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The Rapid [v1 #6, September 1907] ed. Percy Everett (4d, 104pp) []
Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

673 · A Last Word with “Rapid” Readers · The Editor · ed

674 · Repenting at Leisure · Rita · ar

676 · The Real Necessities of Life: A Man’s View · Clarence Rook · ar

677 · The Real Necessities of Life: A Woman’s View · Mrs. Coulson Kernahan · ar

678 · The Miseries of a Moderate Income · T. C. Bridges · ar

681 · Short Cuts to Success · Eustace Miles · ar

684 · How to become Somebody Else · Bransby Williams · ar

685 · Games and Character · C. T. Studd · ar

687 · The Average Young Man · Mrs. Neish · ar

688 · Anglo-German Relations · Maj.-General Sir Alfred Turner · ar

690 · Why Men Fail · Chas. F. Forshaw · ar

692 · Is a Girl Safe on the Stage? · [uncredited] · ar

693 · Paradise Court [Part 1 of 6] · J. S. Fletcher · sl The Novel Magazine August 1907; first part of serial also just started in The Novel to allow readers to switch over magazines.

703 · Brian the Bold · Helen Lawton · ss

707 · A Captain of Cossacks · E. Henniker Grant · ss

713 · Humour in the Army · Rudolph de Cordova · ar

721 · Thoughts on All Subjects · John Strange Winter · ar; this issue covers shoes, extravagance and autumn.

724 · The Bunco-Steerer · John Haslette · ss

728 · The Open Door [Part 6 of 6] · Fred M. White · sl

763 · The Scrap · M. E. Harding · ss

766 · Vernon’s Masterpiece · Edna Wallace · ss

771 · The Dook · A. R. Winter · ss

775 · Mademoiselle Lebrun · Laurence M. Hyde · ss

780 · The Toy Soldier · R. B. N. Everett · ss

Rapid-Fire Action Stories (about)

Rapid-Fire Action Stories [Volume 1 Number 1, November 1932] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) []
Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents.

7 · Hopes · Richard Goodwin · pm

8 · Shattered Wings · Gilbert Patten · nv

46 · Two Giants—and a Man · John Beames · ss

51 · Blind Reckoning · Dudley Fitzgerald · ss

61 · Wrong Party · James Howard Hull · ss

72 · The Tide of Doom · H. Bedford-Jones · ss

87 · Bared Fangs · William Byron Mowery · ss

93 · Rustler’s Reward · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss

105 · Fetters of Madness · Clee Woods · ss

113 · The Door to Hell · Douglas M. Dold · ss

124 · Beneath the Waves · Tom Freeman · pm

Rapid-Fire Action Stories [Volume 1 Number 2, December 1932] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, 129-256pp, pulp) []
Details supplied by Doug Ellis.

137 · The Viking’s Song · Harold Willard Gleason · pm

138 · Aces Trick · F. V. W. Mason · na

175 · Those Good Old Ways · Bertram W. Williams · ss

181 · A Cure for Evil · C. V. Tench · ss

188 · Song of Danger · R. W. Alexander · nv

213 · The Rio Grande to Cross · T. T. Flynn · ss

223 · Gone—But Not Forgotten · George McPherson Hunter · ss

230 · The Ship of Gold · Henry Leverage · ss

237 · Born to Be Lucky · Robert K. Roth · ss

246 · Magic Bird · Major George Fielding Eliot · ss

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories (about)
Published as a companion to Rapid-Fire Action Stories and Rapid-Fire Western Stories, Rapid-Fire Detective Stories was an undistinguished detective pulp that ran for 8 issues.

Publishers:

Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc.; 400 Pearl Street, New York, NY; and later at 405 Hudson Street, New York, NY: Rapid-Fire Detective Stories.

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v1 #1, October 1932] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Joseph Doolin from Clues May 1927) []
Details supplied by Steve Miller & Doug Ellis.

5 · Bandit Breed [Jimmy Lannigan] · Tom Curry · ss Clues April 1927, as “The Death Car”
revised, with Jimmy Lannigan substituted for original characters.

