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Private Detective Stories [v18 #2, January 1946] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Once Is Enough [Martin Ferris] · Andrew Holt · na 26 · Shadow of the Ax · Camford Sheavely · nv 42 · Red Points to Murder · William Decatur · ss 48 · The Murderer on Palmetto Key · Ray Cummings · ss 58 · “It’s for Me” · E. Starr · ss 64 · Dead Ringer · Dale Clark · nv 92 · Sleuthing vs. Luck · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v18 #3, February 1946] (15¢, pulp) 6 · Killer Wanted—First Class · Geoffrey North · nv 24 · No Blood Is Bad Blood · Henry Norton · ss 32 · Tab Me for the Kill · Talmage Powell · ss 38 · Nailed · Lew Merrill · ss 46 · Lethal Lady · Walton Grey · ss 54 · The Man in the Crowd · David Carver · ss 64 · The Hot Rock · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

Private Detective Stories [v18 #4, March 1946] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Death Is My Shadow · Day Keene · nv 26 · Mr. Hubert’s Lifetime · Elizabeth Starr · ss 34 · Elegy for Max · Andrew Holt · nv 54 · Unhonored and Unhung · Henry Norton · ss 64 · Rye and Die [Adam Somervell] · Lew Merrill · nv 95 · The Hard Way · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v18 #5, May 1946] (15¢, pulp) 6 · How Tough Can You Get? · William R. Cox · ss 24 · Bear Killing · Roger Torrey · ss 40 · Circus Kill [Sheriff Lovatt] · Henry Norton · ss 58 · The Sound of Death · David Carver · ss 66 · Ride to Doom · Ray Cummings · ss Death Takes “Toughest Cop” · Anon. · ms Pearl of Great Price · Anon. · ms When Women Won’t Talk · Anon. · ms Black-Market Rackets · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v18 #6, July 1946] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp) Details supplied by K. Becker. 4 · Death Takes the Pot · Roger Torrey · na 32 · Reunion with Murder · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss 40 · Make Your Kill · Talmage Powell · ss 48 · Ware the Wan Wino · Camford Sheavely · ss 56 · For Whom the Bell Kills · Henry Norton · ss 62 · The Dead Are Harmless · Ray Cummings · ss 68 · Graveyard Serenade · Ellery Watson Calder · ss

Private Detective Stories [v19 #1, September 1946] (15¢, pulp) 6 · Death Has a Slide Rule, Too · Coleman Meyer · ss 20 · Gunshot Showdown · Jerome Severs Perry · ss 28 · Lilies in Bloom [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss 36 · Spare the Rod · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss 54 · Murder on the Ball · David Carver · ss 58 · Would You Like to Be a Corpse? [Terry O’Rourke] · George A. McDonald · nv

Private Detective Stories [v19 #2, November 1946] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Joseph Szokoli) Details supplied by K. Becker. 4 · Production for Death · Gordon Dozier · ar 6 · The Worm Has Fangs · Camford Sheavely · ss; illustrated by Paul H. H. Stone 14 · Killers Have Green Eyes · Laurence Donovan · ss; illustrated by Jay McArdle 26 · One Trail to Murder [“Bumps” McCarthy] · T. K. Burnham · ss; illustrated by Paul H. H. Stone 38 · Terror by Night [Dr. Gabriel] · Lew Merrill · ss; illustrated by William Meilink 50 · Death Shakes the Dice · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss; illustrated by Jay McArdle 63 · As Dead as They Come · R. T. Judson · nv; illustrated by Newton Alfred 95 · The American Dreyfus Case · Redding Davidstone · ar

Private Detective Stories [v19 #3, December 1946] (15¢, pulp) 6 · Murder Runs in the Family · John Ryan · nv 34 · I Won’t Die [Cole Monroe] · Robert A. Garron · ss 44 · Sweet Kiss of Death · Laurence Donovan · ss 54 · Man Being Murdered · Joseph McCoy · ss 62 · Killing Comes First · Schuyler Garratt Edsall · ss

Private Detective Stories [v19 #4, January 1947] (15¢, pulp) 6 · Cue Line for Death · William Decatur · nv 34 · Corpse for the Cops · Robert L. Wright · nv 60 · The Body Goes Calling · Henry Malcolm · ss 70 · Flashbulb Trap · Joseph McCoy · ss 80 · Mountain Murder · Paul Hanna · ss

Private Detective Stories [v19 #5, February 1947] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp, cover by Allen Anderson) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Picture of Murder · T. V. Faulkner · nv Private Detective Stories Dec 1940, as “The Murderer’s Pet” by Robert A. Garron 30 · I’ll Murder for You · Larry Dunn · ss 42 · Fifteen Thousand Bail · John Garrett · ss 50 · Hard Luck for Haggerty · John Wallace · ss 62 · A Two-Bit Punk · Randolph Barr · ss Spicy Detective Stories May 1938, as “Tough Baby” by Wallace Kayton 74 · Pick Up a Murder · Henry Malcolm · ss Spicy Detective Stories Jul 1941, as by William B. Rainey 95 · Gangland Guns Went Underground · Robert Leslie Bellem · ar

