Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Popular Detective [v31 #2, August 1946] (Better Publications, Inc., 10¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Official Business · The Chief · ed 9 · The Dead Don’t Write [Moody Hackett] · Roger Fuller · na 43 · Nobody Home · David X. Manners · ss 46 · With Intent to Murder · Norman A. Daniels · nv 57 · An Ace and a Pear [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illustrated by Joe Archibald 66 · There’s Murder in Your Horoscope · Lee Fredericks · nv 76 · Baldy and the Strip Tease Murder [Baldy Simmons] · Jack Kofoed · ss 83 · Escape · John Clemons · ss

Popular Detective [v31 #3, November 1946] (15¢, pulp) 13 · Till Death Do Us Part [Chet Lacey] · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv 31 · You Can Always Catch Fish · Edward Churchill · ss 40 · Banshee of the Bayous · Jean Francis Webb · ss 58 · Moon Over Murder · Robert J. Hogan · ss 68 · The Greater Crime · Anthony Tompkins (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss 82 · Murder by Proxy · Norman A. Daniels · ss 90 · Bolt from the Blue · C. L. Boswell · ss 96 · Hubba Hubba Homicide [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss

Popular Detective [v32 #1, January 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Official Business · The Chief · ed 13 · The Grave Must Be Deep · Norman A. Daniels · na 70 · Darling, You Shouldn’t Have! [Chet Lacey] · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 79 · Fit to Be Tried [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illustrated by Joe Archibald 88 · Too Many Cops · William O’Sullivan · nv; illustrated by Ed DeLavy 100 · The Wall of Light · Anthony Tompkins (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss; illustrated by C. A. Murphy

Popular Detective [v32 #2, March 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Official Business · The Chief · ed 13 · Death Wears Kid Gloves [Moody Hackett] · Roger Fuller · na; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 51 · The Mourning After [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illustrated by Joe Archibald 60 · Island Strangler · Roger Torrey · nv; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 72 · Flowers, My Pretty One · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · nv 87 · Deadly Capsule · Leo Marr · ar 92 · Hangman’s Ferry · Hal K. Wells · ss 96 · Frozen Stiff [Dave McClain] · C. S. Montanye · ss

Popular Detective [v32 #3, May 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) (Full Text) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 6 · Official Business · [The Editor] · ed 11 · Five Gray Rats · Merle Constiner · nv 34 · Death Has No Love-Life [Chet Lacey] · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv 53 · Two Grand Finale! [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 62 · Souvenir from Saipan · J. Lane Linklater · nv 76 · They Do It with Mirrors · Simon York · ss; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 87 · The Mills Grind Fast · William Hopson · ss; illustrated by Robert Jenney 94 · Kitty Taken for a Ride · Leo Marr · ts 99 · Cargo of Death · Wyatt Blassingame · ss; illustrated by Louis Ravielli

Popular Detective [v33 #1, July 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. 11 · Aftermath of Murder · Norman A. Daniels · na 43 · A Man’s Best Friend Is an Alibi · Jack Kofoed · ss 50 · Death Watch · Arthur Leo Zagat · nv 70 · You Wake Up Dead [Chet Lacey] · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv 85 · D.P. from Brooklyn · O. B. Myers · ss 95 · No Truck with Murder · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 101 · Kilroy Rides Again [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss

Popular Detective [v33 #2, September 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · Official Business · The Chief · ed 11 · Location for Murder · Edward Churchill · na 52 · Killigee Swamp · Joel Townsley Rogers · ss 67 · Murder Mustn’t Miss [Chet Lacey] · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 76 · Model for Murder · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss 85 · Things Past Remembered · William Hopson · ss 93 · The Cop on the Corner · David Goodis · ss 101 · When a Body Meets a Body [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss

Popular Detective [v33 #3, November 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. 11 · No Escape from Murder · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · na 39 · The Loot · Edward Ronns · ss 48 · The Corpse Came Ashore [Amy Brewster] · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss 61 · Competition Is Tough · O. B. Myers · ss 70 · Twice Murdered · Norman A. Daniels · ss 82 · Silence Is Golden · Ray Cummings · ss 88 · Not According to Doyle · Carter Critz · ss 93 · One, Two, Three—Murder! · Robert J. Hogan · ss

