Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Contents Lists

Detective Tales [v24 #2, May 1943] (10¢, pulp) The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 8 · The Blood Bank Killings · Harry Widmer · nv 27 · Eye for an Eye · Charles Larson · ss 33 · The Case of the Talking Corpse · Eric Provost · ss 44 · The Farmer Takes a Life · Robert Turner · ss 52 · He Who Dies Last, Dies Hardest! · Day Keene · ss 68 · Death Demands an Audience · Jack Bradley · ss 76 · One Witness Too Many · Robert W. Cochran · ss 85 · Escape to Hell · Glenn Wood · ss 94 · A Thousand Years of Hate · Edward S. Williams · ss

Detective Tales [v24 #3, June 1943] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 8 · Invitation to Kill · Frederick C. Davis · na 28 · That Kill-Crazy Cadaver · Dane Gregory · ss 36 · Five Very Smart Guys · Stuart Friedman · ss 46 · Corpse in the Cabin · Edward S. Williams · nv 60 · Now I Lay Me Down to Die · Richard Hubler · ss 66 · Blast, Little Screwball, Blast! [Joseph Dugan] · Jack Bradley · ss; illustrated by Joe Farren 74 · List of the Dead [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv 89 · Big Joe’s Last Haul · James A. Kirch · ss 96 · The Meticulous Murderer [Prof. “Mephisto” Jonathan Tack] · Mel Watt · nv

Detective Tales [v24 #4, July 1943] (10¢, pulp) 8 · Blood on My Doorstep · Frederick C. Davis · nv 31 · Guadalcanal Ghost · Eric A. Provost · ss 40 · Granny Got Her Gun · H. Wolff Salz · ss 46 · Twice Burned—Once Shy! [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · ss 62 · Here Goes the Groom · Robert Turner · ss 72 · Death on Margin · James A. Kirch · ss 80 · The Corpse Takes the 10:30 · Francis K. Allan · ss 89 · Murder! He Says · Jack Bradley · ss 94 · Killers Prefer Brunettes · Edward S. Williams · ss

Detective Tales [v25 #1, August 1943] (10¢, pulp) 8 · Dead Men Rise Up Never! · Edward S. Williams · na 30 · Midnight Is for Murder · Robert Turner · ss 39 · You Can’t Sell Death [Harvey Benn] · Edward J. Donovan · ss 48 · Corpses Make Good Detectives · Dale Clark · ss 64 · Rainy Day Killer · H. Wolff Salz · ss 68 · I’ll See You in Hell! · E. Sanford Wilkins · ss 84 · Blood Money Is Always Red · Cyril Plunkett · ss 94 · Front-Page Proof · Joseph W. Quinn · ss 103 · Death Has Cold Hands · Eric A. Provost · ss

Detective Tales [v25 #2, September 1943] (10¢, pulp) 8 · Murder in the Fishbowl · Mary Freels Rosborough · na 28 · Black Sheep by Proxy · Edward S. Williams · ss 36 · The Dangerous Dead · William Chamberlain · ss 48 · Never Trust a Snake · H. Wolff Salz · ss 52 · Death Owns a Ration Book [John Wade] · William R. Cox · na 70 · The Square Root of All Evil · Henry Norton · ss 78 · Letter to a Marine · Day Keene · ss 94 · Over the Wall to Glory · C. William Harrison · ss 98 · Home Sweet Homicide [Prof. “Mephisto” Jonathan Tack] · Mel Watt · ss

Detective Tales [v25 #3, October 1943] (10¢, pulp) The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Death for the Damned! · Edward S. Williams · na 32 · Early to Die · D. L. Champion · ss 39 · Going My Way, Killer? · George B. Benner · ss 48 · Homicide—Hot Off the Griddle [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · nv 66 · Hideout in Hell · Robert Turner · ss 75 · The Devil’s Detour · H. Wolff Salz · ss 78 · I’ve Seen That Corpse Before · W. T. Ballard · nv 96 · You Bet Your Life! · Francis K. Allan · ss 103 · Groomed for Murder · Dale Clark · ss

