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Popular Detective (Canada) [v38 #2, March 1950] (15¢, pulp)
Issue partially indexed - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date.

· Murder Before Midnight [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday · nv Popular Detective March 1950

· The $100,000 Corpse [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · nv Popular Detective March 1950

Popular Detective (Canada) [v38 #3, May 1950] (pulp)
Identical contents to the US issue of the same date.
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

11 · A Tailor-Made Shroud · D. L. Champion · nv Popular Detective May 1950

34 · Where the Wind Gods Walk · Hal White · ss Popular Detective May 1950

39 · Accidents Anonymous [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss Popular Detective May 1950

49 · Motive for Murder · George William Rae · ss Popular Detective May 1950

55 · The Tap of a Heel · Kerry McRoberts · ss Popular Detective May 1950

59 · Lady of the Fatal Charms · Jackson Hite · ar Popular Detective May 1950

66 · Vengeance Is for the Law · Norman A. Daniels · ss Popular Detective May 1950

81 · The New Crook · J. T. Kelley · ss Popular Detective May 1950

85 · I’ll Be Seeing You · Maxwell Hawkins · ss Popular Detective May 1950

Popular Detective (Canada) [v39 #1, July 1950] (Better Publications, Canada, 15¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski)
Identical contents to the US issue of the same date.
Details taken from eBay listing.

· Official Business · The Editor · ed Popular Detective July 1950

· Murder by Television [Gil Vine] · Stewart Sterling · nv Popular Detective July 1950

· Imaginary Killer · Lew Talian · ss Popular Detective July 1950

· Mr. Brown’s Bare Feet · J. Lane Linklater · ss Popular Detective July 1950

· You Can Die, Too · Philip Ketchum · nv Popular Detective July 1950

· The Phony · Will Oursler · ss Popular Detective July 1950

· The “Inside” of Detective Work: Fake Burglaries · Carter Critz · cl Popular Detective July 1950

· Cabin in the Storm · Ray Cummings · ss Popular Detective July 1950

· Chase Your Victim · B. J. Benson · ss Popular Detective July 1950

· Poison Ivy · O. B. Myers · ss Popular Detective July 1950

Popular Detective (Canada) [v39 #3, November 1950] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski)
Issue partially indexed - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date.

· In at the Kill · Wilbur S. Peacock · nv Popular Detective November 1950

· The Time Will Come · Frances Beck · nv Popular Detective November 1950

Popular Detective (Canada) [v40 #1, January 1951] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski)
Issue partially indexed - probably identical contents to the US issue of the same date.

· On Borrowed Crime · Donn Mullally · nv Popular Detective January 1951

· The Smell of Fear [Gil Vine] · Stewart Sterling · nv Popular Detective January 1951

Popular Detective (UK)
British reprint edition of Popular Detective.

Publishers:

Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd.; 14 Lever Street, Manchester 1: Popular Detective (UK).

Popular Detective (UK) [v1 #1, (Spring 1950)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the February 1946 (US) issue.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Mission of Death [Archie McCann] · M. D. Orr · nv Popular Detective February 1946

25 · Mud · Bill Anson · ss Popular Detective February 1946

33 · Murder Through Magic [Charles Mallory] · Curtiss T. Gardner · ss Popular Detective February 1946

44 · The Eyes of Death · Kerry McRoberts · ss Popular Detective February 1946

48 · The Gentleman Next Door · C. K. M. Scanlon · ss Popular Detective February 1946

56 · Murder in the Worst Degree [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss Popular Detective February 1946

Popular Detective (UK) [#2, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the November 1946 (US) issue, plus a single story from elsewhere.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Till Death Do Us Part [Chet Lacey] · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv Popular Detective November 1946

16 · You Can Always Catch Fish · Edward Churchill · ss Popular Detective November 1946

23 · Banshee of the Bayous · Jean Francis Webb · ss Popular Detective November 1946

39 · The Greater Crime · Anthony Tompkins (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss Popular Detective November 1946

51 · Hubba Hubba Homicide [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss Popular Detective November 1946

