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Popular Detective (Canada) [December 1943] (15¢, 112pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the June 1943 (US) issue, plus two stories from other magazines. Details taken from eBay listing.

Lion’s Loot [Dr. Zeng Tse-Lin] · Walt Bruce · na Popular Detective Jun 1943
A Knife in His Chest · Dale Clark · nv Popular Detective Jun 1943
Vacation with Murder · Jim O’Brien · nv Exciting Detective Fll 1941
Friendly Fangs · Gunnison Steele · ss Thrilling Detective Feb 1942
Borgia’s Barbecue · Ted Coughlan · ss Popular Detective Jun 1943
Almost a Photo Finish [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss Popular Detective Jun 1943
Deadline for Murder · Norman Daniels · ss Popular Detective Jun 1943
Fragile Evidence [Pierre Barodin] · Lee Fredericks · ss Popular Detective Jun 1943

Popular Detective (Canada) [v24 #3, March 1944] (Better Publications; Toronto, 15¢, 112pp+, pulp)
Partial reprint of the August 1943 (US) issue, plus one story from Black Book Detective. Details supplied by Rob Preston.

3 · Murder Cruise · Whit Ellsworth · na Popular Detective Aug 1943
29 · Strictly Legal · Ted Coughlan · nv Popular Detective Aug 1943
42 · Death in New Mexico · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Popular Detective Aug 1943
63 · Dick Tracery [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss Popular Detective Aug 1943; illustrated by Joe Archibald
73 · Girl from Pearl Harbor · William G. Bogart · ss Popular Detective Aug 1943; illustrated by Parkhurst
83 · Too Much Hate [Alex Malloy] · Norman A. Daniels · ss Popular Detective Aug 1943
90 · Suspect · Don Tracy · ss Popular Detective Aug 1943
100 · Death and Violence · Thad Kowalski · ss Black Book Detective Sum 1943
109 · Official Business · The Chief · ed Popular Detective Aug 1943

Popular Detective (Canada) [June 1944] (15¢, pulp)
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Death Is My Gift · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv Popular Detective Oct 1943; illustrated by Atilio Sinagra
The Fingernail Clue [Joe Bunt] · Laurence Donovan · nv Popular Detective Oct 1943

Popular Detective (Canada) [September 1944] (15¢, pulp)
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Blackmail Clinic [Dr. Zeng Tse-Lin] · Walt Bruce · na Popular Detective Dec 1943; illustrated by Orban
Miami Beach Saboteur · Jack Kofoed · nv Popular Detective Dec 1943; illustrated by V. E. Pyles

Popular Detective (Canada) [v35 #3, December 1944] (The American News Company Limited, pulp)
Reprint of the February 1944 (US) issue, plus two stories from other magazines.

3 · The Irish Death Trap · Don Tracy · na Popular Detective Feb 1944
22 · Date with a Thousand Deaths [Bill Kenyon] · Frank Johnson · ss Popular Detective Feb 1944
28 · The Bird Master · Arthur J. Burks · nv Popular Detective Feb 1944
43 · William Klump, Nursemaid [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss Popular Detective Feb 1944
53 · The Big-Top Mystery · Thomson Burtis · nv Popular Detective Feb 1944
71 · Little Pieces · C. S. Montanye · ss Exciting Detective Mar 1943
77 · Transfusion · Murray Leinster · ss Popular Detective Feb 1944
81 · Murder by Matchlight · Jack O’Brien · ss Black Book Detective Win 1943
90 · The Cop and the Cobbler · John L. Benton · ss Popular Detective Feb 1944
95 · Official Business · The Chief · ed (r)

Popular Detective (Canada) [June 1945] (10¢, pulp)
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11 · Motto for Murder [Detective Rufe Reed] · Frank Johnson · na Popular Detective Jun 1945; illustrated by Parkhurst
50 · The Chair Is Not Cheated · Mel Watt · nv Popular Detective Jun 1945; illustrated by Parkhurst

Popular Detective (Canada) [August 1945] (10¢, pulp)
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Murder Nightmare · Norman A. Daniels · na Street & Smith’s Mystery Magazine May 1942
The Death Patrol · Curtiss T. Gardner · nv Popular Detective Aug 1945

Popular Detective (Canada) [October 1945] (10¢, pulp)
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Murder Valley · Thomson Burtis · na Popular Detective Oct 1945
Death at Oodnadatta · Charles S. Strong · nv Popular Detective Oct 1945

