Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Popular Detective [v8 #2, September 1936] (Beacon Magazines, 15¢, 146pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 14 · The Roar of the Jaguar · Oscar Schisgall · na 34 · Gas Trap · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 40 · Short Cut · George Bruce · nv 56 · Murder Witness · Joe Archibald · ss 61 · Death Ray · Paul Ernst · ss 67 · Blue Flame · Lou Latner · ss 69 · Snatch Car · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss; illustrated by Costanza 73 · Death Creeps Out · L. Frank Burleson · ss 75 · Double for Death · Ralph Milne Farley · nv 86 · High Pressure · Milton Lowe · ss 94 · Brute Kill [Duffy Kildare] · Frederick C. Painton · nv 108 · A Shot in the Dark [Dr. Feather] · Ray Cummings · ss 114 · Snow Clue · Edmond Hamilton · ss 117 · Murder Addition · David X. Manners · ss 124 · Slapstick · K. H. Lunsford · nv; illustrated by Parkhurst 138 · Official Business · The Chief · ed

Popular Detective [v8 #3, October 1936] (Beacon Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 148pp, pulp, cover by Albin Henning) Details supplied by John Locke. 14 · Bloody Hundred [Red Lacey] · George Bruce · nv 46 · Thoughts of Guilt [Dr. Feather] · Ray Cummings · ss 52 · Dead Man’s Theft [Penny Packer] · Richard B. Sale · ss 61 · Last Bequest · Edmond Hamilton · vi 63 · Fourth Offender · Noel Davis · vi 67 · Piped Orders · Avin H. Johnston · vi 70 · Death on the Wind [Britt Hardsley] · William Donald Bray · ss 82 · By a Nose · Charles S. Strong · vi 86 · Ghost Gang’s Grief · John Clemons · ss 96 · Murder Mosaic · Paul Ernst · nv 110 · Dying Fingers Point · J. S. Endicott · vi 113 · Dead Witness · William Benton Johnston · vi 115 · Too Many Venuses [Pierre Barodin] · Lee Fredericks · ss 123 · The Shock · C. K. M. Scanlon · vi 124 · Million Dollar Loot [Limping Ghost] · Eugene Thomas · nv 138 · Official Business · The Chief · ed

Popular Detective [v9 #1, November 1936] (Beacon Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 148pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 14 · Death Legacy · John Scott Douglas · nv 42 · Doom Sand · Ralph Allen Phillips · vi 46 · The Dead Man Screamed [Dr. Feather] · Ray Cummings · ss 53 · Crime Goes to Dinner · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss 58 · Big Bad Guy [Red Lacey] · George Bruce · nv 76 · Time Marches Out · Henry S. Lewis · vi 79 · Death Pours a Drink · Donald S. Aitken · vi 82 · Murder Shadow · John Hawkins · nv 96 · Dance, Punk, Dance [“Pegleg” Shafer] · Lloyd Llewell · vi 99 · House of Honor · Oscar Schisgall · ss 105 · Rough Diamonds · Frank Gruber · vi 107 · Snowmen Must Smoke · Cyril Plunkett · vi 110 · Death’s Blind Beacon · Elmer E. Meadows · ss 125 · Handcuffed · Jack D’Arcy · vi 129 · Murder in Oil [Pierre Barodin] · Lee Fredericks · ss 138 · Official Business · The Chief · ed

Popular Detective [v9 #2, December 1936] (15¢, pulp) 14 · Claim of the Double Death [Sylvester Corrigan] · George Bruce · na 39 · Last Bullet · Avin H. Johnston · ss 43 · Face to Face · Edmond Hamilton · ss 48 · The Fourth Joss Stick · L. G. Blochman · nv 66 · Breaks for Bull’s-Eye Bristol · Ralph Allen Phillips · ss 71 · Weight of the Evidence [Dr. Feather] · Ray Cummings · ss 77 · Welsher’s Payoff · Dwight V. Babcock · ss 85 · Like Solomon [Pierre Barodin] · Lee Fredericks · ss 90 · Suicide Hour · David Redstone · ss 94 · Murder Heat [Michael Gilman] · John Hawkins · nv 108 · Lightning Never Strikes Twice · Charles S. Strong · vi 111 · Hissing Death · C. K. M. Scanlon · ss 115 · Death Deals the Joker · Paul Ernst · ss 119 · A Four-Letter Word · G. R. Taggart · vi 122 · The Riddle of Rat Roost · Benton Braden · nv Official Business · The Chief · ed