59 · Three to Make Murder · Tedd Thomey · ss All-Story Detective February 1949

Popular Detective (UK) [#3, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the August 1946 (US) issue.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · The Dead Don’t Write [Moody Hackett] · Roger Fuller · na Popular Detective August 1946

34 · With Intent to Murder · Norman A. Daniels · nv Popular Detective August 1946

45 · Baldy and the Strip Tease Murder [Baldy Simmons] · Jack Kofoed · ss Popular Detective August 1946

52 · There’s Murder in Your Horoscope · Lee Fredericks · nv Popular Detective August 1946

62 · Nobody Home · David X. Manners · ss Popular Detective August 1946

Popular Detective (UK) [#4, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the June 1946 (US) issue.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Death Makes a Man Mad · Laurence Donovan · na Popular Detective June 1946

29 · Where There’s a Willie There’s a Way [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss Popular Detective June 1946

38 · The Sign of Murder · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss Popular Detective June 1946

53 · Let Me Kill You Tenderly [Chet Lacey] · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv Popular Detective June 1946

Popular Detective (UK) [#5, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the March 1951 (US) issue.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Need a Body Die · Walt Sheldon · nv Popular Detective March 1951

23 · Blood on the Rocks [Dick Callender] · William Campbell Gault · nv Popular Detective March 1951

46 · The Edge of the Law · Richard Deming · ss Popular Detective March 1951

58 · Last Appeal · Robert C. Dennis · ss Popular Detective March 1951

Popular Detective (UK) [#6, (195?)] (pulp)
Issue not indexed.

Popular Detective (UK) [#7, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the July 1951 (US) issue, plus two stories from the March 1951 (US) issue.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Murder Knocks Twice [Nick Trombetta] · George A. McDonald · nv Thrilling Detective January 1940

20 · Death Is a Maiden · Philip Ketchum · nv Thrilling Mystery July 1938

37 · Perfect Solution · Joseph Shallit · ss Popular Detective July 1951

41 · I Remember · B. J. Benson · ss Popular Detective July 1951

48 · Detective Movie News · Ann Kennedy · mr (r)

50 · Good-By, Cruel World · Samuel H. Conner · ss Popular Detective July 1951

53 · Lady with a Hunch · Robert S. Bowen · ss Popular Detective July 1951

64 · The Alibi Club · Harold Helfer · ms Popular Detective July 1951

Popular Detective (UK) [#8, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, pulp)
Issue partially indexed.

· Two Bullets · B. J. Benson · ss Popular Detective September 1951

Popular Detective (UK) [#9, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, pulp)
Partial reprint of the July 1952 (US) issue.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Reunion with Darkness · William Degenhard · na Popular Detective July 1952

32 · 88 Keys to Murder · Dan Deegan · nv Popular Detective July 1952

45 · Unhappy End · Al Anders · pm Popular Detective July 1952

47 · The Cop’s Uniform · Norman Renard · ms Popular Detective July 1952

48 · Dames Have Two · Emmett McDowell · ss Popular Detective July 1952

58 · The Man Who Died Four Times · Day Keene · ss Popular Detective July 1952

66 · See No Evil · Charles Larson · nv Popular Detective July 1952

79 · Hectic Happenings · Jack Benton · ms Popular Detective July 1952

81 · Death of the Red Virgin · Carter Critz · ms Popular Detective July 1952

Popular Detective (UK) [#11, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, pulp)
Partial reprint of the November 1952 (US) issue.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Nursery Crime · Talmage Powell · ss Popular Detective November 1952

14 · A Girl Named Lizzie · Harold Helfer · ss Popular Detective November 1952

17 · The Talking Corpse [Mugs Kelly] · Donald B. Hobart · ss Popular Detective November 1952

25 · Pink Lady [Barney Brachen] · Frank R. Pierce · ss Popular Detective November 1952
probably not the same as the story of the same name in the September 1926 issue of Action Stories.

