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Crack Detective (and Mystery) (Stories) et al.

Probably the most memorable feature of this pulp is the wide range of titles under which it appeared:

Jun-1938 - Apr-1941 (11 issues), as Detective Yarns
Sep-1941 (1 issue), as Black Hood Detective
Nov-1941 - Jan-1942 (2 issues), as Hooded Detective
May-1942 - Sep-1943 (10 issues), as Crack Detective
Nov-1943 - Sep-1949 (34 issues), as Crack Detective Stories
Nov-1949 - Mar-1950 (3 issues), as Famous Detective
Jun-1950 - Oct-1956 (32 issues), as Famous Detective Stories
Dec-1956 - Jul-1957 (4 issues), as Crack Detective and Mystery Stories

In all it ran for 97 issues over a period of 20 years, making it one of the very last of the detective pulps.

There was a British reprint edition of Crack Detective Stories and Famous Detective Stories, at least.

1938
v1 #1
Jun
v1 #2
Sep
v1 #3
Dec

1939
v1 #4
Feb
v1 #5
Apr
v1 #6
Aug
v2 #1
Oct

1940
v2 #2
Mar v2 #3

1941
v2 #4
Feb
v2 #5
Apr
v2 #6
Sep
v3 #1
Nov

1942
v3 #2
Jan
v3 #3
May
v3 #4
Jul
v3 #5
Sep
v3 #6
Nov

1943
v4 #1
Jan v4 #2
Mar
v4 #3
May
v4 #4
Jul
v4 #5
Sep
v4 #6
Nov

1944
v5 #1
Jan
v5 #2
Mar
v5 #3
May
v5 #4
Jul
v5 #5
Sep
v5 #6
Nov

1945
v6 #1
Jan
v6 #2
Mar
v6 #3
May
v6 #4
Jul
v6 #5
Sep
v6 #6
Nov

1946
v7 #1
Jan
v7 #2
Mar
v7 #3
May
v7 #4
Jul
v7 #5
Sep
v7 #6
Nov

1947
v8 #1
Jan
v8 #2
Apr
v8 #3
Jun
v8 #4
Aug
v8 #5
Oct
v8 #6
Dec

1948
v9 #1
Feb
v9 #2
May
v9 #3
Jul
v9 #4
Sep
v9 #5
Nov

1949
v9 #6
Jan
v10 #1
Mar
v10 #2
May
v10 #3
Jul v10 #4
Sep
v10 #5
Nov

1950
v10 #6
Jan
v11 #1
Mar
v11 #2
Jun
v11 #3
Aug
v11 #4
Nov

1951
v11 #5
Feb
v11 #6
May v12 #1
Aug
v12 #2
Nov

1952
v12 #3
Feb
v12 #4
May
v12 #5
Aug
v12 #6
Nov

1953
v13 #1
Feb
v13 #2
May
v13 #3
Aug
v13 #4
Nov

1954
v13 #5
Feb
v13 #6
Apr
v14 #1
Jun
v14 #2
Aug
v14 #3
Oct
v14 #4
Dec

1955
v14 #5
Feb
v14 #6
Apr
v15 #1
Jun
v15 #2
Aug
v15 #3
Oct
v15 #4
Dec

1956
v15 #5
Feb
v15 #6
Apr
v16 #1
Jun
v16 #2
Aug
v16 #3
Oct
v16 #4
Dec

1957
v16 #5
Feb
v16 #6
Apr
v17 #1
Jul

British Reprint Edition

The 1949-1951 issues were as Crack Detective Stories and the remainder as Famous Detective Stories. Other issues probably exist.

1949
v10 #4
Sep

1950
(Sep)
(Nov)

1951
(Mar)

1951? #1 #2
#3 #4

1952 #1 #2 #3
#4
#5
(Oct)

1953
#6
#7
(Sep)

1954 #8 #9 #10

1955 #11
#12
(Apr)
#13
(May)