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Smashing Detective Stories [Volume 2 Number 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 [Volume 2 Number 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 [Volume 2 Number 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 [Volume 2 Number 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

Smashing Detective Stories [v4 #4, January 1956] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · A Noose for Mabel · Jack Sword · nv

22 · Death of a Dejected Editor · Dennis Wiegand · ss

34 · Dead Men Don’t Move [Chief Howard] · Thomas Thursday · ss

48 · Annals of Crime · Harold Gluck · cl

49 · Killer Trap · Eugene Pawley · ss

58 · No Season for Murder [Nate Stone] · William F. Schwartz · ss

64 · Cards of Death · Basil Wells · ss

68 · The Human Element · Francis C. Battle · ss

70 · Gangsters Quiz · James A. Hines · qz

71 · Murder Unlimited · Ned Swain · ss

76 · The Nasty Man · Hank Napheys · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [v4 #5, March 1956] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) []
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · Hilt-Deep [Kirk Lowe] · Wade B. Rubottom · nv

23 · The Mission of Willie Potter · B. W. Scott · ss

30 · Blood Will Tell of Murder [Nate Stone] · William F. Schwartz · nv

42 · Dark Campus · Stephen Dentinger · ss

56 · Unusual Legal Case · Edward Garner · ms

57 · Shadow of Guilt · Talmage Powell · ss

64 · Gangsters Quiz · James A. Hines · qz

65 · Murderous Suggestion · Joseph Henderson · ss

70 · Annals of Crime: The Doctor Died Fighting · Thomas Thursday · cl

72 · Death on Sunday · H. C. Butler · nv

Smashing Detective Stories [v4 #6, May 1956] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, 98pp, pulp) []
Details supplied by John Locke.

6 · Remains to Be Seen · Wadsworth Nealey · nv

32 · The Parrot in Cow’s Lane · Edward A. Dieckmann · ss

44 · Annals of Crime: Servant of the State · Thomas Thursday · cl

47 · Minor Oversight · Joseph Henderson · ss

55 · Hiding Place · Basil Wells · ss

61 · Railroad Crossing · Dennis Wiegand · vi

65 · The Truth That Kills · Marc Miller · ss

74 · Quick Change · B. W. Scott · vi

77 · Anniversary of Death · Jack Ritchie · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [Volume 5 Number 1, July 1956] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 25¢, 98pp+, pulp) []
Details supplied by John Locke.

6 · The Wrong Killer [Nate Stone] · William F. Schwartz · ss

22 · Death of a Pampered Pigeon [Sergeant Oliver] · Dennis Wiegand · ss

30 · The Cigaret Clue · Harold Gluck · ms

32 · The Squeeze · Matt Christopher · ss

42 · Doublecross Time · Saul Anthony · ss

56 · Death Is Invisible · Jim Harmon · ss

64 · No Burglars, Please! · E. E. Clement · ms

65 · The Big Squawk · Thomas Thursday · ss

75 · The Face of Nemesis · Reuben Jenner · ss

Smashing Detective Stories [Volume 5 Number 2, September 1956] (25¢, 132pp, pulp) []
Details taken from eBay listing.

· Message from a Corpse · William F. Schwartz · nv

6 · Comedy of Terrors · Richard Deming · nv

34 · The Rain-Soaked Corpse [Kirk Lowe] · Wade B. Rubottom · ss

46 · Death Laughs Last · E. E. Clement · ss

53 · Blackmail! · B. W. Scott · ss

60 · Don’t Wound a Copper · Cleve Curran · ss

70 · The Making of a Private Eye · Harold Gluck · ar

Smashing Detective Stories [Volume 5 Number 3, November 1956] (Columbia Publications, 25¢, 98pp, pulp) []
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · The Shotgun Slay [Nate Stone] · William F. Schwartz · na

38 · Diamonds for the Dying · Cleve Curran · ss

49 · The Want Ad Killers [Lee Furey] · Ernie Weatherall · ss

61 · Death of a Vulture · Edward Garner · pm

62 · Murder’s Pool [Sergeant Oliver] · Dennis Wiegand · ss

73 · The Lost Hour · Eugene Pawley · ss

77 · According to the Books · Curtis W. Casewit · rc

78 · Corpses, Ad Lib · Mat Rand · ss

Fast Action Detective and Mystery Stories
Title changed from Smashing Detective Stories.

Publishers:

Columbia Publications, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA: Fast Action Detective and Mystery Stories.

Editors:

Robert W. Lowndes - Editor: Fast Action Detective and Mystery Stories.

Fast Action Detective and Mystery Stories [Volume 5 Number 4, January 1957] (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) []
Details taken from eBay listing.

· The Amorous Corpse · Harlan Clay · ss

· The Riddle of Mrs. Massey · Francis C. Battle · ss

· Homicide’s Heiress · Saul Anthony · ss

· Red-Headed Slaymate · Peter Norcross · ss

· Tomorrow’s Headline · Marc Miller · ss

· The Killer and the Fiend · Richard Deming · na

· Annals of Crime · Thomas Thursday · cl

· According to the Books · Curtis W. Casewit · rc

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