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Detective Tales [v48 #4, December 1951] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl
10 · The House on Nightmare Street [Joe Dulaney] · Francis K. Allan · na
35 · If the Frame Fits— · Larry Holden · ss
45 · You Can’t Get Away with Murder! · Nelson & Geer · cl
46 · The Crimson Web [Nem Parsons] · Winston Bouvé · ss Flynn’s Mar 6 1926, as “Guilty Knowledge”
60 · Three Times and Out! · Walter B. Sugrue · ss
68 · Parole · William Corcoran · nv Argosy Jul 8 1933
85 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Stone · ia
86 · Hot Wire · David Crewe · ss
94 · A Little Murder Music, Professor! · William Campbell Gault · ss

Detective Tales [v49 #1, February 1952] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents.

6 · Lethal Laughs · Joseph C. Stacey · ms
10 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl
14 · Nicely Framed, Ready to Hang! · Dan Gordon · ss
29 · Night of Terror · Francis K. Allan · ss
38 · The Man from Manitoba · Frank Gruber · ss
55 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Waggener · ia
56 · Come On-a My Funeral! · Donn Mullally · ss
71 · Never Cry Cop! · Don James · ss
78 · Case of the Limping Corpse [Nem Parsons] · Winston Bouve · ss
92 · Father, May I Go Out to Kill? · William Campbell Gault · ss

Detective Tales [v49 #2, April 1952] (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)

6 · Murder Is My Business! [Johnny Broghman] · Ray Bradbury · ss
14 · All That Blood Money Can Buy! · John D. MacDonald · nv
38 · The Dictionary Guy · Richard Goggin · ss
49 · Blonde Stand-in · John P. Foran · ss
58 · Case of the Come-Hither Corpse [Nem Parsons] · Winston Bouvé · ss
75 · Dead Man’s Debt · Don James · ss
84 · Two on a Slab · Mason Noble · ss

Detective Tales [v49 #3, June 1952] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Waggener · ia
8 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl
10 · Case of the Frozen Bridegroom [Jim Bennett] · Robert Martin · nv
32 · Nobody Lives Forever · Bruce Cassiday · ss
41 · Did You Know—? · Joseph C. Stacey · cl
42 · The Corpse Held the Key · Don James · nv
59 · The Cost · Daniel Winters · ss
65 · Homicide House · Grant Meacham · cl
66 · Murder Is No Gentleman · Fletcher Flora · nv
81 · The Body Beautiful [Tony Key] · Steve Fisher · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 3 1938, as “The Glamour and the Glory”
88 · Maggie and the Stolen Solon [Ulysses S. Barr] · William Brandon · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 10 1940

Detective Tales [v49 #4, August 1952] (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)

6 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Stone · ia
8 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl
10 · Nobody’s Dope · Bess Ritter · ar
12 · My Face Is Murder! · Bruce Cassiday · nv
40 · Danger Man [Ray Ruiz] · George C. Appell · ss
49 · The Sharp Knife · S. N. Wernick · ss
58 · Old Friend—New Corpse! · Tiah Devitt · ss
71 · The Deadly Alibi [Clint Morgan] · Burt Sims · ss
79 · Swamp Scandal · Day Keene · ss
87 · Two-Minute Hero · Duane Yarnell · ss
90 · Round Trip to a Nightmare · Philip Weck · nv

Detective Tales [v50 #1, October 1952] (Popular Publications. Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Subtitled “Combined with F.B.I. Detective Stories”. Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl
10 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Stone · ia
12 · The Look That Kills! · Dean Evans · nv
34 · Deadliest Enemy · Talmage Powell · ss
41 · Nightmare · Larry Holden · ss
48 · Too Many Bodies... · Richard Deming · nv
79 · Good Company · Harriet Crittenden · ss
83 · Don’t Look Now · Don Pringle · ss
90 · Down Payment on Death [Stanley Garvian] · Herman Landon · nv Detective Tales Dec 1938, as “Installment-Plan Death”

Detective Tales [v50 #2, December 1952] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Subtitled “Combined with F.B.I. Detective Stories”. Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl
10 · Pity the Poor Penman! · Skippy Adelman · ar
12 · The Murdering Kind! · Robert Turner · nv
41 · Cold Is My Grave · Graham Doar · ss
48 · So Lovely—and So Dead! · Fletcher Flora · nv
62 · Sing a Death Song · John Foran · ss
69 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Stone · ia
70 · Cop for Sale! · Mark Hope · nv
83 · Death for Two! · Larry Holden · ss
90 · The Cops Got Five · Freeman H. Hubbard · ar
92 · The Hangman’s Last Supper · Tiah Devitt · nv Detective Tales Jan 1940

Detective Tales [v50 #3, February 1953] (Popular Publications. Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Subtitled “Combined with F.B.I. Detective Stories”.