Private Detective Stories [v19 #6, March 1947] (Trojan Publishing, 15¢, 96pp, pulp, cover by Lewis Trege) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 4 · Major Smith’s Little Game · Will Nichols · ar 6 · Bullet Trick · Howard Prince · na; illustrated by H. L. V. Parkhurst 32 · Witness to Murder · James Brent · ss; illustrated by Newton H. Alfred 42 · G-Man Junior · Joe McCoy · nv; illustrated by Jay McArdle 58 · A Matter of Timing · Walton Grey · ss 70 · Don’t Die in Bed · Charles Saunders · ss; illustrated by Newton H. Alfred 85 · Fadeout · Ray Cummings · ss 92 · Death Called for Dolly · Howard McIntosh · ar

Private Detective Stories [v20 #1, June 1947] (15¢, pulp, cover by Modest Stein) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Close to Murder · Howard Prince · na 38 · The Persuader · Walton Grey · ss 50 · Bullets to Spare · T. V. Faulkner · ss 60 · Cheap Homicide · Paul Hanna · ss 78 · Forget the Kill · Randolph Barr · ss 94 · Dawn of Death · James Bennett · ar

Private Detective Stories [v20 #2, November 1947] (20¢, pulp) 4 · Easy Death · Ted Stratton · nv 30 · Slay Ride · W. T. Ballard · nv 50 · Murder Is Sweet · Jo Barron · ss 59 · Bought Silence · Ray Cummings · ss 62 · The Big Kill · Norman A. Daniels · ss

Private Detective Stories [v20 #3, February 1948] ed. M. R. Bindamin (Trojan Magazines, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by George J. Rozen) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Killer on Sight · Norman A. Daniels · na 28 · Dead Guy’s Trap · Geoffrey North · nv 48 · Bright Light Kill · Dale Clark · ss 63 · Cancer of the Mind · Anon. · ms 64 · Mix a Stiff One · John G. Potter · ss

Private Detective Stories [v20 #4, May 1948] ed. M. R. Bindamin (Trojan Magazines, Inc., 20¢, 80pp, pulp, cover by George J. Rozen) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 4 · A Date with Death · Andrew J. Collins · nv; illustrated by Joseph Szokoli 22 · Killer’s Disease · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv; illustrated by Frank Volp 42 · Body in the Boat · Frank Morris · ss; illustrated by Joseph Szokoli 54 · Cautious Corpse [Johnny Diamond] · H. C. Butler · ss; illustrated by Newton Alfred 60 · The Murder Fix · Norman A. Daniels · ss; illustrated by Al Savitt Prejuice · Anon. · ms

Private Detective Stories [v20 #5, August 1948] (25¢, pulp) 6 · Satan Strikes! · Norman Ober · nv 38 · A Face for Acid · Morton I. Jackson · ss 46 · Pearls of Blood · Ted Stratton · nv 66 · Dead Men Know · Raymond Drennen, Jr. · ss 81 · Call for the Killer · Morris Horton · ss 86 · Blood and Gall · Gordon Dozier · ar 90 · Raving Beauty · Ralph Sedgwick Douglas · ss 101 · The Scent of Murder · Will Nichols · ms 102 · Murder Means Money · Paul Hanna · ss 113 · Kid Jailbreak · Howard McIntosh · ss 122 · Murder Points · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

Private Detective Stories [v20 #6, November 1948] ed. M. R. Bindamin (Trojan Magazines, Inc., 25¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Death Has Many Eyes · William Rough · nv; given as “Creeping Death” on the cover. 34 · Gently, Brother, Gently! · Raymond Drennen, Jr. · ss 48 · Homicide Harvest · Frank Kane · ss 58 · The Queen Was in the Parlor · H. C. Butler · ss 68 · Beautiful but Dead · Dick Cole · ss 76 · Murder Ride · Elliott Wales · ss 84 · Death Writes in Red [Joe Trimo] · Andrew R. Manning · ss 90 · Bedroom Show · Willard Haver · ss 98 · The Yogi Says Yes · C. M. Kornbluth · ss

Private Detective Stories [v21 #1, February 1949] (25¢, pulp) 6 · Red-Hot Ice · R. Keene Lee · nv 30 · Death Shapes the Frame · Joseph Commings · ss 46 · Tumbling Corpse [Sally the Sleuth] · Adolphe Barreaux · cs 54 · Toy of Doom [Johnny Diamond] · H. C. Butler · ss 64 · Dance of Death [Jerry Jasper] · Ray McClelland · cs 72 · Murder on the Bench · Raymond Drennen, Jr. · ss 82 · Blast and Be Damned! · Henry R. Wyman · ss 90 · Homicide Horns In [Smith & Wesson Humphrey] · John Kane · ss 104 · Redheads Spell Danger [Ken “Rackets” Daly] · Hal Cross · ss

