Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

Contents Lists

Previous — Issue/Checklist Index — Table-of-Contents

Detective Tales (UK) [v2 #9, July 1954] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp)

2 · Homicide Gal from Hollywood · Dale Clark · nv Detective Tales Feb 1940
18 · With This Gun— · Gil Brewer · ss Detective Tales Mar 1951
25 · One Way Out · John Hawkins · ss Detective Tales Mar 1951
32 · The Scream-Proof Cell · Paul Kingston · ss Detective Tales Mar 1951
38 · Photo-Finish · T. T. Flynn · ss Detective Tales Feb 1940
49 · The Munitions Murder Syndicate · William R. Cox · nv Detective Tales Feb 1940
64 · Curiosities of Crime · Anon. · ms (r)

Detective Tales (UK) [v2 #10, August 1954] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp)

3 · The Wandering Corpse · Tiah Devitt · na Detective Tales Oct 1940
31 · Over My Dead Body! · John D. MacDonald · na Detective Tales Feb 1951
49 · The Golden Touch · Jason Gilchrist · ss Detective Tales Feb 1951
56 · My Neck—Your Noose! · P. B. Bishop · ss Detective Tales Feb 1951
64 · Up the River · Dave Sands · cl (r)

Detective Tales (UK) [v2 #11, September 1954] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the August 1950 (US) issue.

2 · Murder Has a Friendly Face! · Frank Ward · nv Detective Tales Aug 1950
25 · Three Strikes and Dead! · William Holder · ss Detective Tales Aug 1950
37 · Skin Deep · Lloyd Albertson · ss Detective Tales Aug 1950
45 · Take My Hot Seat! · Ted Stratton · ss Detective Tales Aug 1950
51 · Man Behind the Gun · Don James · ss Detective Tales Aug 1950
58 · Doodlebug Death · V. E. Thiessen · ss Detective Tales Aug 1950

Detective Tales (UK) [v2 #12, October 1954] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp)

2 · The Merry Wives of Murder · Tiah Devitt · na Detective Tales Dec 1940
22 · Rim of Danger · Georges Carousso · na Detective Tales Jan 1951
46 · Mouthpiece · Roy W. Cliborn · ss Detective Tales Jan 1951
50 · The Punch-Drunk Kid’s Last Fight · Don James · ss Detective Tales Dec 1940
58 · Lion’s Share · Dan Gordon · ss Detective Tales Feb 1951
62 · Up the River · Dave Sands · cl (r)
63 · Loaded for Skunk · Curt Hamlin · ss Detective Tales Mar 1942

Detective Tales (UK) [v3 #1, November 1954] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the February 1954 issue of Fifteen Detective Stories.

3 · Dressed to Kill · Frank Ward · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Feb 1954
24 · Dig My Grave Deep! · Don James · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Feb 1954
32 · Dead of the Night · Ted Stratton · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Feb 1954
38 · Red Runs the Tide · Frank Scott York · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Feb 1954
46 · Little Miss Murder · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Feb 1954
54 · The Long Kill · S. N. Wernick · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Feb 1954

Detective Tales (UK) [v3 #2, December 1954] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the May 1941 (US) and January 1942 (US) issues. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons.

2 · The Hand of Satan [Satan Hall] · Carroll John Daly · ss Detective Tales May 1941
20 · Stir Spawn · R. D. Barrett · ss Detective Tales Jan 1942
29 · Quietly My Casket Waits · Wyatt Blassingame · nv Detective Tales May 1941
41 · The Whisper in the Wall · Philip Ketchum · ss Detective Tales Jan 1942
48 · No Pedigrees for Killers · J. Lane Linklater · ss Detective Tales May 1941
56 · Gunman’s Girl Friend · Francis K. Allan · ss Detective Tales Jan 1942
63 · Murder in Cell 5 · Earl L. Wellersdick · ms Detective Tales Aug 1950
64 · Let’s Play Safe · John Lane · ms (r)

Detective Tales (UK) [v3 #3, January 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the June 1954 issue of Fifteen Detective Stories, plus a single story from elsewhere.

2 · Death Lives Here · Fletcher Flora · nv Detective Story Magazine Jan 1953
23 · Murder, Murder—Go Away · David Crewe · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1954
42 · Don’t Die for Me · Dane Gregory · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1954
48 · Lonely Are the Dead · Fred Falkner · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1954
56 · The Devil’s Darling · Robert Turner · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1954

Detective Tales (UK) [v3 #4, February 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the April 1954 issue of Fifteen Detective Stories. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons.

