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Popular Detective [Vol. XLII No. 3, May 1952] ed. David X. Manners (Better Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · The Sex Frame-Up · Frank Talker · cl

11 · Divining Rod Murder Case · Harold Helfer · ms

12 · The Loveless Die First · Dale Bogard · n. World Distributors, 1950; abridged.

23 · End of the Road · Clarence E. Flynn · pm

27 · Cartoon Fun · Reamer Keller · ct

53 · Bureau of Missing Persons · [uncredited] · cl

54 · Cry Murder! · Donn Mullally · nv

68 · The Naked Truth · Morris Cooper · ss

73 · Kiss the Dead Girl · Bruno Fischer · ss

82 · Quest for a Corpse · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv

97 · Puzzle Page · A. F. Schroeder, Jr. · pz

98 · Detective Movie News · Ann Kennedy · mr

101 · Danger—Maniac · David Alexander · ss; illustrated by J. Dreany

108 · Simple Tricks Foil Crooks · Carter Critz · ms

109 · If the Shoe Doesn’t Fit · Rufus Bakalor · ss

111 · Escape of Doom · R. Van Taylor · ss

115 · Home Was Never Like This · Manly E. David · ms

116 · Who’s in the Dark? · William Degenhard · ss

128 · Loony Laws · Cellblock Sam · ms

Popular Detective [v43 #1, July 1952] ed. David X. Manners (Better Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · Men Without Women · Frank Talker · cl

11 · Death of the Red Virgin · Carter Critz · ms

12 · Reunion with Darkness · William Degenhard · na

39 · Bureau of Missing Persons · [uncredited] · cl

40 · 88 Keys to Murder · Dan Deegan · nv

56 · Dames Have Two · Emmett McDowell · ss

66 · The Man Who Died Four Times · Day Keene · ss

74 · Married to Mischief · Wallace Umphrey · nv

90 · What Gives in the Barn? · Harold Helfer · ms

92 · See No Evil · Charles Larson · nv

106 · Detective Movie News · Ann Kennedy · mr

108 · Unhappy End · Al Anders · pm

109 · They’ll Never Suspect · Robert Turner · ss

112 · The Cop’s Uniform · Norman Renard · ms

113 · Puzzle Page · A. F. Schroeder, Jr. · pz

114 · The Forewarners · Miriam Allen deFord · ss

119 · Vulture’s Rendezvous · Walt Sheldon · ss

128 · Hectic Happenings · Jack Benton · ms

Popular Detective [v43 #2, September 1952] ed. David X. Manners (Better Publications, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · When Is Sex Illegal? · Frank Talker · cl

9 · Locomotive Jailbreak · Freeman H. Hubbard · ms

10 · The Evil Hour [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · na; illustrated by J. Dreany

41 · Remains to Be Seen · Harold Q. Masur · ss

48 · Model Prisoners · Norman Renard · ms

49 · Bureau of Missing Persons · [uncredited] · cl

50 · The Jelly Roll Heist [Milo March] · M. E. Chaber · nv; illustrated by C. A. Murphy

67 · The FBI to the Rescue · Carter Critz · ar

68 · Honey Robber · Henry Guth · ss

73 · Variety in Crime · Bert Reichert · ms

74 · Better Off Dead · William Degenhard · nv

99 · Puzzle Page · Ruth Lubell · pz

100 · Reason Unknown · Prisoner 89437 · ts

103 · Silent Witness · Vin Paradis · ss

106 · A Grave Is Waiting · Bruno Fischer · ss

117 · Detective Movie News · Ann Kennedy · mr

120 · Murder Spends the Week-End [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss Triple Detective Fall 1950

126 · Dotty Dimple · Cellblock Sam · pm

129 · Felony Follies · Harold Helfer · cl

Popular Detective [Vol. XLIII No. 3, November 1952] ed. David X. Manners (Better Publications, Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Samuel Cherry)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · Why Call Her Jailbait? · Frank Talker · cl

