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Triple Detective (UK) [#2, 195?] (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 9d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the Fall 1950 issue of Triple Detective.

2 · Where the Snow Was Red [Dr. John Smith] · Hugh Pentecost · n. Dodd, Mead, 1949; abridged.

31 · The Deadly Voyage [Insp. Jules Maigret] · Georges Simenon; translated by Margaret Ludwig · na Maigret Keeps a Rendezvous by Georges Simenon, George Routledge & Sons, 1940, as “The Sailors’ Rendezvous”
translated from the French (“Au rendez-vous des Terre-Neuvas”, Fayard, 1931).

62 · Murder Spends the Weekend [Mugs Kelly] · Don Hobart · ss Triple Detective Fall 1950

Triple Detective Novels [#3, 195?] (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 1/-, pulp)
Partial reprint of the Fall 1950 issue of Five Detective Novels Magazine.

4 · Deliver the Dead · T. T. Flynn · na Popular Detective November 1937

30 · Dark Shadow [Johnny Sconns] · John Hawkins · nv Popular Detective January 1938

44 · The Hobby Murders · Joseph J. Millard · na Popular Detective February 1942

Triple Detective Novels [#4, 195?] (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 1/-, pulp)
Partial reprint of the Summer 1951 issue of Triple Detective, plus a single story from elsewhere.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · The Readers’ Jury · The Readers · lc Triple Detective Summer 1951

7 · The Register · Harold Helfer · ts Triple Detective Summer 1951

10 · Mischief Done · Jack Sheridan · na Home & Van Thal, 1948

59 · The Lady Was No Lady · [uncredited] · ms Triple Detective Summer 1951

59 · Speaking of Tricks · [uncredited] · ms Triple Detective Summer 1951

60 · Smart Guys Don’t Slip · Harold Lawlor · ss Popular Detective March 1951

65 · Alias Sherlock Holmes · [uncredited] · ms Triple Detective Summer 1951

65 · Do You Feel a Chill? · [uncredited] · ms Triple Detective Summer 1951

65 · Pardon My Pistol · [uncredited] · ms Triple Detective Summer 1951

Triple Detective Novels [#5, 195?] (Pemberton’s of Manchester, pulp)
Issue not indexed.

Triple Detective Novels [#6, 195?] (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 9d, pulp)
Partial reprint of the Spring 1953 issue of Triple Detective.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Blonde Angel of Death · W. T. Ballard · nv Thrilling Detective June 1942

24 · The Readers’ Jury · The Editor · cl Triple Detective Spring 1953

26 · The Lady’s Out for Blood! [Myro Catin] · Stewart Sterling · na Triple Detective Spring 1953

43 · Explanations · Harold Helfer · ts Triple Detective Spring 1953

57 · Sidelights on Crime · Bert Reichert · ms Triple Detective Spring 1953

58 · Murder Bait · Philip Weck · ss Triple Detective Spring 1953

Triple Detective Novels [#7, 195?] (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 9d, pulp)
Partial reprint of the Summer 1953 issue of Triple Detective.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Softly Creep and Softly Kill! [Tony Lark] · Peter Paige · na Detective Tales August 1947

19 · Last Laugh · Stephen Baxter · ar Triple Detective Summer 1953

29 · One Good Turn— · Lew York · ar Triple Detective Summer 1953

40 · Killer, What’s Your Name? · Frederick C. Davis · na Argosy January 10 1942

55 · Ah, Youth! · Mark Wall · ts Triple Detective Summer 1953

61 · The Square Peg · Leonard F. Guttridge · ss Triple Detective Summer 1953

65 · Fiend in the Dark · Harold Helfer · ts Triple Detective Summer 1953

Triple Detective Novels [#8, 195?] (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 9d, pulp)
Issue not indexed.

Triple Detective Novels [#9, 195?] (Pemberton’s of Manchester, 9d, pulp)
Partial reprint of the Summer 1953 issue of Triple Detective, plus a single story from elsewhere.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · The Shield · William Degenhard · na Triple Detective Spring 1954

17 · Impatient Burglar · Stephen J. Schmiedl · ar Triple Detective Spring 1954

35 · Dead Wrong · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss Triple Detective Summer 1953

44 · Sucker for a Blonde · Ralph Wellner · ss Triple Detective Summer 1953

56 · The Corpse Came Back · Philip Weck · ss Triple Detective Summer 1953

True Gang Life (about)
True Gang Life was another of the pulps that cashed in on the brief popularity of gangster stories. It is unclear how many issues were published.

