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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
Apr
v3 #2
May
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
v6 #2
May
v6 #3
Jun
v6 #4
Jul
v7 #1
Aug
v7 #2
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
v13 #2
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
v16 #2
Sep
v16 #3
Oct
v16 #4
Nov
v17 #1
Dec

1941
v17 #2
Jan
v17 #3
Feb
v17 #4
Mar
v18 #1
Apr
v18 #2
May
v18 #3
Jun
v18 #4
Jul
v19 #1
Aug
v19 #2
Sep
v19 #3
Oct
v19 #4
Nov
v20 #1
Dec

1942
v20 #2
Jan
v20 #3
Feb
v20 #4
Mar
v21 #1
Apr
v21 #2
May
v21 #3
Jun
v21 #4
Jul
v22 #1
Aug
v22 #2
Sep
v22 #3
Oct
v22 #4
Nov
v23 #1
Dec

1943
v23 #2
Jan
v23 #3
Feb
v23 #4
Mar
v24 #1
Apr
v24 #2
May
v24 #3
Jun
v24 #4
Jul
v25 #1
Aug
v25 #2
Sep
v25 #3
Oct
v25 #4
Nov
v25 #5
Dec

1944
v26 #2
Jan
v26 #3
Feb
v26 #4
Mar
v27 #1
Apr
v27 #2
May
v27 #3
Jun
v27 #4
Jul
v28 #1
Aug
v28 #2
Sep
v28 #3
Oct
v28 #4
Nov
v29 #1
Dec

1945
v29 #2
Jan
v29 #3
Feb
v29 #4
Mar
v30 #1
Apr
v30 #2
May
v30 #3
Jun
v30 #4
Jul
v31 #1
Aug
v31 #2
Sep
v31 #3
Oct
v31 #4
Nov
v32 #1
Dec

1946
v32 #2
Jan
v32 #3
Feb
v32 #4
Mar
v33 #1
Apr
v33 #2
May
v33 #3
Jun
v33 #4
Jul
v34 #1
Aug
v34 #2
Sep
v34 #3
Oct
v34 #4
Nov
v35 #1
Dec

1947
v35 #2
Jan
v35 #3
Feb
v35 #4
Mar
v36 #1
Apr
v36 #2
May
v36 #3
Jun
v36 #4
Jul
v37 #1
Aug
v37 #2
Sep
v37 #3
Oct
v37 #4
Nov
v38 #1
Dec

1948
v38 #2
Jan
v38 #3
Feb
v38 #4
Mar
v39 #1
Apr
v39 #2
May
v39 #3
Jun
v39 #4
Jul
v40 #1
Aug
v40 #2
Sep
v40 #3
Oct
v40 #4
Nov
v41 #1
Dec

1949
v41 #2
Jan
v41 #3
Feb
v41 #4
Mar
v42 #1
Apr
v42 #2
May
v42 #3
Jun
v42 #4
Jul
v43 #1
Aug
v43 #2
Sep
v43 #3
Oct
v43 #4
Nov
v44 #1
Dec

1950
v44 #2
Jan
v44 #3
Feb
v44 #4
Mar
v45 #1
Apr
v45 #2
May
v45 #3
Jun
v45 #4
Jul
v46 #1
Aug
v46 #2
Sep
v46 #3
Oct
v46 #4
Nov

1951
v47 #1
Jan
v47 #2
Feb
v47 #3
Mar
v47 #4
Apr
v48 #1
Jun
v48 #2
Aug
v48 #3
Oct
v48 #4
Dec

1952
v49 #1
Feb
v49 #2
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