · n.
154 · A Careful Caballero · Clark Gray · ss
164 · Red Gulch and Poker Flat · Jackson Cole · ts
Triple Western [v 3 #3, October 1948] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 178pp, pulp, cover by J. Dreany) [TD]

6 · The Trail Boss · The Editor · cl
13 · War on Wishbone Range · Charles Alden Seltzer · n.
55 · A Real Lady Tinhorn · Will Barker · ts
58 · The Backward Banker · Edwin Booth · ss
62 · Rio Guns · Gladwell Richardson · n.
102 · Mighty Mite of the Mesquite · Hamilton Craigie · ts
107 · Curfew in River Bend · Ben Frank · ss
114 · Wild-Horse Ranch · Reginald C. Barker · n.
161 · Blue Smoke · John C. Ropke · ss
bc. · Eveready Battery Ad · Misc. · ad; illus. Betts
Triple Western [v 4 #1, December 1948] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 162pp, pulp, cover by J. Dreany) [TD]

6 · The Trail Boss · The Editor · cl
13 · Chip of the Flying U [Flying U] · B. M. Bower · n.
65 · The Ace Whip · Cecil de Vada · ts
67 · The Treasure of Jose Durago · S. M. Ritter · ar
68 · Troubled Waters · William MacLeod Raine · n.
114 · Kingdom for a Horse · Frank C. Robertson · n.
Triple Western [v 4 #2, February 1949] (Best Publications, 164pp, pulp) Details taken from dealer’s catalogue on ABEBooks. · The Trail Horde · Charles Alden Seltzer · na Argosy Mar 13 ’20 (+6) · The Round Up · Clarence E. Mulford · na Red Seal Western Apr ’36 · Lonesome River Range · R. M. Hankins · na · Colter’s Real Hell · Will Baker · ar · Marked for Death · Chuck Martin · ss · Boom-Town Baroness · Forbes Parkhill · ar · Christmas Climax · Johnston McCulley · ss · Old Texas Cattle Brands · Harry Van Demark · ar
Triple Western [v 5 #1, June 1949] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 162pp, pulp, cover by J. Dreany) [TD]

6 · The Trail Boss · The Editor · cl
9 · The Thundering Trail · Norman A. Fox · n.
56 · Wyoming Lawmen · Harry Van Demark · ar
59 · Pattern for Peace · Philip Ketchum · ss
62 · Flying U Ranch [Flying U] · B. M. Bower · n.
98 · Killer Kid · Hapsburg Liebe · ss
102 · Desert Man · Gladwell Richardson · n.
147 · Girl Guide · Will Barker · ts
bc. · Calvert Reserve Whiskey · Misc. · ad; illus. Tom Lovell
Triple Western [v 5 #2, August 1949] (Best Publications, Inc., 25¢, 162pp, pulp, cover by J. Dreany) [TD]

6 · The Trail Boss · The Editor · cl
9 · Range Beyond the Law · William MacLeod Raine · n.
58 · Tenderfoot Medico · A. C. Abbott · ss
61 · Stepson of Terror · Hamilton Craigie · ts
66 · Cowboy · Ross Santee · n.
100 · Rustlers’ Wrinkle · Gladwell Richardson · ts
104 · The Hermit of Thunder King · Jackson Gregory · n.
148 · Six-Guns and Side-Sticks · Noel Loomis · ss
Triple Western [v 6 #1, December 1949] ed. Anon. (Best Publications, Inc., 25c, 164pp, pulp) Details taken from photocopy of Table of Contents. [PSP]

6 · The Trail Boss · Anon. · cl
11 · The Happy Valley · Max Brand · n. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1929; abridged.
56 · Six Shooterology · John Edward Dalton · ts
60 · Sand · Will James · n. New York: Scribner’s, 1929; abridged.
97 · It Pays to Be a Rancher · Donald Hobart · ss
101 · The Self-Returning Horse · Tex Gainsville · ms
102 · The Gold Trail [“Bonanza”] · William MacLeod Raine · n. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921; abridged.
146 · Happy Hunting Grounds · Forbes Parkhill · ts
152 · White Man’s Friend · Cole Weymouth · ms
Triple Western [v 6 #2, February 1950] (Best Publications, 25¢, 164pp, pulp) Details from EBAY auction.

6 · The Trail Boss · The Readers · lt
11 · The Feathered Sombrero · Norman A. Fox · n.
57 · Good Indians · Harry Van Demark · nf
60 · Oklahoma · Courtney Ryley Cooper · n.
101 · The End of the Trail · John Edward Dalton · nf
104 · Roaring River Range · Arthur Henry Gooden · n.
147 · Country Hides · Allan K. Echols · ss

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