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Big-Book Detective Magazine [v2 #2, October 1942] (15¢, pulp)

· Five Dumb Men and the Highfish · Joel Townsley Rogers · ss

· Dance at My Funeral · D. L. Champion · ss

· You’re Next · Francis K. Allan · ss

· One-Way Flight · Edward S. Williams · ss

· Encore for Death · Ray P. Shotwell · ss

· One Ticket to Hell · David Crewe · ss

· Wish You Were Dead! · Henry Norton · ss

Big-Book Detective Magazine [v2 #3, December 1942] (15¢, pulp)

· Murder Wrote the Music · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss

· No Match for Murder · Greta Bardet · ss

· Beautiful but Dead · Ray P. Shotwell · ss

· Two Biers, Please · Robert Turner · ss

· Death Is My Teacher · Fredric Sinclair · ss

· Lucky Stiff · David Crewe · ss

Big-Book Detective Magazine [v2 #4, February 1943] (Fictioneers, Inc., 15¢, 130pp+, pulp, cover by Rafael M. DeSoto)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

6 · The Line-Up · The Editors · cl

12 · Nine Dead Men and a Girl · Russell Gray · nv

36 · Death Comes Back · William Brandon · ss

49 · Underworld Lingo Lesson · John D. Fitzgerald · qz

50 · The Wind Moans Murder · J. J. des Ormeaux · nv

72 · Footprints in the Sands of Crime · Robert W. Sneddon · ts

80 · The Turn in the Road · Francis K. Allan · ss

89 · Cop Killer · John Peters · ss

102 · The Corpse Came Calling · Paul Allenby · nv

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) (about)
Initially a Canadian reprint edition of Big-Book Detective Magazine, this actually lasted longer than its parent magazine, reprinting from other magazines in later issues.

Publishers:

Popular Publications; Toronto, Ontario: Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada).

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [v1 #3, March 1942] (pulp)
Issue partially indexed - probably a reprint of the February 1942 issue of Big-Book Detective Magazine.

· Murder’s Not My Line · W. T. Ballard · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942

· The Corpse Wore Red · Daniel Winters · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942

· A Bullet for the Kid · T. T. Flynn · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942

· Death Demands His Cut · Ray P. Shotwell · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942

· The Devil’s Ante · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [v1 #5, May 1942] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 96pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the April 1942 (US) issue.
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

2 · The Line-Up · The Editors · cl (r)

4 · D as in Dead · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine April 1942

21 · The Queen Is Dead · Arthur Macom · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine April 1942

28 · The Merry Wives of Murder · Ric Hasse · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine April 1942

40 · Thus Spake the Corpse · Francis K. Allan · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine April 1942

51 · Two-Gun Cupid · Lew Ort · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine April 1942

62 · Play It Smart, Pal! · C. G. Tahney · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine April 1942

69 · Murder Ward · Lee E. Wells · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine April 1942

77 · The Crimson Trail · Cecil G. Winstead · ts (r)

86 · Without Benefit of Jury · James Harry Martin · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine April 1942

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [February 1943] (10¢, pulp)
Issue partially indexed - probably a reprint of the December 1942 issue of Big-Book Detective Magazine.

· Murder Wrote the Music · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine December 1942

· Death Is My Teacher · Fredric Sinclair · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine December 1942

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [April 1943] (10¢, pulp)
Issue partially indexed - probably a reprint of the February 1943 issue of Big-Book Detective Magazine.

· Nine Dead Men and a Girl · Russell Gray · nv Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1943

· Footprints in the Sands of Crime · Robert W. Sneddon · ts Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1943

· The Turn in the Road · Francis K. Allan · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1943

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [June 1943] (10¢, pulp)
Issue partially indexed.

· The Case of the Beardless Corpse [Jethro Dumont (The Green Lama)] · Richard Foster · nv Double Detective March 1943

· Next Stop—Murder! · Peter Richards · ts Double Detective March 1943

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 8, October 1943] (10¢, pulp)
Issue partially indexed.

· One Little Bottle of Murder · David Manners · ss Detective Fiction Weekly February 1 1941, as “The Corpse in the Bottle”

· Dead Man’s Clue · Frederick C. Painton · ss Detective Fiction Weekly January 25 1941

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 9, December 1943] (pulp)
Issue partially indexed.

· He Looked Like Murder · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly February 8 1941

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 10, February 1944] (10¢, pulp)
Issue partially indexed.

· Of Time and Murder · Cornell Woolrich · nv Detective Fiction Weekly March 15 1941

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 11, April 1944] (Popular Publications, 10¢, 80pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge. Note that the Davis/Brandon story, “High Dough”, at least, is abridged from its original appearance.

2 · Freak Cases from the Desk Sergeant’s Blotter · The Editor · ms (r)

4 · The Black Spot [Captain McGrail] · Richard Sale · nv Detective Fiction Weekly April 26 1941

12 · Murder Comes Home · Kenneth L. Sinclair · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 19 1941

16 · High Dough · William E. Brandon · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 10 1941; abridged and given as by Frederick C. Davis, who might be the real author.

