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Detective Tales [v2 #3, April/May 1923] (The Rural Publishing Corporation, pulp) [RW] · The Pink Mirador · George Warburton Lewis · ss · The House with the Vanishing Room [Part 2 of 2] · Stanley Clisby Arthur · sl · Men from Scotland Yard · Malcolm Field · ss · The Republic Trust Mystery [Part 1 of 2] · Francis James · sl · The Seventh Suspect · Eric Howard · ss · The Mystery of Edgeware Road · Elliot Bailey · ss · Six Drops of Milk · James A. Goldthwaite · ss · The Emerland Coffin · R. T. M. Scott · ss · Braley Rising, Crime Analyst - The Phantom Clue · Laurie McClintock & Culpeper Chunn · ss · The Fatal Mistake · Holloway Horn · ss · Watch Your Checks · Carl H. Getz · nf · Plain Clothes Men · Charles W. Adams · ss · The Professor’s Problems · Francis D. Grierson · ss · The Man on the Bench · G. A. Wells · ss · The Adventure of Sereth Seath · W. R. Gilbert · ss · The Crooked Mouthpiece · as told to B-8266 · ss · The Ivory Penknife · Richard H. Hart · ss · Midnight Oil · Hugo Z. Paxton · cl · A Chat with the Chief · The Editor · ed
Detective Tales
Detective Tales [v 2 #4, March 1936] (Popular Publications, 10¢, 128pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · The Death Game · Norvell W. Page · ss · Death Misses the Headlings · Paul Ernst · ss · Dead Husbands Are Dangerous · Eric Taylor · ss · All Aboard for Murder! · Armin Shaftel · ss · Grave for the Living · Emerson Graves · ss · Brave, Honest—and Dumb! · Darrell Jordan · ss · Santan’s Blonde Pawn · Wayne Rogers · ss · Those Who Are About to Die · Henry T. Sperry · ss · Double Exposure · Maitland Scott · ss · Trembling Hero · Arthur J. Burks · ss · Divorced by Death · George Rosenberg · ss · More Deadly than the Male · Malcolm Reiss · ss
Detective Tales [v 3 #4, July 1936] (Popular Publications, 10¢, 128pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Champion of the Doomed · Wayne Rogers · na · Reprieve from Death · Norbert Davis · ss · Satan Takes Pictures · Paul Ernst · ss · Substitute Killer · John H. Knox · ss · Killer Trap · H. K. Miller · ss · Toast to Death · Wyatt Blassingame · ss · Flatfoot Breed · Arther Leo Zagat · ss · Guns for a Guardian · Jack Donohue · ss · Murder Trail · Emerson Graves · ss · Murder to Music · J. Lane Linklater · ss · They also Server · Henry T. Sperry · ss · Counterfeit Justice · Joel Stephens · ss · Flatfoot Courage · The Inspector · ms · The Crime Clinic · Misc. Material · ms
Detective Tales [v 6 #4, July 1937] (Popular Publications, 10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Tom Lovell) Information from EBAY auction.

· Murder Edits the News · Norvell W. Page · n.
