Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Crack Detective Stories [v10 #3, July 1949] (15¢, pulp) 6 · Green Light for Death [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · na 83 · One-Way Gift · Walter Kubilius · ss 88 · Ferry to a Funeral · James Blish · ss 95 · According to the Book · John Lackland · qz

Crack Detective Stories [v10 #4, September 1949] (15¢, pulp) 6 · Two Tickets to Murder · Fred Malina · na 88 · Tricky Guy · Ray Cummings · ss 94 · According to the Book · John Lackland · qz

Famous Detective Title changed from Crack Detective Stories. Publishers: Columbia Publications, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA: Famous Detective Editors: Robert W. Lowndes - Editor: Famous Detective

Famous Detective [v10 #5, November 1949] (15¢, pulp) 8 · Devil on Two Sticks · Wade Miller · na 94 · Indict Me, Please · Glen Peggie · ar

Famous Detective [v10 #6, January 1950] (15¢, pulp) 8 · The Corpse Awaits · Owen Fox Jerome · n. Mystery House 1946 85 · The Fake · Rex Whitechurch · ss 88 · Quotation Missing · John Lackland · ar 97 · For the Record · [The Readers] · lc

Famous Detective [v11 #1, March 1950] (15¢, pulp) 8 · Mistress of Murder · Robert Portner Koehler · na Too Many People · John Van Praag · ss

Famous Detective Stories Title changed from Famous Detective. Publishers: Columbia Publications, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA: Famous Detective Stories Editors: Robert W. Lowndes - Editor: Famous Detective Stories

Famous Detective Stories [v11 #2, June 1950] (25¢, pulp) 8 · Death Script · Owen Fox Jerome · na 50 · Killer, Come Back to Me! · James Blish · nv 71 · The Silken Noose · R. M. F. Joses · ss 85 · Murder, Collect! · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 98 · They Got Away with It! · Tom Thursday · ss 104 · The Burglar Alarm · Carl Memling · ss 106 · The Clock Says “Murder” · Ray Cummings · ss 111 · The Strange Room · Rex Whitechurch · ss 115 · Written in Red · Norman A. Daniels · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v11 #3, August 1950] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp+, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 8 · One Corpse, Guaranteed! · Murray Leinster · nv 40 · Dames, Diamonds and Death · Oscar J. Friend · nv 62 · Pattern for Doom · Norman Ober · ss 79 · A Matter of Science · Ray Cummings · ss 85 · Return to the Scene · Glen Peggie · ar 86 · Lovely Ladies of Larceny · Tom Thursday · ar 92 · Murder Under a Paper Moon · Norman A. Daniels · ss 100 · The Good Old Summer Crime · James MacCreigh · ss 108 · Killing Isn’t Enough · R. S. Bowen · nv

Famous Detective Stories [v11 #4, November 1950] (25¢, pulp) Slay with a Will · Owen Fox Jerome · na The Picture Frame · David C. Cooke · ss The Kidnapped Corpses · Cliff Campbell · ss Murder Stop · Day Keene · ss Bad Taste in Homicide · Walter C. Fabell · ss The Deadly Swimmer · Mat Rand · ss Quick on the Draw · Carrol C. Hall · ss Death Is So Easy · H. C. Eaton · ss The Graveyard Plot · Zachary Strong · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v11 #5, February 1951] (25¢, pulp) 8 · Trigger-Happy Honey · Dale Clark · nv 25 · Flag Down Murder · Walter Kubilius · ss 36 · A Very Artistic Murder · Richard Brister · nv 55 · The Devil’s Stairs · Cliff Campbell · ss 66 · The Chortling Corpse · R. M. F. Joses · ss 76 · The Finger Job · C. M. Kornbluth · ss 91 · The Unseen Nine · Basil Wells · ss 104 · Homicide and Heliotrope · T. W. Ford · ss 113 · Cream-Puff Pushover · Mat Rand · ss Detective and Murder Mysteries Jul 1939 Corpus Delicti · Harold Gluck · ar

