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Popular Detective [v26 #1, December 1943] (Better Publications, 10¢, 98pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 15 · Blackmail Clinic [Dr. Zeng] · Walt Bruce · na; illus. Orban 45 · Murder Is for Keeps · Clark Frost · ss 48 · Miami Beach Saboteur · Jack Kofoed · nv; illus. V. E. Pyles 62 · Death Signals · John L. Benton · ss 67 · The Short Straw [Bill Kenyon] · Frank Johnson · ss 74 · Chuckles · Murray Leinster · ss 78 · F.B.I. Opener [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · nv; illus. Joe Archibald 86 · Our Sacrifice (A Message) · Angelo Patri · ms; (War Bond message).
Popular Detective [v26 #2, February 1944] (Better Publications, 10¢, 98pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 13 · The Irish Death Trap · Don Tracy · na 32 · William Klump, Nursemaid [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 42 · The Bird Master · Arthur J. Burks · nv 57 · Transfusion · Murray Leinster · ss 61 · Date with a Thousand Deaths [Bill Kenyon] · Frank Johnson · ss 67 · The Cop and the Cobbler · John L. Benton · ss 72 · The Big-Top Mystery · Thomson Burtis · nv 86 · Straight to the Bottom · Westbrook Pegler · ms; (War Bond promotion piece).
Popular Detective [v26 #3, April 1944] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 13 · Frame for Murder · Henry Kuttner · na 36 · Coiffeured to Kill [Joe Bunt] · Laurence Donovan · nv 50 · Gone with the Loot · John L. Benton · ss 53 · Murder on the Mississippi · H. Wolff Salz · ss 61 · It Could Only Happen to Willie [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 69 · The Foolish One [Bill Kenyon] · Frank Johnson · ss 74 · Buy Yourself a Bomber · Gypsy Rose Lee · ms; (War Bond promotion piece).
Popular Detective [v27 #1, June 1944] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · Four Sly Men · J. Lane Linklater · na 36 · Take Me for Murder · John L. Benton · nv 49 · Pattern for Killing [Archie McCann] · M. D. Orr · ss 56 · You Can’t Beat the Dutch [Bill Kenyon] · Frank Johnson · ss 65 · Murder on the Menu · Michael O’Brien · ss 69 · Skip Tracer Bullets [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss
Popular Detective [v27 #2, August 1944] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · Corpse Cargo [Dr. Zeng] · Walt Bruce · na 30 · The Greatest Swindle of All Time · Samuel Mines · nf 33 · Kill for Your Supper [Bill Kenyon] · Frank Johnson · ss 42 · White Palms in the South Seas [Archie McCann] · M. D. Orr · ss 51 · No Hits, No Aryans · Bill Morgan · ss 57 · Meat Brawl [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 66 · Key to Murder [Charles Mallory] · Curtiss T. Gardner · nv
Popular Detective [v27 #3, October 1944] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 13 · The Crimson Clown’s Return [Delton Prouse (The Crimson Clown)] · Johnston McCulley · nv 29 · The Man Who Forged to the Top · Samuel Mines · nf 32 · Design for Suicide [Archie McCann] · M. D. Orr · ss 40 · Voice of Murder · Jay Arlen · nv 54 · Defective Bureau [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 62 · Ticklish Business · Curtiss T. Gardner · ss 67 · Thunder in the West [Bill Kenyon] · Frank Johnson · ss
Popular Detective [v28 #1, December 1944] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · Death Stalks the Sound Stage [Rolph Burnham] · Thomson Burtis · nv 28 · Two-Timing Willie [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 37 · Slay-Mates · Charles Larson · ss 45 · The Battle of Cameron Dam · Samuel Mines · ts 48 · The Case of the Laughing Dogs · Lee Fredericks · nv 60 · Bargain for an Enemy · Murray Leinster · ss 72 · The Hanging Shadow · Robert Wallace · ss
Popular Detective [v28 #2, February 1945] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp, cover by Ernest Chiriacka) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · The Red Sword [by C. S. Montagne, [?]; Red Sword] · John Drummond · nv 34 · The Minister Is the Clue · Howard J. Dailey · ss 41 · Trance Figured [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald 50 · The Scar Was Wrong · Michael O’Brien · ss 54 · Bulls Make Good Bodyguards [Rolph Burnham] · Thomson Burtis · nv 67 · Soldiers Without Uniforms [Bill Kenyon] · Frank Johnson · ss
