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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

Popular Football [Vol. V No. 2, Fall 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey) []
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

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

11 · Pivot Man · William O’Sullivan · nv

30 · The Head Coach · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv; illustrated by C. A. Murphy

46 · The Top-Kick · Roger Fuller · nv

63 · Of These We Sing · Joe Gregg · ss

71 · The Human Side · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss

76 · Play, Clown, Play · Willis Graham · ss

83 · Yesterday’s Hero · Walter Roeber Schmidt · ss

92 · Autograph on a Pigskin · C. Paul Jackson · ss; illustrated by R. Jenney

95 · Thrills in Football · Jack Kofoed · cl

101 · The Chiseler · Carter Sprague · ss

Popular Football [Vol. V No. 3, Winter 1948] (Better Publications, Inc., 25¢, 148pp, pulp) []
Both cover and Table of Contents just list the issue as “Winter” but it is copyrighted 1948 and clearly appeared at the end of the year.
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

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

11 · Mister Dumbjohn · Roger Fuller · nv

29 · A Touchdown for Willy · John Wilson · ss

38 · Next Year’s Has-Been · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv

52 · Good-by to Glory · Nelson A. Hutto · ss

63 · General of the Gridiron: Lou Little · Nat Benson · ar

70 · His Ears Had Heard the Glory · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss

79 · Rose Bowl Landmarks · [uncredited] · ms

80 · The Mucker · Joseph Kenney · nv

96 · A New Kind of Football · [uncredited] · ms

97 · Thrills in Football · Jack Kofoed · cl

102 · All-American Mess · Richard Brister · nv

116 · Heisman Trophy Winners · [uncredited] · ms

117 · Supernatural Athlete · Perry Dixon (by Richard Brister) · ss

125 · Payoff on Panic · Matt Lee · vi

127 · Letter Man · Robert S. Fenton · ss

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