Famous Detective Stories [v11 #6, May 1951] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 8 · Mad About Murder · James L. Harte · nv 30 · Two Corpses for One [J. Fenimore Yost] · Alan Ritner Anderson · nv 53 · Come to Me, Killer! · Carl G. Hodges · nv 72 · Able as Cain · Rex Whitechurch · ss 81 · The Sentimental Cadaver · James MacCreigh · nv 93 · The Last Word · Basil Wells · ss 96 · Flowers Are Fatal · H. C. Eaton · ss 105 · Parasites Lost · Allan K. Echols · ss 114 · What Do I Do Now? · John Thomas Urwin · ss 116 · The Bulls-Eye Blonde · J. J. Mathews · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v12 #1, August 1951] (25¢, pulp) Details supplied by Rob Preston from Table of Contents. 8 · Blood Money on the Line · Arthur J. Burks · nv 31 · Cops Are Also People #2 · Thomas Thursday · ar 36 · Hell to Pay in 420 · Betty Brooks · nv 58 · Blood Relations · D. A. Kyle · ss 62 · Nightmare · Richard Landes · ss 69 · Lady Named Trouble [Edna Pender; Steve Ware] · Seven Anderton · ss 78 · Menu for Death · Glen Monroe · ss 80 · Well Groomed for Killing · Leo Stalnaker · ss 89 · Hallucination · T. W. Ford · ss 94 · Dames Ain’t Neat · A. R. Long · ss 99 · After You, Flatfoot! · Mat Rand · ss 107 · She Cooked Her Victim! · Harold Gluck · ar 109 · Frame Him in Lead! · J. J. Mathews · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v12 #2, November 1951] (25¢, pulp) 8 · Wavelength, Death! · Daniel R. Gilgannon · nv 35 · Dirge in A Flat · James MacCreigh · ss 42 · Blonded Murder · Sim Albert · nv 61 · Fatal Footsteps · Amelia R. Long · ss 64 · The Slay’s the Thing · Mal Kent · ss 74 · Miss Pender Smells a Rat [Edna Pender; Steve Ware] · Seven Anderton · ss 84 · Fourth Floor—Homicide! · D. A. Kyle · ss 96 · No Flies on Maxie · T. W. Ford · ss 104 · Death in Transit · Allan K. Echols · ss 112 · Dead Ants Tell Tales [Archie McCann] · David R. MacGregor · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v12 #3, February 1952] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Moore. 8 · Dead Freight [Guthrie Lamb] · Hunt Collins · na 27 · I Want You, Killer! · Richard Brister · ss 38 · Hot Ice Housewarming [Edna Pender; Steve Ware] · Seven Anderton · nv 58 · Bid for the Devil’s Throne · Daniel R. Gilgannon · nv 74 · The Deadly Daily · Aaron Holm · ss 81 · Beware of the Cashew Tree [Archie McCann] · David MacGregor · nv 98 · Case of the Frightened Child · Patrick Laing · ss 104 · A Head for Murder · Daniel Pitt · nv

Famous Detective Stories [v12 #4, May 1952] (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, 132pp, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Moore. 6 · Spotlight on Crime · Harold Gluck · cl 10 · The Body Beautiful [Guthrie Lamb] · Hunt Collins · nv 38 · Where There Is Smoke [Edna Pender; Steve Ware] · Seven Anderton · nv 62 · For Hangover—Homicide · Jack Bradley · ss 71 · Cops Are Also People No. 4 · Thomas Thursday · ar 79 · The Second Solution · Rex Whitechurch · ss 88 · Death Has No Double · Richard Cortez · ss 98 · Web of Murder · J. J. Mathews · nv

Famous Detective Stories [v12 #5, August 1952] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Moore. 6 · Spotlight on Crime: “And a Little Child Shall ‘Take’ Them” · Don Juan Pastor · cl 10 · Wrong Number [Guthrie Lamb] · Hunt Collins · nv 32 · Here’s Your Syndicate [Edna Pender; Steve Ware] · Seven Anderton · nv 60 · Decoy for Death [Archie McCann] · David R. MacGregor · ss 73 · Spotlight on Crime: “What Was Ben’s Crime?” · Harold Gluck · cl; given as by J.J. Mathews in the Table of Contents. 74 · Murder’s Theme-Song · Sim Albert · nv 93 · Fare to the Chair · Judith Merril · ss 100 · The Corpse Wasn’t Dead · Harold Gluck · ar 106 · Girl in Danger · Daniel R. Gilgannon · ss 115 · Creepy Time Down South · R. R. McCollum · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v12 #6, November 1952] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, 132pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 6 · Spotlight on Crime · Harold Gluck · cl 10 · Death Deals Diamonds [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss 26 · Miss Pender’s Loose Thread [Edna Pender; Steve Ware] · Seven Anderton · nv 56 · Cops Are Also People: 5. Tender Toughs · Thomas Thursday · ar 62 · Ticket to the Chair · J. J. Mathews · pz 63 · The Black Fog Deaths [Archie McCann] · David MacGregor · ss 66 · Thumbnail Sketch of a Lazy Man [Archie McCann] · Anon. · ia 72 · The Triumphant Exit of Cathcart Hagthorn · J. T. Urwin · vi 75 · Hobey Scrambles Some Yeggs · Mark Hope · ss 86 · Hook, Line, and Sucker! · Robert Turner · ss 93 · Payoff in Lead · R. M. F. Joses · ss 101 · Silver Scream · Philip St. John · ss 110 · How Deep My Grave? · Day Keene · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v13 #1, February 1953] (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, 132pp, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Moore. 6 · Spotlight on Crime: Ali Baba of the Andes · Juan Pastor · cl 10 · Dollars for Dupes [Edna Pender; Steve Ware] · Seven Anderton · na 37 · Figures Don’t Die [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · nv 49 · The Chair’s First Victim · G. A. Cevasco · ar 52 · House by the River · Carroll John Daly · nv 75 · Case of the Honest Thieves · Thomas Thursday · ss 86 · Blondes Don’t Care About Murder · John Rogers · ss 90 · Get-Away Deluxe · Frank Kane · ss 93 · Eat, Drink—and Be Killed · Philip St. John · ss 102 · Extenuating Circumstances · Walter Kanitz · ss 112 · The Hex-Cat Murder · William F. Schwartz · ar 117 · Your Face Before Me · John Foster · ss 121 · Spotlight on Crime: When the Terror Struck London · Harold Gluck · cl