Detective Tales [v25 #4, November 1943] (10¢, pulp) The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 8 · Murder by Short Wave [Silent Smith (The Silver Fox)] · Day Keene · na 29 · The Corpse Pays Off · D. L. Champion · ss 38 · Rogue Scholars · Robert Turner · ss 40 · Hired for Homicide · Francis K. Allan · ss 58 · Hell Is for the Hunted · William Brandon · ss 64 · Match for a Killer · Gilbert Winn · ss 68 · Blind Date [Sherry Lane] · Cyril Plunkett · ss 74 · Maestro for the Dead · Henry Norton · ss 80 · Front Page Obituary · W. T. Ballard · ss

Detective Tales [v25 #5, December 1943] (10¢, pulp, cover by Gloria Stoll) Mislabelled v25 #5 instead of v26 #1. 8 · The Corpse Exchange [Matt Mercer] · Day Keene · na 32 · Death’s Double-Entry · Henry Lysing · ss 38 · The Killer Came Home · Robert C. Dennis · ss 42 · Gray Dawn Over Broadway · Stewart Sterling · ss 50 · Night Watch at Anselmo’s · Philip Ketchum · ss 65 · Blacked Out · Avery Johnson · ss 68 · The Devil Has a Pitchfork · Edward S. Williams · ss 78 · Never a Dull Moment [Joseph Dugan] · Jack Bradley · ss 84 · Herr Mamlock’s Shiny Shoes · D. L. Champion · ss

Detective Tales [v26 #2, January 1944] (10¢, pulp) 2 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 8 · Let the Dead Speak · Frederick C. Davis · na 27 · Blood on the Good Earth · Day Keene · ss 37 · Bullet Bait · Robert S. Mansfield · ss 39 · I’ll Die When You Die · Harry Widmer · ss 46 · The Clue of the Careless Carrot · Edward J. Donovan · ss 52 · Trouble in Turpentine · Stuart Friedman · ss 58 · Justice, Full Measure · Roderick Lull · ss 66 · Rendezvous with Death · Robert Turner · ss 76 · The Expendable Spy [Everett Zebulon Bart (Easy Bart)] · F. Orlin Tremaine · ss

Detective Tales [v26 #3, February 1944] (10¢, pulp) 8 · The Man Who Came to Kill · Day Keene · na 30 · Payable at Death · D. L. Champion · ss 39 · Seven Hills of Wisdom · Stewart Toland · ss 42 · Hot in Hollywood · Robert C. Dennis · ss 50 · The Prodigal Killer · Robert Turner · ss 58 · The Ghost of Riley · Fredric Brown · ss 66 · Guilt Is Where You Find It · Dane Gregory · ss 74 · Satan in Snow · C. William Harrison · ss 80 · Pursuit of Murder [John Wade] · William R. Cox · nv

Detective Tales [v26 #4, March 1944] (10¢, pulp, cover by Gloria Stoll) 8 · The Counterfeit Print · Edward S. Williams · nv 22 · This Will Slay You · Day Keene · ss 30 · Murder Is the Moulder · Stuart Friedman · ss 36 · Killers of the Crooked Cross · Robert Turner · ss 44 · Nurses Never Nap [Sherry Lane] · Cyril Plunkett · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 1 1938 50 · The Death Parole · David X. Manners · ss 56 · Hat-Check Homicide · C. William Harrison · ss 61 · Too Many Locks · Dale Clark · ss 64 · The Case of the Upside Down House [Everett Zebulon Bart (Easy Bart)] · F. Orlin Tremaine · ss

Detective Tales [v27 #1, April 1944] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 8 · I’ll See You at the Morgue · Frederick C. Davis · na 25 · Corpses Come in Pairs · Day Keene · ss 34 · Polly Wants a Hang Noose · Robert Turner · ss 39 · The Day Hell Froze · Cyril Plunkett · ss 42 · Come Up and Kill Me Sometime · Francis K. Allan · nv 55 · Oddities in Crime · Jon Blummer · ia 56 · Nice Killer Country · Richard Brister · ss 60 · This One Will Slay You! · Fred D. McHugh · ss 62 · Snake in the Hole! · Ted Stratton · ss 65 · When Gangdom Ruled · Windas · ia 66 · Little Murder Has Big Ears · Carroll John Daly · nv

