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Dime Detective Magazine [v54 #1, April 1947] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

fc. · Cold Storage · Anon. · cv
6 · Hearse and Rehearse [Pete Rousseau] · H. H. Stinson · na
30 · Ladies Die at Midnight · Charles Larson · ss
40 · Ghost Pier Rendezvous [Ray Marvin] · Joe Brennan · ss
47 · The May Thrill Docket · Anon. · ms
47 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc
48 · Hell Is My Hideout · Ken Lewis · nv
61 · Cold Storage · Robert Turner · ss
67 · Reprieve for the Damned · Wallace Umphrey · ss
78 · When Blue Blood Runs Red-Hot! [Pinero Pershing] · Henry Norton · nv
93 · Gaslight Romeo · Jimmy Nichols · ar
97 · Murder Without Motive · E. Jakobsson · ar

Dime Detective Magazine [v54 #2, May 1947] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp)
Details supplied by James Felton.

fc. · Grim Reaper’s Model · Anon. · cv
6 · The June Thrill Docket · Anon. · ms
8 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc
10 · Death Under Par [Jim Bennett] · Robert Martin · na
37 · A Redheaded Clue · Ken Greene · ss
46 · Married to Murder · Thorne Lee · nv
60 · A Corpse to His Credit · Larry Holden · ss
68 · Grim Reaper’s Model · Arthur Leo Zagat · ss
78 · Suitable for Framing [Mariano Mercado] · D. L. Champion · nv

Dime Detective Magazine [v54 #3, June 1947] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Raphael DeSoto)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · A Window in My Coffin · H. H. Stinson · na
31 · Operation Murder · Kay Kessler · ss
38 · Violence for Vicky · Seymour Irving Richin · ss
44 · Death—on the House · Peter Paige · nv
61 · Noose of Retribution · Stanley C. Vickers · ss
66 · Killings on the Conscience · Edward William Murphy · ss
73 · The June Thrill Docket · Anon. · ms
74 · Suicidal Journey · John D. MacDonald · nv
90 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc
93 · Clothes Make the Mug · Jhan Robbins · ar

Dime Detective Magazine [v54 #4, July 1947] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

6 · Murder in Two-Time [Thackeray Hackett] · Frederick C. Davis · nv
29 · Doc Pierce’s Downfall [Doc Pierce] · Richard Dermody · ss
37 · Cube Root of Mayhem · V. E. Thiessen · ss
44 · The Lady’s from Hades · Robert Turner · ss
60 · A Killer Prowls a Lonely Beat · Donald G. Cormack · ss
69 · Death Came for Lunch · Ted Stratton · ss
72 · Crime Goes to Class · Jimmy Nichols · ms
74 · Blood on the Stars · W. T. Ballard · ss
90 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc

Dime Detective Magazine [v55 #1, August 1947] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Wake of the Willful Wife [Jim Bennett] · Robert Martin · na
33 · Burn in Turn · Talmage Powell · ss
41 · You Can’t Play with Murder [Brad Harkness] · James A. Kirch · ss
51 · The September Thrill Docket · Anon. · ms
52 · Rhapsody in Blood · Robert Turner · nv
68 · The Futile Corpse · Lawrence Treat · ss
77 · A Grave Mistake · Allen Hymson · ss
80 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc
82 · House of Homicide [Jerry Duhan] · Philip Ketchum · nv

Dime Detective Magazine [v55 #2, September 1947] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp)

The Shroud Off His Back [Thackeray Hackett] · Frederick C. Davis · ss
Little Pal o’ Murder · Dale Clark · ss
Design for Dying · John D. MacDonald · ss
Crime of the Ancient Mariner · Talmage Powell · ss
Rose of the Wicked Lady · Ken Lewis · ss
Redheads Prefer Murder · Hank Napheys · ss
Blackmailers Don’t Kill · Ted Stratton · ss
Secret Street · Ejler Jakobsson · ss

Dime Detective Magazine [v55 #3, October 1947] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Rafael DeSoto)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Death Gives a Permanent Wave [Jim Bennett] · Robert Martin · na
29 · The November Thrill Docket · Anon. · ms
30 · Covet and Kill · Charles Larson · ss
39 · Invitation to Hell · Richard E. Glendinning · ss
48 · Slaying Room Only! · D. L. Champion · nv
64 · Murder Is Too Personal · Paula Elliott · ss
74 · Nightmare Alley · Frank Ward · ss
82 · Oh, Give Me a Hearse! · John D. MacDonald · nv
98 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc

Dime Detective Magazine [v55 #4, November 1947] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Raphael DeSoto)

