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Smashing Detective Stories: One of the last detective pulps to be launched, Smashing Detective Stories featured hard-action stories of mystery and detection. After 27 issues the magazine title changed to Fast Action Detective and Mystery Stories but only 3 more pulp issues were published under this title, followed by 3 digest issues. From July 1956 to November 1956, the title on the cover read Smashing Detective but the title on the masthead was consistently Smashing Detective Stories throughout.

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

Smashing Detective Stories [v1 #1, March 1951] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 132pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 8 · Smell Money, Smell Murder · W. Lee Herrington · nv 26 · Murder Wild · Arthur J. Burks · na 52 · Blonde and Bad · Day Keene · ss 61 · Death-House Drink · Walter Kubilius · ss 68 · Twin Kill · Talmage Powell · nv 80 · Night Ride · Dean Evans · ss 88 · Until—the Odds Sweeten · Richard Brister · ss 96 · The Killer Talks to Horses · Charles Ackerly · ss 104 · The Extra Corpse · Harold Gluck · ar 108 · The Man Who Hid His Face · Rex Whitechurch · ss 112 · Danse Anaconda · Allan K. Echols · ss 129 · Tire-Tracks of Death · J. J. Mathews · pz; mystery story with solution at bottom, upside down.

Smashing Detective Stories [v1 #2, June 1951] (25¢, 132pp, pulp) Left with Murder · Wadsworth Nealey · ss Three to Get Buried · D. A. Kyle · ss You’re Dead, You Dog! · T. W. Ford · ss One Foot in the Grave · Morris Hershman · ss Case of the Shoemaker’s Twine · Harold Gluck · ss Reverse Alibi · Amelia Reynolds Long · ss Seven Steps to Doom · Cliff Campbell · ss The Yegg and I · Allan K. Echols · ss The Artistic Sense of Irving Baum · Arthur Leo Zagat · ss An Act for Justice · H. C. Eaton · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v1 #3, September 1951] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 132pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 8 · Keep the Corpse Hot · T. W. Ford · na 30 · So Dead the Rose · Sim Albert · na 50 · First Come, First Killed · D. A. Kyle · ss 62 · Gunning for Death · James L. Harte · nv 75 · Score None for the Chair · Thomas Thursday · ss 79 · You’ll Kill the People · Richard Brister · ss 87 · This Side Up! · John Ladd · ss 93 · Double-Crosser · Johnston McCulley · ss 101 · The Mountain Comes to Mohammed [Stephen Carter] · Amelia R. Long · ss 104 · Death by Gas · J. J. Mathews · pz; mystery story with solution at bottom, upside down. 105 · Butterfly of Death · Harold Gluck · ss 116 · Ghost-Town Slays · James E. Hungerford · ss 129 · For This Reason · John Thomas Urwin · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v1 #4, December 1951] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 130pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 8 · The Comic Strip Killings · Sim Albert · na 32 · The Line Is Dead · E. Hoffmann Price · na 54 · Love, Honor, and Betray! · Roe Richmond · na 74 · No Hearse for Harry · W. Lee Herrington · nv 92 · The Ladies Loved a Louse · Thomas Thursday · ar 97 · Tell-Tales Marks · Harold Gluck · ms 99 · No Alibi Wanted · Jack Bradley · ss 105 · I Murdered Myself · T. W. Ford · ss 111 · Death of the Party · Robert Turner · nv

Smashing Detective Stories [v1 #5, March 1952] (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 132pp, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Moore. 8 · The Sulky Killer · Wadsworth Nealey · nv 31 · Strictly on the Ball · Seven Anderton · nv 44 · Homicide’s Sweetheart · Murray Leinster · ss 54 · Wrong Guy · John Thomas Urwin · ss 56 · Murder Goes to the Dogs · Talmage Powell · nv 72 · The Bondsman of Big Street · Rex Whitechurch · ss 84 · The Amazing Ambrose Stubblefield · Thomas Thursday · ss 92 · I Could Kill You! · Judith Merril · ss 95 · Rainy-Weather Death · Harold Gluck · pz; mystery story with solution at bottom, upside down. 96 · Wanted—One Blonde Corpse! · Daniel Pitt · nv

