Crack Detective (and Mystery) (Stories) et al.
Probably the most memorable feature of this pulp is the wide range of titles under which it appeared:
- Jun-1938 - Apr-1941 (11 issues), as Detective Yarns
- Sep-1941 (1 issue), as Black Hood Detective
- Nov-1941 - Jan-1942 (2 issues), as Hooded Detective
- May-1942 - Sep-1943 (10 issues), as Crack Detective
- Nov-1943 - Sep-1949 (34 issues), as Crack Detective Stories
- Nov-1949 - Mar-1950 (3 issues), as Famous Detective
- Jun-1950 - Oct-1956 (32 issues), as Famous Detective Stories
- Dec-1956 - Jul-1957 (4 issues), as Crack Detective and Mystery Stories
In all it ran for 97 issues over a period of 20 years, making it one of the very last
of the detective pulps.
There was a British reprint edition of Crack Detective Stories
and Famous Detective Stories, and a Canadian reprint edition of Crack Detective Stories,
at least.
1938 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_yarns_193806_tn.jpg) v1 #1 Jun |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_yarns_193809_tn.jpg) v1 #2 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_yarns_193812_tn.jpg) v1 #3 Dec |
1939 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_yarns_193902_tn.jpg) v1 #4 Feb |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_yarns_193904_tn.jpg) v1 #5 Apr |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_yarns_193908_tn.jpg) v1 #6 Aug |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_yarns_193910_tn.jpg) v2 #1 Oct |
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1940 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_yarns_194003_tn.jpg) v2 #2 Mar |
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v2 #3 |
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1941 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_yarns_194102_tn.jpg) v2 #4 Feb |
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![](../data/thumbs2/d/detective_yarns_194104_tn.jpg) v2 #5 Apr |
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![](../data/thumbs2/b/black_hood_detective_194109_tn.jpg) v2 #6 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/h/hooded_detective_194111_tn.jpg) v3 #1 Nov |
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1942 |
![](../data/thumbs2/h/hooded_detective_194201_tn.jpg) v3 #2 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_194205_tn.jpg) v3 #3 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_194207_tn.jpg) v3 #4 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_194209_tn.jpg) v3 #5 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_194211_tn.jpg) v3 #6 Nov |
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1943 |
![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_194301_tn.jpg) v4 #1 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_194303_tn.jpg) v4 #2 Mar |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_194305_tn.jpg) v4 #3 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_194307_tn.jpg) v4 #4 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194309_tn.jpg) v4 #5 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194311_tn.jpg) v4 #6 Nov |
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1944 |
![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194401_tn.jpg) v5 #1 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194403_tn.jpg) v5 #2 Mar |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194405_tn.jpg) v5 #3 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194407_tn.jpg) v5 #4 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194409_tn.jpg) v5 #5 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194411_tn.jpg) v5 #6 Nov |
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1945 |
![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194501_tn.jpg) v6 #1 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194503_tn.jpg) v6 #2 Mar |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194505_tn.jpg) v6 #3 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194507_tn.jpg) v6 #4 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194509_tn.jpg) v6 #5 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194511_tn.jpg) v6 #6 Nov |
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1946 |
![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194601_tn.jpg) v7 #1 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194603_tn.jpg) v7 #2 Mar |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194605_tn.jpg) v7 #3 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194607_tn.jpg) v7 #4 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194609_tn.jpg) v7 #5 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194611_tn.jpg) v7 #6 Nov |
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1947 |
![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194701_tn.jpg) v8 #1 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194704_tn.jpg) v8 #2 Apr |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194706_tn.jpg) v8 #3 Jun |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194708_tn.jpg) v8 #4 Aug |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194710_tn.jpg) v8 #5 Oct |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194712_tn.jpg) v8 #6 Dec |
1948 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194802_tn.jpg) v9 #1 Feb |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194805_tn.jpg) v9 #2 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194807_tn.jpg) v9 #3 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194809_tn.jpg) v9 #4 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194811_tn.jpg) v9 #5 Nov |
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1949 |
![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194901_tn.jpg) v9 #6 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194903_tn.jpg) v10 #1 Mar |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194905_tn.jpg) v10 #2 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194907_tn.jpg) v10 #3 Jul |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_194909_tn.jpg) v10 #4 Sep |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_194911_tn.jpg) v10 #5 Nov |
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1950 |
![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_195001_tn.jpg) v10 #6 Jan |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_195003_tn.jpg) v11 #1 Mar |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195006_tn.jpg) v11 #2 Jun |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195008_tn.jpg) v11 #3 Aug |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195011_tn.jpg) v11 #4 Nov |
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1951 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195102_tn.jpg) v11 #5 Feb |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195105_tn.jpg) v11 #6 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195108_tn.jpg) v12 #1 Aug |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195111_tn.jpg) v12 #2 Nov |
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1952 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195202_tn.jpg) v12 #3 Feb |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195205_tn.jpg) v12 #4 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195208_tn.jpg) v12 #5 Aug |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195211_tn.jpg) v12 #6 Nov |
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1953 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195302_tn.jpg) v13 #1 Feb |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195305_tn.jpg) v13 #2 May |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195308_tn.jpg) v13 #3 Aug |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195311_tn.jpg) v13 #4 Nov |
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1954 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195402_tn.jpg) v13 #5 Feb |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195404_tn.jpg) v13 #6 Apr |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195406_tn.jpg) v14 #1 Jun |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195408_tn.jpg) v14 #2 Aug |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195410_tn.jpg) v14 #3 Oct |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195412_tn.jpg) v14 #4 Dec |
1955 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195502_tn.jpg) v14 #5 Feb |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195504_tn.jpg) v14 #6 Apr |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195506_tn.jpg) v15 #1 Jun |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195508_tn.jpg) v15 #2 Aug |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195510_tn.jpg) v15 #3 Oct |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195512_tn.jpg) v15 #4 Dec |
1956 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195602_tn.jpg) v15 #5 Feb |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195604_tn.jpg) v15 #6 Apr |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195606_tn.jpg) v16 #1 Jun |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195608_tn.jpg) v16 #2 Aug |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_195610_tn.jpg) v16 #3 Oct |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_and_mystery_stories_195612_tn.jpg) v16 #4 Dec |
1957 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_and_mystery_stories_195702_tn.jpg) v16 #5 Feb |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_and_mystery_stories_195704_tn.jpg) v16 #6 Apr |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_and_mystery_stories_195707_tn.jpg) v17 #1 Jul |
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The 1949-1951 issues were as Crack Detective Stories and the remainder
as Famous Detective Stories. Other issues probably exist.
1949 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_uk_194909_tn.jpg) v10 #4 Sep |
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1950 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/c/crack_detective_stories_uk_195009_tn.jpg) (Sep) |
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1951 |
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1952? |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_uk_195202_tn.jpg) #4 |
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1953 |
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1954 |
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1955 |
![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_uk_195x_n11_tn.jpg) #11 |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_uk_195504_n12_tn.jpg) #12 (Apr) |
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![](../data/thumbs2/f/famous_detective_stories_uk_195506_n13_tn.jpg) #13 (May) |
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1948 |
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