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Detective Tales [v11 #3, February 1939] (10¢, pulp)

7 · Pop Egan and the Restless Killer [Daniel “Pop” Egan] · John & Ward Hawkins · na

27 · Date with a Maniac [Joe Fall] · Wyatt Blassingame · ss

36 · One Glove for a Dead Man · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss

44 · Live Corpses Are Dangerous · D. L. Champion · nv

57 · A Lesson in Homicide · John G. Pearsol · ss

62 · Eight Dollar Murder · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss

66 · Mr. Death Courts Molly Pepper [Joel Blanchard; Molly Pepper] · Russell Gray · nv

83 · Death’s Lonely Spectator · Robert C. Blackmon · ss

91 · Hound of Justice · Thomas A. Hoge · ss

96 · Too Many Murderers · William B. Rainey · nv

· The Human Equation · [uncredited] · ms

· Oddities in Crime · [uncredited] · ia

· The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl

Detective Tales [v11 #4, March 1939] (10¢, pulp)

11 · Murder at the Morgue [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · na

31 · Harrigan’s Last Job · T. T. Flynn · ss

39 · “Sour Puss” and the Killer · Ward Hawkins · ss

50 · Behind the Eyes of Death · Paul Ernst · nv

63 · Unwanted Evidence · Philip Sydney · ss

70 · Oasis of Dying Men · Norbert Davis · nv

86 · The Ace of Murder · Ray Cummings · ss

90 · The Society of Corpses · Arden X. Pangborn · nv

103 · Scarehead Hero · Cyril Plunkett · ss

· Evolution of the Underworld · [uncredited] · ms

· Oddities in Crime · [uncredited] · ia

· The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl

Detective Tales [v12 #1, April 1939] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

4 · A Plea from Prison · Fred J. Ford · cl; given as by Convict No. 73,985 in the Table of Contents.

9 · The Corpse Stayed Overnight · Richard Sale · na

29 · Death in Cold Storage · Philip Sydney · ss

35 · Something Wrong Upstairs · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss

44 · Killer by My Side · Paul Ernst · nv

56 · Heroes Are Suckers · Cyril Plunkett · ss

63 · Murder by Proxy · Harmon Bellamy · ss

71 · Oddities in Crime · [uncredited] · ia

72 · Invitation to the Morgue [Regginald “Reggie” Royce] · Fred MacIsaac · nv

88 · Smoke Cure for Rats · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss

94 · Garrity’s Last Murder Date · Arden X. Pangborn · nv

106 · The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl

Detective Tales [v12 #2, May 1939] (10¢, pulp)

7 · Death Asked for Golden Slippers · Norbert Davis · na

25 · Crime’s Christmas Carol · Norvell W. Page · ss

33 · Hard Boiled Baby · Tiah Devitt · ss

40 · Madam Murder’s Children [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv

54 · A Weakness on the Force · Leslie T. White · ss

64 · Homicide Test [Washington Blythe (Uncle Tubby)] · Ray Cummings · ss

72 · Shake Hands with the Butcher! [Dab Jenson] · Stewart Sterling · nv

84 · The Fifth Killer [Fitz Gunnell] · John G. Pearsol · ss

94 · Investment in Corpses [Terry O’Rourke] · George A. McDonald · nv

Detective Tales [v12 #3, June 1939] (10¢, pulp)

7 · The Case of the Subway Corpses · Edward S. Williams · na

29 · Neither Gold nor Glory · Hugh B. Cave · ss

37 · Killer’s Obligation · John G. Pearsol · ss

44 · The Ace of Death Dies Hard · Louis C. Goldsmith · nv

59 · Cops Are Only Human · Theodore Tinsley · ss

66 · Crime Silhouette · Charles Alexander · ss

74 · Skulls Always Grin! · Norvell W. Page · nv

88 · I’ll Never Kill Again! · Ray Millholland · ss

96 · Marked for Murder · William R. Cox · nv

· Oddities in Crime · [uncredited] · ia

· History of the New York Underworld · [uncredited] · cl

· The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl

· The Stool Pigeon System · [uncredited] · ms

Detective Tales [v12 #4, July 1939] (10¢, pulp)