Popular Detective [v34 #1, January 1948] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. 13 · The Juarez Knife [Manville Moon] · Richard Deming · na 44 · A Cold Night for Murder · J. Lane Linklater · ss 59 · Stalling All Cars [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; not the same as the story of the same name in the May 1935 issue of Ten Detective Aces. 68 · I’ll Take That Rap · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss 83 · Old Doc · George Metcalf Johnson · ss 88 · Bullets for Free [Chet Lacey] · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 97 · Santa Thumbs a Ride · Johnston McCulley · ss

Popular Detective [v34 #2, March 1948] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. 13 · Three Fingers of Death [Moody Hackett] · Roger Fuller · nv 28 · New Year’s Pardon · Johnston McCulley · ss 36 · Knowledge of Crime · Wyatt Blassingame · ss 51 · Murder’s Handyman · Woodrow Wilson Smith (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss 60 · Hand of Guilt · Sam Bayne · ss 64 · 42 Keys to Murder [Nick & Sue Burney] · Edward Churchill · ss 82 · Photo Finish for a Dame [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 91 · A Lesson Too Late · Ray Cummings · ss 96 · Don’t Fool with Murder · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss

Popular Detective [v34 #3, May 1948] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Tom Daniels & Morgan Wallace. 6 · Official Business · [The Editor] · ed 11 · Corpse on the Carpet [Kip Morgan] · Louis L’Amour · nv 28 · Death from a Family Tree · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss; illustrated by Ed DeLavy 38 · Walk Softly, Death · Arthur Leo Zagat · nv; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 63 · Jail and the Harvards [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illustrated by J. C. 72 · Murder by Mirrors · O. B. Myers · nv 87 · Alias Mrs. Ivor · Barry Perowne · ss 95 · Dig It Deep · David X. Manners · ss 99 · And Let That Be a Lesson [Chet Lacey] · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss

Popular Detective [v35 #1, July 1948] (15¢, pulp) (Full Text) 9 · Fish for Murder · Wyatt Blassingame · nv 25 · Klump a la Carte [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 36 · Hatful of Trouble [Moody Hackett] · Roger Fuller · nv 51 · Roll Them Bones · Ken Lewis · ss 58 · A’Hunting We Will Go [Nick & Sue Burney] · Edward Churchill · nv 75 · Catch Me a Killer [Chet Lacey] · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 85 · The Clue Got Lost · Ray Cummings · ss 91 · Forging a Career · Samuel Mines · ar [James Townsend Saward] 95 · Still of Night · Will Oursler · ss 97 · Happy Doomsday to You · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

Popular Detective [v35 #2, September 1948] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) (Full Text) Details supplied by Monte Herridge & Morgan Wallace. 6 · Official Business · [The Editor] · ed 11 · Death Halts a Holiday [Nick Blade] · Edward Churchill · nv 46 · Stuck with the Evidence [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illustrated by J. C. 56 · Black Sheep Kill · Dale Clark · ss; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 72 · Guns Are Handy Things [Chet Lacey] · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 80 · The Story Behind Dillinger’s Death · Jackson Hite · ar 84 · Murder Turns the Curve · Bruno Fischer · ss; illustrated by Hunter Barker 93 · Alibi Baby [Steve Koski] · Stewart Sterling · ss; illustrated by Hunter Barker 103 · Amy Stops the Clock [Amy Brewster] · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss

Popular Detective [v35 #3, November 1948] (Better Magazines, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Official Business · [The Editor] · ed 11 · The Radio City Mystery · Kurt Steel · na 39 · Two Murders—$4000 [Nick Bray] · O. B. Myers · ss 48 · The Beautiful Angel of Death · Wyatt Blassingame · nv 65 · The Woman on the Ledge · Harold Helfer · ss 68 · The Clue of the Soap · Jackson Hite · ar 75 · The “Inside” of Detective Work · Carter Critz · cl 76 · The Disappearing Duck · Ray Cummings · ss 82 · Satan Holds the Key [Mike Dobson] · B. J. Benson · nv 95 · What a Shamus! [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss

Popular Detective [v36 #1, January 1949] (15¢, pulp) 11 · Dead Certain [Gil Vine] · Stewart Sterling · na 45 · Blood at the Lake · S. L. Throckmorton · ss 52 · Murder Sets a Stage [Patrick Edward McCreary] · Roger Fuller · nv 70 · New Year’s Pitfall · Johnston McCulley · ss 78 · Murder on the Operating Table · Jackson Hite · ar 85 · State Penmanship [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss 95 · Turn on the Heat · Harold Helfer · ss 98 · The Totem Pole Murder [Archie McCann] · M. D. Orr · ss

