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Spicy/Speed Detective (Stories)

Spicy Detective Stories was one of the notorious Spicy pulps published by Culture Publications in the late 1930s which concentrated on a simple formula - fast action stories laced with sex. It ran for nine years under that title before the forces of reform forced it to change to the rather more sedate Speed Detective.

Note that from late 1935 through late 1937, most issues appeared in two different versions - one uncensored and the other self-censored. The censored version was identifiable by a star within a box located at the top of the cover. Little information is known about the differences between these issues but some, at least, contained different stories and possibly had different covers. Where known, variant covers are displayed in parallel below.

A spoof cover was also produced purporting to be an issue from the 1960's, but precise details are unclear at the moment.

1934
v1 #1
Apr
v1 #2
Jun
v1 #3
Jul
v1 #4
Aug
v1 #5
Sep
v1 #6
Oct
v2 #1
Nov
v2 #2
Dec

1935
v2 #3
Jan
v2 #4
Feb
v2 #5
Mar
v2 #6
Apr
v3 #1
May
v3 #2
Jun
v3 #3
Jul
v3 #4
Aug
v3 #5
Sep
v3 #6
Oct
v4 #1
Nov
v4 #2
Dec

v4 #1
Nov
(variant)

1936
v4 #3
Jan
v4 #4
Feb
v4 #5
Mar
v4 #6
Apr
v5 #1
May
v5 #2
Jun
v5 #3
Jul
v5 #4
Aug
v5 #5
Sep
v5 #6
Oct
v6 #1
Nov
v6 #2
Dec

v4 #5
Mar
(variant)
v6 #1
Nov
(variant)

1937
v6 #3
Jan
v6 #4
Feb
v6 #5
Mar
v6 #6
Apr
v7 #1
May
v7 #2
Jun
v7 #3
Jul
v7 #4
Aug
v7 #5
Sep
v7 #6
Oct
v8 #1
Nov
v8 #2
Dec

v6 #3
Jan
(variant)

1938
v8 #3
Jan
v8 #4
Feb
v8 #5
Mar
v8 #6
Apr
v9 #1
May
v9 #2
Jun
v9 #3
Jul
v9 #4
Aug
v9 #5
Sep
v9 #6
Oct
v10 #1
Nov
v10 #2
Dec

1939
v10 #3
Jan
v10 #4
Feb
v10 #5
Mar
v10 #6
Apr v11 #1
May
v11 #2
Jun
v11 #3
Jul
v11 #4
Aug
v11 #5
Sep
v11 #6
Oct
v12 #1
Nov
v12 #2
Dec

1940
v12 #3
Jan
v12 #4
Feb
v12 #5
Mar
v12 #6
Apr
v13 #1
May
v13 #2
Jun
v13 #3
Jul
v13 #4
Aug
v13 #5
Sep
v13 #6
Oct
v14 #1
Nov
v14 #2
Dec

1941
v14 #3
Jan
v14 #4
Feb
v14 #5
Mar
v14 #6
Apr
v15 #1
May
v15 #2
Jun
v15 #3
Jul
v15 #4
Aug
v15 #5
Sep
v15 #6
Oct
v16 #1
Nov
v16 #2
Dec

1942
v16 #3
Jan
v16 #4
Feb
v16 #5
Mar
v16 #6
Apr
v17 #1
May
v17 #2
Jun
v17 #3
Jul
v17 #4
Aug
v17 #5
Sep
v17 #6
Oct
v18 #1
Nov
v18 #2
Dec

1943
v1 #1
Jan
v1 #2
Feb
v1 #3
Mar
v1 #4
Apr
v1 #5
May
v1 #6
Jun
v2 #1
Jul
v2 #2
Aug
v2 #3
Sep
v2 #4
Nov

1944
v2 #5
Jan
v2 #6
Mar
v3 #1
May
v3 #2
Jul
v3 #3
Oct
v3 #4
Dec

1945
v3 #5
Feb
v3 #6
Apr
v4 #1
Jun
v4 #2
Aug
v4 #3
Oct
v4 #4
Dec

1946
v4 #5
Feb
v4 #6
May
v5 #1
Aug
v5 #2
Oct v5 #3
Dec

1947
v5 #4
Feb

Spoof Cover

1967
Jul