9 · The Welsher · Carter Critz · ms

10 · Anything for a Thrill · M. E. Chaber · na; illustrated by J. Dreany

38 · Nursery Crime · Talmage Powell · ss

46 · A Girl Named Lizzie · Harold Helfer · ss

49 · Bureau of Missing Persons · [uncredited] · cl

50 · City of Strangers · Philip Weck · na

57 · Flaming Youth · Cellblock Sam · pm

81 · Puzzle Page · A. F. Schroeder, Jr. · pz

82 · Detective Movie News · Ann Kennedy · mr

85 · The Talking Corpse [Mugs Kelly] · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss

93 · Gentleman Burglar · Freeman H. Hubbard · ms

95 · Pink Lady [Barney Brachen] · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss
probably not the same as the story of the same name in the September 1926 issue of Action Stories.

104 · Payroll · Stuart Friedman · ss

Popular Detective [v44 #1, January 1953] (Better Publications, Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · Do Sex Laws Need Overhauling? · Frank Talker · cl

10 · The Beautiful and the Doomed [Myro Catin] · Stewart Sterling · na; illustrated by J. Dreany

31 · Thugs in the Night · Norman Renard · ar

38 · The Arrest of a Jerk · R. Van Taylor · ss

43 · The Strange Case of Mr. Pitts · Carter Critz · ar

45 · Bureau of Missing Persons · [uncredited] · cl

46 · Meet Me on 47th Street · Bruce Elliott · nv

63 · Dog Bites Man · Craig Rice · ss

66 · It’s Murder, Brother! · Bill Erin · nv; illustrated by J. Dreany

73 · Hot Money · Cellblock Sam · pm

77 · Proof · Manly E. David · ar; given as by Manley E. David.

80 · Detective Movie News · Jane Magill · mr

82 · Everything’s Crooked · William Vance · ss

93 · Mother Forged Checks · Harold Helfer · ms

95 · The Getaway · Victor K. Ray · ss

103 · Puzzle Page · A. F. Schroeder, Jr. · pz

104 · Lady Be Dead · V. E. Thiessen · ss

Popular Detective [v44 #2, March 1953] ed. Everett H. Ortner (Better Publications, Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · The Forty Elephants · Norman Renard · ms

9 · Bureau of Missing Persons · [uncredited] · cl

10 · The Unsinkable Blonde [Steve Koski] · Stewart Sterling · na

37 · Death in the Moonlight [Melville Fairr] · Craig Rice · ss

41 · The Reason · Sam L. Mann · pm

45 · By Way of Example · Philip Ketchum · ss; illustrated by Everett Raymond Kinstler

53 · The High Cost of Killing · Dorothy Dunn · ss

61 · Detective Movie News · Ann Kennedy · mr

63 · Booby-Trap Currency · Lew York · ms

64 · Was She Murdered? · S. N. Wernick · ss

74 · Inside Stuff · Harold Helfer · cl

76 · Small Fry · Frank Richardson Pierce · ss

82 · Love Me—Love My Corpse! · Philip Weck · nv

Popular Detective [v44 #3, May 1953] ed. Everett H. Ortner (Better Publications, Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · Inside Stuff · D. V. Guilder · cl

9 · Bureau of Missing Persons · [uncredited] · cl

10 · The Darkened Room · Bruce Elliott · na

27 · Set a Thief— · Robert Carlton · ss

34 · Such a Pretty Corpse · Francis Hamilton · ss

41 · Assorted Mayhem · Harold Helfer · ms

42 · The Cop War · Philip Weck · nv

62 · Long Arm of the Law · Jack Benton · ms

63 · Success Story · Frank D. Millman · ss

67 · A Touch of Marion · L. F. Guttridge · ss

74 · The Trouble Twins [Tim Rigby] · Bill Carroll · ss

79 · [cartoon] · Reamer Keller · ct

81 · Detective Movie News · Ann Kennedy · mr

84 · The Kiss-and-Kill Murders [Don Marko] · Stewart Sterling · nv

112 · The Black Cross · Will Cole · ms

Popular Detective [v45 #1, Fall 1953] ed. Morris Ogden Jones (Better Publications, Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · Bureau of Missing Persons · [uncredited] · cl

9 · Inside Stuff: The Poor Devil’s Advocate · Pat Jones · cl; story of Legal Aid lawyer Ben Schmier.

