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Real Detective Tales:    (about)
Real Detective Tales is one of the most elusive of the early detective pulps. It began in late 1922 under the name Detective Tales publishing indifferent mystery and detective stories, but by mid-1924 the publisher, Rural Publications, had run into difficulty so the magazine was sold to Real Detective Tales, Inc. who changed its name, first to Real Detective Tales and then to Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories. By this point it had acquired an interesting stable of authors including Seabury Quinn, George Allan England and Miriam Allen deFord. It ran for six years under this latter title (mainly on a monthly basis) but gradually during 1931 transformed into a non-fiction magazine called Real Detective, although fiction continued to appear into 1934 at least. It is not currently known exactly when the last issue containing any fiction appeared. For most of the period it was a large (8.25" x 11.25") pulp, with a single issue (March 1923) as a regular pulp and a handful of issues in 1923 as an even larger (9" x 12") pulp.

Detective Tales
(Pub. Info.)
• ___ v1 #1, October 1, 1922 (The Rural Publishing Corp., 15¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #2, October 16, 1922 (The Rural Publishing Corp., 15¢, 48pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #3, November 1, 1922 (15¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v1 #4, Nov.16/Dec.15, 1922 (8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #1, February 1923 (Rural Publications, 192pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #2, March 1923 (The Rural Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 192pp+, pulp, cover by R. R. Epperly) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #3, April/May 1923 (The Rural Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 9" x 12" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #4, May/June 1923 (25¢, 9" x 12" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #5, July-August 1923 (The Rural Publishing Corporation, 25¢, 9" x 12" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v2 #6, September 1923 (25¢, 9" x 12" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #1, October 1923 (25¢, 9" x 12" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #2, November 1923 (25¢) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v3 #3, December 1923-January 1924 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v3 #4, February 1924 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #1, March 1924 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #2, April 1924 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)

Real Detective Tales
Title changed from Detective Tales. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v4 #3, May 1924 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v4 #4, June 1924 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v5 #1, July 1924 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v5 #2, August 1924 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v5 #3, September-October 1924 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v5 #4, November 1924 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #1, December 1924 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)

Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories
Title changed from Real Detective Tales. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v6 #2, January 1925 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #3, February 1925 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Enrico Tomaso) (Contents)
• ___ v6 #4, March 1925 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Enrico Tomaso) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #1, April 1925 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by R. James Stuart) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #2, May 1925 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Fred J. Talbot) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #3, June 1925 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by R. James Stuart) (Contents)
• ___ v7 #4, July 1925 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Fred I. Good) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #1, August-September 1925 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by R. James Stuart) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #2, October-November 1925 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #3, December 1925-January 1926 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Joseph Doolin) (Contents)
• ___ v8 #4, February-March 1926 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #1, April-May 1926 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #2, June-July 1926 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #3, August-September 1926 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v9 #4, October 1926 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #1, November 1926 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #2, December-January 1926-27 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #3, February 1927 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v10 #4, March 1927 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #1, April/May 1927 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #2, June/July 1927 (Real Detective Tales Inc., 25¢, 96pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #3, August 1927 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v11 #4, September 1927 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #1, October 1927 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #2, November 1927 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #3, December 1927 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v12 #4, January 1928 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #1, February 1928 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #2, March 1928 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #3, April 1928 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Gary Sheahan) (Contents)
• ___ v13 #4, May 1928 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #1, June 1928 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #2, July-August 1928 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #3, September 1928 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v14 #4, October 1928 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v16 #1, November 1928 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v16 #2, December-January 1928-29 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v16 #3, February 1929 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v16 #4, March 1929 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v17 #1, April/May 1929 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v17 #2, June-July 1929 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by G. J. Rozen) (Contents)
• ___ v17 #3, August 1929 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v17 #4, September 1929 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by J. G. Stephenson) (Contents)
• ___ v18 #1, October 1929 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v18 #2, November 1929 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Paul Lehman) (Contents)
• ___ v18 #3, December 1929-January 1930 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Edgar Britton) (Contents)
• ___ v18 #4, February 1930 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v19 #1, March 1930 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Paul Lehman) (Contents)
• ___ v19 #2, April 1930 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Cleggs Vollmer) (Contents)
• ___ v19 #3, May 1930 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Paul Lehman) (Contents)
• ___ v19 #4, June 1930 (Real Detective Tales Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by A. Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v20 #1, July 1930 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v20 #2, August 1930 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Cleggs Vollmer) (Contents)
• ___ v20 #3, September 1930 (Real Detective Tales Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v20 #4, October 1930 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by A. Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v21 #1, November 1930 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by A. Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v21 #2, December 1930 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by A. Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v21 #3, January 1931 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by A. Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v21 #4, February 1931 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by A. Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v22 #1, March 1931 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp+, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by A. Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v22 #2, April 1931 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by A. Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v22 #3, May 1931 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 96pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by A. Redmond) (Contents)