6 · Chinese Devilman · James G. MacCormack · ar
8 · The Cash Wale Massacre [Cash Wale] · Peter Paige · na
33 · Hounded · E. J. (by Ejler Jakobsson) · ms
34 · To Love, Honor—and Betray · Robert Turner · ss
40 · The Half-World—and Moonrake · John Knox · nv
61 · Crime on My Hands · Ken Greene · ss
69 · The December Thrill Docket · Anon. · ms
70 · My Mission Is Murder · John D. MacDonald · ss
81 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc
82 · Killers Prefer Blondes [Michael “Mike” Donlan] · John Whiting · nv

Dime Detective Magazine [v56 #1, December 1947] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp)

Open the Morgue, Richard! [Thackeray Hackett] · Frederick C. Davis · ss
A Corpse Slept Here · Thorne Lee · ss
A Share in the Slaughter · James Howard Leveque · ss
Killer Take All · Mark Mallory · ss
I’ll Never Slay Again · Don James · ss
Brat’s Brew on Murder · Charles Larson · ss
Crime Doesn’t Play · Robert Turner · ss

Dime Detective Magazine [v56 #2, January 1948] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

5 · The February Thrill Docket · Anon. · ms
6 · Case of the Careless Caress · Robert Martin · na
32 · Doc Pierce’s Double-Xmas [Doc Pierce] · Richard Dermody · ss
40 · A Corpse Is a Crowd · Harold Q. Masur · nv
56 · Tarnished Copper · D. L. Champion · ss
64 · The Dead Don’t Care · W. T. Ballard · nv
72 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc
78 · Homicidal Holiday · Philip Cyrus Gunion · ss
84 · Talent for Trouble [Jerry Duhan] · Philip Ketchum · nv

Dime Detective Magazine [v56 #2, February 1948] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
This is the second issue labelled v56 #2. Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Cash Wale’s Brazen Ghost [Cash Wale] · Peter Paige · na
29 · The March Thrill Docket · Anon. · ms
30 · High Walls of Hate · John D. MacDonald · ss
38 · Homicidal Harmony · Johanas L. Bouma · ss
41 · Criminal’s Cop · Jimmy Nichols · ar
42 · Tall, Dark and Deadly · Frederick C. Davis · nv
61 · Murchison Got a Gun · Fenton W. Earnshaw · ss
68 · Black Spots of Doom · L. S. Goldsmith · ss
73 · Ready for the Rackets · Bill Slater · cl
74 · Murder on My Mitts · Robert Turner · nv

Dime Detective Magazine [v56 #3, March 1948] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details supplied by Morgan Wallace.

6 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc
8 · With Soul So Dead · John D. MacDonald · na
32 · Meet Me at the Morgue · H. Q. Masur · ss
40 · Satan’s Shadow · E. J. (by Ejler Jakobsson) · ms
41 · Better Off Buried · John K. Polito · ss; given as by John N. Polito.
47 · The April Thrill Docket · Anon. · ms
48 · Nine Toes Up! [Thackeray Hackett] · Frederick C. Davis · nv
67 · The Photogenic Corpse · Charles Ingerman · ss
76 · Murder Static · Frank Nash · ss
80 · Plight of the Pallbearer’s Honey · Frank Huepper · nv

Dime Detective Magazine [v56 #4, April 1948] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The May Thrill Docket · Anon. · ms
8 · Pardon My Poison [Jim Bennett] · Robert Martin · na
31 · Old Injun Trick · Dean Evans · ss
40 · Murder at the Ghost Mule · Alan Ritner Anderson · nv
56 · Welcome Back, Sucker! · Don James · ss
62 · High Dive to Oblivion · John D. MacDonald · ss
67 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc
70 · The Salesman and the Devil’s Daughter · Robert Turner · nv
93 · The House Horror Built · James G. MacCormack · ar

Dime Detective Magazine [v57 #1, May 1948] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The June Thrill Docket · Anon. · ms
8 · Dicks Die Hard · Frederick C. Davis · na
29 · Doc Pierce’s Corny Caper [Doc Pierce] · Richard Dermody · ss
37 · Hearse for a Husband · Don James · ss
46 · That’s Murder for You · H. H. Stinson · nv
67 · The Reluctant Corpse · Wyatt Blassingame · ss
73 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc
76 · No Haven for Homicide · Robert Martin · nv
96 · Murder Born 3000 Years Ago · James G. MacCormack · ar

Dime Detective Magazine [v57 #2, June 1948] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)

A Frame for the Marquis [Martin Marquis (Marquis of Broadway)] · John Lawrence · ss
Call Your Murder Signals! · John D. MacDonald · ss
Curtains for Casanova · Ernest C. Clement · ss
The Shabby Shroud [Mariano Mercado] · D. L. Champion · ss
House in Silence · Peter Paige · ss
Dead-End Duet · Don James · ss

Dime Detective Magazine [v57 #3, July 1948] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Albert Drake)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · For Thee I Swing · Frederick C. Davis · na
26 · A Shiv for Chivalry · Hope Campbell · ss
34 · Our Favorite Corpse · Dwight V. Swain · ss
41 · The August Thrill Docket · Anon. · ms
42 · Dolls of Death [Jim Bennett] · Robert Martin · nv
66 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc
69 · Vacation from Violence · John Polito · ss
75 · Jackpot Jitters · Joseph W. Quinn · ss
78 · Whistle-Stop Mayhem · Bryce Walton · nv

Dime Detective Magazine [v57 #4, August 1948] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details supplied by Morgan Wallace.