2 · Die, Little Lady! · Fletcher Flora · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1954
19 · Holiday in Hell · J. L. Hayward · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1954
24 · Five Minutes to Kill · Ted Stratton · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1954
30 · Murder Is My Racket · James R. Brady · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1954
37 · Silent Be My Grave · Dane Gregory · ss Detective Tales Apr 1943, as “If Thy Right Hand Offend Thee—”
43 · Dead-End Justice · Anon. · ms (r)
44 · The Mask of the Damned · T. T. Flynn · ss Flynn’s Detective Fiction Apr 1943, as “Death Lives Here”
61 · Death on Demand · David Crewe · ss Detective Tales Apr 1936, as by Alden H. Norton
64 · Strange Trails to Murder · Lee · ia Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1954

Detective Tales (UK) [v3 #5, March 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the October 1954 issue of Fifteen Detective Stories, plus a single story from the June 1954 issue.

2 · Requiem in Reno · Dean Evans · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Oct 1954
16 · Ticket for Mayhem · Miles Harden · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Oct 1954
22 · What’s Playing Tonight? · Marc Miller · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Oct 1954
25 · Bodies Wild for Tonky [Tonky Boone] · Frank Scott York · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Oct 1954
33 · Run for Death · John P. Foran · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Oct 1954
41 · Crazy Black Nightmare · Tedd Thomey · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Oct 1954
47 · Dead-End Justice · Anon. · ms (r)
48 · Job to Be Done · Walt Sheldon · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Oct 1954
50 · Always a Woman · John McGreevey · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Oct 1954
58 · Murder Time · Preston Jones · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1954

Detective Tales (UK) [v3 #6, April 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the December 1954 issue of Fifteen Detective Stories, plus two stories from elsewhere.

2 · Home Sweet Homicide · William Campbell Gault · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1954
9 · Death Comes Calling · Charles Beckman, Jr. · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1954
22 · The Seventh Grave · Margaret Manners · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1954
37 · Just a Punk · Frank Scott York · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1954
43 · Red Hands Reaching · Frank Gruber · ss Detective Tales Jan 1936
50 · It’s Your Funeral · Jules Archer · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1954
60 · Forgery in Blood · Arnold E. Grisman · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1954
62 · Know-How · Walt Sheldon · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1954

Detective Tales (UK) [v3 #7, May 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the February 1955 issue of Fifteen Detective Stories.

2 · Experiment with Death · Paul Ernst · nv Detective Tales May 1936
14 · Killer for Hire · Kenneth L. Sinclair · ss Detective Tales Jan 1936, as “Glory-Hunger”
17 · The Restless Corpse · Charles Beckman, Jr. · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Feb 1955
25 · A Spot Marked Double X · William R. Cox · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Feb 1955
41 · Who’s Got the Stoolie? · Frank Scott York · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Feb 1955
46 · Flowers on Mullins Street · Bill Trent · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Feb 1955
50 · Wrong Ending · Bob McKnight · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Feb 1955
57 · With Hostile Intent · Larry Holden · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1954
64 · The Man Who Came Close · Anon. · ms Fifteen Detective Stories Feb 1955

Detective Tales (UK) [v3 #8, June 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the April 1955 issue of Fifteen Detective Stories.

2 · The Long Nightmare · Francis K. Allan · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1955
21 · When a Cop Hollers Cop · William R. Cox · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1955
32 · A Death in the Family · Algis Budrys · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1955
42 · Almost a Killer · Will Cotton · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1955
49 · Hell Has a Timetable · George Widder Line · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1955
54 · Too Many Confessions · Don James · ss Detective Tales Jan 1942

Detective Tales (UK) [v3 #9, July 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the December 1953 issue of Fifteen Detective Stories.

2 · Death in Waiting · Fletcher Flora · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1953
21 · Terror Street · Philip Weck · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1953
30 · Some Like ’Em Dying · Jack Ehrlich · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1953
38 · Tonky’s Dice Are Loaded [Tonky Boone] · Frank Scott York · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1953
46 · Night Before Murder · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1953
55 · Hell on Wheels · Phil Ray · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1953
62 · Copper · Walt Sheldon · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Feb 1955
64 · Law on the Loose · John Medingur · ms (r)

Detective Tales (UK) [v3 #10, August 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the September 1954 issue of Fifteen Detective Stories. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons.

2 · A Slight Case of Murder · William Vance · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Sep 1954
17 · Dressed to Kill · Donald Barr Chidsey · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Sep 1954
29 · The Quickly Dead · C. M. Anderson · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Sep 1954
37 · His and Hearse · Joe Graham · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Sep 1954
46 · The Devil’s Hostage · Wyatt Blassingame · ss Detective Tales Jan 1936, as “Killer’s Hostage”
52 · Just Around the Coroner · George Armin Shaftel · ss Detective Tales May 1936, as “Spine of Steel”
58 · The Phantom Fix · Arthur J. Burks · ss Detective Tales Apr 1936, as “Too Old to Be a Hero!”
61 · The Death Dealer · Paul Ernst · ss Detective Tales Jun 1936, as “His Money’s Worth”

Detective Tales (UK) [v3 #11, September 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the June 1955 issue of Fifteen Detective Stories, plus a single story from the January 1942 issue of Detective Tales.

