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Popular Detective (UK) [#7, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp) []
Partial reprint of the July 1951 (US) issue, plus two stories from the March 1951 (US) issue.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Murder Knocks Twice [Nick Trombetta] · George A. McDonald · nv Thrilling Detective January 1940

20 · Death Is a Maiden · Philip Ketchum · nv Thrilling Mystery July 1938

37 · Perfect Solution · Joseph Shallit · ss Popular Detective July 1951

41 · I Remember · B. J. Benson · ss Popular Detective July 1951

48 · Detective Movie News · Ann Kennedy · mr (r)

50 · Good-By, Cruel World · Samuel H. Conner · ss Popular Detective July 1951

53 · Lady with a Hunch · Robert S. Bowen · ss Popular Detective July 1951

64 · The Alibi Club · Harold Helfer · ms Popular Detective July 1951

Popular Detective (UK) [#8, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, pulp) []
Issue partially indexed.

· Two Bullets · B. J. Benson · ss Popular Detective September 1951

Popular Detective (UK) [#9, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, pulp) []
Partial reprint of the July 1952 (US) issue.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Reunion with Darkness · William Degenhard · na Popular Detective July 1952

32 · 88 Keys to Murder · Dan Deegan · nv Popular Detective July 1952

45 · Unhappy End · Al Anders · pm Popular Detective July 1952

47 · The Cop’s Uniform · Norman Renard · ms Popular Detective July 1952

48 · Dames Have Two · Emmett McDowell · ss Popular Detective July 1952

58 · The Man Who Died Four Times · Day Keene · ss Popular Detective July 1952

66 · See No Evil · Charles Larson · nv Popular Detective July 1952

79 · Hectic Happenings · Jack Benton · ms Popular Detective July 1952

81 · Death of the Red Virgin · Carter Critz · ms Popular Detective July 1952

Popular Detective (UK) [#11, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, pulp) []
Partial reprint of the November 1952 (US) issue.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Nursery Crime · Talmage Powell · ss Popular Detective November 1952

14 · A Girl Named Lizzie · Harold Helfer · ss Popular Detective November 1952

17 · The Talking Corpse [Mugs Kelly] · Donald B. Hobart · ss Popular Detective November 1952

25 · Pink Lady [Barney Brachen] · Frank R. Pierce · ss Popular Detective November 1952
probably not the same as the story of the same name in the September 1926 issue of Action Stories.

34 · City of Strangers · Philip Weck · na Popular Detective November 1952

Popular Detective (UK) [#12, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, pulp) []
Partial reprint of the January 1953 (US) issue, plus a single story from the September 1952 (US) issue.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · It’s Murder, Brother! · Bill Erin · nv Popular Detective January 1953; illustrated by J. Dreany

18 · Detective Movie News · Jane Magill · mr Popular Detective January 1953

20 · Everything’s Crooked · William Vance · ss Popular Detective January 1953

32 · A Grave Is Waiting · Bruno Fischer · ss Popular Detective September 1952

43 · Mother Forged Checks · Harold Helfer · ms Popular Detective January 1953

45 · The Getaway · Victor K. Ray · ss Popular Detective January 1953

55 · Dog Bites Man · Craig Rice · ss Popular Detective January 1953

58 · The Arrest of a Jerk · R. Van Taylor · ss Popular Detective January 1953

63 · The Strange Case of Mr. Pitts · Carter Critz · ar Popular Detective January 1953

66 · Bureau of Missing Persons · [uncredited] · cl Popular Detective January 1953

Popular Detective (UK) [#13, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 66pp, pulp) []
Partial reprint of the March 1953 (US) issue.

4 · Love Me—Love My Corpse! · Philip Weck · nv Popular Detective March 1953

35 · By Way of Example · Philip Ketchum · ss Popular Detective March 1953

44 · The Forty Elephants · Norman Renard · ms Popular Detective March 1953

45 · The High Cost of Killing · Dorothy Dunn · ss Popular Detective March 1953

51 · The Reason · Sam L. Mann · pm Popular Detective March 1953

54 · Was She Murdered? · S. N. Wernick · ss Popular Detective March 1953

64 · Inside Stuff · Harold Helfer · cl Popular Detective March 1953

66 · Treasure Alley · Norman Renard · ar Triple Detective Spring 1953

Popular Detective (UK) [#14, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 66pp, pulp) []
Partial reprint of the Fall 1953 (US) issue.