25 · Stolen News · Don Robert Catlin · ss Clues July 1927, as “Sounding Brass”

35 · Under the Gun · Allen S. Jacobs · ss Clues July 1927, as “The Dagger of Mahuputi”

44 · The Hatchet Master · Roy W. Hinds · nv All Star Detective Stories June 1930, as “Flying Hatchets”

74 · The Language of the Underworld · No. 27026 · ar Clues November 1926, as “The Underworld and Its Vernacular”

80 · The Price of Hanging · Henry Leverage · ss Ace-High Magazine January 1922, as “Twenty-Seven Cents”

87 · Twice as Pretty as a Peacock · Stanley Shaw · ss Clues January 1927, as “As Blooms the Wistaria”

97 · Dead Man’s Hand · J. R. Ward · ss Clues August 1927, as “The Branahan Case”

107 · A Deal in Pearls · Eric Taylor · ss Clues July 1927, as “Pearls Before Swine”

114 · Busy Wires · George J. Brenn · ss Ace-High Magazine January 1922, as “Experience Smith”

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v1 #2, November 1932] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, 129-256pp, pulp) []
Details supplied by Doug Ellis.

135 · Double Check · W. E. Ulich · ss Clues 2nd April 1928, as “Duplicates”

140 · The Crimson Skull · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Clues June 1927, as “The Red Skull”

161 · The Trap · Ray Cummings · ss

173 · The Death Dog · Kelman D. Frost · ss Clues 2nd May 1928, as “The Dog of Doom”; given as by Kilman D. Frost.

182 · Brood of the Flame · Johnston McCulley · ss All Star Detective Stories September 1930, as “Brothers of the Leaping Flame”

206 · Taxi Trouble · Allen S. Jacobs · ss Clues October 1927, as “The Trouble Cruiser”

213 · Fried Fish · Louis Weadock · ss Clues October 1927, as “Dan Dorr Fries Some Fish”

221 · Morgue Key · Mark Layton · ss

233 · A Run on Getaways · Thomas Topham · ss

242 · Diamond Crop · Eric Taylor · ss

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v1 #3, December 1932] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, 257-384pp, pulp, cover by Joseph Doolin) []
Details supplied by Doug Ellis.

265 · With Both Fists · Stephen Caldwell · ss Clues 2nd August 1928, as “Hard-Boiled” by Erle Stanley Gardner

274 · Hands of Death [Dave Barker] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv

295 · Water Trail · Mark Layton · ss

307 · The Whistle Guy · Kenneth Hart · ss

314 · The Hard Mob · Tom Curry · nv

· The Aristocratic Rogue · Edouard Deservillers · ar Clues 1st October 1928, as “A Prince Among Crooks”

337 · Yellow Cargo · T. T. Flynn · ss

345 · The Strangler’s Finger · P. M. Gibbons · ss

351 · Highway of Treachery · C. M. Rockwell · ss

361 · Arrests Not Allowed · Thomas Topham · ss

372 · Time for Sale · Eric Taylor · ss

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v2 #1, January 1933] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Joseph Doolin from Clues January 1928) []
Details supplied by Doug Ellis.

7 · Behind the Smuggler’s Alias [Curt Dailey] · Lemuel de Bra · ss

18 · New York—Big Oil Town! · Johnston McCulley · nv

50 · The Law of the Lawless · C. M. Rockwell · ss

59 · Trial by Gunfire [John Barton] · Allen S. Jacobs · ss

67 · When Crooks Fall Out · Tom Curry · ss

74 · The Thousand Steel Kisses [Tsang Ah-Bou] · James W. Bennett · nv

· Doom Lies in Their Hands · Cyrus Chapin · ar Clues February 1927, as “Identification by Fingerprints”

97 · Riding a Crime Wave · Thomas Topham · ss

105 · The Human Flaw · Oscar Schisgall · ss

111 · The Package of Death · T. T. Flynn · ss

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v2 #2, February 1933] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, 129-256pp, pulp) []
Details supplied by Doug Ellis.

135 · The Panel of Doom · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv

163 · A Shipment from Tia Juana · C. M. Rockwell · ss Clues 1st October 1928, as “Trouble at Tia Juana”

171 · Doubling for Death · Eric Taylor · ss

185 · Hot Spot · Allen S. Jacobs · ss

· Sinister Crystals · Lemuel de Bra · ar

196 · Murder by Count [Jimmy Lannigan] · Tom Curry · nv

214 · The Ride Back · Edgar C. Nicholas · ss

223 · The Eight of Clubs · George Storm · ss

233 · Gangster’s Toll · T. T. Flynn · ss

241 · City of Chance · Mark Layton · ss

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v2 #3, March 1933] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover from Clues August 1927) []