Popular Detective [v28 #3, April 1945] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · Bonus for a Body · T. W. Ford · na 33 · One Tooth of the Law [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald 41 · Death in Masquerade · J. S. Endicott · ss 47 · Double Reward · Benton Braden · ss 52 · Amateur Stuff [Rolph Burnham] · Thomson Burtis · nv 65 · The Village of Revenge [Bill Kenyon] · Frank Johnson · ss
Popular Detective [v29 #1, June 1945] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · Motto for Murder [Detective Rufe Reed] · Frank Johnson · na; illus. Parkhurst 32 · Pilot to Murderer · Walt Sheldon · ss; illus. Murphy 39 · Clown of Doom [Ed Rice] · John L. Benton · ss 43 · Death by Proxy [Archie McCann] · M. D. Orr · ss 50 · The Chair Is Not Cheated · Mel Watt · nv; illus. Parkhurst 64 · The Witness Share [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald
Popular Detective [v29 #2, August 1945] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · Murder Nightmare · Norman A. Daniels · na 31 · Hook, Line and Sinker [Archie McCann] · M. D. Orr · ss 39 · The D.A. Dies · John L. Benton · ss 43 · Crime at Capetown · Charles S. Strong · ss 52 · The Death Patrol · Curtiss T. Gardner · nv 65 · Good Cigar · Paul Annixter · ss 67 · One on the House Dick [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald
Popular Detective [v29 #3, October 1945] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · Murder Valley · Thomson Burtis · na 43 · Nice Night for Murder · Jack Gleoman · ss 47 · Murders in the Fog [Archie McCann] · M. D. Orr · ss 54 · Death at Oodnadatta · Charles S. Strong · nv 65 · Tooth and Consequences [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald 80 · How Long Is a War? · Paul Gallico · ms
Popular Detective [v30 #1, December 1945] (Better Publications, 10¢, 82pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · The Captain Died in Silk · Jack Hopper · na 33 · Ten Years for Butch · Charles S. Strong · ss 37 · Medical Murder · Norman A. Daniels · ss 44 · Death Plays Santa Claus · Johnston McCulley · ss 52 · Keys to the Killer · Wayland Rice · nv 64 · Nursery Crime [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald
Popular Detective [v30 #2, February 1946] (Better Publications, 10¢, 98pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · Misc. Material · cl 13 · Mission of Death · M. D. Orr · nv 37 · Mud · Bill Anson · ss 46 · War at Willowmore · Charles S. Strong · ss 56 · Murder Through Magic [Charles Mallory] · Curtiss T. Gardner · ss 67 · The Eyes of Death · Kerry McRoberts · ss 71 · The Gentleman Next Door · C. K. M. Scanlon · ss 77 · Murder in the Worst Degree [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss
Popular Detective [v31 #1, June 1946] (Better Publications, 10¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Death Makes a Man Mad · Laurence Donovan · na · Let Me Kill You Tenderly · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv · The Sign of Murder · Wayland Rice · ss · Where There’s a Willi There’s a Way · Joe Archibald · ss · Something Old Something New · F. R. Read · ss · Baldy and the Dead Southpaw [Baldy Simmons] · Jack Kofoed · ss
Popular Detective [v31 #2, August 1946] (Better Publications, 10¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 9 · The Dead Don’t Write [Moody Hackett] · Roger Fuller · na 43 · Nobody Home · David X. Manners · ss 46 · With Intent to Murder · Norman A. Daniels · nv 57 · An Ace and a Pear [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald 66 · There’s Murder in Your Horoscope · Lee Fredericks · nv 76 · Baldy and the Strip Tease Murder [Baldy Simmons] · Jack Kofoed · ss 83 · Escape · John Clemons · ss