4 · The Corpse in 1214 [Gil Vine] · Stewart Sterling · na Popular Detective Fall 1953

17 · Up to the Minute · William Carter · ar Popular Detective Fall 1953

23 · Smoked Out · Lew York · ar Popular Detective Fall 1953

32 · Murder for Madame [Milo March] · M. E. Chaber · nv Popular Detective Fall 1953

52 · Bureau of Missing Persons · [uncredited] · cl Popular Detective Fall 1953

54 · Deadlier Than the Male · Philip Weck · ss Popular Detective Fall 1953

66 · Inside Stuff: The Poor Devil’s Advocate · Pat Jones · cl Popular Detective Fall 1953

Popular Detective Stories
One-shot magazine/anthology reprinting stories from various US sources.

Publishers:

Popular Publications; 505 His Majesty’s Building, Commissioner and Joubert Streets, Johannesburg, South Africa: Popular Detective Stories.

Popular Detective Stories [January 1950] (Popular Publications, Johannesburg, 1/6d, 72pp, pulp) []

ifc. · Brain Wave · Rupert Croft-Cooke · ss Pharaoh and His Waggons and Other Stories by Rupert Croft-Cooke, Jarrolds, 1937

1 · The Body of a Well Dressed Woman [Inspector Evans] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine March 1944, as “What the Well-Dressed Corpse Will Wear”

18 · Something to Shoot At · Donald Barr Chidsey · nv The Blue Book Magazine February 1942

35 · The Fourth Visitor [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Cosmopolitan August 1942

48 · The Orphan Diamond · William Irish · nv Dime Detective Magazine September 1942, as “Orphan Ice” by Cornell Woolrich

Popular Electricity (about)

Popular Electricity [v1 #12, April 1909] (Popular Electricity Publishing Co., 10¢) []
fiction only, from a copy on Archive.org. Details supplied by Mike Ward.

788 · A Deal in Circuits · Paul H. Woodruff · ss; illustrated by ?

Popular Engineering Stories [v1 #2, April 1930] ed. Herbert S. Clark (Magazine and Book Corporation, 25¢, 160pp+, pulp, cover by W. C. Brigham) []
Details supplied by John Locke.

9 · A Fight with a Dry-Dock · Pollok Guiler · ss

16 · The Dam · Alvin F. Harlow · nv

48 · Cooney’s Ace in the Hole · Black Wheeler · ss

57 · Big Stakes · William H. Stueber · nv

93 · Shovelman · M. Shores · ss

101 · Camera-Raw! · Russell Arden Bankson · ss

111 · Rough Work on the Firing Line · Jack Rohan · ss

120 · The Wind River Project [Part 1 of ?] · Ludwig Stanley Landmichl · iw

133 · Back to the Mines · Laurence L. Cragin · ss

141 · Rivets · [uncredited] · cl

145 · “Stolen Gold” · H. Chantler Thomas · ss

Popular Fiction Magazine (about)
--- see under Man Stories.

Popular Football (about)

Popular Football [v1 #1, Winter 1941] (Better Publications, 15¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) []
Details supplied by Curt Phillips.

6 · Pigskin Stars on Review · Ray Barbuti · ar

14 · Damn Yankee, Quarterback · Ross Russell · na

57 · Bigger and Better · Carl L. Storck · ar

58 · Ted Coy, Star of the Gridiron · Jack Kofoed · ar

63 · The Flop from Flatbush · Duane Yarnell · ss

71 · The Southern Way · Frank Thomas · ar

72 · Blocking · George Halas · ar

75 · Gridiron Gamble · Nelson A. Hutto · ss

84 · Line Play—Latest Models · Steve Owen · ar

86 · The Team’s the Thing · Sam Carson · ss

97 · Kicking Fundamentals · Earl Clark · ar

99 · Duties of the Ends · Ray Flaherty · ar

101 · Pinch Hitter · Johnston McCulley · ss

111 · Offensive Football · Bert Bell · ar

112 · Forward Passing · “Curly” Lambeau · ar

114 · Political Halfback · William Campbell Gault · ss

Popular Football [v2 #1, Winter 1942] (15¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) []
Details taken from eBay listing.