Popular Detective [v9 #3, January 1937] (Beacon Magazines, Inc., 15¢, 148pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 6 · Official Business · The Chief · ed 14 · The Vengeance of Dorn · Arthur J. Burks · nv 35 · Greetings to You · Hugh B. Cave · ss 46 · The Incredible Corpse · Oscar Schisgall · nv Tales of the Uncanny 1936 61 · Time Out for Murder · John Clemons · vi 64 · Death by Fire [Dr. Feather] · Ray Cummings · ss 74 · Murder Press · Edmond Hamilton · vi 78 · The Murder Mill · Edward Parrish Ware · nv 92 · Escape from Alcatraz · Preston Grady · ss 97 · Boxed Death · C. K. M. Scanlon · vi 99 · Missing—One Courtesan [Pierre Barodin] · Lee Fredericks · ss 106 · Death Has No Voice · John Hawkins · ss 119 · Guilty—in Print · W. W. McClanahan, Jr. · vi 122 · Vault of Death · H. W. Guernsey · ss 128 · What’s a Hundred Dollars? · Robert Wallace · vi 131 · The Blood Trail · James Duncan · ss

Popular Detective [v10 #1, February 1937] (15¢, pulp) 14 · Death Bids High · Carl McK. Saunders · na 34 · A Leg on Promotion · Charles Molyneux Brown · ss 38 · Ball Bearing Death · Edmond Hamilton · ss 44 · Remote Control Snatch [Michael Delevan] · Margie Harris · nv 58 · The Black Case · Paul Ernst · ss 66 · Murder on the Beef Boat · Steve Fisher · ss 70 · The Lop Pays Off · Leo Hoban · ss 80 · Murder Party [Johnny Sconns] · John Hawkins · nv 92 · Killers Are Dumb · George A. McDonald · ss 100 · Murder Stabs Deep · John L. Benton · ss 105 · Thump of Fate · C. K. M. Scanlon · vi 108 · Death Time · Allen C. Miller · ss 113 · Red Light Means Death [Dr. Feather] · Ray Cummings · ss 120 · Burning Doom · Robert Wallace · ss 124 · Substitute Gunman · Benton Braden · nv Official Business · The Chief · ed

Popular Detective [v10 #2, March 1937] (10¢, pulp) 14 · Sign of the Ram · L. G. Blochman · nv 30 · Murder on the Mat [Samuel Deering] · Frank Gruber · ss 40 · The Crime Conductor [Diamondstone] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv 55 · Pendulum of Death [Dr. Feather] · Ray Cummings · ss 63 · Dead Center Murder · John Mallory · ss 73 · A Switch in Time · C. K. M. Scanlon · vi 76 · Death Cargo · Frederick C. Painton · nv 88 · Headed for Hell · Maxwell Hawkins · ss 95 · Kali Kill · Robert C. Blackmon · ss 104 · Only for Murder · Benton Braden · nv Official Business · The Chief · ed

Popular Detective [v10 #3, April 1937] (Beacon Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 132pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 14 · Terror at the Track [Red Lacey] · George Bruce · nv 37 · Me, Opportunist [Dallas “Dall” Bradfield] · K. Krausse · ss 50 · The Corpse Died Twice · Edmond Hamilton · vi 54 · Hunter’s Kill [Britt Hardsley] · William Donald Bray · nv 69 · Dirty Hands · Leo Hoban · ss 75 · Page the Murderer · C. K. M. Scanlon · vi 80 · Hired for Slaughter · Paul Ernst · nv 95 · Murder at 65 Fahrenheit [Dr. Feather] · Ray Cummings · ss 101 · Death Hangs High · J. S. Endicott · vi 104 · Murder Will Multiply · James Duncan · ss; illustrated by Parkhurst 122 · Official Business · The Chief · ed

