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Detective Tales [v43 #1, August 1949] (Popular Publications, 25¢, 132pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Popular Films · Ted Palmer · mr; (Illegal Entry, Manhandled, The Stratton Story, The Younger Brothers, The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend). 8 · Clara’s Private Corpse! · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na 31 · Scene of the Crime · Alan Ritner Anderson · ss 37 · Body ’Round His Neck! · B. J. Benson · ss 45 · What Makes Sammy Laugh? · John D. MacDonald · ss 50 · Action! Camera! Murder! · Donn Mullally · na 65 · Killer’s Kiss · Larry Holden · ss 73 · Anchor the Stiff! · Dan Gordon · ss 77 · You Can’t Get Away with Murder! · Nelson & Geer · ms 78 · Ex-Wise Guy · Francis K. Allan · nv 92 · Stand-In for Slaughter · Jack V. Porter · ss 99 · Oddities in Crime · Mayan & Jakobsson · pi 100 · I Love You Dead! · Richard Goggin · ss 109 · The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl 110 · Send Me Your Killers! · William Campbell Gault · na
Detective Tales [v43 #4, November 1949] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) from TOC. [TD]

6 · The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl
8 · Oddities in Crime · Mayan & Jakobsson · cl
10 · She Shall Make Murder · Day Keene · n.
31 · Soft Touch · Donn Mullally · ss
41 · You Can’t Get Away with Murder! · Nelson & Geer · cl
42 · And One Came Back · William Brandon · nv
53 · Vicious Circle · Larry Holden · ss
60 · She Loved Him to Death! · Skippy Adelman · ts
61 · On the Spot · Misc. · ms
62 · Mayhem on the Menu · William T. Worley · nv
74 · Secret Weapon · H. Fredric & Ima-Jewell Young · ss
82 · Stay Out of My Nightmare! [Kip Morgan] · Louis L’Amour · nv
100 · A Guy’s Gotta Live! · Henry Hasse · ss
105 · Dead Man’s Drop · R. Van Taylor · ss
110 · Too Many Dames! · Robert Turner · n.
Detective Tales [v44 #1, December 1949] (Popular Publications, 25¢, 132pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Sure Thing · Skippy Adelman · nf 8 · You Can’t Get Away with Murder! · Nelson & Geer · ms 10 · Case of the Burning Blonde · John D. MacDonald · na 27 · Man with a Rep · Larry Holden · ss 36 · Redhead, Say Dead! · William Campbell Gault · nv 49 · Death Is My Business · Benjamin Siegel · ss 54 · Manhunt! · Shelby Steger · ss 57 · Oddities in Crime · Mayan & Jakobsson · pi 58 · Storm Warning! · Frank Ward · na 78 · Straight-and-Bloody Path · Johanas L. Bouma · ss 84 · Sales Talk · Robert Zacks · ss 86 · Who’ll Buy My Violence? · Donn Mullally · nv 101 · Welcome, Killer! · Henry Hasse · ss 105 · The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl 106 · Kill Once - Kill Twice! · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na
Detective Tales [v44 #2, January 1950] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) from TOC. [TD]

6 · Bloody Count Ivan · Skippy Adelman · ts
8 · Murder’s Little Push-Over! · Donn Mullally · n.
26 · No-Know Nora · Philip Weck · ss
35 · Herbie and the Flaming Blonde · Dan Gordon · ss
41 · You Can’t Get Away with Murder! · Nelson & Geer · cl
42 · Dog Eat Dog! · William Campbell Gault · nv
53 · Belle of the Brawl · Talmage Powell · ss
60 · Gravestone for Two! · W. Lee Herrington · nv
75 · Oddities in Crime · Mayan & Jakobsson · cl
76 · Special Favor · George C. Appell · ss
78 · Read It and Die! · C. William Harrison · ss
81 · The Smile That Slays · Louise Lee Outlaw · ss
85 · John Doe-Law Breaker · Lauri Wirta · nf
86 · A Little Push · George William Rae · ss
93 · The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl
94 · Welcome Homicide! · Charles Larson · ss
102 · Street of Lost Corpses [Kip Morgan] · Louis L’Amour · n.