· Pop Egan’s Death House Detour · John Hawkins · ss
· No Parole for the Dead · Wyatt Blassingame · ss
· Killer in the Family · Wayne Rogers · ss
· Death’s Coquettes · Dale Clark · ss
· Substitute for Justice · Paul Ernst · ss
· Ruby of Red Desire · Ray Cummings · ss
· The Corpse Reads a Note · Gabriel Wilson · ss
· Last Laugh for the Dying · Henry T. Sperry · ss
· Autopsy Before Death · Leo Hoban · ss
· The City Crooks Hate · Misc. Material · nf
· The Crime Clinic · Misc. Material · nf
Detective Tales [v 7 #2, September 1937] (Popular Publications, 10¢, 128pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · King of the Frightened Killers · Walter C. Brown · ss · No Shoes for Corpses! · Paul Ernst · ss · Trail of the Talented Butcher · Norbert Davis · ss · Death Comes Dancing · Wyatt Blassingame · ss · Diet for the Dying · Charles Alexander · ss · Hermits Hang High · Carl Johnson · ss · Bullet Bluffer · Leo Hoban · ss · Reprieved by Execution · Gabriel Wilson · ss · Too Many Corpses · Charles Boswell · ss · Unexpected Alibi · Ray Cummings · ss
Detective Tales [v12 #1, April 1939] (Popular Publications, 10¢, 112pp, pulp) [MH] 4 · A Plea from Prison · Fred J. Ford · cl; contents page shows Convict No. 73,985 as the author. 9 · This Corpse Stayed Overnight · Richard Sale · na 29 · Death in Cold Storage · Philip Sydney · ss 35 · Something Wrong Upstairs · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss 44 · Killer by My Side · Paul Ernst · nv 56 · Heroes Are Suckers · Cyril Plunkett · ss 63 · Murder by Proxy · Harmon Bellamy · ss 71 · Oddities in Crime · Anon. · ms 72 · Invitation to the Morgue [Reggie Royce] · Fred MacIsaac · nv 88 · Smoke Cure for Rats · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 94 · Garrity’s Last Murder Date · Arden X. Pangborn · nv 106 · The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl
Detective Tales [v14 #2, January 1940] (Popular Publications, 10¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · The Hot Film Murders [Fire Marshall Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · nv · The Corpse Lottery · Norbert Davis · nv · The Hangman’s Last Supper · Tiah Devitt · nv · God Help a Tough Cop! · George Armin Shaftel · nv · You Can’t Insure the Dead [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv · Too-Perfect Impersonation · William Hines · ss · Hardly Thicker Than Water · Dane Gregory · ss · Molly Doesn’t Live Here Any More · Charles Boswell · ss · Killer’s Curtain Call · Fredric Sinclair · ss · Streamlined Crime - and Cops! · Misc. Material · ms · History of the New York Underworld · Misc. Material · ms · Oddities in Crime · Misc. Material · cl · The Crime Clinic · Misc. Material · cl
Detective Tales [v19 #1, August 1941] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) [Jim Felton] 10 · Captain Friday, Corpse Agent · Day Keene · na 46 · Five Alarm Funeral [Fire Marshall Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · nv 70 · The Witness Is a Dummy · Edward S. Williams · nv 96 · The Clinical Murder · Don James · nv 33 · Prison-Break! · D. L. Champion · ss 61 · My Night to Kill · Dane Gregory · ss 84 · Press Agent for the Dead · Marvin Ryerson · ss 43 · Short-Order Crook · Wilbur S. Peacock · vi 93 · The Thirteenth Step · Charles Larson · vi 6 · The Crime Clinic · Misc. Material · cl 69 · Oddities in Crime · Misc. Material · cl 83 · History of the New Orleans Underworld · Misc. Material · ar