22 · The Vixen of Greed · James W. Booth · ar Detective Fiction Weekly May 10 1941

31 · Ill Wind · Charles Ingerman · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 31 1941

39 · It’s All in the Angle [Happy McGonigle] · Paul Allenby · nv Detective Fiction Weekly May 31 1941

51 · The Sundial’s Secret · Robert W. Sneddon · ar Detective Fiction Weekly April 12 1941

58 · They’re Off and You’re Out · Wally Wood · ar Detective Fiction Weekly May 31 1941

63 · Death Receives a Telegram · L. Ernenwein · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 31 1941

65 · Cruise Ship Murder · Frederick C. Painton · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 31 1941

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 13, August 1944] (Popular Publications, 10¢, 80pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

4 · Murderer’s Last Smoke · Joel Townsley Rogers · nv Detective Fiction Weekly August 2 1941

19 · Personal Touch · John J. McPhaul · ss Detective Fiction September 3 1941

20 · Mr. Simpson Meets a Killer · Don James · ss Detective Fiction August 20 1941

28 · Groomed for Murder · Dale Clark · ss Detective Tales October 1943

37 · The Two-Cent Kill · Richard Sale · nv Detective Fiction Weekly July 26 1941

47 · The Deadly Role · Ralph Oppenheim · ss Detective Fiction September 3 1941

55 · Mr. Pettibone Shoots It Out [Oliver Pettibone] · Donald G. Cormack · ss Detective Fiction September 3 1941

64 · Guarding New York’s Millions · Kenneth P. Wood · ar Detective Fiction Weekly June 28 1941, as “Guarding New York’s Billions”

67 · The Revolt of Widow Murphy · William Campbell Gault · ss Detective Fiction Weekly May 24 1941

73 · Maestro for the Dead · Henry Norton · ss Detective Tales November 1943

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 14, October 1944] (Popular Publications, Toronto, 10¢, 80pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

2 · Testing your Crime I.Q. · [uncredited] · qz (r)

4 · A Trick for Halloran · Victor Maxwell · nv New Detective Magazine November 1943

22 · Dope Dictators · James W. Booth · ar Detective Fiction November 1 1941

34 · The Crimes of Joseph Wall · Theodore Roscoe · ss (r)

54 · A Great Whirring of Wings · Day Keene · ss Dime Detective Magazine November 1943

61 · Murder Wins an Oscar · Kent Richards · ss Detective Fiction November 15 1941

71 · The Deadly Meek [Captain McGrail] · Richard Sale · ss Detective Fiction November 1 1941

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 15, December 1944] (Popular Publications, 10¢, 80pp+, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

2 · Crime Oddities · Various · ms (r)

4 · Satan Lies Silent · David V. Reed · nv Argosy April 15 1942

24 · The Corpseless Murder · Zeta Rothschild · ts Detective Fiction March 7 1942

32 · The Ghost in the Wires · William Edward Hayes · ss Detective Fiction April 1942

42 · The McGrabb Bag · Alfred Bester · ss Detective Fiction October 1 1941

50 · Bait for a Killer · Philip Ketchum · ss Detective Fiction January 24 1942

57 · Somebody’s Going to Die · Lawrence Treat · ss Detective Fiction February 21 1942

65 · You Can Only Hang Once · Arthur Leo Zagat · ss Detective Fiction January 10 1942

73 · When Murder Is Legal · William B. Hart · ar Detective Fiction January 24 1942

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 16, February 1945] (Popular Publications, 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Seven Mile House · Max Brand · na Argosy October 4 1941 (+3)

58 · Rendezvous with Death · Robert Turner · ss Detective Tales January 1944

68 · The Night Devil · Walter C. Brown · ss Argosy April 5 1941

83 · The Last Laugh · Stallard Jones · ss Flynn’s Detective November 1942

86 · Copper’s Night Out [Casey Mason] · Richard Sale · ss Detective Fiction February 21 1942

95 · Inspector Quiz Asks · [uncredited] · qz (r)

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 17, April 1945] (15¢, pulp)
Issue partially indexed.

· The Problem in Palm Springs [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · na The Saint Goes West by Leslie Charteris, Doubleday Crime Club, 1942, as “Palm Springs”
based on the photo-strip “The Saint Goes West: The Mystery of the Palm Springs Playboy” (Life, May 19, 1941).

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 18, June 1945] (pulp)
Issue not indexed.

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 19, October 1945] (10¢, pulp)
Issue partially indexed.

· A Trick for Halloran · Victor Maxwell · nv New Detective Magazine November 1943

Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) [Volume 2 Number 20, December 1945] (15¢, pulp)
Issue partially indexed.

· The ABC Deaths · Frederick C. Davis · nv Detective Fiction Weekly February 11 1933

Big-Book Detective (UK) (about)
British reprint edition of Big-Book Detective Magazine.

Publishers:

Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd.; 14 Lever Street, Manchester 1: Big-Book Detective (UK).

Big-Book Detective (UK) [#1, n.d. (1942?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the December 1941 (US) issue.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Mayor of Hell · David Manners · nv Big-Book Detective Magazine December 1941

16 · Bait for the Hot Seat · Caary Paul · nv Big-Book Detective Magazine December 1941

34 · I’ll Be Seeing You—Dead! · Jack Starr · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine December 1941

40 · Murder Meets the 8:15 · O. B. Myers · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine December 1941

47 · Deadly Weapon · Calvin L. Boswell · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine December 1941

55 · Bullets Are My Bounty! · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine December 1941

62 · The Line-Up · The Editor · cl Big-Book Detective Magazine December 1941

Big-Book Detective (UK) [#2, n.d. (1942?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the February 1942 (US) issue.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Murder Is News · Russell Gray · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942

16 · Murder’s Not My Line · W. T. Ballard · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942

31 · Death Demands His Cut · Ray P. Shotwell · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942

44 · The Devil’s Ante · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942

52 · The Corpse Wore Red · Daniel Winters · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942

· Five Grand for Buddy · David Crewe · ss Big-Book Detective Magazine February 1942

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