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Famous Detective Stories [v14 #3, October 1954] (25¢, pulp)

10 · A Pass to the Morgue · Mark Carrel · nv
27 · Monsters Beware! · Seven Anderton · ss
37 · Hotfoot to the Hot Seat [Lou Seller] · David James · ss
45 · Case of the Dead Client · Norman A. Daniels · ss
57 · Murder, Maestro, Please · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss
63 · No Reason for Murder · Rex Vickers · ss
68 · Experiment in Murder · Carroll John Daly · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v14 #4, December 1954] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Richard Moore.

6 · Spotlight on Crime: He Cured His Friend with Poison! · Harold Gluck · cl
10 · Murder Yet to Come · Carroll John Daly · nv
31 · Tell It to the Devil · Hal R. Moore · ss
34 · Stain of Guilt [Ford Wyatt] · Wade B. Rubottom · ss
48 · Fingerprint Facts · J. J. Mathews · ar
50 · Mind Your Own Murder · Glen Monroe · nv

Famous Detective Stories [v14 #5, February 1955] (25¢, pulp)

6 · Death Stalks on Bloody Feet · William F. Schwartz · nv
28 · Spell Out Murder · Seven Anderton · nv
48 · The Corpse Pays Off · Eugene Pawley · ss Detective Book Magazine Win 1941/’42
58 · Dip-Lomacy · Bern Sharfman · ss
63 · Confession · Francis C. Battle · ss
66 · Clothes Make the Killer · Mat Rand · ss
74 · Stakeout · Don De Boe · ss
77 · Exit Line · B. W. Scott · ss
80 · The Voice of Barbara Cruz [Ford Wyatt] · Wade B. Rubottom · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v14 #6, April 1955] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Spotlight on Terror [Ford Wyatt] · Wade B. Rubottom · na
30 · Too Many Eyes · B. W. Scott · ss
33 · The Absent Corpse · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss
42 · The Break · Dennis Wiegand · ss
48 · Klepto · Pat Clinton · ss
53 · Annals of Crime · Harold Gluck · cl
59 · Fish-Bait · Ruel McDaniel · ss
65 · Culprit in Reserve · Nathan Cluny · nv

Famous Detective Stories [v15 #1, June 1955] (25¢, pulp)

6 · Pattern for Homicide · Eugene Pawley · ss
20 · Speak of the Dead · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss
26 · Strip Tease Murder [J. Fenimore Yost] · Alan Ritner Anderson · ss
36 · The Court of Aja Ping · Francis C. Battle · ss
39 · Heavy, Heavy Hangs Over Your Head · Jim Harmon · ss
50 · No Hands for Murder · Harlan Clay · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v15 #2, August 1955] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Bury Him Deep · Eugene Pawley · nv
32 · Brave Men—Follow Me! · J. J. Mathews · ss
39 · Two in the Night · Pat Clinton · ss
48 · Annals of Crime · Harold Gluck · cl
49 · Look to the Grave · Kenneth Cloud · ss
64 · Cop Killer · Basil Wells · ss
69 · A Sense for Crime · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv

Famous Detective Stories [v15 #3, October 1955] (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)

6 · It’s on Your Head! · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss
23 · Starbrite · William Hopson · ss
38 · The Great Lucifer · George H. Dammann · ss
50 · The Wicked Flee · B. W. Scott · ss
56 · Cancelled in Red · Eugene Pawley · ss
64 · The Adventure of the Wrong Time · George Hudson Smith · ss
68 · The Squarest Guy · Zachary Strong · ss
72 · Only for the Birds · Dennis Wiegand · ss
76 · Yellow · Al C. McGarry · ss
79 · Doubled for Death · Mat Rand · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v15 #4, December 1955] (25¢, pulp)

6 · The Lady Killers · Wadsworth Nealey · nv
35 · Village of the Dead [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss
52 · Three People Knew · Edward A. Dieckmann · ss
60 · The Wrong Clue · J. J. Mathews · ar
62 · Hollywood Trap · Zachary Strong · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v15 #5, February 1956] (25¢, pulp)

Homicide Honeymoon · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss
The Hoofs of Satan [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss
And He Died Naked · John Tara · ss
Candles for the Culprit · Mat Rand · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v15 #6, April 1956] (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, 100pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details supplied by Richard Moore.

