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Private Detective (Canada) [v2 #11, December 1942] (15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Harold Bennett) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 4 · Poor Little Rich Witch [Timothy Tappan Sloane] · Wallace Kayton · nv Private Detective Stories August 1942 16 · The Dame Is Deadly · Edwin Truett · nv Private Detective Stories August 1942 31 · Partners in Crime · R. T. Maynard · ss Private Detective Stories August 1942 40 · Death in Jigtime [Clarence Sneed] · Robert A. Garron · ss Private Detective Stories August 1942 52 · Tell It to the F.B.I. [Honest John Carmody] · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Private Detective Stories August 1942 64 · Two Can Play at Murder · Laurence Donovan · ss Private Detective Stories August 1942 77 · Movie Mystery Guide · [uncredited] · mr (r) 78 · One Hundred Bucks Per Stiff · J. Lloyd Conrich · ss Hooded Detective January 1942

Private Detective (Canada) [v3 #1, January 1943] (Duchess Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd., 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Barnard Clarke) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 3 · Private Info · [uncredited] · bg (r) 4 · The Old Greek Game [Timothy Tappan Sloane] · Wallace Kayton · nv Private Detective Stories April 1941 30 · Death for You Tonight · Ben Conlon · ss Private Detective Stories July 1941 38 · Once a Crook · William B. Rainey · ss Private Detective Stories August 1941 48 · Leave It to a Lady · Stan Warner · ss Private Detective Stories March 1941 58 · Boisterous Girl · Harold de Polo · ss Private Detective Stories July 1941 66 · Before You Kill— · Robert A. Garron · ss Private Detective Stories July 1941 77 · Dictated Death · William Decatur · ss Private Detective Stories August 1942 84 · Stick Around for Murder · James H. S. Moynahan · ss Private Detective Stories October 1941, as by Henri St. Maur 93 · Movie Mysteries Guide · [uncredited] · mr (r)

Private Detective (Canada) [v3 #2, February 1943] (15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Harold Bennett) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 4 · Crimson Reckoning · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv Super-Detective April 1942 23 · Too Many Crooks [Aaba the Absolute] · Dale Boyd · nv Super-Detective December 1941 40 · Ticket to the Morgue · Dan Hutchinson · ss Private Detective Stories May 1941, as by Arthur Cutler 49 · Money, Hot · Clement Doherty · ss Private Detective Stories May 1941, as by Paul Hanna 59 · Back to the Big House · Waldo Gray · ss The Underworld Magazine June 1931, as by John L. Benton 65 · Seconds Out · Luke Terry · ss Private Detective Stories July 1941, as by Dale Boyd 77 · He Whispered of Murder [John Ryan] · John Ryan · ss Private Detective Stories January 1942 87 · Movie Mystery Guide · [uncredited] · mr (r) 88 · The Last Laugh · Tom Thursday · ss Crack Detective November 1942 91 · With Benefit of Bullets · Ken Matthews · ss Super-Detective April 1942, as by John Wayne

Private Detective (Canada) [v3 #3, March 1943] (15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Barnard Clarke) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 4 · Foreign Affair · Roger Torrey · ss Private Detective Stories May 1941 14 · Aaba, Killer [Aaba the Absolute] · Dale Boyd · ss Super-Detective October 1941 28 · Killing Is Easy · Ralph Carle · ss Private Detective Stories January 1942 39 · Low Bridge · Ralph O’Hara · ss Super-Detective April 1941, as by Robert Leslie Bellem 50 · Death Behind Scenes · Randolph Barr · ss Private Detective Stories January 1942; given as by Randolph Carr. 60 · Souvenirs of Murder · Jay Wilson · nv Crack Detective July 1942, as “Souvenirs of Death” 75 · Top Dog · Max Neilson · ss Private Detective Stories January 1942 80 · Death’s Loudspeaker · Maxwell Hall · ss Private Detective Stories January 1942