Real Detective
Title changed from Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ v22 #4, June 1931 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by A. Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v23 #1, July 1931 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v23 #2, August 1931 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v23 #3, September 1931 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v23 #4, October 1931 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v24 #1, November 1931 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v24 #2, December 1931 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v24 #3, January 1932 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v24 #4, February 1932 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v25 #1, March 1932 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v25 #2, April 1932 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v25 #3, May 1932 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v25 #4, June 1932 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v26 #1, July 1932 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v26 #2, August 1932 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v26 #3, September 1932 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v26 #4, October 1932 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v27 #1, November 1932 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Andrew Bensen) (Contents)
• ___ v27 #2, December 1932 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by H. Forsgren) (Contents)
• ___ v27 #3, January 1933 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v27 #4, February 1933 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by H. Forsgren) (Contents)
• ___ v28 #1, March 1933 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by H. Forsgren) (Contents)
• ___ v28 #2, April 1933 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alan Hughes) (Contents)
• ___ v28 #3, May 1933 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alan Hughes) (Contents)
• ___ v28 #4, June 1933 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v29 #1, July 1933 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v29 #2, August 1933 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v29 #3, September 1933 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Alec Redmond) (Contents)
• ___ v29 #4, October 1933 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Dalton Stevens) (Contents)
• ___ v30 #1, November 1933 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Delos Palmer) (Contents)
• ___ v30 #2, December 1933 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Dalton Stevens) (Contents)
• ___ v30 #3, January 1934 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Marland Stone) (Contents)
• ___ v30 #4, February 1934 (Real Detective Tales, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Delos Palmer) (Contents)
• ___ v31 #1, March 1934 (Real Detective Publishing Co., Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Marland Stone) (Contents)
• ___ v31 #2, April 1934 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ v31 #3, May 1934 (Real Detective Publishing Co., Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Marland Stone) (Contents)
• ___ v31 #4, June 1934 (Real Detective Publishing Co., Inc., 25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Marland Stone) (Contents)
• ___ v32 #1, July 1934 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v32 #2, August 1934 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Marland Stone) (Contents)
• ___ v32 #3, September 1934 (Real Detective Publishing Co., Inc., 25¢, 98pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Harwood Forsgren) (Contents)
• ___ v32 #4, October 1934 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Harwood Forsgren) (Contents)
• ___ v33 #1, November 1934 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents) (Placeholder)
• ___ v33 #2, December 1934 (25¢, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp, cover by Delos Palmer) (Contents)
• ___ v34 #4, June 1935 (Real Detective Publishing Company, Inc., Chicago, 25¢, 100pp, 8.25" x 11.25" pulp) (Contents)

Detective Tales Supplement
In the 1920s a handful of short stories were reprinted as standalone pamphlets possibly to help advertise the magazine. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ Crimson Poppies, 1922 (The Rural Publishing Corp., 25¢, 64pp, 4.25" x 2.75" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ The Sign of the Toad, 1922 (The Rural Publishing Corp., 25¢, 64pp, 4.25" x 2.75" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ The Glass Eye, 1922 (The Rural Publishing Corp., 25¢, 64pp, 4.25" x 2.75" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ Buff, 1922 (The Rural Publishing Corp., 25¢, 64pp, 4.25" x 2.75" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ The Web, 1922 (The Rural Publishing Corp., 25¢, 64pp, 4.25" x 2.75" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ The Triangle of Terror, 1922 (The Rural Publishing Corp., 25¢, 64pp, 4.25" x 2.75" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ Disappearing Bullets, 1923 (The Rural Publishing Corp., 25¢, 64pp, 4.25" x 2.75" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ The Green-Eyed Monster, 1923 (The Rural Publishing Corp., 25¢, 64pp, 4.25" x 2.75" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ Derring-Do, 1923 (The Rural Publishing Corp., 25¢, 64pp, 4.25" x 2.75" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ The Valley of Missing Men, 1923 (The Rural Publishing Corp., 25¢, 64pp, 4.25" x 2.75" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ Ten Dangerous Hours, 1923 (The Rural Publishing Corp., 25¢, 64pp, 4.25" x 2.75" pulp) (Contents)
• ___ The Mystery at Eagle Lodge, 1923 (The Rural Publishing Corp., 25¢, 64pp, 4.25" x 2.75" pulp) (Contents)

Real F.B.I. Detective Case Stories    (about)
British reprint edition of F.B.I. Detective Stories. (Pub. Info.)
• ___ n.d. (ca. 1949) (Magazine Fiction Group, 1/-, 66pp, pulp) (Contents)

Real Forbidden Sweets
--- see under Stolen Sweets.

Real French Capers    (about)
--- see under French Capers.

Real Life Confessions    (about)
--- see under Scarlet Confessions.