34 · City of Strangers · Philip Weck · na Popular Detective November 1952

Popular Detective (UK) [#12, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, pulp)
Partial reprint of the January 1953 (US) issue, plus a single story from the September 1952 (US) issue.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · It’s Murder, Brother! · Bill Erin · nv Popular Detective January 1953; illustrated by J. Dreany

18 · Detective Movie News · Jane Magill · mr Popular Detective January 1953

20 · Everything’s Crooked · William Vance · ss Popular Detective January 1953

32 · A Grave Is Waiting · Bruno Fischer · ss Popular Detective September 1952

43 · Mother Forged Checks · Harold Helfer · ms Popular Detective January 1953

45 · The Getaway · Victor K. Ray · ss Popular Detective January 1953

55 · Dog Bites Man · Craig Rice · ss Popular Detective January 1953

58 · The Arrest of a Jerk · R. Van Taylor · ss Popular Detective January 1953

63 · The Strange Case of Mr. Pitts · Carter Critz · ar Popular Detective January 1953

66 · Bureau of Missing Persons · [uncredited] · cl Popular Detective January 1953

Popular Detective (UK) [#13, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 66pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the March 1953 (US) issue.

4 · Love Me—Love My Corpse! · Philip Weck · nv Popular Detective March 1953

35 · By Way of Example · Philip Ketchum · ss Popular Detective March 1953

44 · The Forty Elephants · Norman Renard · ms Popular Detective March 1953

45 · The High Cost of Killing · Dorothy Dunn · ss Popular Detective March 1953

51 · The Reason · Sam L. Mann · pm Popular Detective March 1953

54 · Was She Murdered? · S. N. Wernick · ss Popular Detective March 1953

64 · Inside Stuff · Harold Helfer · cl Popular Detective March 1953

66 · Treasure Alley · Norman Renard · ar Triple Detective Spring 1953

Popular Detective (UK) [#14, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 66pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the Fall 1953 (US) issue.

4 · The Corpse in 1214 [Gil Vine] · Stewart Sterling · na Popular Detective Fall 1953

17 · Up to the Minute · William Carter · ar Popular Detective Fall 1953

23 · Smoked Out · Lew York · ar Popular Detective Fall 1953

32 · Murder for Madame [Milo March] · M. E. Chaber · nv Popular Detective Fall 1953

52 · Bureau of Missing Persons · [uncredited] · cl Popular Detective Fall 1953

54 · Deadlier Than the Male · Philip Weck · ss Popular Detective Fall 1953

66 · Inside Stuff: The Poor Devil’s Advocate · Pat Jones · cl Popular Detective Fall 1953

Popular Detective Stories
One-shot magazine/anthology reprinting stories from various US sources.

Publishers:

Popular Publications; 505 His Majesty’s Building, Commissioner and Joubert Streets, Johannesburg, South Africa: Popular Detective Stories.

Popular Detective Stories [January 1950] (Popular Publications, Johannesburg, 1/6d, 72pp, pulp)

ifc. · Brain Wave · Rupert Croft-Cooke · ss Pharaoh and His Waggons and Other Stories by Rupert Croft-Cooke, Jarrolds, 1937

1 · The Body of a Well Dressed Woman [Inspector Evans] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine March 1944, as “What the Well-Dressed Corpse Will Wear”

18 · Something to Shoot At · Donald Barr Chidsey · nv The Blue Book Magazine February 1942

35 · The Fourth Visitor [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Cosmopolitan August 1942

48 · The Orphan Diamond · William Irish · nv Dime Detective Magazine September 1942, as “Orphan Ice” by Cornell Woolrich

Popular Engineering Stories

Popular Engineering Stories [v1 #2, April 1930] ed. Herbert S. Clark (Magazine and Book Corporation, 25¢, 160pp+, pulp, cover by W. C. Brigham)
Details supplied by John Locke.

9 · A Fight with a Dry-Dock · Pollok Guiler · ss

16 · The Dam · Alvin F. Harlow · nv

48 · Cooney’s Ace in the Hole · Black Wheeler · ss

57 · Big Stakes · William H. Stueber · nv

93 · Shovelman · M. Shores · ss

101 · Camera-Raw! · Russell Arden Bankson · ss

111 · Rough Work on the Firing Line · Jack Rohan · ss

120 · The Wind River Project [Part 1 of ?] · Ludwig Stanley Landmichl · iw

133 · Back to the Mines · Laurence L. Cragin · ss

141 · Rivets · [uncredited] · cl

145 · “Stolen Gold” · H. Chantler Thomas · ss

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