Popular Detective (Canada) [December 1945] (10¢, pulp)
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The Captain Died in Silk · Jack Hopper · nv Popular Detective Dec 1945
Keys to the Killer · Wayland Rice · nv Popular Detective Dec 1945

Popular Detective (Canada) [v37 #3, November 1949] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski)
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Murder Off Honduras · David Dodge · nv Popular Detective Nov 1949
The Dead Don’t Die · Bruno Fischer · nv Popular Detective Nov 1949

Popular Detective (Canada) [v38 #1, January 1950] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski)
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The Galloping Corpses [Keene Madden] · Stewart Sterling · nv Popular Detective Jan 1950
You Are Next to Die · Philip Ketchum · nv Popular Detective Jan 1950

Popular Detective (Canada) [v38 #2, March 1950] (15¢, pulp)
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Murder Before Midnight [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday · nv Popular Detective Mar 1950
The $100,000 Corpse [Race Williams] · Carroll John Daly · nv Popular Detective Mar 1950

Popular Detective (Canada) [v38 #3, May 1950] (pulp)
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11 · A Tailor-Made Shroud · D. L. Champion · nv Popular Detective May 1950
34 · Where the Wind Gods Walk · Hal White · ss Popular Detective May 1950
39 · Accidents Anonymous [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss Popular Detective May 1950
49 · Motive for Murder · George William Rae · ss Popular Detective May 1950
55 · The Tap of a Heel · Kerry McRoberts · ss Popular Detective May 1950
59 · Lady of the Fatal Charms · Jackson Hite · ar Popular Detective May 1950
66 · Vengeance Is for the Law · Norman A. Daniels · ss Popular Detective May 1950
81 · The New Crook · J. T. Kelley · ss Popular Detective May 1950
85 · I’ll Be Seeing You · Maxwell Hawkins · ss Popular Detective May 1950

Popular Detective (Canada) [v39 #1, July 1950] (Better Publications, Canada, 15¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski)
Identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Details taken from eBay listing.

Official Business · [The Editor] · ed Popular Detective Jul 1950
Murder by Television [Gil Vine] · Stewart Sterling · nv Popular Detective Jul 1950
Imaginary Killer · Lew Talian · ss Popular Detective Jul 1950
Mr. Brown’s Bare Feet · J. Lane Linklater · ss Popular Detective Jul 1950
You Can Die, Too · Philip Ketchum · nv Popular Detective Jul 1950
The Phony · Will Oursler · ss Popular Detective Jul 1950
The “Inside” of Detective Work: Fake Burglaries · Carter Critz · cl Popular Detective Jul 1950
Cabin in the Storm · Ray Cummings · ss Popular Detective Jul 1950
Chase Your Victim · B. J. Benson · ss Popular Detective Jul 1950
Poison Ivy · O. B. Myers · ss Popular Detective Jul 1950

Popular Detective (Canada) [v39 #2, September 1950] (Better Publications, Canada, 15¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski)
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A Streetcar Named Death · Donn Mullally · nv Popular Detective Sep 1950
Man Overboard · Arthur J. Burks · ss Popular Detective Sep 1950
The Sherlock Holmes Theory [Baldy Simmons] · Jack Kofoed · ss Popular Detective Sep 1950; illustrated by Parkhurst
A Nice Night for Murder [Steve Koski] · Stewart Sterling · nv Popular Detective Sep 1950
The Chair · Richard Brister · ss Popular Detective Sep 1950
D, My Name Is Death · Arthur Leo Zagat · ss Popular Detective Sep 1950
Cheat the Dead · B. J. Benson · ss Popular Detective Sep 1950
Three Dead Men · Roger Torrey · nv Thrilling Detective Sep 1940
The King of the Corpse Makers · Ward Hawkins · nv Thrilling Detective Jun 1940

Popular Detective (Canada) [v39 #3, November 1950] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski)
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In at the Kill · Wilbur S. Peacock · nv Popular Detective Nov 1950
The Time Will Come · Frances Beck · nv Popular Detective Nov 1950

Popular Detective (Canada) [v40 #1, January 1951] (15¢, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski)
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On Borrowed Crime · Donn Mullally · nv Popular Detective Jan 1951
The Smell of Fear [Gil Vine] · Stewart Sterling · nv Popular Detective Jan 1951

Popular Detective (UK) (about)
British reprint edition of Popular Detective.