5 · Murder Highway #1 · Norbert Davis · na

26 · Homicide Hangover · Herbert Koehl · ss

36 · Two-Way Killer · William R. Cox · ss

44 · The Hinges of Hell [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · ss

60 · Some People Love Murder · Eric Howard · ss

69 · No Choice for the Dying · John G. Pearsol · ss

78 · Death Was Their Hobby · Paul Ernst · nv

91 · House of Shadows · Thomas W. Duncan · ss

94 · The Corpse Merchant · Dale Clark · ss

Detective Tales [Volume Thirteen Number One, August 1939] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Remaking the Law · [uncredited] · ms

5 · The Voodoo Murders [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · na

26 · Kill a Man Tonight · John Randolph Philips · ss

34 · One Vote for the Corpse [Terry O’Rourke] · George A. McDonald · nv

48 · It Takes a Crook— · Julius Long · ss

58 · A Killer and His Brother · Earl Peirce, Jr. · ss

66 · A Boom in Blood [John Wade] · William R. Cox · nv

85 · Oddities in Crime · [uncredited] · ia

86 · It’s Hard to Die! · George Armin Shaftel · ss

92 · The Too-Perfect Getaway · Oscar Graeve · vi

95 · History of the New York Underworld · [uncredited] · cl

96 · You’ve Got to Split with Death · Emile C. Tepperman · nv

108 · The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl

Detective Tales [v13 #2, September 1939] (10¢, pulp)

6 · Children of Murder [Edward Carl Flame (Dr. Flame)] · Norbert Davis · na

26 · The Man Who Couldn’t Lose · Emile C. Tepperman · nv

37 · Cops Are Sissies · Cleve F. Adams · ss

42 · Obituary at Gun-Point · Wyatt Blassingame · ss

50 · Death at Ten Bucks a Day · William R. Cox · nv

63 · Dead Woman in the Rain · Ray Cummings · ss

66 · Honor Is Where You Find It · Charles Boswell · ss

74 · The Corpse’s Last Job · Philip L. Ketchum · nv

90 · Weather Clear, Track Bloody · William B. Rainey · ss

98 · The Vanishing Witnesses [Dab Jenson] · Stewart Sterling · nv

· Burn ’Em Up Alive! · [uncredited] · ms

· History of the New York Underworld · [uncredited] · cl

· Oddities in Crime · [uncredited] · ia

· The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl

Detective Tales [v13 #3, October 1939] (10¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

4 · John Wade and the Corpse Crusade [John Wade] · William R. Cox · na

30 · Death Keeps the Wire Open [Rig Donaldson] · O. B. Myers · ss

38 · Downgrade to Hell! · Maurice Beam · nv

55 · Hounds of Murder · R. G. Spellman · ss

65 · The Thing in the Closet · Emile C. Tepperman · ss

72 · Raffles for a Night [Regginald “Reggie” Royce] · Fred MacIsaac · nv

87 · Convict’s Holiday · Cyril Plunkett · ss

93 · Never Steal a Corpse · Leo Hoban · ss

96 · Back Road to Death · Norbert Davis · nv

· History of the New York Underworld · [uncredited] · cl

· Oddities in Crime · [uncredited] · ia

· The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl

Detective Tales [v13 #4, November 1939] (10¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)

6 · Kingdom of Corpses · Edward S. Williams · na

29 · Good Witnesses Are Dead Ones · Philip L. Ketchum · ss

36 · Night of Shadows · Tiah Devitt · nv

48 · Cop-Hater’s Brand · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss

59 · Grandstand Fadeout · Leo Hoban · ss

64 · When Hell’s Gates Open · William Degenhard · nv

81 · In a Killer’s Shoes · Dane Gregory · ss

86 · Death Takes a Wife · Eric Howard · ss

94 · Murder by Candlelight [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · nv

· The Human Side · [uncredited] · ms

· History of the New York Underworld · [uncredited] · cl

· Oddities in Crime · [uncredited] · ia

· The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl

Detective Tales [v14 #1, December 1939] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · It’s All Yours! · [uncredited] · ms