Detective Tales [v44 #3, February 1950] (Popular Publications, 25¢, 130pp, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · They Call It Murder, Honey-Chile · Day Keene · ss · Home Is Where the Corpse Is · William Campbell Gault · ss · A Real Gone Guy · Donn Mullally · ss · The Lady Is Poison · Robert Turner · ss · Death on Dames · Wallace Umphrey · ss · Blind Alley · Alan Ritner Anderson · ss · Smooth Operator · Dorothy Dunn · ss · A Body on the House · Philip Weck · ss · Blood in Her Eye · George C. Appell · ss · Cash on Hand · Robert Raynor · ss · The Patsy · Morris Cooper · ss
Detective Tales [v44 #4, March 1950] (Popular Publications, 25¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction.

· The Judas Chick · John D. MacDonald · n.
· Eyes to Kill With · Philip Weck · nv
· Homicidal Horse · Dan Cushman · nv
· The Corpse and the Cackle-Bladder · William Campbell Gault · nv
· Eddie Builds His Mouse Trap · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss
· The Lady Wants Blood · Dan Gordon · ss
· Wrong Gee · William Holder · ss
· Behind Murder’s Eight-Ball · Don James · ss
· Double on Death · Gene Austin · ss
· The Wire-Pullers · Morris Cooper · ss
· Mayhem on the Meter · E. M. Bach · ss
· An Hour to Kill · George C. Appell · ss
Detective Tales [v45 #3, June 1950] (Popular Publications, 25¢, pulp) Information from EBAY ToC scan.

12 · Murder’s Little Helpers · William Holder · n.
108 · The Last Count · William Campbell Gault · nv
33 · Open Season on Herbie · Dan Gordon · ss
41 · Annie, Get Your Shiv! · Day Keene · ss
50 · Blind Lead · Fredric Brown · ss
56 · Mitsy’s Millions · Francis K. Allan · ss
64 · For Love or Money · Richard Brister · ss
72 · Torch Job · William R. Cox · ss
81 · Hot-Rod Homicide · Roney Scott · ss
90 · For Old Crime’s Sake · Talmage Powell · ss
98 · Big-Town Joes · Morris Cooper · ss
Detective Tales [v46 #3, October 1950] (Popular Publications, 25¢, pulp) [KB] · It Can’t Happen to Me! · Francis K. Allan · na · Married to Murder! · Frances Beck · nv · Hot-Rock Express · John Reese · ss · Corpse Coming Up! · Richard Brister · ss · The Long Drop · Dan Gordon · ss · That Poisonous Primrose! · Alan Ritner Anderson · ss · You’ll Die Laughing · Larry Holden · ss · The Pointing Knife · J. Lane Linklater · ss · They’re Hanging Iron Mike · Leslie T. White · nv · Chrome-Plated Coffin · William Rough · ss
Detective Tales [v49 #3, June 1952] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) [Jim Felton, from ToC] 10 · Case of the Frozen Bridegroom [Jim Bennett] · Robert Martin · nv 42 · The Corpse Held the Key · Don James · nv 66 · Murder Is No Gentleman · Fletcher Flora · nv 88 · Maggie and the Stolen Solon · William Brandon · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 10 ’40 32 · Nobody Lives Forever · Bruce Cassiday · ss 59 · The Cost · Daniel Winters · ss 81 · The Body Beautiful [“The Glamour and the Glory”] · Steve Fisher · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 3 ’38 6 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Waggener · cl 8 · The Crime Clinic · Misc. Material · cl 41 · Did You Know · Joseph C. Stacey · cl 65 · Homicide House · Grant Meacham · cl
Detective Tales [v50 #2, December 1952] (Popular Publications, 25¢, 114pp, pulp) “Combined with F.B.I. Detective Stories” [MH] 6 · The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl 10 · Pity the Poor Penman! · Skippy Adelman · nf 12 · The Murdering Kind! · Robert Turner · nv 41 · Cold Is My Grave · Graham Doar · ss 48 · So Lovely - And So Dead! · Fletcher Flora · nv 62 · Sing a Death Song · John Foran · ss 69 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Stone · pi 70 · Cop for Sale! · Mark Hope · nv 83 · Death for Two! · Larry Holden · ss 90 · The Cops Got Five · Freeman H. Hubbard · nf 92 · The Hangman’s Last Supper · Tiah Devitt · nv, 1940
