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Crack Detective [Volume 4 Number 5, September 1943] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 10¢, 100pp, pulp)

10 · The Lady Smiles at Fate · Russell Gray · ss; illustrated by E. Fax

28 · Death Reaps the Harvest · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss; illustrated by R. S. Pious

46 · Simple Arithmetic · Cliff Campbell · ss

55 · No Witnesses · John J. Wallace · ss

64 · Clue in Crimson [Dr. Feather] · Ray Cummings · ss

72 · Blood on My Hands · T. W. Ford · ss; illustrated by E. Fax

Crack Detective Stories
Title changed from Crack Detective.

Publishers:

Columbia Publications, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA: Crack Detective Stories.

Editors:

Robert W. Lowndes - Editor: Crack Detective Stories.

Crack Detective Stories [Volume 4 Number 6, November 1943] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 10¢, 96pp, pulp) (Full Text)

10 · 7 Doorways to Death · Russell Gray · nv

29 · The Gentle Host · T. W. Ford · ss

35 · Homicide Plate · Marvin Ryerson · nv

59 · Killer’s Final Curtain · Wilbur Scott Peacock · ss

62 · Murder on the Menu · Lee E. Wells · nv

79 · I’ll Moider tha Bum · Henry Norton · ss

Crack Detective Stories [Volume 5 Number 1, January 1944] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

10 · Pattern for Murder · Douglas Stapleton · na

25 · How Dead Was My Valet? · Henry Norton · ss

35 · Going-Away Present · Richard Brister · ss

43 · Corpses Don’t Walk · Lee Floren · vi

47 · I Choose Death! · Robert C. Blackmon · ss

52 · Murder at Face Value [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · nv

64 · No Alibi · T. W. Ford · ss

71 · The Man Born Dead · Stuart Friedman · ss

78 · The House That Wasn’t There · Russell Gray · nv

Crack Detective Stories [Volume 5 Number 2, March 1944] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 10¢, 98pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

10 · Hat Checks to Hell · T. W. Ford · na

29 · Murder Can Wait · Henry Norton · ss

34 · I Can Slay You Any Day · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss

44 · Fall Guy · Robert C. Blackmon · ss

52 · X Marks the Redhead · Russell Gray · ss

65 · Foul Playing · Tom Thursday · ss

68 · Kill-o’-the-Wisp · Robert Turner · nv

Crack Detective Stories [Volume 5 Number 3, May 1944] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 10¢, 96pp, pulp)

10 · Body, Body, Who’s Got the Body? · Cliff Campbell · na

35 · Front Page Guy · Arthur Mann · nv

47 · Murder Wore a Sealskin Coat · Jay Karth · ss

58 · Death Comes Walking · Henry G. Hornlein · ss

66 · A Clean Nose · Frederick C. Painton · nv

Crack Detective Stories [Volume 5 Number 4, July 1944] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 10¢, 96pp, pulp)

10 · Be Sure They’re Dead · Allan K. Echols · ss; illustrated by Elton Fax

21 · Bride and Doom · Robert Turner · ss

30 · Mr. Angel’s Conscience [Homer Angel] · Greta Bardet · ss

39 · One Knew the Motive · Stuart Friedman · vi

41 · Murder Takes No Furlough · Bruno Fischer · ss

51 · Sometimes Money Talks! · Frank Kane · ss; illustrated by Edward Moline

60 · Headlines in Lead · Lee Floren · ss

65 · The Jinx · Basil Wells · ss

69 · Finger from the Grave · Cliff Campbell · na

Crack Detective Stories [Volume 5 Number 5, September 1944] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Leo Morey)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

10 · Try and Prove It! · Mel Watt · nv

25 · Who, Me? · T. W. Ford · ss

32 · A Coward Comes Home · Stuart Friedman · ss

42 · Hounded to Death · Marvin Ryerson · ss

55 · Get in or I’ll Kill You · John M. Barnard · ss

58 · Death’s Secret Agent · Russell Gray · ss

72 · Night for a Murder · Ray Cummings & Elizabeth Starr · nv

Crack Detective Stories [Volume 5 Number 6, November 1944] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Leo Morey)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