Private Detective (Canada) [v3 #4, April 1943] (Duchess Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd., 15¢, 96pp, pulp) Partial reprint of the January 1943 (US) issue, plus a single story from elsewhere. Details supplied by Rob Preston. 4 · Three Women and a Corpse · Roger Torrey · nv Private Detective Stories January 1943 35 · To Kill at Leisure · Walton Grey · ss Private Detective Stories January 1943 48 · Three Time Loser · R. T. Maynard · ss Private Detective Stories January 1943 59 · Hard to Poison [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James A. Lawson (by James P. Olsen) · ss Private Detective Stories January 1943 74 · Every Man to His Trade · Henry J. Carr · ss True Gangster Stories June 1942; given as by Henry L. Carr. 79 · The Lady Called “Babe” · Prescott Grattan · ss Private Detective Stories January 1943

Private Detective (Canada) [v3 #5, May 1943] (Duchess Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd., 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Harold Bennett) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 2 · Private Info · [uncredited] · bg 4 · Candidate for a Corpse · William B. Rainey · nv Speed Detective January 1943 32 · Soldier—Die for Me · Mat Rand · ss Crack Detective May 1942 50 · Black Light · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Speed Detective January 1943; given as by E. Hoffman Price. 61 · The Queen of Diamonds Murder · Leo Hoban · ss 71 · Hick Cop · Zachary Strong · ss 76 · Movie Mysteries Guide · [uncredited] · mr 77 · The Numbers Racket · Bruce Harley · ar 79 · On with the Kill · Paul Hanna · ss Private Detective Stories January 1943

Private Detective (Canada) [v3 #6, June 1943] (Duchess Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd., 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Harold Bennett) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 4 · The Corpse Can’t Cry · T. W. Ford · nv Crack Detective May 1942 26 · Next Door to Death · Paul Hanna · ss Private Detective Stories December 1938, as “Hideaway Money” by Horton Jacques 34 · The Case of the Hidden Bride [Honest John Carmody] · E. Hoffmann Price · ss Private Detective Stories June 1942 46 · Rat in the Corner · Linnell Jones · ss Crack Detective July 1942, as “Rat in a Corner” 57 · Five Dollar Giveaway · C. L. Boswell · ss Crack Detective May 1942 67 · Faked Alibi · T. V. Faulkner · ss Speed Detective January 1943 76 · Danny Dixon’s Dancing Ducks · Dan Douglas · ss Crack Detective May 1942, as by Cliff Campbell

Private Detective (Canada) [v3 #7, July 1943] (Duchess Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 3 · Private Info · [uncredited] · bg (r) 4 · Murder with Music · Sam Drake · na Private Detective Stories January 1942, as by Roger Torrey 22 · Who’s a Crook · Tom Thursday · ss Crack Detective January 1943 27 · Sing a Song of Suicide · Tagre Detbar · ss Crack Detective January 1943 35 · Paper Pay-Off [John Ryan] · John Ryan · ss Speed Detective January 1943 47 · Riddle in the Rain [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Speed Detective January 1943 57 · Murder Will Out [“Murder-Minded” Mike Murphy] · Don Douglas · ss Crack Detective November 1942, as by Fred J. Ford 67 · Movie Mysteries Guide · [uncredited] · mr 68 · Fumes of Death · Cliff Campbell · ss (r)

Private Detective (Canada) [v3 #8, August 1943] (Duchess Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd., 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Harold Bennett) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 3 · Private Info · T. W. Ford · bg Crack Detective May 1943, as “On the Beat”; revised. 4 · The Magpie Touch · Frederick C. Painton · nv Crack Detective January 1943 28 · Never Touch Pitch · Ray Cummings · ss Crack Detective January 1943 38 · Hell on Wheels · Cliff Campbell · ss Crack Detective January 1943, as “Murder Wake” 48 · And Live to Use It · Greta Bardet · ss Crack Detective January 1943, as “Then Live to Use It” 52 · The Pop-Eyed Dead [“Murder-Minded” Mike Murphy] · Don Douglas · ss Crack Detective January 1943, as by Fred J. Ford 62 · To Save a Lady · Ed Earl Repp · ss Crack Detective January 1943 70 · Death’s Dark Star [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective October 1942 79 · Movie Mysteries Guide · [uncredited] · mr (r) 80 · The Georgia Murder Case · [uncredited] · ts (r)