Detective Tales (Canada)
Detective Tales (Canada) [v22 # 3, April 1943] (Popular Publications; Montreal, Canada, 10¢, pulp) Reprints eight stories from the October 1942 and one from the August 1942 US editions. Information from EBAY ToC scan. 4 · No Appeal for the Dead! · Frederick C. Davis · na Detective Tales Oct ’42 34 · Anniversary with Death · Don James · nv Detective Tales Oct ’42 40 · Come Home to Kill! · Wyatt Blassingame · nv Detective Tales Oct ’42 54 · The Last Man to Hang · John K. Butler · nv Detective Tales Oct ’42 64 · Interest in Blood · D. L. Champion · ss Detective Tales Oct ’42 68 · Allergic to Murder · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss Detective Tales Oct ’42 73 · Trained to Die · Robert Turner · ss Detective Tales Oct ’42 85 · Let’s Forget Our Fear! · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss Detective Tales Aug ’42 83 · The Upstairs Room · Robert B. Pitkin · vi Detective Tales Oct ’42
Detective Tales (Canada) [June 1943] (Popular Publications; Montreal, Canada, 10¢, pulp) reprints U.S. December 1942 in its entirety. appears to have different or redrawn cover art. [RP]
Detective Tales (Canada) [March 1944] (Popular Publications; Montreal, Canada, 10¢, pulp) reprints U.S. September 1943 in its entirety. appears to have different or redrawn cover art. [RP]
Detective Tales (Canada) [v22 #15, April 1944] (Popular Publications; Toronto, 10¢, 80pp+, pulp) [MH] 2 · The Crime Clinic · Editor · cl 4 · Death for the Damned · Edward S. Williams · na Detective Tales Oct ’43 24 · Homicide - Hot Off the Griddle [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · nv Detective Tales Oct ’43 41 · The Devil’s Detour · H. Wolff Salz · ss Detective Tales Oct ’43 44 · Early to Die · D. L. Champion · ss Detective Tales Oct ’43 51 · Going My Way, Killer? · George B. Benner · ss Detective Tales Oct ’43 58 · Hideout in Hell · Robert Turner · ss Detective Tales Oct ’43 66 · I’ve Seen That Corpse Before · W. T. Ballard · nv Detective Tales Oct ’43
Detective Tales (Canada) [v22 #18, July 1944] (Popular Publications, Toronto, 10¢, 80pp+, pulp) [MH] 2 · The Crime Clinic · Editor · cl 4 · Let the Dead Speak · Frederick C. Davis · na Detective Tales Jan ’44 22 · I’ll Die When You Die · Harry Widmer · ss Detective Tales Jan ’44 28 · Blood on the Good Earth · Day Keene · ss Detective Tales Jan ’44 38 · Bullet Bait · Robert S. Mansfield · ss Detective Tales Jan ’44 40 · The Clue of the Careless Carrot · Edward J. Donovan · ss Detective Tales Jan ’44 46 · Trouble in Turpentine · Stuart Friedman · ss Detective Tales Jan ’44 50 · Hell Is for the Hunted · William Brandon · ss Detective Tales Nov ’43 57 · The Expendable Spy · F. Orlin Tremaine · nv Detective Tales Jan ’44 73 · Justice, Full Measure · Roderick Lull · ss Detective Tales Jan ’44
Detective Tales (Canada) [v22 #24, January 1945] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 96pp, pulp) [KH] 4 · Get Ready Your Shroud · Frederick C. Davis · nv Detective Tales Jul ’44 26 · Four Little Steps to Murder · Donald G. Cormack · nv Detective Tales Jul ’44 42 · The Gibbering Night · Fredric Brown · ss Detective Tales Jul ’44 51 · Killer, Come Back to Me! · Ray Bradbury · nv Detective Tales Jul ’44 62 · Bright Darkness · Francis K. Allan · ss Detective Tales Jul ’44 71 · The Headsman of Mad Anthony’s Run · Stanley C. Vickers · ss Detective Tales Jul ’44 79 · Steam Cured · D. A. Hoover · ss Detective Tales Jul ’44 83 · Silk for a Killer · Dale Clark · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Apr ’42 91 · Blood on Whose Doorstep? · Dorothy Dunn · ss Detective Tales Jul ’44