6 · Murder’s Messenger Boy · J. J. des Ormeaux · na

28 · Prison-Made Justice · Dane Gregory · ss

33 · History of the New York Underworld · [uncredited] · cl

34 · John Wade—Corpse Attorney [John Wade] · William R. Cox · nv

49 · Swan Song for the Colonel · Glenn H. Wichman · ss

57 · The Cop Who Couldn’t Lie [Bill Calahan] · Ralph Berard · ss

60 · Drink to the Kill! · Edwin Truett · nv

72 · Oddities in Crime · [uncredited] · ia

73 · The Voice from Nowhere [Rig Donaldson] · O. B. Myers · ss

82 · Homicide Hotel · Charles Boswell · ss

87 · Ladies Must Live · Emile C. Tepperman · ss

94 · Alias Mister Death · George Armin Shaftel · nv

112 · The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl

Detective Tales [v14 #2, January 1940] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp)
Details taken from eBay listing.

4 · The Hot Film Murders [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · nv

19 · Too-Perfect Impersonation · William Hines · ss

28 · The Corpse Lottery [Edward Carl Flame (Dr. Flame)] · Norbert Davis · nv

41 · Hardly Thicker Than Water · Dane Gregory · ss

48 · Molly Doesn’t Live Here Any More · Charles Boswell · ss

58 · The Hangman’s Last Supper · Tiah Devitt · nv

70 · God Help a Tough Cop! · George Armin Shaftel · nv

84 · Killer’s Curtain Call · Fredric Sinclair · ss

94 · You Can’t Insure the Dead [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv

· Streamlined Crime—and Cops! · [uncredited] · ms

· History of the New York Underworld · [uncredited] · cl

· Oddities in Crime · [uncredited] · ia

· The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl

Detective Tales [v14 #3, February 1940] (10¢, pulp)

6 · Death-Dance for a Debutante · Tiah Devitt · na

28 · Photo-Finish · T. T. Flynn · ss

38 · Never Trust a Corpse · Jeffrey Brooks · ss

44 · The Munitions Murder Syndicate · William R. Cox · nv

60 · Dead Man’s Affidavit · Eric Howard · nv

73 · Last Mile [George Cameron] · Dane Gregory · ss

78 · While the Hangman Waits! · Ward Hawkins · ss

84 · Homicide Gal from Hollywood · Dale Clark · nv

99 · Hero in the Hole · O. B. Myers · ss

· The Editor Rests the Case · [uncredited] · ms

· History of the New York Underworld · [uncredited] · cl

· Oddities in Crime · [uncredited] · ia

· The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl

Detective Tales [v14 #4, March 1940] (10¢, pulp)

6 · Corpse Cafeteria [Rod Keeney] · Stewart Sterling · na

25 · The Glamour of Sin! · Norvell W. Page · ss

35 · Fiend · Samuel W. Taylor · ss

42 · John Wade, Mob Exterminator [John Wade] · William R. Cox · nv

57 · A Gun for Galahad · Hugh B. Cave · ss

66 · Execution in Hollywood · Eric Howard · ss

76 · Alibis Die, Too! · Edward J. Donovan · ss

79 · Ugly, the Killer · John G. Pearsol · ss

86 · Tomorrow Morning’s Murders · George Armin Shaftel · na

· Story-Behind-the-Story · [uncredited] · ms

· History of the New York Underworld · [uncredited] · cl

· Oddities in Crime · [uncredited] · ia

· The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl

Detective Tales [v15 #1, April 1940] (10¢, pulp)

6 · The Corpse Promoter [Cash Wale] · Peter Paige · na

31 · Dead Men Laugh Last · Dane Gregory · ss

39 · Clothes Make the Corpse! · D. L. Champion · ss

44 · The Brass-Button Murders [John Wade] · William R. Cox · nv

61 · Death-House Interlude · Robert Morocco & Harry Forbes · ss

65 · Postage to Paradise · Robert D. Duncan · ss

68 · Call Girls Die Young [Regginald “Reggie” Royce] · Fred MacIsaac · nv

82 · Assignment from the Grave · Philip L. Ketchum · nv

95 · Unwelcome Loot · Glenn H. Wichman · ss

· The Crime Clinic · The Editor · cl

· Speaking of Authors · [uncredited] · ms

· History of the New York Underworld · [uncredited] · cl

· Oddities in Crime · [uncredited] · ia

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