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Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd.; 14 Lever Street, Manchester 1: Popular Detective (UK)

Popular Detective (UK) [v1 #1, (Spring 1950)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the February 1946 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Mission of Death [Archie McCann] · M. D. Orr · nv Popular Detective Feb 1946
25 · Mud · Bill Anson · ss Popular Detective Feb 1946
33 · Murder Through Magic [Charles Mallory] · Curtiss T. Gardner · ss Popular Detective Feb 1946
44 · The Eyes of Death · Kerry McRoberts · ss Popular Detective Feb 1946
48 · The Gentleman Next Door · C. K. M. Scanlon · ss Popular Detective Feb 1946
56 · Murder in the Worst Degree [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss Popular Detective Feb 1946

Popular Detective (UK) [#2, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the November 1946 (US) issue, plus a single story from elsewhere. Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Till Death Do Us Part [Chet Lacey] · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv Popular Detective Nov 1946
16 · You Can Always Catch Fish · Edward Churchill · ss Popular Detective Nov 1946
23 · Banshee of the Bayous · Jean Francis Webb · ss Popular Detective Nov 1946
39 · The Greater Crime · Anthony Tompkins (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss Popular Detective Nov 1946
51 · Hubba Hubba Homicide [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss Popular Detective Nov 1946
59 · Three to Make Murder · Tedd Thomey · ss All-Story Detective Feb 1949

Popular Detective (UK) [#3, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the August 1946 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · The Dead Don’t Write [Moody Hackett] · Roger Fuller · na Popular Detective Aug 1946
34 · With Intent to Murder · Norman A. Daniels · nv Popular Detective Aug 1946
45 · Baldy and the Strip Tease Murder [Baldy Simmons] · Jack Kofoed · ss Popular Detective Aug 1946
52 · There’s Murder in Your Horoscope · Lee Fredericks · nv Popular Detective Aug 1946
62 · Nobody Home · David X. Manners · ss Popular Detective Aug 1946

Popular Detective (UK) [#4, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the June 1946 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Death Makes a Man Mad · Laurence Donovan · na Popular Detective Jun 1946
29 · Where There’s a Willie There’s a Way [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss Popular Detective Jun 1946
38 · The Sign of Murder · Wayland Rice (by Norman A. Daniels) · ss Popular Detective Jun 1946
53 · Let Me Kill You Tenderly [Chet Lacey] · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv Popular Detective Jun 1946

Popular Detective (UK) [#5, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the March 1951 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Need a Body Die · Walt Sheldon · nv Popular Detective Mar 1951
23 · Blood on the Rocks · William Campbell Gault · nv Popular Detective Mar 1951
46 · The Edge of the Law · Richard Deming · ss Popular Detective Mar 1951
58 · Last Appeal · Robert C. Dennis · ss Popular Detective Mar 1951

Popular Detective (UK) [#6, (195?)] (pulp)
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Popular Detective (UK) [#7, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the July 1951 (US) issue, plus two stories from the March 1951 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Murder Knocks Twice [Nick Trombetta] · George A. McDonald · nv Thrilling Detective Jan 1940
20 · Death Is a Maiden · Philip Ketchum · nv Thrilling Mystery Jul 1938
37 · Perfect Solution · Joseph Shallit · ss Popular Detective Jul 1951
41 · I Remember · B. J. Benson · ss Popular Detective Jul 1951
48 · Detective Movie News · Ann Kennedy · mr (r)
50 · Good-By, Cruel World · Samuel H. Conner · ss Popular Detective Jul 1951
53 · Lady with a Hunch · Robert S. Bowen · ss Popular Detective Jul 1951
64 · The Alibi Club · Harold Helfer · ms Popular Detective Jul 1951

Popular Detective (UK) [#8, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, pulp)
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Two Bullets · B. J. Benson · ss Popular Detective Sep 1951

Popular Detective (UK) [#9, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, pulp)
Partial reprint of the July 1952 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Reunion with Darkness · William Degenhard · na Popular Detective Jul 1952
32 · 88 Keys to Murder · Dan Deegan · nv Popular Detective Jul 1952
45 · Unhappy End · Al Anders · pm Popular Detective Jul 1952
47 · The Cop’s Uniform · Norman Renard · ms Popular Detective Jul 1952
48 · Dames Have Two · Emmett McDowell · ss Popular Detective Jul 1952
58 · The Man Who Died Four Times · Day Keene · ss Popular Detective Jul 1952
66 · See No Evil · Charles Larson · nv Popular Detective Jul 1952
79 · Hectic Happenings · Jack Benton · ms Popular Detective Jul 1952
81 · Death of the Red Virgin · Carter Critz · ms Popular Detective Jul 1952

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