10 · Keep It Simple · Mel Watt · nv

22 · Killer’s Curtain Call · Robert Turner · nv

33 · I Didn’t Do It · Cliff Campbell · ss

36 · Friendless Corpse [Lew Curry] · Arthur Mann · ss

45 · Murderers Mustn’t Point · T. W. Ford · ss

53 · Complete Evidence · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss

56 · Rx to Homicide · John A. Saxon · ss

61 · Death of a Rat · Stephen J. Lynch · ss

66 · Dead Blood Runs Purple [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · na

Crack Detective Stories [Vol. 6 No. 1, January 1945] (15¢, pulp)

10 · Death Paints a Picture · Russell Gray · ss

24 · Murder Pays Off · F. W. Hindley · ss

28 · Singapore Dance · Charles Jennings · ss

33 · You Gotta Have Luck · Tom Thursday · ss

42 · 600 W · Basil Wells · ss

45 · Suicide [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss

54 · Time to Kill · Leo Hoban · ss

65 · Seven Big Bills · S. I. Kishor · ss

67 · Muscle Man · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss

70 · The Case of the Concrete Coffin · David X. Manners · ss

Crack Detective Stories [Vol. 6 No. 2, March 1945] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Leo Morey)

10 · The 18 Carat Corpse · T. W. Ford · na; illustrated by Cooper

32 · The Gun · Stephen Payne · ss; illustrated by E. Fax

42 · Muffed Homicide · Ted Stratton · vi

44 · Law and Disorder · Wilcey Earle · cl

46 · He Beat the Rap · Cliff Campbell · vi

48 · Inside Job · Arthur Mann · ss; illustrated by E. Fax

56 · How Forgery Is Detected · Kenneth P. Wood · ar Detective Short Stories November 1942

57 · Proxy Kill · Stephen J. Lynch · ss

61 · Trapped—by Death! · Walter C. Fabell · ss

64 · Murder, She Says! · J. J. Meany · nv; illustrated by E. Fax

Crack Detective Stories [Vol. 6 No. 3, May 1945] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Endris)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

10 · I Killed the D.A. · T. W. Ford · na

33 · Crime Casts a Shadow · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss

35 · Early to Bed, Never to Rise · Talmage Powell · ss

44 · Back-Fire · Archie Joscelyn · ss

46 · Fit to Kill · S. I. Richin · ss

57 · Sweet Murder · Norman A. Daniels · ss

66 · Fingerprint Traps Man After 15 Years · Kenneth P. Wood · ar

68 · Death Trails the Sailor · Leo Hoban · ss

Crack Detective Stories [Vol. 6 No. 4, July 1945] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Irene Endris)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

10 · Morgue-Star Final [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · nv

21 · Law and Disorder · Wilcey Earle · cl

24 · To Fit the Crime · Talmage Powell · ss

34 · So Dead the Rose · Seymour Irving Richin · ss

43 · No Heart for Murder · Judy Zissman · ss

49 · The Soft Steps of Terror · Mel Watt · ss

57 · Fate Sends a Shadow · Walter C. Fabell · ss

59 · Origins of the Third Degree · Kenneth P. Wood · ar

60 · Fact and Fantasy · Basil Wells · ss

63 · Cherchez La Frame-Up · T. W. Ford · na

Crack Detective Stories [Vol. 6 No. 5, September 1945] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Endris) (Full Text)
Details supplied by James Felton.

10 · Slayer’s Keepers · T. W. Ford · nv

24 · They’re Better Off Dead [Linc Castle] · Seymour Irving Richin · ss

33 · Thirty Pieces of Lead · Frank Kane · ss

36 · Too Many Alibis [Lew Curry] · Arthur Mann · ss

45 · The Strange Story of Two American Boys · Nat Schachner · ts

50 · Law and Disorder · Wilcey Earle · cl

52 · Sure I Keep My Word · Walter A. Luce · ss

55 · Kill, Kill, Killed · Cliff Campbell · na

Crack Detective Stories [Vol. 6 No. 6, November 1945] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Endris) (Full Text)
Details supplied by Katherine Harper & Sai Shankar.

