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Detective Tales

The second most successful of Popular Publications detective magazines, Detective Tales ran for 18 years, mainly on a monthly basis, producing a total of 202 issues. Most of the issues offered twelve stories for ten cents, which has occasionally led to it being mis-listed as Twelve Stories Detective Tales.

Finally, in 1953, it merged with New Detective to form Fifteen Detective Stories.

There were also at least three different British Reprint Editions as well as a Canadian reprint edition.

1935              
v1 #1
Aug

v1 #2
Sep

v1 #3
Oct

v1 #4
Nov

v2 #1
Dec
1936
v2 #2
Jan

v2 #3
Feb

v2 #4
Mar

v3 #1
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v3 #2
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v3 #3
Jun

v3 #4
Jul

v4 #1
Aug

v4 #2
Sep

v4 #3
Oct

v4 #4
Nov

v5 #1
Dec
1937
v5 #2
Jan

v5 #3
Feb

v5 #4
Mar

v6 #1
Apr

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v6 #3
Jun

v6 #4
Jul

v7 #1
Aug

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Sep

v7 #3
Oct

v7 #4
Nov

v8 #1
Dec
1938
v8 #2
Jan

v8 #3
Feb

v8 #4
Mar

v9 #1
Apr

v9 #2
May

v9 #3
Jun

v9 #4
Jul

v10 #1
Aug

v10 #2
Sep

v10 #3
Oct

v10 #4
Nov

v11 #1
Dec
1939
v11 #2
Jan

v11 #3
Feb

v11 #4
Mar

v12 #1
Apr

v12 #2
May

v12 #3
Jun

v12 #4
Jul

v13 #1
Aug

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Sep

v13 #3
Oct

v13 #4
Nov

v14 #1
Dec
1940
v14 #2
Jan

v14 #3
Feb

v14 #4
Mar

v15 #1
Apr

v15 #2
May

v15 #3
Jun

v15 #4
Jul

v16 #1
Aug

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Sep

v16 #3
Oct

v16 #4
Nov

v17 #1
Dec
1941
v17 #2
Jan

v17 #3
Feb

v17 #4
Mar

v18 #1
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v18 #4
Jul

v19 #1
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Sep

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Oct

v19 #4
Nov

v20 #1
Dec
1942
v20 #2
Jan

v20 #3
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v20 #4
Mar

v21 #1
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v21 #4
Jul

v22 #1
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v22 #4
Nov

v23 #1
Dec
1943
v23 #2
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v24 #1
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v24 #3
Jun

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Jul

v25 #1
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Sep

v25 #3
Oct

v25 #4
Nov

v25 #5
Dec
1944
v26 #2
Jan

v26 #3
Feb

v26 #4
Mar

v27 #1
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Jul

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v28 #4
Nov

v29 #1
Dec
1945
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v29 #4
Mar

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v31 #1
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Oct

v31 #4
Nov

v32 #1
Dec
1946
v32 #2
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v33 #1
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v34 #1
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v34 #4
Nov

v35 #1
Dec
1947
v35 #2
Jan

v35 #3
Feb

v35 #4
Mar

v36 #1
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v36 #4
Jul

v37 #1
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v37 #4
Nov

v38 #1
Dec
1948
v38 #2
Jan

v38 #3
Feb

v38 #4
Mar

v39 #1
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v39 #3
Jun

v39 #4
Jul

v40 #1
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v40 #3
Oct

v40 #4
Nov

v41 #1
Dec
1949
v41 #2
Jan

v41 #3
Feb

v41 #4
Mar

v42 #1
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Jun

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Jul

v43 #1
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v43 #4
Nov

v44 #1
Dec
1950
v44 #2
Jan

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v44 #4
Mar

v45 #1
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Jul

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Nov
 
1951
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Feb

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v47 #4
Apr
 
v48 #1
Jun
 
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Aug
 
v48 #3
Oct
 
v48 #4
Dec
1952  
v49 #1
Feb
 
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Apr
 
v49 #3
Jun
 
v49 #4
Aug
 
v50 #1
Oct
 
v50 #2
Dec
1953  
v50 #3
Feb
 
v50 #4
Apr
 
v51 #1
Jun
 
v51 #2
Aug