Popular Detective [v36 #2, March 1949] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by James Felton & Morgan Wallace. 6 · Official Business · [The Editor] · ed 13 · The Hands of Mr. Prescott · Bruno Fischer · nv; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 38 · Married to Murder · Norman A. Daniels · nv; illustrated by C. A. Murphy 53 · The “Inside” of Detective Work · Carter Critz · cl 54 · Murder of the Bridge Expert · Jackson Hite · ar 60 · Dying to See Willie [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illustrated by J. C. 69 · The Moon Turned Red · Willis Graham · ss 77 · Fit to Kill · Stewart Sterling · ss; illustrated by Hunter Barker 82 · Day’s Work · Roger Dee · ss

Popular Detective [v36 #3, May 1949] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 6 · Official Business · [The Editor] · ed 9 · Homicide Handicap [Keene Madden] · Stewart Sterling · nv; illustrated by Joe Farren 36 · The Unknown Murderer [Archie McCann] · Myron David Orr · ss 43 · The “Inside” of Detective Work: Identifying the Body · Carter Critz · cl 44 · The Mayor Is Dead [Mike Dobson] · B. J. Benson · nv 64 · The Big Money · Andrew Fell · ss 73 · The Gat and the Mouse [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss; illustrated by J. C. 83 · A Bell for Nola · Jackson Hite · ar 88 · The Second Badge · Norman A. Daniels · ss

Popular Detective [v37 #1, July 1949] (15¢, pulp) 9 · Murder on Four Wheels · William Degenhard · nv 31 · Timid Killer · John Di Silvestro · ss 35 · Sam Rall’s Private Ghost · Bruno Fischer · nv 46 · Clue of the False Appearance · Jackson Hite · ar 52 · Puzzle in Paint · Wilbur S. Peacock · nv 71 · A Heel Is Born [James Dooley] · Donn Mullally · ss 79 · Proposal Perilous · Morris Hershman · ss 83 · A Lam to the Slaughter [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss

Popular Detective [v37 #2, September 1949] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) (Full Text) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Official Business · [The Editor] · ed 9 · The Cat from Siam · Fredric Brown · nv 29 · Of Rats and Heels [James Dooley] · Donn Mullally · ss 39 · Dirt of Doom · Jackson Hite · ar 44 · Gunmetal Finish [Steve Koski] · Stewart Sterling · nv 57 · The Gun Was Lost [Archie McCann] · Myron David Orr · ss 66 · Kill Me Next Time [Chet Lacey] · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 75 · The Glass Eye · O. B. Myers · ss 85 · One Ring for Death · Roger Dee · ss

Popular Detective [v37 #3, November 1949] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Official Business · [The Editor] · ed 11 · Murder Off Honduras · David Dodge · nv 37 · The Only Way Out · William Degenhard · ss 46 · The Dead Don’t Die · Bruno Fischer · nv 61 · A Heel and His Loot [James Dooley] · Donn Mullally · ss 68 · Eye for an Eye · Morris Cooper · ss 72 · The False Mayor · Jackson Hite · ar 78 · Fists for Mucura · Arthur J. Burks · ss 82 · Cheesecake and Willie [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss

Popular Detective [v38 #1, January 1950] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Official Business · [The Editor] · ed 11 · The Galloping Corpses [Keene Madden] · Stewart Sterling · nv 37 · Blackmail for Two · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss 42 · You Are Next to Die · Philip Ketchum · nv 57 · The Lincoln Murder Plot · Jackson Hite · ar 63 · Last of the Lansings · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss 73 · The Clock That Wasn’t There · Walt Bruce · ss 77 · Climax, Second Act · O. B. Myers · ss 87 · I Won’t Be Home Tonight · B. J. Benson · ss

Popular Detective [v38 #2, March 1950] (15¢, pulp) 11 · Murder Before Midnight [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday · nv 37 · Live Bait · Morris Hershman · ss 45 · The Ugly in Heart · William Degenhard · ss 54 · The $100,000 Corpse [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · nv 72 · Dance with Me · B. J. Benson · ss 82 · A Life for a Life · O. B. Myers · ss