6 · Oh, Murder Mine! · H. C. Butler · nv
29 · High Priest of Spring Street · Marjorie Linthurst · ss
32 · God Rest Ye, Mrs. Qympen · John Tara · ss
45 · Big Steal · E. Pierce Nace · ss
48 · The Witch Is Dead [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss
61 · Annals of Crime · James A. Youell · cl
63 · Clean Fingers · Mat Rand · ss
68 · Trail of Heartbreak · Eugene Pawley · ar
74 · The Hole in the Frame · Hamilton Craigie · nv

Famous Detective Stories [v16 #1, June 1956] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Run, Little Men! · Eric Frank Russell · na
54 · Mayhem for the Middleman [J. Fenimore Yost] · Alan Ritner Anderson · ss
63 · The Diamond · Arthur Porges · ss
66 · Sherlock Holmes’ Last Case · Irving L. Jaffee · ar
68 · Varmint Hount · Dennis Wiegand · ss
72 · The Flaw · Basil Wells · ss
75 · Just Dumb · Harold Gluck · ar
77 · The Man from Nowhere [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v16 #2, August 1956] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Instigated by the Devil · Edward A. Dieckmann · nv
26 · The Vicar of Hell [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · nv
42 · Annals of Crime: Shoot, Sucker—You’re Faded! · Thomas Thursday · cl
46 · The Little Dog Died · Eugene Pawley · ss
54 · Life Ends at Forty · Wadsworth Nealey · ss
63 · The Pumpkin Masque · Leonard Pruyn · ss
68 · The Bridegroom Cometh · Seven Anderton · ss

Famous Detective Stories [v16 #3, October 1956] (25¢, pulp)

6 · Murder’s Old Maids · Donald Bayne Hobart · nv
35 · So I’m Dying · Bryce Walton · ss
53 · The Inscrutable Siamese · Leonard Pruyn · ss
60 · The Cough · Florence K. Palmer · ss
70 · The Wolves of Werclaw [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss
Springtime of Slugs Mulligan · Edward Garner · pm

Crack Detective and Mystery Stories
Title changed from Famous Detective.

Publishers:

Columbia Publications, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA: Crack Detective and Mystery Stories

Editors:

Robert W. Lowndes - Editor: Crack Detective and Mystery Stories

Crack Detective and Mystery Stories [v16 #4, December 1956] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · Kill the Wench Dead! · H. C. Butler · na
31 · Celebrated Sleuths of Fiction · Elise M. Brennan · qz
32 · Blonde Mantrap [Kirk Lowe] · Wade B. Rubottom · ss
44 · Run, Baby, Run! · Lucian Stark · ss
53 · Snow Trap · Julius Elman · ss
62 · Annals of Crime: Where Is Dr. Crippen? · A. A. Hoehling · cl
67 · Hot Mix · Basil Wells · ss
72 · The Armchair Criminologist · Lewis Fell, Ph.D. · cl
76 · The Late Sports · Stephen Dentinger · ss

Crack Detective and Mystery Stories [v16 #5, February 1957] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Goodbye, Two-Time Gal! · Daoma Winston · na
32 · Bad Blonde on My Arm · Francis C. Battle · ss
41 · The Black Widow · Al McGarry · ss
46 · Unlucky Bucks · Dick Wilson · ss
53 · Talking Corpse · Frank Streich · ss
66 · The Judges of Hades [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · nv
According to the Books · Curtis W. Casewit · br
The Armchair Criminologist · Lewis Fell, Ph.D. · cl
The Case of Ace O’Neill · Edward Garner · pm
Famous Detectives of Fiction · Irving L. Jaffee · ar

Crack Detective and Mystery Stories [v16 #6, April 1957] (25¢, pulp)

6 · Beautiful Schemer · Frank Baxter · ss
16 · Serpent in Paradise [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss
32 · Madhouse Murder · Dennis Wiegand · ss
44 · Camera-Eye Dick · Wadsworth Nealey · ss
50 · The Hound’s Fang · Koller Ernst · ss
59 · Sing, Baby, and Die! · E. E. Clement · ss
67 · Date a Deadly Blonde · Art Cleveland · ss

Crack Detective and Mystery Stories [v17 #1, July 1957] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details supplied by James Felton.