10 · Murder Bait [N. Nickleby Dickens] · T. W. Ford · na; illustrated by E. Fax

31 · Johnny on the Spot · Talmage Powell · ss; illustrated by E. Fax

41 · The Strangle Hold · Rex Whitechurch · ss

49 · Death Off the Record [Bicarbonate Johnny] · Marcus Lyons · ss

53 · Law and Disorder · Wilcey Earle · cl

55 · The Corpse Wants Company · Emil Petaja · ss

61 · The Pheasant Died Twice · Cliff Campbell · ss; illustrated by E. Fax

71 · The Kid and Marjorie [Danny Garrett (The Kid)] · Grant Lane · nv

Crack Detective Stories [v7 #1, January 1946] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, 96pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Todd Mason.

10 · Death from the Book · Cliff Campbell · nv

23 · Light on Murder · Walter C. Fabell · ss

28 · Slay Upon Delivery [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss

37 · The Killer Pleads Guilty · T. W. Ford · ss

40 · Murder Wears a Mourning Cloak [Bicarbonate Johnny] · Marcus Lyons · ss

48 · Two Mice for a Cat · Bruno Fischer · na

64 · The “Crank” Case · Judy Zissman · ss

70 · Dressed Up for Homicide · Leo Hoban · nv

87 · No Greater Love · Nat Schachner · ts

Crack Detective Stories [v7 #2, March 1946] (15¢, pulp)

10 · Nobody Knew the Corpse · Talmage Powell · ss

24 · Give the Blonde a Bier · Rex Whitechurch · ss

33 · Giant-Killer · Damon Knight · ss

37 · Red-Letter Night · Emil Petaja · ss

43 · If the Shoe Fits · T. W. Ford · ss

48 · A Slip of Paper · Edwin Baird · ss

50 · Clothes Make the Murder [Linc Castle] · Seymour Irving Richin · ss

59 · Stamp of Doom · Ray Cummings · ss

70 · Wings for the Kid [Danny Garrett (The Kid)] · Grant Lane · ss

88 · Axis Sally · Nat Schachner · ss

Crack Detective Stories [v7 #3, May 1946] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

10 · Pre-View of the Victim · Cliff Campbell · na

46 · Attention to Trifles · Tom Thursday · ss

50 · Murder Off-Mike · Frances Beck · nv

65 · Hot Corn—Cold Heart · Marcus Lyons · ss

69 · Law and Disorder · Wilcey Earle · cl

70 · Now That I’m Dead · Ken Lewis · ss

Crack Detective Stories [v7 #4, July 1946] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

10 · A Dame from Fort Wayne · Robert C. Dennis · ss

20 · Death Mask · Emil Petaja · ss

27 · Old Man’s Darling · Ken Lewis · ss

32 · Marked for Death [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss

43 · Red Chip for Blackmail [Bicarbonate Johnny] · Marcus Lyons · ss

47 · Homer Angel—Killer [Homer Angel] · Greta Bardet · ss

56 · The Cat and the Riddle · Edward Schafer · ss

64 · Frisco Clean-Up · Kenneth P. Wood · ar

66 · The Finishing Touch [Linc Castle] · Seymour Irving Richin · nv

89 · Blow the Mill Down · Nat Schachner · ss

Crack Detective Stories [v7 #5, September 1946] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, 100pp, pulp)
Details supplied by John Locke & Morgan Wallace.

10 · Baby Goes Bye-Bye · C. S. Montanye · ss

20 · Murder Feeds the Flames [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss

33 · Poison Brown · Basil Wells · vi

37 · The Moon Sees Murder · Rex Whitechurch · ss

44 · Once Upon a Crime · Tom Thursday · ss

50 · Too Cheap to Live · Jack Bradley · ss; illustrated by Hardison

55 · Law and Disorder · Wilcey Earle · cl

56 · Whistle, Killer, Whistle · Ralph Berard · vi; illustrated by Carter

60 · The Man with the Radar Mind · Greta & Victor Bardet · nv

Crack Detective Stories [v7 #6, November 1946] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp)
Details supplied by James Felton.

10 · Quoth the Raven—Murder · Seymour Irving Richin · nv

26 · Clancy Meets a Colonel [Joe D. Clancy] · Strick Van Dyke · ss

34 · Beginners Pluck · Charles A. Oxton · ss

38 · Toss Me That Killer, Please! · Jack Bradley · nv

53 · The Spirit Is Killing [Bicarbonate Johnny] · Marcus Lyons · ss

58 · See Here, Homer Angel! [Homer Angel] · Greta Bardet · ss

70 · Sin Sisters · Talmage Powell · nv

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