Detective Tales [v22 #1, August 1942] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) [Jim Felton] 11 · The Mystery of Tarpon Key · Day Keene · na 50 · Death on Wheels · John Hawkins · nv 76 · John Wade’s Murder Come-Back · William R. Cox · nv 98 · Let’s Forget Our Fear! · Wilbur S. Peacock · nv 38 · Corpses Can’t Confess · Don James · ss 64 · Red Clay · Costa Carousso · ss 69 · No Intent to Kill · Donald G. Cormack · ss 93 · Three Caskets Is a Crowd · Victor Kull · ss 47 · Off the Record · John Ward · vi 6 · The Crime Clinic · Misc. Material · cl 8 · Oddities in Crime · Jon Blummer · cl 92 · When Gangdom Ruled · Windas · cl
Detective Tales [v23 #2, January 1943] (Popular Publications, 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · The Dead Can’t Die! · Joel Townsley Rogers · na · Furlough for Murder · Frederick C. Davis · nv · The Double-Crossing Corpse · Day Keene · ss · Death Only Knocks Once · D. L. Champion · ss · Music from Hell · John Lawrence · ss · Tarnished Shield · Philip Ketchum · ss · Dark the Night · William Campbell Gault · ss · Rubber Coffin · Eric Provost · ss · Killers’ Curfew · Kenneth Fowler · ss · The Crime Clinic · Misc. Material · cl · Oddities in Crime · Jon Blummer · cl · When Gangdom Ruled · Cedric W. Windas · cl
Detective Tales [v24 #1, April 1943] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) [Jim Felton] 8 · Reunion on Murder Mountain · Day Keene · na 54 · Terror’s Twin · Frederick C. Davis · nv 94 · Model for Manslaughter · William R. Cox · nv 32 · Corpse in a Test Tube · Dale Clark · ss 46 · Don’t You Die for Me! · Robert Turner · ss 69 · Homicide at High Tide · Edward Parrish Ware · ss 78 · Glory Hunter · C. P. Donnel, Jr. · ss 85 · If the Right Hand Offend Thee— · Dane Gregory · ss 41 · Too Many Alibis · Edward S. Williams · vi 6 · The Crime Clinic · Misc. Material · cl 93 · Oddities in Crime · Jon Blummer · cl 107 · When Gangdom Ruled · Windas · cl
Detective Tales [v27 #1, April 1944] (Popular Publications, 10¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · I’ll See You at the Morgue · Frederick C. Davis · ss · Come Up and Kill Me Sometime · Francis K. Allan · ss · Little Murder Has Big Ears · Carroll John Daly · ss · Corpses Come in Pairs · Day Keene · ss · Polly Wants a Hang Noose · Robert Turner · ss · Nice Killer Country · Richard Brister · ss · Snake in the Hole! · Ted Stratton · ss · The Day Hell Froze · Cyril Plunkett · ss · This One Will Slay You! · Fred D. McHugh · ss
Detective Tales [v28 #2, September 1944] (Popular Publications, 15¢, 98pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Dentures, Diamonds and Death! · Francis K. Allan · ss · Hell Over Steel-Town · W. T. Ballard · ss · To Slay a Man About a Dog! · Fredric Brown · ss · The Trunk Lady · Ray Bradbury · ss · Homicide Hangover · Jack Bradley · ss · Come Home for the Killing · Robert Turner · ss · The Deadliest Profession · Thomas Walsh · ss · My Customer — the Corpse! · Edward J. Donovan · ss · The Uninvited Dead · Donald G. Cormack · ss · The Crime Clinic · Misc. Material · cl · When Gangdom Ruled · Cedric W. Windas · cl · Oddities in Crime · Jon L. Blummer · cl
Detective Tales [v28 #3, October 1944] (Popular Publications, 15¢, 98pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction.

· The Farmer’s Daughter Murders · Day Keene · n.