6 · Down to Kill You in a Taxi, Honey! · Edward W. Ludwig · ss
16 · The Green Glow of Death · Stanley G. Weinbaum · nv
33 · All in the Family · Saul Anthony · ss
39 · Eyes for a Killer · J. J. Mathews · ss
42 · Wired for Murder · D. L. Hyde · ss
58 · Don’t Lie to Me · Millard Roberts · ar
64 · Perfect Setup · Wanda Stott · ss
66 · According to the Books · Curtis W. Casewit · br
68 · Twelve for Eternity [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · nv

Crack Detective Stories (Canada) (about)
Canadian reprint edition of Crack Detective Stories. Other issues probably exist.

Crack Detective Stories (Canada) [April 1948] (25¢, pulp)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably identical contents to the February 1948 (US) issue.

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Death’s Photo Finish [Bicarbonate Johnny] · Marcus Lyons · ss Crack Detective Stories Feb 1948

Crack Detective Stories (UK):
British reprint edition of Crack Detective Stories/Famous Detective Stories. Other issues may exist.

Crack Detective Stories (UK)

Publishers:

Hermitage Publications; Leicester: Crack Detective Stories (UK)

Crack Detective Stories (UK) [v10 #4, September 1949] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Hermitage Publications; Leicester, 1/-, 100pp, pulp)
Reprint of the September 1949 (US) issue. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons.

6 · Two Tickets to Murder · Fred Malina · na Crack Detective Stories Sep 1949
88 · Tricky Guy · Ray Cummings · ss Crack Detective Stories Sep 1949
94 · According to the Book · John Lackland · qz Crack Detective Stories Sep 1949

Crack Detective Stories (UK) [nn, (September 1950)] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Hermitage Publications; Leicester, 1/-, 100pp, pulp)
Reprint of the March 1950 issue of Famous Detective. Although clearly titled Crack Detective Stories on the cover, the Table of Contents has been masked to read just Detective. Date based on Atlas advert. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons.

8 · The Corpse Awaits · Owen Fox Jerome · n. Mystery House 1946
85 · The Fake · Rex Whitechurch · ss Famous Detective Jan 1950
88 · Quotation Missing · John Lackland · ar Famous Detective Jan 1950
97 · For the Record · [The Readers] · lc Famous Detective Jan 1950

Crack Detective Stories (UK) [nn, (November 1950)] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Hermitage Publications; Leicester, 1/-, 100pp, pulp)
Reprint of the July 1949 (US) issue. Date based on Atlas advert. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons.

6 · Green Light for Death [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · na Crack Detective Stories Jul 1949
83 · One-Way Gift · Walter Kubilius · ss Crack Detective Stories Jul 1949
88 · Ferry to a Funeral · James Blish · ss Crack Detective Stories Jul 1949
95 · According to the Book · John Lackland · qz Crack Detective Stories Jul 1949

Crack Detective Stories (UK) [nn, (March 1951)] (Hermitage Publications; Leicester, 1/-, 100pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the November 1949 issue of Famous Detective, plus a single story from Super-Detective. Date based on Atlas advert. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons.

8 · Devil on Two Sticks · Wade Miller · na Famous Detective Nov 1949
Blood at the Ball · Beresford King · ss Super-Detective Mar 1950

Famous Detective Stories (UK)
Title changed from Crack Detective Stories (UK).

Publishers:

Hermitage Publications; Leicester: Famous Detective Stories (UK)

Famous Detective Stories (UK) [#1, 195?] (Hermitage Publications; Leicester, pulp)
Issue not found.

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Famous Detective Stories (UK) [#2, 195?] (Hermitage Publications; Leicester, 1/-, pulp)
Partial reprint of the June 1950 (US) issue.

8 · Death Script · Owen Fox Jerome · na Famous Detective Stories Jun 1950
52 · Killer, Come Back to Me! · James Blish · nv Famous Detective Stories Jun 1950
71 · The Silken Noose · R. M. F. Joses · ss Famous Detective Stories Jun 1950
85 · Murder, Collect! · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss Famous Detective Stories Jun 1950

Famous Detective Stories (UK) [#4, 195?] (Hermitage Publications; Leicester, pulp)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found - it is unclear quite which issue this is.

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Dead Freight [Guthrie Lamb] · Hunt Collins · na Famous Detective Stories Feb 1952
I Want You, Killer! · Richard Brister · ss Famous Detective Stories Feb 1952
Hot Ice Housewarming [Edna Pender; Steve Ware] · Seven Anderton · nv Famous Detective Stories Feb 1952

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