Smashing Detective Stories [v1 #6, June 1952] (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 132pp, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Moore. 6 · Spotlight on Crime · Harold Gluck · cl 10 · Little Miss Murder [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · nv 30 · The Fatal Maneuver · Arthur J. Burks · nv 55 · The Bracelet · Richard Brister · ss 59 · Bucking the Big Wheel · J. M. Sheppard · ar 68 · Sing a Song of Homicide · John C. Lawrence · nv 95 · Perfect Timing · C. C. Staples · ss 98 · The Case of the Phantom Killer [Archie McCann] · David MacGregor · ss 107 · Copper’s Duty · John Rogers · ss 110 · The Giveaway · Wm. F. Kruger & Larry Sternig · ss 112 · An Old Chinese Saying · Zene Tuttler · ss 117 · One of Us · Wallace McKinley · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v2 #1, September 1952] (25¢, 132pp, pulp) Spotlight on Crime · Harold Gluck · cl 10 · This Corpse Is Free! [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · nv 31 · Perfect Suicide [Archie McCann] · David MacGregor · ss 40 · Murder Island · Sim Albert · ss 59 · A-Hanging We Will Go! · Hunt Collins · ss 74 · The Inspector Took a Bribe [Inspector Carruthers] · Walter Kanitz · ss 86 · The Corpse Dies Twice · J. J. Mathews · ms 87 · Run from the Killer · William F. Schwartz · ss 97 · Breathe Deep of Death · Patrick Laing · ss 106 · The Fourth Degree · Wallace McKinley · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v2 #2, December 1952] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 130pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Spotlight on Crime · Harold Gluck · cl 10 · Mayhem for Mickey · Richard Deming · na 33 · Romance at Key West · Thomas Thursday · ar 40 · Mr. Freedom’s Torch · Seven Anderton · nv 66 · Bookie Misdirection · J. J. Mathews · ar 67 · Blind Newsie Nabs Killer · Richard Brister · ss 73 · The Trout in the Milk [Inspector Carruthers] · Walter Kanitz · ss 84 · The Chincoteague Enigma · William C. Bailey · nv 100 · The Twelfth Shot · H. Wieand Bowman · nv 113 · Voice of Experience · Mat Rand · ms 114 · Flatfoot · Robert Turner · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v2 #3, March 1953] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 132pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Spotlight on Crime · Harold Gluck · cl 10 · The Talking Corpse [Mike Sledge] · Don De Boe · na 41 · No Murder Tonight [Nate Stone] · William F. Schwartz · ss 55 · The Past Squeals · Seven Anderton · ss 64 · Dead Wrong [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss 75 · Whitemail · Daniel R. Gilgannon · nv 92 · 10,000 Witnesses to Murder · Frank Kane · ss 103 · A Hotel Man Looks at Some Burglaries · J. J. Mathews · ar 104 · I Write as I Bleed · Bryce Walton · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v2 #4, June 1953] (25¢, 132pp, pulp) 12 · Don’t Monkey with Murder! · Hunt Collins · na 33 · Cyanide Soup [Kirk Lowe] · Wade B. Rubottom · ss 45 · A Night to Remember [Inspector Carruthers] · Walter Kanitz · ss 55 · Suspect · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 56 · Gas [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · nv 84 · Too Many Crooks · William C. Bailey · nv 105 · Blood Will Tell [Archie McCann] · David MacGregor · ss 115 · Fifty-Fifty · Gene L. Henderson · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v2 #5, September 1953] (25¢, pulp) 10 · A Matter of State · William C. Bailey · nv 34 · The Greedy Killer [Mike Sledge] · Don De Boe · na 65 · A Witness Named Lowe [Kirk Lowe] · Wade B. Rubottom · ss 77 · Thirty Years Late · David James · ss 85 · Murder Pattern [Inspector Carruthers] · Walter Kanitz · ss 92 · Assisted by Alcibiades · Seven Anderton · ss 101 · A Tale for Kenneth · Daniel R. Gilgannon · ss 107 · Filmland Firebug · Norman Ober · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v2 #6, December 1953] (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 132pp, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Moore. 6 · Spotlight on Crime · Tom Thursday · cl 10 · One Skull Too Many · Jonathan Craig · nv 29 · First Aid for Murder · Bramley Fox · ss 40 · The Deadly Diary [Edna Pender; Steve Ware] · Seven Anderton · nv 70 · Die Tomorrow, Please · Buck Gilmore · nv 100 · One Dumb Cop · Richard Brister · ss 108 · The Body in My Bed · William F. Schwartz · ss 115 · An Assist from Archibald · David James · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v3 #1, March 1954] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Moore. 