· Play the Game With Poison · F. Orlin Tremaine · ss
· Four Merchants of Menace · Francis K. Allan · ss
· Voice of the Dead · Ted Stratton · ss
· How Many Cards for the Corpse? · Joe Kent · ss
· Once There Was a Wolf · Bert Collier · ss
· Save a Grave for Me! · Dane Gregory · ss
· A Drink for Aunt Louisa · Francis Fredericks · ss
· Home-Front Target · Cyril Plunkett · ss
Detective Tales [v28 #4, November 1944] (Popular Publications, 15¢, 98pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Come Home to the Corpse! · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss · Come Into My Parlor · Cyril Plunkett · ss · This Is Murder, Mr. Herbert! · Day Keene · ss · Crooked Path to Glory · Donald G. Cormack · ss · Killers’ Reunion · Francis K. Allan · ss · Report to the Captain · Charles Larson · ss · Slugs and Kisses · Jack Bradley · ss · Half-Pint Homicide [Douser Mulligan] · Ray Bradbury · ss · Parlay on Death · Stuart Friedman · ss
Detective Tales [v29 #2, January 1945] (Popular Publications, 15¢, 98pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · The Senator Who Wasn’t There · Andrew Holt · na · Silent Smith and the Hounds of Death · Day Keene · na · We’ll Make a Killing! · William R. Cox · ss · —Kill Again Another Day · Francis K. Allan · ss · Hell Has No Back Door · Robert C. Dennis · ss · The Better Death-Trap · Robert Turner · ss · Three Men on a Hearse · Richard Dermody · ss · Margin for Terror · Talmage Powell · ss · Homicide Built for Two · C. G. Tahney · ss
Detective Tales [v29 #3, February 1945] (Popular Publications, 15¢, 98pp, pulp) Information from EBAY ToC scan. · Nightmare at Noon · Andrew Holt · na · As in Mackerel! · Day Keene · na 50 · The Silent Scalpel Murders · F. Orlin Tremaine · nv 27 · Dark City · William R. Cox · ss 34 · Dames Are Poison! · John Corbett · ss 42 · Purgatory Picnic · Tom Marvin · ss 61 · A Kind of Shooting · William Rough · ss 68 · Dear Killer · Henry Norton · ss 72 · “I’m Not So Dumb!” · Ray Bradbury · ss 40 · Payable in the Grave! · Ritter Conway · nf 41 · Oddities in Crime · Jon L. Blummer · pi 49 · When Gangdom Ruled · Cedric W. Windas · cl
Detective Tales [v32 #2, January 1946] (Popular Publications, 15¢, 98pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl 8 · Queen of Hell · Stuart Fleming · nf 10 · As Deep as the Grave · Day Keene · nv 24 · Finish Fight · Hal Sheridan · ss 30 · Blood on His Hands · Talmage Powell · ss 37 · Too Many Crooks · Damon Knight · ss 43 · When Gangdom Ruled · Cedric W. Windas · ms 44 · Run, Killer, Run! · William Rough · na 60 · They Gave Him a Badge! · John Corbett · ss 67 · Murder for the Missus · Max Tyson · ss 74 · After You, Death! · George William Rae · ss 77 · Oddities in Crime · Lee & Jakobsson · pi 78 · A Corpse for Christmas · Cyril Plunkett · nv
Detective Tales [v33 #1, April 1946] (Popular Publications, 15¢, 98pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl 8 · When Gangdom Ruled · Cedric W. Windas · cl 10 · Clothes Make the Killer · D. L. Champion · nv 22 · The Skeleton Steps Out · Don James · ss 30 · Kitten on the Corpse [Herman the Great] · Day Keene · na 47 · Slay Him Again! · Cyril Plunkett · ss 53 · Oddities in Crime · Lee & Jakobsson · pi 54 · Murder on the Menu · Jack Bradley · ss 60 · Half a Life to Go! · Michael Morgan · ss 72 · Kill and Run Girl · Talmage Powell · ss 77 · A Long Way from Homicide · Ken Lewis · ss 82 · The Knife and the Throat · Robert Bloch · nv
Detective Tales [v34 #2, September 1946] (Popular Publications, 15¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Dames Are Deadly! · William R. Cox · ss · Remains—To Be Seen · Cyril Plunkett · ss · Death Hits the Daily Double · Robert Turner · ss · Cross-County Kill · Henry Norton · ss · Corpses—Back to Back! · D. L. Champion · ss · Wait to the Heat Dies, Danny · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss · Mayhem’s Mechanic · Larry Holden · ss · Assassin Anonymous · William Campbell Gault · ss · Murder Sea—Murder Do! · Robert C. Dennis · ss · Houses in Hell! · Lauri Wirta · ss · Oddities in Crime · Lee & Jakobsson · pi · When Gangdom Ruled · Cedric Windas · cl

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