6 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl
8 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Stone · ia
10 · With Love and Bullets! · Larry Holden · nv
26 · Madame Was Annoyed · Anon. · ms
27 · The Second Mistake · Ted Janes · ss
36 · Murder Ship! · John Haviland · ss
55 · Doll, Drop Dead! · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss
64 · Scene of the Crime · Sam Archer · ss
70 · Gold-Plated Girl [Eddie Callahan] · Talmage Powell · ss
76 · The Other Man · V. E. Thiessen · ss
79 · Chase by Night · Teddy Keller · ss
88 · Slay, Maestro, Slay! · Robert Turner · na Dime Mystery Magazine Jan 1943, as “Music for the Murder Maestro”
112 · Two in One · Bess Ritter · ar

Detective Tales [v50 #4, April 1953] (Popular Publications. Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Subtitled “Combined with F.B.I. Detective Stories”. Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl
10 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Stone · ia
12 · Killer in the Corner! [Joe Dulaney] · Francis K. Allan · nv
31 · The Murder Market [Eddie Callahan] · Talmage Powell · ss
38 · Write Me Some Death Insurance · V. E. Thiessen · nv
56 · Double Tough’s Not Enough! · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss
64 · The Yakking Corpse · Dean Evans · nv
82 · Home to the Death House! · Johanas L. Bouma · ss
90 · Case of the Golden Girl [Lou Grandon] · Dane Gregory · nv Detective Tales Apr 1942, as “The Mandarin’s Thirty-Third Tooth”

Detective Tales [v51 #1, June 1953] (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)

10 · The Blonde Dies Twice! · Francis K. Allan · nv
29 · The Deadly Night · Johanas L. Bouma · ss
38 · Strangers in the House · Richard Deming · nv
65 · Heart Shot · Dean Evans · ss
75 · When Cops Fall Out · Larry Holden · ss
84 · Death-Dance for a Debutante · Tiah Devitt · na Detective Tales Feb 1940

Detective Tales [v51 #2, August 1953] (25¢, pulp)

10 · Adam and Evil! · Peter Paige · nv
48 · Fall Guy · Larry Holden · ss
56 · Badge of Danger · K. Clayton · ss
65 · Blood Brother · Joe Brennan · ss
72 · Gun Sick · Dan Gordon · ss
82 · Murder Maker [George Cameron] · Dane Gregory · ss
86 · The Sick and the Dead · Frank Scott York · ss

Detective Tales (Canada) (about)
Canadian reprint edition of Detective Tales with occasional stories from elsewhere.

Publishers:

Popular Publications; 100 Adelaide St. West, Toronto: Detective Tales (Canada)

Detective Tales (Canada) [December 1941] (10¢, pulp)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a (partial) reprint of the July 1941 (US) issue.

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The Corpse Pays the Fiddler · Don James · nv Detective Tales Jul 1941
Jewels for Murder’s Crown · William R. Cox · nv Detective Tales Jul 1941
No Arrest, As Yet · Day Keene · ss Detective Tales Jul 1941
The Customer’s Always Right · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Tales Jul 1941
Prelude to an Operation · John Bender · ss Detective Tales Jul 1941
The Slugger’s Last Fight · Donald G. Cormack · ss Detective Tales Jul 1941

Detective Tales (Canada) [v20 #1, January 1942] (Popular Publications, 10¢, pulp)
Partial reprint of the August 1941 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Captain Friday, Corpse Agent · Day Keene · na Detective Tales Aug 1941
26 · Five Alarm Funeral [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · na Detective Tales Aug 1941
40 · The Witness Is a Dummy · Edward S. Williams · nv Detective Tales Aug 1941
53 · The Clinical Murder · Don James · nv Detective Tales Aug 1941
65 · Prison-Break! · D. L. Champion · ss Detective Tales Aug 1941
75 · Press Agent for the Dead · Marvin Ryerson · ss Detective Tales Aug 1941
83 · Short-Order Crook · Wilbur S. Peacock · vi Detective Tales Aug 1941
85 · My Night to Kill · Dane Gregory · ss Detective Tales Aug 1941
93 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl Detective Tales Aug 1941

Detective Tales (Canada) [v20 #2, February 1942] (10¢, pulp)
Issue not found.

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Detective Tales (Canada) [v20 #3, March 1942] (Popular Publications, 10¢, 96pp+, pulp)
Reprint of the October 1941 (US) issue. Details supplied by Rob Preston.

2 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl Detective Tales Oct 1941
4 · The Corpse Wants Company · Edward S. Williams · na Detective Tales Oct 1941
21 · Operation Unscheduled · Kenneth L. Sinclair · ss Detective Tales Oct 1941
24 · The Law of Iron-Hat Shanahan · Malcolm McComas · nv Detective Tales Oct 1941
36 · Wanted—A Man to Hang! · Philip Ketchum · nv Detective Tales Oct 1941
51 · A Crib for Joe · Francis K. Allan · ss Detective Tales Oct 1941
57 · Hook, Line and Sinker · Day Keene · ss Detective Tales Oct 1941
66 · Round Heels, and Guts! · Carl Rathjen · ss Detective Tales Oct 1941
75 · This Time, the Hunted! · Richard Sale · ss Detective Tales Oct 1941
79 · The Numbers in the Book · Leslie Londo · ss Detective Tales Oct 1941
87 · Come In, Sucker—and Burn! · William Hines · ss Detective Tales Oct 1941

Detective Tales (Canada) [April 1942] (10¢, pulp)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the November 1941 (US) issue.