Publishers:

Associated Authors, Inc.; 11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY; and later at 125 East 46th Street, New York 17, NY: True Gang Life.

True Gang Life [v1 #1, November 1934] (Associated Authors, 20¢, 96pp, large pulp, cover by Raymond Thayer)
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

4 · The Parachute Murders · Ralph Milne Farley & Al P. Nelson · nv

33 · On the Lam · L. A. Keating · ss

40 · Hi-Jack Gold · Willard Steuben · nv

58 · Red Dynamite · Mark Turrell Pattie · ss

66 · A Yellow Punk’s Guts · W. Clyde Young · ss

72 · The Brain Snatcher · Dion de Jurnel · nv

True Gang Life [v1 #2, January 1935] (Associated Authors, 20¢, 96pp, large pulp, cover by Raymond Thayer)
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

4 · The Bank That Robbed Itself · Ralph Milne Farley & Al P. Nelson · nv

44 · Middle Man Menace · Grant M. Sassaman · ss

48 · Feathered Death · Mark Turrell Pattie · nv

65 · Hot Take-Over · W. Clyde Young · ss

70 · The Wiper Spook · Raymond A. Palmer · ss

78 · The High Graders · Willard Steuben · nv

True Gang Life [v1 #3, February 1935] (large pulp)

· The Train Wreckers · Ralph Milne Farley & Raymond A. Palmer · ss

· Mop-Up Mary · Charles B. McCray · ss

· Alice in Murderland · Howard R. Rhoades · ss

· Crossed Fingers · Mark Turrell Pattie · ss

· Hoppy Calls the Turn · Donald S. Aitken · ss

· The Deadly Dame · Gilbert Langen · ss

· Framer’s Finish · Leon Myron Bradley · ss

· The Navy Spirit · Steve Fisher · ss

True Gang Life [v1 #4, April 1935] (15¢, large pulp)

· The Ivory Lotus Murders [Jim Grant] · Ralph Milne Farley & Harold Ward · na

· Double Play · Grover Brinkman · ss

· Marked Deck · C. V. Brown · nv

· The Split-Up · Harold E. Flint · ss

· Alibi Bait · Raymond A. Palmer · nv

· The Crime Discourager · C. H. V. Young · ss

· Spike Guffey’s Getaway · William Allen · ss

· Safe Guy · Convict 8916 · vi

· The Murder Swindle · Lamoine E. Boyle · nv

True Gang Life [v1 #5, May 1935] (15¢, large pulp)

· Tong War · Ralph Milne Farley & E. Hoffmann Price · na

· Follow the Loot · Gene A. Gregory · na

· Call the Doctor · Mark Turrell Pattie · nv

· The Last Job · F. E. Shirley · nv

· The Deal · Paul W. Pickelle · ss

True Gang Life [v1 #6, June 1935] (15¢, large pulp)
Issue not indexed.

True Gang Life [v1 #7, July 1935] (15¢, large pulp)

· The Truth Serum · Ralph Milne Farley & John Pease · na

· Dames Are Poison · Anatole Feldman · na

· Aces Back to Back · Raymond A. Palmer · ss

· Scent of a Rat · Edward Green · ss

· Burn ’Em Down · Don James Johnston · ss

· Decoy in Skirts · Hamilton Washburn · ss

· Just a Letter from a Lug · V. S. Summers · ss

True Gang Life [v1 #8, October 1935] (15¢, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Protection [Jim Grant] · Ralph Milne Farley & Al P. Nelson · na

32 · Fourth Degree [Praying Charlie] · Anatole Feldman · na

56 · Buffaloed · William H. Stueber · nv

64 · Knave of Gats · Forbes Parkhill · nv

70 · Fixed Prints · Edward J. Donovan · ss

73 · Switched · F. Rex Davit · ss

76 · Safety First · Frederick Clark · ss

80 · Anything for a Pal · Louis L’Amour · ss

83 · Mailed…Just Before the Last Mile · V. S. Summers · ss

True Gang Life [v1 #9, November 1935] (15¢, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies)