Private Detective (Canada) [v3 #9, September 1943] (15¢, pulp) 4 · The Hot Corpse [Damon Spane] · T. W. Ford · na Crack Detective May 1943 18 · A Very Peculiar People · E. C. Tepperman · ss Crack Detective May 1943 28 · Witness to Murder · Greta Bardet · ss Crack Detective May 1943 39 · Case of the Wonderful Wolf · Stuart Friedman · ss Crack Detective May 1943 48 · The Bronze Cat Kills · Richard Landes · ss Crack Detective May 1943 59 · Death Has a Deep Voice · Hal K. Wells · ss Crack Detective May 1943 70 · Pay for Your Peanuts · Tom Thursday · ss Crack Detective May 1943 76 · Revenge in Reverse · George Shute · ss Spicy Detective Stories November 1941

Private Detective (Canada) [v3 #10, October 1943] (15¢, pulp) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 4 · Special Reason · Louis Griffin · ss Crack Detective May 1943 6 · Orchids for Madame · Greta Bardet · nv Crack Detective March 1943 18 · Mr. Bingler’s Murder Maze [Mr. Bingler] · Wilbur S. Peacock · nv Crack Detective March 1943 36 · The Lady in the Case · Lee E. Wells · nv Crack Detective March 1943 54 · The Stoolpigeon Plot [“Murder-Minded” Mike Murphy] · Fred J. Ford · ss Crack Detective March 1943 64 · The Case of the Timid Commando [Ben & Betty Marvin (B & B Detectives)] · Arthur Leo Zagat · ss Crack Detective March 1943 80 · Beau Brummel Murder · Ray Cummings · ss Crack Detective March 1943

Private Detective (Canada) [v3 #11, November 1943] (15¢, pulp) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 4 · Murder Sweeps the Town · Richard Landes · ss Crack Detective January 1943; given as by Richard Landez. 18 · Drown or Die · Sanford Vaid · ss Crack Detective January 1943 27 · Homicide Hoax · Dan Hutchinson · ss Private Detective Stories December 1938, as by Ken Cooper 36 · Don’t Get Killed Tonight [Eddie Carveth] · William B. Rainey · ss Super-Detective January 1943 47 · The Shape of Death · Randolph Barr · ss Super-Detective January 1943 56 · Movie Mystery Guide · [uncredited] · mr (r) 57 · Murder Stays at Home · Max Neilson (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss Spicy Detective Stories September 1934, as “Murder at Lake Iroquois” by Charles Maxwell 65 · Carte Blanche for Murder · Travis Lee Stokes · ss Spicy Detective Stories September 1934, as “Blonde Madness” by Arthur Humbolt; given as by Lee Stokes in the Table of Contents. 75 · The Dark Clue · Don Douglas · ss (r)

Private Detective (Canada) [v3 #12, December 1943] (Duchess Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd., 15¢, 96pp, pulp) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 4 · A Date with Death · R. T. Maynard · nv Private Detective Stories October 1942 22 · Crime Cure · C. L. Boswell · ss True Gangster Stories August 1942 36 · Hanging Evidence [Sam Drake] · Sam Drake · ss Private Detective Stories October 1942 42 · When Your Luck Runs Out · Gary James · ss True Gangster Stories August 1942 49 · I’ll Kill You, Copper · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss True Gangster Stories August 1942 58 · The Dentist Deals in Death · Charles A. Pratt · ss True Gangster Stories August 1942 68 · Short Cut to Murder · Earl W. Scott · ss True Gangster Stories August 1942 77 · The Double-Cross · Stephen J. Lynch · ss True Gangster Stories August 1942