Popular Detective [v32 #1, January 1947] (Better Publications, 15¢, 114pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 13 · The Grave Must Be Deep · Norman A. Daniels · na 70 · Darling, You Shouldn’t Have! · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 79 · Fit to Be Tried [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald 88 · Too Many Cops · William O’Sullivan · nv; illus. Ed DeLavy 100 · The Wall of Light · Anthony Tompkins · ss; illus. C. A. Murphy
Popular Detective [v32 #2, March 1947] (Better Publications, 15¢, 114pp, pulp) [MH] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 13 · Death Wears Kid Gloves [Moody Hackett] · Roger Fuller · na; illus. C. A. Murphy 51 · The Mourning After [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illus. Joe Archibald 60 · Island Strangler · Roger Torrey · nv; illus. C. A. Murphy 72 · Flowers, My Pretty One · Wayland Rice · nv 87 · Deadly Capsule · Leo Marr · nf 92 · Hangman’s Ferry · Hal K. Wells · ss 96 · Frozen Stiff [Dave McClain] · C. S. Montanye · ss
Popular Detective [v32 #3, May 1947] (Better Publications, 15¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Five Gray Rats · Merle Constiner · nv · Death Has No Love Life · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv · Souvenir from Saipan · J. Lane Linklater · nv · Two Grand Finale · Joe Archibald · ss · They Do It with Mirrors · Simon York · ss · The Mills Grind Fast · William Hopson · ss · Cargo of Death · Wyatt Blassingame · ss
Popular Detective [v33 #1, July 1947] (Better Publications, 15¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Aftermath of Murder · Norman Daniels · na · Death Watch · Arthur Leo Zagat · nv · You Wake Up Dead · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv · A Man’s Best Friend Is an Alibi · Jack Kofoed · ss · D.P. from Brooklyn · O. B. Myers · ss · No Truck with Murder · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss · Kilroy Rides Again · Joe Archibald · ss
Popular Detective [v33 #2, September 1947] (Better Publications, 15¢, 114pp, pulp) [Monte Herridge] 6 · Official Business · The Editor · cl 11 · Location for Murder · Edward Churchill · na 52 · Killigee Swamp · Joel Townsley Rogers · nv 67 · Murder Mustn’t Miss [Chet Lacey] · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 76 · Model for Murder · Wayland Rice · ss 85 · Things Past Remembered · William Hopson · ss 93 · The Cop on the Corner · David Goodis · ss 101 · When a Body Meets a Body [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss
Popular Detective [v33 #3, November 1947] (Better Publications, 15¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · No Escape from Murder · Wayland Rice · ss · The Corpse Came Ashore · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss · Twiced Murdered · Norman A. Daniels · ss · The Loot · Edward Ronns · ss · Competition Is Tough · O. B. Myers · ss · Silence Is Golden · Ray Cummings · ss · Not According to Doyle · Carter Critz · ss · One Two Three Murder · Robert J. Hogan · ss
Popular Detective [v34 #1, January 1948] (Better Publications, 15¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · The Juarez Knife · Richard Deming · na · A Cold Night for Murder · J. Lane Linklater · ss · I’ll Take that Rap · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss · Stalling All Cars [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss Ten Detective Aces May ’35 · Old Doc · George Metcalf Johnson · ss · Bullets for Free · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss · Santa Thumbs a Ride · Johnston McCulley · ss
Popular Detective [v34 #2, March 1948] (Better Publications, 15¢, pulp) Information from EBAY auction. · Three Fingers of Death · Roger Fuller · ss · Knowledge of Crime · Wyatt Blassingame · ss · 42 Keys to Murder · Edward Churchill · ss · New Year’s Pardon · Johnston McCulley · ss · Murder’s Handyman · Woodrow Wilson Smith · ss · Hand of Guilt · Sam Bayne · ss · Photo Finish for a Dame · Joe Archibald · ss · A Lesson Too Late · Ray Cummings · ss · Don’t Fool with Murder · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss

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