Private Detective Stories [v21 #2, April 1949] (25¢, pulp) 6 · Blind Blackmail · Paul Kolton · nv 32 · The Joke’s on Murder · Bryce Walton · ss 48 · The Hanging Corpse [Jerry Jasper] · Ray McClelland · cs 56 · Double-Cross for Death · Paul Clane · ss 64 · Death at the Ball [Sally the Sleuth] · Adolphe Barreaux · cs 72 · Wedding Bells for Rats · Gerald James · ss 80 · Murder for Christmas · H. C. Butler · ss 90 · Death on the Half Shell · Charles H. Barker · ss 98 · Diamonds and Bullets · John Kane · ss

Private Detective Stories [v21 #3, June 1949] (25¢, pulp) 6 · Date with Death · M. E. Legge · nv 28 · Murder on the Meter · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss 40 · Death Bait [Sally the Sleuth] · Charles Barr · cs 48 · One Shot Pay-Off · Robert Turner · ss 60 · Mister Murder · Kevin Blake · nv 86 · The Treasure Car [Jerry Jasper] · Dick Steele · cs 94 · Slayer’s Frame · George Adams · ss 110 · Blood Blots the Night · Marshall Page · ss

Private Detective Title changed from Private Detective Stories. Publishers: Trojan Magazines, Inc.; 125 East 46th Street, New York 17, NY: Private Detective

Private Detective [v21 #4, September 1949] ed. Adolphe Barreaux (Trojan Magazines, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 6 · Crime Crazy · Seven Anderton · ss; illustrated by William Meilink 24 · Fiesta of Murder · Clint Murdock · ss; illustrated by Frank Volp 30 · Dirty Politics [Sally the Sleuth] · Charles Barr · cs 38 · Death Is a Dummy [Barney Cunard] · Clark Demery · nv; illustrated by Joseph Szokoli 58 · Murder En Route [Jerry Jasper] · Ray McClelland · cs 66 · Spill No Blood · Tom Stone · ss; illustrated by Frank Volp 76 · Dive to Doom [Johnny Neal] · Herbert Carter · ss; illustrated by Frank Volp 84 · Suicide Tip-Off [Horatio “Scoop” Nelson] · Arthur Packer · nv; illustrated by Robert McCarty 122 · The Store Detective · Sam D. Cohen · ar

Private Detective [v21 #5, December 1949] (25¢, 130pp, pulp) 8 · Platinum Murder · Paul Kolton · nv 30 · Death in the Dark · Robert J. Flury · ss 40 · Film of Murder [Sally the Sleuth] · Charles Barr · cs 48 · No Commission for Murder · Cal Ramsey · ss 56 · Crime Casts Its Vote · Kevin Blake · ss 64 · The Vanished Secretary [Jerry Jasper] · Ray McClelland · cs 72 · Pack of Vultures · Tom Stone · ss 80 · A Dog’s Death [Val Vernon] · Paul Summers · ss 94 · Killer on the Loose · Fred Maurel · ss 100 · Willing to Die · Cordner Nelson · ss

Private Detective [v21 #6, January 1950] (25¢, 130pp, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. 8 · Beautiful, But Dead · Tom Stone · na 22 · A Halo for Murder · Joseph Commings · ss 38 · Ghostly Quest [Sally the Sleuth] · Charles Barr · cs 46 · Blood on the Ground · Herbert Carter · ss 54 · Gathering of the Ghouls · Fred Maurel · ss 62 · Blackmail Breeds Murder [Jerry Jasper] · Newt Alfred · cs 70 · Murder Never Gets Too Old · Larry Holden · ss 82 · Miami Muscle-In · Gerald James · ss 94 · Death Date · Sam Chichester · ss 102 · Ghostly Nemesis · Hal R. Moore · ss The Criminologist’s Corner · Avery Hall · cl

Private Detective [v22 #1, February 1950] (Trojan Magazines, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Joseph Szokoli) Murder’s Constant Companion · Raymond Drennen, Jr. · ss Suicide Can Be Murder! · Herbert Carter · ss Mink for a Shroud · Mark Mallory · ss The Lady Lams · Ashley Calhoun · ss Battle of Wits · Clark Demery · ss Blood on the Jewel · Rhett Rutledge · ss Clue in the Fireplace · Ken Stanton · ss Was Bluebeard a Surgeon? · Ted Collins · ar The Mysterious Tip-Off [Jerry Jasper] · Newt Alfred · cs Death from the Jungle [Sally the Sleuth] · Charles Barr · cs Street of Death · M. E. Legge · na