10 · The Corpse in 1214 [Gil Vine] · Stewart Sterling · na

23 · Up to the Minute · William Carter · ar

29 · Smoked Out · Lew York · ar

37 · Hundred Percenter · Edward Polosky · ss

45 · Island of Fear · Ben Smith · ss; illustrated by Orban

52 · Deadlier Than the Male · Philip Weck · ss

62 · The Mystery Quiz · [uncredited] · qz

63 · Double Trouble [Tim Rigby] · William E. Carroll · ss

68 · Early to Kill · Stan Widney · nv

79 · Detective Movie News · Ann Kennedy · mr

82 · Murder for Madame [Milo March] · M. E. Chaber · nv

91 · Miscellaneous Mayhem · Harold Helfer · ms

102 · Hoodlum · John L. Benton · ss

Popular Detective (Australia)
Another thin Australian digest, this one with a mixture of original stories and reprints from American pulps.

Publishers:

Action Comics Pty. Ltd.; 14 Bond Street, Sydney: Popular Detective (Australia).

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #1, 1954] (66pp, digest)
Issue partially indexed.

· [unknown story] · William C. Bailey · ss

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #2, 1954] (digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · Editorial · The Editor · ed (r)

4 · Cry Murder [Doan & Carstairs] · [uncredited] · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction July 1944, as by Norbert Davis

34 · House by the River · Carroll John Daly · nv Famous Detective Stories February 1953

57 · The Slay’s the Thing · Mal Kent · ss Famous Detective Stories November 1951

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #3, 1954] (digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

· Editorial · The Editor · ed (r)

· Don’t Monkey with Murder! · [uncredited] · na Smashing Detective Stories June 1953, as by Hunt Collins

· Half-Pint Galahad [Oliver Pettibone] · [uncredited] · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction May 1944, as by Donald G. Cormack

· Design for Dying · Leigh Brackett · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction June 1944

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #4, 1954] (1/-, 66pp, digest)

· Die Tomorrow, Please · [uncredited] · nv Smashing Detective Stories December 1953, as by Buck Gilmore

· Strictly on the Ball · Seven Anderton · nv Smashing Detective Stories March 1952

· The Black Fog Deaths [Archie McCann] · David MacGregor · ss Famous Detective Stories November 1952

· Miss Pender Smells a Rat [Edna Pender; Steve Ware] · Seven Anderton · ss Famous Detective Stories November 1951

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #5, 1954] (digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

· Editorial · The Editor · ed

· Watch for a Murder · [uncredited] · ss

· His for the Killing · Kevin M. Slattery · ss

· Dirge in A Flat · [uncredited] · ss Famous Detective Stories November 1951, as by James MacCreigh

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #6, 1954] (digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

· Editorial · The Editor · ed

· Shadow on My Doorway · Kevin M. Slattery · ss

· The Case That Jack Built · G. C. Bleeck · ss

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #7, 1954] (Action Comics, digest)

· Vote One for Murder · Kevin M. Slattery · nv

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #8, 1954] (1/-, 66pp, digest)

· They Run by Night · Kevin M. Slattery · ss

· The Runaway Bridegrooms · Kevin M. Slattery · ss

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #9, 1954 (variant 1)] (1/-, 66pp, digest)
Details supplied by Tom Lesser. Different issues numbered #9 contain different stories.

4 · A Matter of State · William C. Bailey · nv Smashing Detective Stories September 1953

32 · Chartered for Death · [uncredited] · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction May 1944, as by Edward S. Williams

48 · Wavelength, Death! · [uncredited] · nv Famous Detective Stories November 1951, as by Daniel R. Gilgannon

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #9, 1954 (variant 2)] (1/-, 66pp, digest)
Different issues numbered #9 contain different stories.

· Misleading Lady · Kevin M. Slattery · ss

· Framed for Murder · Peter Williams · ss

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