Popular Detective [v11 #1, May 1937] (Beacon Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 132pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 14 · The Brothers of Doom [Diamondstone] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv 33 · The Ghost Murderer [Dr. Feather] · Ray Cummings · ss 42 · Murder in the Family · Margie Harris · nv 57 · The Black Pearl · Frederick C. Painton · ss 66 · Death from the Blue · Frank Gruber · ss 76 · Jackpot Kill · Benton Braden · nv; illustrated by Parkhurst 90 · Chiseling Is an Art [Pierre Barodin] · Lee Fredericks · ss 95 · Jar of Death · J. S. Endicott · vi 97 · The Dead Can’t Fly · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss Dare-Devil Aces Mar 1937 106 · Death Held Four Aces · George Armin Shaftel · nv 122 · Official Business · The Chief · ed

Popular Detective [v11 #2, June 1937] (Beacon Magazines, Inc., 10¢, 132pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 14 · Research Into Death · George Bruce · nv 38 · Goat Squad · Jean Francis Webb · ss 48 · Murder Man · Dale Clark · nv 65 · Candles for the Corpse · J. S. Endicott · vi 68 · Death Made to Order · Robert C. Blackmon · ss 75 · A Game with Death · Paul Ernst · ss 82 · A Kill for Keeps [Dallas “Dall” Bradfield] · K. Krausse · nv 99 · Pelts of Murder · Joseph B. Fox · vi 101 · Death in the Woods · George Metcalf Johnson · vi 104 · The Black Angel · Carl McK. Saunders · nv 122 · Official Business · The Chief · ed

Popular Detective [v11 #3, July 1937] (10¢, pulp) 14 · The Mystery Tour [Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond] · Sapper · ss The Strand Magazine Feb 1937 26 · Gone to the Dogs [Red Lacey] · George Bruce · nv 48 · Nine Little Bullets · Lloyd Llewell · ss 54 · Death’s Double [James & Peter O’Meara (Señor Muerte)] · John Hawkins · nv 73 · A Tub of Cement · Maynard E. Baker · vi 76 · Call It Murder · K. Krausse · nv 92 · Sealed · Charles S. Strong · ss 98 · Indictment Refused · Wayne Rogers · ss 104 · Milk and Blood · Dwight V. Babcock · nv Official Business · The Chief · ed

Popular Detective [v12 #1, August 1937] (10¢, pulp) (Full Text) 12 · Death Masquerade [Red Lacey] · George Bruce · nv 33 · What! No Imagination? · Frederick C. Painton · ss 44 · Death in a Cottage · Paul Ernst · nv 59 · Heavenly Weed [Dinky Davis] · Westmoreland Gray · ss 68 · In the Murderer’s Brain [The Scientific Club] · Ray King · ss 76 · Murder Insurance · Charles Marquis Warren · nv 95 · Wanted by the D.A. · Avin H. Johnston · vi 97 · Murder Under the Microscope [Dr. Feather] · Ray Cummings · ss 104 · Death on the S-13 · Steve Fisher · nv Official Business · The Chief · ed

Popular Detective [v12 #2, September 1937] (10¢, pulp) 14 · The Saint’s Progress [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · na The Thriller Feb 13 1937, as “The Return of the Saint” 53 · Trailed by Telepathy · Ray King · ss 62 · Dark Passport [James & Peter O’Meara (Señor Muerte)] · John Hawkins · nv 81 · The Murderer Sets a Trap [Dr. Feather] · Ray Cummings · ss 88 · The Way to Doom · Cyril Plunkett · ss 92 · The Buddha Whispers [Diamondstone] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv Official Business · The Chief · ed