Detective Tales [v27 #2, May 1944] (10¢, pulp, cover by Gloria Stoll) 8 · Quiet Please—Murder at Work · Don James · nv 22 · I Heard You Died Last Night · Robert Turner · ss 28 · Marshmallow Macabre · Tom Marvin · ss 35 · Trial Without Error · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss 38 · I’ll Kill You Often [Everett Zebulon Bart (Easy Bart)] · F. Orlin Tremaine · nv 49 · The Devil Lays an Egg · Ted Stratton · ss 54 · The House That Death Built · Stewart Toland · ss 57 · Guadalcanal Bouquet · William Rough · ss 64 · A Hero for Hell’s Backyard · Day Keene · ss

Detective Tales [v27 #3, June 1944] (10¢, pulp, cover by Gloria Stoll) 8 · Murder, Stay Away from My Door! · Edward S. Williams · nv 21 · Sammy Doesn’t Kill Here Anymore · Robert Turner · ss 28 · Daily-Double Trouble · John J. Scanlon · ss 34 · Death Drops the Handkerchief · Jack Bradley · ss 45 · Three Men in a Hearse · H. Wolff Salz · ss 49 · Something Fine for Mary · Cyril Plunkett · ss 53 · Two-Bits You Die! · John Farmer · ss 57 · I Bleed for You, Babe · Talmage Powell · ss 64 · A Corpse for Mr. Thomas [John Wade] · William R. Cox · nv

Detective Tales [v27 #4, July 1944] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 8 · Get Ready Your Shroud · Frederick C. Davis · nv 25 · Bright Darkness · Francis K. Allan · ss 33 · Blood on Whose Doorstep? · Dorothy Dunn · ss 36 · Killer Come Back to Me! [Johnny Broghman] · Ray Bradbury · nv 45 · When Gangdom Ruled · Cedric W. Windas · ia 46 · Steam Cured · D. A. Hoover · ss 49 · The Gibbering Night · Fredric Brown · ss 56 · So Many Little Green Men · Robert M. Hodges · ss 60 · The Headsman of Mad Anthony’s Run · Stanley C. Vickers · ss 67 · Oddities in Crime · Jon L. Blummer · ia 68 · Four Little Steps to Murder · Donald G. Cormack · nv

Detective Tales [v28 #1, August 1944] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 8 · Manhattan Murder-Go-Round [Silent Smith (The Silver Fox)] · Day Keene · na 27 · Hook, Line—and Sucker · Jack Bradley · ss 31 · Shell Game · William Hellman · ss; given as by William Hellmann. 33 · When Gangdom Ruled · Cedric W. Windas · ia 34 · Answer to a Madman’s Prayer [Everett Zebulon Bart (Easy Bart)] · F. Orlin Tremaine · nv 46 · You’ll Be the Death of Me · Dorothy Dunn · ss 50 · Homicide Solo · Robert Turner · ss 57 · Oddities in Crime · Jon L. Blummer · ia 58 · Killer—Cum Laude! · Stewart Toland · ss 63 · Grave Danger · Cyril Plunkett · ss 67 · Hand Is Quicker Than the Lie! · Ryerson Johnson · ar 68 · Wake Up and Die! · Francis K. Allan · nv

Detective Tales [v28 #2, September 1944] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. 10 · Dentures, Diamonds and Death! · Francis K. Allan · ss 27 · Homicide Hangover [Joseph Dugan] · Jack Bradley · ss 32 · Come Home for the Killing · Robert Turner · ss 40 · To Slay a Man About a Dog! · Fredric Brown · ss 52 · The Deadliest Profession · Thomas Walsh · ss 60 · The Trunk Lady · Ray Bradbury · nv 70 · My Customer—The Corpse! [Harvey Benn] · Edward J. Donovan · ss 76 · The Uninvited Dead · Donald G. Cormack · ss 82 · Hell Over Steel-Town · W. T. Ballard · ss The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl When Gangdom Ruled · Cedric W. Windas · ia Oddities in Crime · Jon L. Blummer · ia