Private Detective (Canada) [v5 #2, February 1944] (Duchess Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd., 15¢, 96pp, pulp) 3 · Private Info · [uncredited] · bg (r) 4 · The Dead Man Deals in Death · T. W. Ford · na Crack Detective July 1943 20 · The Killer Type · William Decatur · ss Private Detective Stories October 1942 30 · The Corpse Laughs Last · Greta Bardet · ss Crack Detective July 1943 35 · More Than Half Dead · Harold Ruddy · nv Private Detective Stories November 1942, as by William Decatur 51 · Queens—Upside Down [Cliff Cragin] · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Private Detective Stories November 1942; given as by E. Hoffmann Rice. 70 · Killer’s Trade-Mark · R. T. Maynard · ss Private Detective Stories November 1942 85 · Movie Mysteries Guide · [uncredited] · mr (r)

Private Detective (Canada) [v5 #3, March 1944] (15¢, pulp) Details supplied by Rob Preston. 4 · The Blackout Murders · David X. Manners · nv Crack Detective July 1943 16 · Gold Brick · Robert A. Green · nv Private Detective Stories November 1942, as by Robert A. Garron 26 · The Blight from Bagdad · Tony Rudd · ss True Gangster Stories August 1942, as “The Blight from Baghdad” by Anthony Rud 37 · Nice Corpses Like Flowers · Dorothy Les Tina · ss Crack Detective March 1943 44 · Two for the Killing · Mat Rand · ss Crack Detective July 1943 50 · Murder in the Dark [Honest John Carmody] · E. Hamlin Daly · ss (r) 65 · Death, Deal Me In · George Clark · ss True Gangster Stories June 1942

Private Detective (UK) British reprint edition of Private Detective. Publishers: Thorpe & Porter; Leicester: Private Detective (UK).

Private Detective (UK) [ca. September 1950] (Thorpe & Porter, 1/-, pulp, cover by Joseph Szokoli) Reprint of the February 1950 (US) issue, plus a single story from elsewhere. Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · The Criminologist’s Corner · Avery Hall · cl (r) 8 · Street of Death · M. E. Legge · na Private Detective February 1950 28 · Murder’s Constant Companion · Raymond Drennen, Jr. · ss Private Detective February 1950 40 · The Mysterious Tip-Off [Jerry Jasper] · Newt Alfred · cs Private Detective February 1950 48 · Suicide Can Be Murder! · Herbert Carter · ss Private Detective February 1950 56 · Mink for a Shroud · Mark Mallory · ss Private Detective February 1950 64 · Death from the Jungle [Sally the Sleuth] · Charles Barr · cs Private Detective February 1950 72 · The Lady Lams · Ashley Calhoun · ss Private Detective February 1950 80 · Battle of Wits · Clark Demery · ss Private Detective February 1950 88 · Blood on the Jewel · Rhett Rutledge · ss Private Detective February 1950 97 · Clue in the Fireplace · Ken Stanton · ss Private Detective February 1950 102 · Was Bluebeard a Surgeon? · Ted Collins · ar Private Detective February 1950

Private Detective (UK) [ca. January 1951] (Thorpe & Porter, 1/-, pulp, cover by Robert Maguire) Partial reprint of the April 1950 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. · The Talking Dead Man · William Groppenbacher, Jr. · nv Private Detective April 1950 · Reverse Heist · Raymond Drennen · ss Private Detective April 1950 · Alibi in Bebop · Bryce Walton · ss Private Detective April 1950 · Gunpoint Wedding · Beresford King · ss Private Detective April 1950 · Whispering Death · Clive Criswell · ss Private Detective April 1950 · Gumshoe Team · John C. Clifford · ss Private Detective April 1950 · Murder in the Club Chair [Jerry Jasper] · Newt Alfred · cs Private Detective April 1950