Famous Detective Stories [v13 #2, May 1953] ed. Robert A. W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Spotlight on Crime · Harold Gluck · cl 10 · D.O.A. Spells Murder [Kewpie Donovan] · Wilbur S. Peacock · na 32 · The Corpse in the Picture · Carroll John Daly · nv 50 · A Study in Stupidity [Chief Howard] · Thomas Thursday · ss 59 · Two for One · William Tenn · ss; illustrated by Luros 70 · Rubber Buggy Bump-Off · David James · ss 80 · Death in Tango Time · E. M. Berryman · ss 90 · The Cops Have a Word for It · J. J. Mathews · ss; illustrated by Luros 103 · The Bride Wore Blood · William F. Schwartz · ss 111 · Patrick of the Reptiles · Arthur J. Burks · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v13 #3, August 1953] (25¢, pulp) Death Wears White [Kewpie Donovan] · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss The Cops Came at Seven · Carroll John Daly · nv Howard Called It Homicide · Thomas Thursday · ss No Amateurs Wanted [Edna Pender; Steve Ware] · Seven Anderton · ss The Walking Corpses · David James · ss The Wicked Flee · Arthur J. Burks · ss Murder Weapon · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss Lantern in the Mind · John D. Carroll · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v13 #4, November 1953] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Spotlight on Crime: The Inefficient Pirates · Harold Gluck · cl 10 · You Can’t Fix Murder · Richard Deming · nv 47 · The Luck of Leavenworth Louis · Thomas Thursday · ss; a rewrite of his story “Sing Sing Sweeney” (Detective Story Magazine, January 1947). 52 · Blackout for Death · Gene L. Henderson · ss 56 · There Was Blood on the Script · Hal K. Wells · ss 67 · Sit Down, Mr. Sterling · Seven Anderton · ss 71 · Big Trial Lawyer · Richard Brister · ss 75 · The Turk’s Head [Ford Wyatt] · Wade B. Rubottom · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v13 #5, February 1954] (25¢, pulp) 8 · Avenging Angel [Satan Hall] · Carroll John Daly · nv 32 · Murder in Miniature · Wilbur S. Peacock · nv 54 · Two Old Men and a Gun · Algis Budrys · ss 62 · To Dream of Murder · Rog Phillips · ss 75 · Three Plus Three Equals Seven [Lou Seller] · David James · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v13 #6, April 1954] (25¢, pulp) 10 · Smash That Syndicate [Edna Pender; Steve Ware] · Seven Anderton · nv 38 · Snowbound Murder [Ford Wyatt] · Wade B. Rubottom · ss 50 · The Big Exit · Richard Brister · ss 57 · Drop Dead! · Gene Austin · ss 60 · The Bloody Circle [Lou Seller] · David James · ss 72 · Write Your Own Obituary · William F. Schwartz · ss 80 · The Man Who Wanted to Die · Francis C. Battle · ss 82 · No Ill Wind · E. E. Clement · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v14 #1, June 1954] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Spotlight on Crime: Can You Spare a Coin—Sucker? · Harold Gluck · cl 8 · Murder Comes in Threes · Wilbur S. Peacock · na 32 · Big-House Counterplot · Norman Ober · nv 51 · The Blue Study · Marc Millen · ss 56 · If the Key Fits · Gene Rodgers · ss 70 · Don’t Let That Corpse Get Away! · Wallace McKinley · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v14 #2, August 1954] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (25¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Spotlight on Crime: Purely Poison · Harold Gluck · cl 8 · Lower My Coffin · Don De Boe · na 32 · Three-Legged Killer [Kirk Lowe] · Wade B. Rubottom · nv 44 · Trust a Woman · Francis C. Battle · ss 47 · Manhunter · Carroll John Daly · ss 56 · All in the Night’s Work · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 61 · Phantom Police Dog [J. Fenimore Yost] · Alan Ritner Anderson · ss 68 · Second-Choice Sucker · E. E. Clement · ss 88 · Armor Is Revived! · Leslie Phelps · ar 95 · Masterminds of Crime · Earl L. Wellersdick · ar 15 Mystery Stories Aug 1950