Popular Detective [v12 #3, October 1937] (10¢, pulp) 12 · The Saint and the Z-Man [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · na The Thriller Library Mar 27 1937, as “The ‘Z’ Man” 56 · Murder on Stage · Frederick C. Painton · nv 74 · The Dotted Line · Ray Cummings · ss 80 · Bonus Bond Baby · Dwight V. Babcock · nv 102 · Money to Burn · Paul Ernst · ss Official Business · The Chief · ed

Popular Detective [v13 #1, November 1937] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Given as v3 #1 in the Table of Contents. 10 · Official Business · The Chief · ed 14 · Deliver the Dead · T. T. Flynn · na 49 · The Death Ride · Ray Cummings · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 16 1933 54 · Charlie Chan on Broadway [Charlie Chan] · Edward Churchill · nv 70 · Bluebeard · Jack Kofoed · ts 78 · Murder Takes Wing · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv 98 · Buried Lead · Jackson Gregory, Jr. · ss

Popular Detective [v13 #2, December 1937] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 14 · The Corpse Strikes Back · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na; illustrated by Schomburg 44 · You’ve Got to Be Tough · Oscar Schisgall · ss 48 · The Shadow of Murder · Carl McK. Saunders · nv; illustrated by Parkhurst 66 · The Dreyfus Case · Jack Kofoed · ia 76 · Murder in the Fog [Dr. Feather] · Ray Cummings · ss 84 · The Hobo Detective [Bagdad, “Hobo Detective”] · Milton Lowe · nv; illustrated by F. Kramer 96 · Clipped · J. A. L. Chambliss · ss 102 · Official Business · The Chief · ed

Popular Detective [v13 #3, January 1938] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 14 · Death Behind Fog · Oscar Schisgall · na 43 · The Dead Man Laughs [Dr. Feather] · Ray Cummings · ss 50 · Dark Shadow [Johnny Sconns] · John Hawkins · nv 66 · Bird Cagey [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 76 · The White Poppy · Lieut. John Hopper · nv; illustrated by Parkhurst 93 · The Man Who Framed Himself · Leland C. Messex · ss 98 · The Great Forgery · Jack Kofoed · ia 104 · Official Business · The Chief · ed

Popular Detective [v14 #1, February 1938] (10¢, pulp) 14 · Murder in the Night [Red Lacey] · George Bruce · na 39 · Interlude in Murder · Leslie B. Lueck · ss 46 · Death Strikes from the Shadows · John Hawkins · nv 68 · The Ghost Warns · Ray Cummings · ss 72 · The Black Flag of Slaughter · Jack Kofoed · ss 80 · Death Rides the Toboggan [Britt Hardsley] · William Donald Bray · nv 94 · China Fury · Frank Belknap Long, Jr. · nv Official Business · The Chief · ed

Popular Detective [v14 #2, March 1938] (10¢, pulp) 14 · Sons of Suicide · Arthur J. Burks · na 39 · Dead End Street · Owen Fox Jerome · ss 46 · Marked for Death · Philip Ketchum · nv 62 · Trapped by Astronomy [Dr. Feather] · Ray Cummings · ss 71 · The Ten-Dollar Hunch · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 80 · The Affair of the Necklace · Jack Kofoed · ss 88 · The Left-Handed Legacy [Diamondstone] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv Official Business · The Chief · ed

Popular Detective [v14 #3, April 1938] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke. 6 · Official Business · [The Editor] · ed 14 · The Lady from Hell Returns [Vivian Legrand (The Lady from Hell)] · Eugene Thomas · nv 44 · Murder at One Forty-Five · Ray Cummings · ss 52 · Frame Breaker · W. Chambers Ward · nv 71 · In the Bag · Captain Havelock-Bailie · ss 79 · Bloody Gloves · Joseph Hernandez · ss 82 · Incidental—Like Death · James Duncan · ss; illustrated by Richard W. Sprang 100 · The Tip-Off · Frederic Arnold Kummer · vi