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The Stars Say Die! [Herman Stone (Herman the Great)] · Day Keene · na Detective Tales Nov 1941
Lesson in Crime · Arthur Leo Zagat · ss Detective Tales Nov 1941
Retained by the Corpse [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv Detective Tales Nov 1941
Killer’s Love Song · Dane Gregory · ss Detective Tales Nov 1941

Detective Tales (Canada) [August 1942] (10¢, pulp)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the February 1942 (US) issue.

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The Gambler Wins a Corpse [Maurice Renault] · D. L. Champion · nv Detective Tales Feb 1942
Keep the Body Warm [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · nv Detective Tales Feb 1942

Detective Tales (Canada) [September 1942] (10¢, pulp)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the March 1942 (US) issue.

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The Charlie McCarthy Murders · Day Keene · nv Detective Tales Mar 1942
The Doctor Doubles in Death · Richard Sale · ss Detective Tales Mar 1942; listed as “The Doctor Doubles for Death” on the cover.

Detective Tales (Canada) [v21 #5, November 1942] (Popular Publications, 10¢, 96pp, pulp)
Reprint of the May 1942 (US) issue. Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

2 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl Detective Tales May 1942
4 · A Slight Mistake in Corpses · Day Keene · na Detective Tales May 1942
26 · The Copper Hates the Force · Morgan Lewis · ss Detective Tales May 1942
36 · You’ll Be the Next to Die! [Daniel “Pop” Egan; Eddie “Eddy” Rock] · John Hawkins · nv Detective Tales May 1942
51 · Killer’s Date-Line · Nelson S. Bond · ss Detective Tales May 1942
54 · Death Will Steal Your Laughter · Francis K. Allan · ss Detective Tales May 1942
68 · Faint Hearts Win No Gunfights! · Carl Rathjen · ss Detective Tales May 1942
75 · Case of the Feline Mummy · Robert Arthur · ss Detective Tales May 1942
82 · Cold Turkey · L. Ernenwein · ss Detective Tales May 1942
86 · His Audience—The Dead · Edward S. Williams · ss Detective Tales May 1942

Detective Tales (Canada) [v22 #6, December 1942] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 96pp, pulp)
Reprint of the May 1942 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl Detective Tales Jun 1942
4 · The Tale of the Homeless Corpse · Norbert Davis · na Detective Tales Jun 1942
25 · Clean Kill · Wilbur S. Peacock · vi Detective Tales Jun 1942
27 · The Motor Transport Murders · Don James · nv Detective Tales Jun 1942
40 · Battle Team · D. L. Champion · ss Detective Tales Jun 1942
44 · Jailbird’s Girl · Francis K. Allan · ss Detective Tales Jun 1942
52 · Footsteps in the Dark · Dane Gregory · ss Detective Tales Jun 1942
58 · Meet the Executioner · Frederick C. Davis · na Detective Tales Jun 1942
75 · Blackout Time Is Murder Time! · Dale Clark · ss Detective Tales Jun 1942
82 · The Elements of Crime · S. J. Bailey · ss Detective Tales Jun 1942
89 · Strictly Accidental · William Brandon · ss Detective Tales Jun 1942

Detective Tales (Canada) [v22 #2, March 1943] (Popular Publications, 10¢, pulp)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the September 1942 (US) issue.

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Doctor Flame’s Murder Blackout [Edward Carl Flame (Dr. Flame)] · Norbert Davis · na Detective Tales Sep 1942
Reunion in Terror · Don James · nv Detective Tales Sep 1942

Detective Tales (Canada) [v22 #3, April 1943] (Popular Publications, 10¢, pulp)
Partial reprints of the October 1942 (US) issue, plus a single story from the August 1942 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · No Appeal for the Dead! · Frederick C. Davis · na Detective Tales Oct 1942
34 · Anniversary with Death · Don James · nv Detective Tales Oct 1942
40 · Come Home to Kill! · Wyatt Blassingame · nv Detective Tales Oct 1942
54 · The Last Man to Hang · John K. Butler · nv Detective Tales Oct 1942
64 · Interest in Blood · D. L. Champion · ss Detective Tales Oct 1942
68 · Allergic to Murder · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss Detective Tales Oct 1942
73 · Trained to Die · Robert Turner · ss Detective Tales Oct 1942
83 · The Upstairs Room · Robert B. Pitkin · vi Detective Tales Oct 1942
85 · Let’s Forget Our Fear! · Wilbur S. Peacock · nv Detective Tales Aug 1942

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