3 · Murder on the Menu · Miles Harden · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1955
9 · The Scarlet Sculptress · Fletcher Flora · vi Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1955
11 · Slaughter in the Sky · J. L. Bouma · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1955
23 · Stripped for Murder · John Jakes · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1955
32 · Flower of Death · Jules Archer · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1955
41 · Too Many Corpses · Howard L. Karp · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1955
46 · School for Boys · Stephen Marlowe · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1955
55 · Medals Are for Fools · John Hawkins · ss Detective Tales Jan 1942
63 · “Operation—Firearms” · Bess Ritter · ar Fifteen Detective Stories Feb 1955

Detective Tales (UK) [v3 #12, October 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Terry Gibbons.

2 · The Devil’s Judge · Philip Weck · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1954
12 · You Die Alone · Larry Holden · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Oct 1953
20 · Killing Time · David Stewart · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Oct 1953
28 · Terror Walks Here · Ken Hunt · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Oct 1953
37 · Fall Guy · William P. Roberts · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1953
43 · The Finishers · John Bender · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Oct 1953
47 · The Other Defendant · Dane Gregory · ss Detective Tales May 1941
52 · Kill Me, Kill My Dog! · Prentice Agnew · ss Detective Tales Jan 1942
56 · Check Your Hat with Death! · Ralph Berard · ss Detective Tales Jan 1942
60 · Killer in a Corner · J. L. Bouma · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1953

Detective Tales (UK) [v4 #1, November 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)

3 · The Lady Is a Corpse! · John D. MacDonald · nv Detective Tales Sep 1950
19 · Let’s Burn Us a Blonde! · Alan Ritner Anderson · nv Detective Tales Sep 1950
39 · Mr. Bingler’s Trail of Crime [Mr. Bingler] · Wilbur S. Peacock · nv Detective Tales Sep 1940, as “Mr. Bingler’s Pet Corpse”
51 · Carbon Cop · Philip Ketchum · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Aug 1953
58 · A Stand-Up Guy · Dan Brennan · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Aug 1953
64 · Die, Honey · Jack Olsen · ts (r)

Detective Tales (UK) [v4 #2, December 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the August 1950 issue of 15 Story Detective, plus one story of unknown origin. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons.

3 · Married to Murder [Lee Fiske] · Robert Martin · na 15 Story Detective Aug 1950
22 · The Wind of Fear · Talmage Powell · ss 15 Story Detective Aug 1950
29 · Hold That Tigress! · Albert Simmons · nv 15 Story Detective Aug 1950
43 · Payoff in Blood · Roy Lopez · ss 15 Story Detective Aug 1950
50 · Satan’s Protege · William Campbell Gault · ss 15 Story Detective Aug 1950
56 · Gunsmoke in Her Eyes · John Bender · ss 15 Story Detective Aug 1950
60 · Spring Is a Nice Time to Die · Fletcher Flora · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1955; given as by Flora Fletcher in the Table of Contents.

Detective Tales (UK) [v4 #3, January 1956] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the February 1951 issue of 15 Story Detective.

2 · The Fatal Fix · Kenneth Fowler · na 15 Story Detective Feb 1951
20 · Death and Taxis · Robert Turner · ss 15 Story Detective Feb 1951
31 · The Other Man · Bruce Cassiday · nv 15 Story Detective Feb 1951
46 · Do You Take This Corpse? · Robert Carlton · ss 15 Story Detective Feb 1951
53 · The Nightmare · David C. Cooke · ss 15 Story Detective Feb 1951; given as by Robert Carlton on the story itself.
60 · Shock Treatment · Timothy Anderson · ss 15 Story Detective Feb 1951
64 · Love Killer · Skippy Adelman · ts 15 Story Detective Feb 1951

Detective Tales (UK) [v4 #4, February 1956] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the February 1950 issue of 15 Story Detective.

2 · Killer on the Town [Lee Fiske] · Robert Martin · na 15 Story Detective Feb 1950
20 · Blackmail Means Homicide · Larry Holden · nv 15 Story Detective Feb 1950
36 · Death’s Engraved Dime · Robert Carlton · nv 15 Story Detective Feb 1950
50 · Not a Coffin in a Carload · Robert Turner · ss 15 Story Detective Feb 1950
56 · Hill-Billy Justice · D. Westcott Gouldner · ss 15 Story Detective Feb 1950
61 · Copper Appetizer · Jim T. Pearce · ss 15 Story Detective Feb 1950
64 · Meet the Master Forger · Webb Garrison · ar 15 Story Detective Feb 1950

Next — Issue/Checklist Index — Table-of-Contents