Detective Tales [v28 #3, October 1944] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp) (Full Text) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 8 · When Gangdom Ruled · Cedric W. Windas · ia 10 · The Farmer’s Daughter Murders [Tom Doyle] · Day Keene · na 32 · Voice of the Dead · Ted Stratton · ss 39 · How Many Cards for the Corpse? · Joe Kent · ss 46 · Play the Game with Poison [Everett Zebulon Bart (Easy Bart)] · F. Orlin Tremaine · nv 57 · Oddities in Crime · Jon L. Blummer · ia 58 · Once There Was a Wolf— · Bert Collier · ss 64 · Save a Grave for Me! · Dane Gregory · ss 71 · A Drink for Aunt Louisa · Francis Fredericks · vi 74 · Home-Front Target · Cyril Plunkett · vi 78 · Four Merchants of Menace · Francis K. Allan · nv

Detective Tales [v28 #4, November 1944] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. 10 · Come Home to the Corpse! · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss 26 · Crooked Path to Glory · Donald G. Cormack · ss 34 · Killers’ Reunion · Francis K. Allan · ss 42 · Report to the Captain · Charles Larson · ss 50 · Come Into My Parlor · Cyril Plunkett · ss 61 · Slugs and Kisses [Joseph Dugan] · Jack Bradley · ss 67 · Half-Pint Homicide [Douser Mulligan] · Ray Bradbury · ss 73 · Parlay on Death · Stuart Friedman · ss 80 · This Is Murder, Mr. Herbert! · Day Keene · ss

Detective Tales [v29 #1, December 1944] (15¢, pulp, cover by Samuel Cherry) 10 · Double Six Says Murder! · Francis K. Allan · na 26 · The Late Justin Black · Donald G. Cormack · ss 33 · I Am the Brains, Mr. Hoover · Harriet Crittenden · ss 37 · The Case of the Reluctant Corpse · Day Keene · ss 50 · Promise to Slay · Cyril Plunkett · ss 54 · Long Odds · Don James · ss 62 · Four-Way Funeral [Douser Mulligan] · Ray Bradbury · ss 68 · Over My Dead Body! · Ted Stratton · ss 73 · Crime on Your Hands · Robert Turner · ss 76 · Bake a Cake for Killers · Frederick C. Davis · na

Detective Tales [v29 #2, January 1945] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Gloria Stoll) Details taken from eBay listing. 10 · The Senator Who Wasn’t There [Jeffry Lunt] · Andrew Holt · na 27 · —Kill Again Another Day · Francis K. Allan · ss 33 · Hell Has No Back Door · Robert C. Dennis · ss 39 · The Better Death-Trap · Robert Turner · ss 46 · We’ll Make a Killing! [John Wade] · William R. Cox · ss 58 · Three Men on a Hearse · Richard Dermody · ss 64 · Margin for Terror · Talmage Powell · ss 68 · Homicide Built for Two · C. G. Tahney · ss 76 · Silent Smith and the Hounds of Death [Silent Smith (The Silver Fox)] · Day Keene · na The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl

Detective Tales [v29 #3, February 1945] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 8 · Nightmare at Noon [Martin Ferris] · Andrew Holt · na 27 · Dark City · William R. Cox · ss 34 · Dames Are Poison! · John Corbett · ss 40 · Payable in the Grave! · Ritter Conway · ar 41 · Oddities in Crime · Jon L. Blummer · ia 42 · Purgatory Picnic · Tom Marvin · ss 49 · When Gangdom Ruled · Cedric W. Windas · ia 50 · The Silent Scalpel Murders [Everett Zebulon Bart (Easy Bart)] · F. Orlin Tremaine · nv 61 · A Kind of Shooting · William Rough · ss 68 · Dear Killer · Henry Norton · ss 72 · “I’m Not So Dumb!” · Ray Bradbury · ss 76 · Dead—as in Mackerel! [Tom Doyle] · Day Keene · na