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Popular Detective

Popular Detective is one of the basic detective pulps, both for its longevity (133 issues in 19 years) and for a consistent high quality of material from most of the top detective authors of the period.

There were three series of a Canadian reprint edition, one in the 1930s, one in the early 1940s, and one in the late 1940s/early 1950s, as well as a British reprint edition in the 1950s.

1934                    
v1 #1
Nov
v1 #2
Dec
1935
v1 #3
Jan
v1 #4
Feb
v2 #2
Mar
v2 #3
Apr
v3 #1
May
v3 #2
Jun
v3 #3
Jul
v4 #1
Aug
v4 #2
Sep
v4 #3
Oct
v5 #1
Nov
v5 #2
Dec
1936
v5 #3
Jan
v6 #1
Feb
v6 #2
Mar
v6 #3
Apr		 v7 #1
May
v7 #2
Jun
v7 #3
Jul
v8 #1
Aug
v8 #2
Sep
v8 #3
Oct
v9 #1
Nov
v9 #2
Dec
1937
v9 #3
Jan
v10 #1
Feb
v10 #2
Mar
v10 #3
Apr
v11 #1
May
v11 #2
Jun
v11 #3
Jul
v12 #1
Aug
v12 #2
Sep
v12 #3
Oct
v13 #1
Nov
v13 #2
Dec
1938
v13 #3
Jan
v14 #1
Feb
v14 #2
Mar
v14 #3
Apr		  
v15 #1
Jun		  
v15 #2
Aug		  
v15 #3
Oct		  
v16 #1
Dec
1939  
v16 #2
Feb		  
v16 #3
Apr		  
v17 #1
Jun		  
v17 #2
Aug		  
v17 #3
Oct		  
v18 #1
Dec
1940  
v18 #2
Feb		  
v18 #3
Apr		  
v19 #1
Jun		  
v19 #2
Aug		  
v19 #3
Oct		  
v20 #1
Dec
1941  
v20 #2
Feb		  
v20 #3
Apr		  
v21 #1
Jun		  
v21 #2
Aug		  
v21 #3
Oct		  
v22 #1
Dec
1942  
v22 #2
Feb		  
v22 #3
Apr		  
v23 #1
Jun		  
v23 #2
Aug		  
v23 #3
Oct		  
v24 #1
Dec
1943  
v24 #2
Feb		  
v24 #3
Apr		  
v25 #1
Jun		  
v25 #2
Aug		  
v25 #3
Oct		  
v26 #1
Dec
1944  
v26 #2
Feb		  
v26 #3
Apr		  
v27 #1
Jun		  
v27 #2
Aug		  
v27 #3
Oct		  
v28 #1
Dec
1945  
v28 #2
Feb		  
v28 #3
Apr		  
v29 #1
Jun		  
v29 #2
Aug		  
v29 #3
Oct		  
v30 #1
Dec
1946  
v30 #2
Feb		  
v30 #3
Apr		  
v31 #1
Jun		  
v31 #2
Aug		    
v31 #3
Nov		  
1947
v32 #1
Jan		  
v32 #2
Mar		  
v32 #3
May		  
v33 #1
Jul		  
v33 #2
Sep		  
v33 #3
Nov		  
1948
v34 #1
Jan		  
v34 #2
Mar		  
v34 #3
May		  
v35 #1
Jul		  
v35 #2
Sep		  
v35 #3
Nov		  
1949
v36 #1
Jan		  
v36 #2
Mar		  
v36 #3
May		  
v37 #1
Jul		  
v37 #2
Sep		  
v37 #3
Nov		  
1950
v38 #1
Jan		  
v38 #2
Mar		  
v38 #3
May		  
v39 #1
Jul		  
v39 #2
Sep		  
v39 #3
Nov		  
1951
v40 #1
Jan		  
v40 #2
Mar		  
v40 #3
May		  
v41 #1
Jul		  
v41 #2
Sep		  
v41 #3
Nov		  
1952
v42 #1
Jan		  
v42 #2
Mar		  
v42 #3
May		  
v43 #1
Jul		  
v43 #2
Sep		  
v43 #3
Nov		  
1953
v44 #1
Jan		  
v44 #2
Mar		  
v44 #3
May		  
v45 #1
Fall		  

Canadian reprint edition

Other issues probably exist

1935      
Apr		  
v3 #2
Jun
v3 #3
Jul		          
1936                  
Oct		    
 
1941                  
v21 #2
Oct		    
1942
v21 #3
Jan		      
May		    
Aug		      
Dec
1943                
v24 #2
Sep		    
Dec
1944    
v24 #3
Mar		    
Jun		    
Sep		    
v35 #3
Dec
1945          
Jun		  
Aug		  
Oct		  
Dec
 
1949                    
v37 #3
Nov		  
1950
v38 #1
Jan		  
v38 #2
Mar		  
v38 #3
May		  
v39 #1
Jul		  
v39 #2
Sep		  
v39 #3
Nov		  
1951
v40 #1
Jan		                      

British reprint edition

There may be further issues

1949?
#1
#2		  
1950?
#3		 #4  
1951?
#5		 #6
#7
1952?
#8
#9
#10
1953?
#11
#12		 #13
1954? #14