· Blood and Silver · James W. Bennett · nv

· The Blue-Green Death · Edward Leaming · nv Clues March 1927, as “The Cards of Death” by Erle Stanley Gardner

· Sixty Seconds · Allen S. Jacobs · ss

· Rough Stuff · Tom Curry · ss

· Gunman for a Night · Paul Fisher · ss

· Framed for a Rap · Stephen Caldwell · ss Clues 1st August 1928, as “The Fall Guy” by Erle Stanley Gardner

· The Path of the Monster · Eric Taylor · ss

· The Right to Kill · Edgar C. Nicholas · ss

· The Great Prison Mystery · Thomas Topham · ss

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v3 #1, April 1933] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Joseph Doolin from Clues April 1927) []
Details supplied by Doug Ellis.

7 · Wanted for Murder · Peter Ellsworth · ss

20 · Wise Mob · Francis McAllister · nv

37 · Behind Locked Doors · John Kemper · ss

48 · Death Money [Jimmy Lannigan] · Tom Curry · nv

66 · King of the Beggars · Mark Layton · ss

74 · Derelicts Due · Eric Taylor · ss

85 · What the Professor Saw · Ruth Wilson · ar

90 · The Dance for Devils · T. T. Flynn · nv

106 · The Shadow · Kenneth Hart · ss

114 · The Doom Dancer · George Storm · ss

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v3 #2, May 1933] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Joseph Doolin) []
Details supplied by Doug Ellis.

133 · Yellow Claws · Carl Franklin Ruth · ss Clues 2nd July 1929, as “State’s Evidence” by Erle Stanley Gardner

146 · The Death Gambler [Nibs Holloway] · Ed Norris · nv

170 · Partners in Crime [John Barton] · Allen S. Jacobs · ss

180 · Just a Guy of Tact · A. N. Bechtol · ss

188 · Where Orders Lead · T. T. Flynn · ss

198 · Mask of Terror · Johnston McCulley · nv

219 · Bite of the Dead · Eric Taylor · ss

232 · Big Time Stuff · W. E. Ulich · ss

238 · The Ghost-Crook · Edward Leaming · ss Clues 1st November 1928, as “A Point of Honor” by Erle Stanley Gardner

248 · Dicks Laugh, Too [Jimmy Lannigan] · Tom Curry · ss

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v3 #3, June 1933 (unpublished)] (pulp) []
One story was announced for the unpublished June 1933 issue.

· Crimson Night [Nibs Holloway] · Ed Norris · ss

Rapid-Fire Western Stories (about)

Rapid-Fire Western Stories [v1 #1, October 1932] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Nick Eggenhofer from Ace-High Magazine 2nd June 1926) []
Details supplied by Doug Ellis.

· Cow Country Code · S. Omar Barker · pm

· Three of a Kind · Wilson L. Colvert · ss

· Rodeo Spoils · Ray Humphreys · ss

· Trail’s End · Edward T. Glynn · ss

· Cold Steel · J. Edward Leithead · ss

· Seven Devils · Samuel M. Sargent, Jr. · ss

· Name of a Bronco · Glenn A. Connor · ss

· Privilege to Kill · Johnston McCulley · ss

· Quick-Finger · Charles Penvir Gordon · ss

· “No Tickee, No Shirtee!” · Fred Moller · ss

· Collected in Full · Frank L. Benscoter · ss

· Raising Hill · Richard Hill Wilkinson · ss

· The Tenderfoot Sheriff · Ralph L. Cunningham · ss

· Overdrawn · Griff Crawford · pm

Rapid-Fire Western Stories [v1 #2, November 1932] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by William Reusswig) []
Details supplied by Doug Ellis.

· The Holy Terror · Clarence Mansfield Lindsay · pm Ace-High Magazine 2nd July 1926

· The Border-Busters · J. Edward Leithead · ss

· Passengers · Kittredge Kelly · ss

· Buckin’ Hoss · Glenn A. Connor · ss

· Nightherd Fight · Ripton Croy · ss

· A Claim for Sale · Homer King Gordon · ss

· Planted Bullion · Douglas M. Dold · ss

· Fair an’ Square · Charles Gordon · ss

· Nice Dog · Joseph T. Kescel · ss

· Locked Lips · Frank C. Robertson · ss

· An Outlaw’s Revenge · William Wills Bradford · ss

· Earning Their Way · Ray Humphreys · ss

· Mortgage Money · Harrison G. Streeter · ss

· A Gray Shadow · Arthur F. Sliger · ss

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