· Pigskin Stars in Review · Ray Barbuti · ar

· The Headline Halfback · T. W. Ford · na

· Ailsworth the Fourth · Don Tracy · nv

· The Law of the Gridiron · William Heuman · ss

· Dugan Gets His Letter · Johnston McCulley · ss

· Goal to Go · John A. Thompson · ss

· Grid Amateurs · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss

Popular Football [v3 #1, Winter 1943] (pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) []
Details supplied by Michelle Nolan.

· The Swamp Fox · Duane Yarnell · nv

· The Army Coach · Tracy Mason · ss

· Buy Me That Team · Jack Kofoed · ss

· Little Pepper · Don Keene · ss

· Football Is for Sissies · Cosmo Bennett · ss

· Pivot Man · Carter Sprague · ss

Popular Football [v4 #1, Winter (December 1943) 1944] (Better/Thrilling Publications, 15¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) []
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · Sport Must Prove Itself · John R. Tunis · ms; a war bond message.

8 · The Fifty-Yard Line · The Editor · cl

15 · Pigskin Ranger · C. Paul Jackson · na; illustrated by E. Fax

41 · Do You Know—? · [uncredited] · qz; answers on page 118.

43 · The Rangeland Rioter · Ron Broom · ss

53 · The Unbeaten Trail · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss

62 · The Freshmen Take Over · Sam Carson · nv; illustrated by R. S. Pious

85 · The Kicking Fool · John L. Benton · ss

93 · Chalk Stripes—and Gold · Joe Archibald · ss

99 · The Hard Way · Vance Porter · ss; illustrated by Leo Morey

102 · The Lion’s Roar · Herbert L. McNary · nv; illustrated by R. S. Pious

Popular Football [v4 #2, Winter 1945] (Better/Thrilling Publications, 15¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) []
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · The Fifty-Yard Line · The Editor · cl

11 · The Last Ten Yards · Theodore J. Roemer · na

35 · An Apple for Butch · Herb Kamm · ss

40 · The Delayed Buck · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv

51 · Ignoblest Roman · Matt Lee · ss

58 · Stars Over the Gridiron · Ted Stratton · nv

69 · Centers Earn No Glory · William D. Gorman · ss

76 · Touchdown Production · Richard Brister · ss

83 · The Scrappler · G. Wayman Jones · ss

96 · Must You Travel in Wartime? · Clifton Fadiman · ms (r)

Popular Football [v4 #3, Winter 1946] (Better/Thrilling Publications, 15¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) []
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · Thrills in Football · Jack Kofoed · cl

11 · Army Goal to Go · Herbert L. McNary · na Exciting Sports Winter 1941

36 · The Block Buster · Michael O’Brien · ss

44 · The Off Tackle · John X. Brown · ss; illustrated by Parkhurst

52 · Divided Glory · Jackson Cole · nv

66 · Varsity Venom · Richard Brister · ss; illustrated by R. S. Pious

73 · The Leopard’s Spots · Jack Kofoed · ss

79 · The Big Win · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss

Popular Football [Vol. V No. 1, Winter 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) []
Details supplied by John Locke & Tom Daniels from Table of Contents.

6 · The Fifty-Yard Line · Cap Fanning · cl

11 · The One-Quarter Ace · T. W. Ford · na

32 · Press-Box Quarterback · C. Paul Jackson · ss

40 · Target for Saturday · Will Bruce · nv

52 · What’s It to Me? · William J. O’Sullivan · ss

59 · Glory at a Price · Kenny Kenmare · ss

67 · Backfield Battering Ram · Louis L’Amour · ss

75 · Thrills in Football · Jack Kofoed · cl

80 · The Glory Road · Burgess Leonard · ss

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