6 · Spotlight on Crime: Illusions About Death · James A. Youell · cl 10 · The Iron Claw · Daniel R. Gilgannon · nv 41 · The Children’s Gun · John D. Carroll · ss 52 · Trial by Trigger · T. W. Raines · ss 61 · The Muted Horn · Richard Brister · ss 68 · Justice Guides a Bullet · Seven Anderton · ss 79 · Kindly Die Quickly · Will O. Grove · ss 84 · The Extra Passenger · Harold Gluck · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v3 #2, June 1954] (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) 8 · Half a Mind to Kill · Bramley Fox · nv 34 · A First Class Cop · Richard Brister · ss 43 · Lady Killer [Kirk Lowe] · Wade B. Rubottom · ss 54 · The Gun on the Seat · Donald Bayne Hobart · vi 56 · Silent Witness · Gene L. Henderson · ss 59 · The Dick and the Doc · Thomas Thursday · ss 65 · Roomful of Dead Men · Gene Austin · ss 72 · The Blue Stud · Marc Miller · ss 77 · The Man from the Corridor · Cliff Campbell · vi 79 · Fatal Phone-Booth · Wallace McKinley · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v3 #3, September 1954] (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) 8 · Murder by the Book · Carroll John Daly · nv 27 · A Case of Immunity · Francis C. Battle · ss 30 · In Scarlet Passing · Mark Carrel · ss 44 · All the Angles · Basil Wells · ss 46 · Sgt. Logan’s Three Strange Cases · Thomas Thursday · ts 49 · The Inspector Had a Hunch [Inspector Carruthers] · Walter Kanitz · ss 65 · Lucky Ludlow · Wade B. Rubottom · ss 70 · Perfect Hideout · Cliff Campbell · ss 74 · Bait the Hook with a Blonde · William F. Schwartz · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v3 #4, December 1954] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Spotlight on Crime · Harold Gluck · cl 10 · The Brilliant Deaths [Mike Sledge] · Don De Boe · na 34 · Big Catch · Ruel McDaniel · ss 41 · Job for a Hero · Francis C. Battle · ss 52 · The Green Door · V. E. Thiessen · ss 57 · Face Down · Mark Carrel · ss 67 · Foolproof · Cliff Campbell · ss 71 · Murder’s Masquerade · E. E. Clement · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v3 #5, March 1955] (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 100pp, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Moore. 6 · Double Payoff · Francis C. Battle · nv 23 · The Assassination of Homer Wright · James Hines · ar 28 · Alias the Turk · Daniel R. Gilgannon · nv 42 · The Late Occupant · Marc Miller · ss 48 · With a Bullet in You · Carroll John Daly · ss 60 · Not in My Cab! · Betty Brooks · ss 70 · Spotlight on Crime: The Modern Science of Thief-Taking-A Century Ago · Harold Gluck · cl 73 · Spotlight on Crime: False Arrest · J. J. Mathews · cl 75 · Death on His Trail · Zachary Strong · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v3 #6, May 1955] (25¢, pulp) 6 · Head Over Homicide [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · nv 36 · The Lady and the Lawyer · Arnold Drake · ss 46 · The Cocky Robbins Kill · Betty Brooks · ss 57 · Red Is the Tower · Basil Wells · ss 61 · Spotlight on Crime: He Had to Be Tough · J. J. Mathews · cl 70 · Murder in the Wilderness · William F. Schwartz · ss 74 · Ju-Ju for the White Man · Francis C. Battle · ss 80 · Jailbreak · Mat Rand · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v4 #1, July 1955] (25¢, pulp) 6 · Find My Boy · Ralph Wellner · nv 29 · Nothing in My Way · Orrie Hitt · ss 36 · Case of the Frameup Forty Five · Wallace McKinley · nv 57 · The Girl on the Green Chair · Wade B. Rubottom · ss 72 · Lion Hunt · Francis C. Battle · ss 76 · Every Schoolboy Knows · Dennis Wiegand · ss 84 · Yetta Yelled · J. J. Mathews · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v4 #2, September 1955] (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) 6 · Game of Murder · Wadsworth Nealey · nv 34 · Too Nice to Live · Arnold Drake · ss 49 · The Victim · Carol Emshwiller · ss 54 · Practically D.O.A. · Betty Brooks · ss 65 · The Corpse Came Back · Harlan Clay · ss 75 · Fast Reprieve · J. J. Mathews · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v4 #3, November 1955] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · As Long as I Breathe · Norman A. Daniels · na 29 · The Passenger · B. W. Scott · ss 34 · Motive for Murder · Talmage Powell · ss 40 · The Corpse Walked Home [Lee Furey] · Ernie Weatherall · ss 54 · Annals of Crime · Harold Gluck · cl 60 · Sitting Duck · Mat Rand · ss 64 · Murder with Folded Arms [Chief Howard] · Thomas Thursday · ss 75 · The Child Who Vanished · William F. Schwartz · ar 77 · Tip-Off from the Dead · Eugene Pawley · ss