8 · Race Williams’ Double Date [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · na
34 · Quick Buck—Quick Kill · Don James · ss
42 · Gentlemen Vengeance · Roderick Lull · ss
50 · Salt on a Siren’s Trail · Paula Elliott · ss
67 · Butterfly’s Bier · Ted Stratton · ss
82 · Cavaliers Make Good Corpses · John D. MacDonald · nv

Dime Detective Magazine [v58 #1, September 1948] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Albert Drake)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Man About Murder · Frederick C. Davis · na
28 · Cupid for Cash [Doc Pierce] · Richard Dermody · ss
36 · I’ll Bet Your Life! [Mr. Maddox] · T. T. Flynn · nv
59 · Dreams Get Blasted, Too · Dean Evans · ss
69 · Coffin for a Bathing Beauty · Ejler Jakobsson · ar
70 · A Corpse Had Cold Feet · Russell Branch · ss
79 · The October Thrill Docket · Anon. · ms
80 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc
82 · Doctor of Doom [Clinton L. Colby] · Robert Martin · nv

Dime Detective Magazine [v58 #2, October 1948] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)

Cash Wale’s Lethal Lulu [Cash Wale] · Peter Paige · ss
Who’ll Carry My Coffin? · W. Lee Herrington · ss
My Husband Dies Slowly · John D. MacDonald · ss
Satan’s Scapegoat · Roy Sparkia · ss
Pushover for Purgatory · Stanley C. Vickers · ss
Doubled in Danger · Bruce Cassiday · ss

Dime Detective Magazine [v58 #3, November 1948] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · A Blot on the Escutcheon · Tom P. Cooper · ar
8 · She, Me and Murder [Jim Bennett] · Robert Martin · na
27 · Death Comes Gift-Wrapped · William P. McGivern · ss
34 · Mayhem Stalks the Mermaid [Thackeray Hackett] · Frederick C. Davis · nv
53 · Three Men and a Corpse · Victor K. Ray · ss
58 · The Hunter and the Hellcat · Frank Ward · nv
71 · Lethally Yours · Val Gendron · ss
77 · The December Thrill Docket · Anon. · ms
78 · Sucker’s Fury · Henry Norton · nv
91 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc

Dime Detective Magazine [v58 #4, December 1948] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Subtitled “Combined with Flynn’s Detective Fiction”. Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc
12 · Countess of Hades · E. V. Stevens · ar
14 · Mr. Maddox’ Phony Finish [Mr. Maddox] · T. T. Flynn · na
35 · I Take This Doom · Raymond Drennen, Jr. · ss
44 · No Grave Has My Love · John D. MacDonald · nv
59 · The January Thrill Docket · Anon. · ms
60 · Meet Miss Murder [Jerry Duhan] · Philip Ketchum · nv
73 · How Dead Can You Get? · Robert Turner · ss
78 · Homicide in a Hurry · B. J. Benson · nv

Dime Detective Magazine [v59 #1, January 1949] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 130pp, pulp)
Subtitled “Combined with Flynn’s Detective Fiction”. Details taken from Table of Contents.

8 · The Corpse and I · Peter Paige · na
26 · She Wouldn’t Stay Dead · V. E. Thiessen · ss
33 · The Hearse of the Turtle · Wyatt Blassingame · ss
42 · Kill-and-Run Blonde · Frederick C. Davis · nv
63 · Crepe for Suzette · Don James · ss
68 · Hot-Hate Alley · Philip Weck · ss
75 · Ready for the Rackets · [The Readers] · lc
78 · Damsels of the Deep · John D. MacDonald · nv
Popular Films · Ted Palmer · mr
The February Thrill Docket · Anon. · ms
Blood and Kisses · Bill Clayton · ar

Dime Detective Magazine [v59 #2, February 1949] (Popular Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Morgan Wallace.

10 · Some Like ’Em Cold! · Andrew Holt · na
31 · Sinner’s Haven · Michael O’Hillard · ss
41 · One Lesson in Larceny · William P. McGivern · ss
46 · Here’s Lead in Your Teeth · Russell Bender · nv
66 · Don’t Talk, Chump! · Frederick C. Davis · ss
76 · Homicidal Honey [Lee Fiske] · Robert Martin · nv

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