· The Dope Ring · Ralph Milne Farley & Al P. Nelson · ss

· Hooligan’s Paradise · Lamoine E. Boyle · ss

· Death in the Sky · Akbar Hassan · ss

· Bodyguard · Mark Turrell Pattie · ss

· Bus Stop · L. E. Hartoin · ss

· Garry Grattan Returns · Edward J. Donovan · ss

· Burned · Don James Johnston · ss

· Fire with Fire · W. Willenborg · ss

· Squealers Brand · William G. Bogart · ss

· Just a Pal · Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. · ss

True Gang Life [v1 #10, February 1936] (Associated Authors Inc., 15¢, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Yellow Slaves · Ralph Milne Farley & Stanley G. Weinbaum · ss

20 · The Decade of Death in Cleveland, O. · Jack Heil & Raymond A. Palmer · ts

34 · Stubborn Streak · K. Krausse · ss

42 · Trapped in Celluloid · R. Sprague Hall · ss

50 · City of Death · Ernest Brent · ss; given as “The City of Death” on the cover.

62 · Spider Spins a Web · Don James Johnston · ss

70 · I’ll Talk · Emmett Hargett · ss

74 · Scotch Economy · C. Paul Jackson · ss

True Gang Life [v6 #2, April 1936?] (15¢, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies)
Year of publication not listed anywhere on magazine but believed to be 1936.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

· Black Sheep · A Prominent Chicago Police Official · ts

· The Bloody Corner · Jack Heil & Raymond A. Palmer · ts

· Reward!—No Questions Asked · Ralph Milne Farley · ss

· Cross and Double Cross · Maurice Wessel · ss

· Correction for the Press · Kenneth Stalcup · ss

· The Duchess Retires · Ernest Sessions · ss

· The Finger of Fate · Richard W. Nossman · ss

· Darkness · Harry Flynn Leary · ss

True Gang Life [v6 #3, June 1936?] (15¢, large pulp, cover by Wynne W. Davies)
Year of publication not listed anywhere on magazine but believed to be 1936.
Details taken from eBay listing.

4 · The Origin of Gangs · [uncredited] · ms

6 · Racket Rods · Raymond A. Palmer & Lawrence A. Keating · ss

24 · Black Sheep · [uncredited] · ss

38 · Hot Cars · Ralph Milne Farley & Major Don Willard · ss

56 · Taking the Rap · Police Lt. Tom McGrath · ss

63 · Dutton Fails to See the Light · Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr. · ss

65 · All Burned Up · Mont Hurst · ss

67 · Rat Trap · Clyde Young · ss

69 · Wanted Public Enemies · [uncredited] · ms

True Gang Life [v6 #4, September 1936] (Associated Authors, 15¢, 96pp, large pulp, cover by W. Darr)
Year of publication not listed anywhere on magazine but believed to be 1936.
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

4 · Gangs of New York · [uncredited] · ia

6 · The Hijackers [Jim Grant] · Ralph Milne Farley · ss

22 · Funeral Guns · Raymond A. Palmer & Lawrence A. Keating · nv

54 · Mark of Cain · Grant Milton · ss

62 · Killers Cul de Sac · G. M. Sassaman · ss

66 · Clean-Up · Mark Turrell Pattie · ss

73 · Country Jake · Mont Hurst · ss

75 · Hot Seat · V. S. Summers · ss

True Gang Life [Vol. II No. 5, November 1936] (15¢, large pulp, cover by Walter Darr)
Issue partially indexed.

· The Toad’s Stool · Cliff Everard · na

· Twenty-Five Years a Jailbird [Part 1 of 3] · Billy (The Key Man) Short; as told to Grant M. Sassaman · bg

True Gang Life [Vol. II No. 6, January 1937] (Associated Authors, Inc., 15¢, large pulp, cover by Walter Darr)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Twenty-Five Years a Jailbird [Part 2 of 3] · Billy (The Key Man) Short; as told to Grant M. Sassaman · bg

23 · Five Grand for Eddie · R. D. Barrett · ss

30 · Rats Die Hard · Ed Earl Repp · ss

46 · Muscle Man · Frank Gruber · ss

56 · Professional Act · Robert Martin · ss

63 · Stir Bugs · David Roberts · ss

70 · It Pays to Be Blind · Roger Torrey · ss

85 · Mixed Drinks · Orson Borden · ss

90 · Wanted Public Enemies · [uncredited] · ms

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