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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: 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, and a Canadian reprint edition of Crack 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)
                 
1952?   #1  
#2
 
#3
 
#4
 
#5
(Oct)
   
1953        
#6
     
#7
(Sep)
     
1954      
#8
      #9       #10
1955
#11
   
#12
(Apr)
 
#13
(May)
             

Canadian reprint edition

1948      
Apr