Detective Tales (Canada) [v 1 # 1, October 1946] (Popular Publications, Inc.; Toronto, Canada, 1s, 96pp, pulp) [TG] 2 · There’s Murder in the Air · W. T. Ballard · na Detective Tales May ’46 26 · The Dark One · Ken Lewis · nv Detective Tales May ’46 60 · Sheriff Lovatt’s Death-Watch · Henry Norton · nv Detective Tales May ’46 89 · Crush-Out · D. L. Champion · ss Detective Tales May ’46 42 · On the Ice · Stanley Vickers · ss Detective Tales May ’46 48 · The Corpse Drops In · William R. Cox · ss Detective Tales May ’46 74 · The Clock Reads Death · Parker Bonner · ss Detective Tales May ’46 82 · Cash on the Coffin! · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales May ’46 94 · The Crime Clinic · Misc. Material · cl (r)
Detective Tales (Canada) [v47 # 2, February 1951] (Popular Publications; Toronto, Canada, 25¢, pulp) Same contents as US edition. Information from EBAY auction. · Over My Dead Body! · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales Feb ’51 · The Golden Touch · Jason Gilchrist · ss Detective Tales Feb ’51 · My Neck—Your Noose! · P. B. Bishop · ss Detective Tales Feb ’51 · Murderer’s Way · William Gault · ss Detective Tales Feb ’51 · Richest Cat in Town · Hugh Cave · ss Detective Tales Feb ’51 · Last Fare · Benjamin Siegel · ss Detective Tales Feb ’51 · Lion’s Share · Dan Gordon · ss Detective Tales Feb ’51 · All We Want Is Just Money · Richard Wormser · ss Detective Tales Feb ’51
Detective Tales (UK)
Detective Tales (UK) [Pocket Reader Series #128, 1950] (T.V. Boardman and Company Limited, 6d, digest size pulp) Note: This is a partial reprint of the Detective Tales, May 1949 issue. [TD] 2 · The Hills of Homicide · Louis L’Amour · na Detective Tales May ’49 43 · Corpses Can’t Collect! · Joe Kent · ss Detective Tales May ’49 60 · I’ll Take Care of Maxie · William R. Cox · ss Detective Tales May ’49 73 · Charge Off the Body! · Emmett McDowell · ss Detective Tales May ’49 86 · Lethal Boy Blue! · Larry Holden · ss Detective Tales May ’49
Detective Tales (UK)
Detective Tales (UK) [n.d. (c.a. 1940)] (Popular Magazine Press/T. V. Boardman & Co., Ltd., 96pp+, pulp) [TG] 1 · The Corpse Promoter · Peter Paige · nv Detective Tales Apr ’40 25 · Dead Men Laugh Last · Dane Gregory · ss Detective Tales Apr ’40 33 · Clothes Make the Corpse! · D. L. Champion · ss Detective Tales Apr ’40 39 · The Brass-Button Murders · William R. Cox · ss Detective Tales Apr ’40 54 · Call Girls Die Young · Fred MacIsaac · ss Detective Tales Apr ’40 68 · Assignment from the Grave · Philip Ketchum · ss Detective Tales Apr ’40 84 · Unwelcome Loot · Glenn H. Wichman · ss Detective Tales Apr ’40 93 · Death-House Interlude · Robert Morocco & Harry Forbes · ss Detective Tales Apr ’40
Detective Tales (UK) [October 1950] (Popular Publications, pulp) [KB] 12 · It Can’t Happen to Me! · Francis K. Allan · na Detective Tales Oct ’50 60 · Married to Murder! · Frances Beck · nv Detective Tales Oct ’50 33 · Hot-Rock Express · John Reese · ss Detective Tales Oct ’50 43 · Corpse Coming Up! · Richard Brister · ss Detective Tales Oct ’50 50 · The Long Drop · Dan Gordon · ss Detective Tales Oct ’50 75 · That Poisonous Primrose! · Alan Ritner Anderson · ss Detective Tales Oct ’50 86 · You’ll Die Laughing · Larry Holden · ss Detective Tales Oct ’50 4 · The Pointing Knife · J. Lane Linklater · ss Detective Tales Oct ’50

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