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The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) [v1 #2, October 1954] (2/-, digest)
Seems to be identical to the UK edition which appeared two months later (v1 #2, December 1954). Details taken from eBay listing.

The Prince of Robbers [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv (r)
But the Patient Died [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Collier’s Oct 18 1947
Murder Strikes at Lychgate [Bimbashi Baruk] · Sax Rohmer · ss Collier’s Apr 11 1942, as “Four-and-Twenty Cobblers”
Poggioli and the Refugees [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · nv Adventure Oct 10 1925, as “The Refugees”
His Own Petard · Ben Ames Williams · ss Collier’s Sep 20 1924
Murder on San Afer · Hayden Howard · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Oct/Nov 1953
Mr. Mulliner, Private Detective [Mr. Mulliner] · P. G. Wodehouse · ss The American Magazine Oct 1931, as “The Smile That Wins”
The Frail Hand of Valor · Pat Clinton · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Sep 1954
A Name for Baby · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Dec 18 1943

The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) [v1 #3, November 1954] (2/-, digest)
Seems to be identical to the UK edition which appeared two months later (v1 #3, January 1955). Details taken from eBay listing.

The Talented Brothers [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv Empire News Nov 26 1933, as “Green Eyes of the Greedy Brothers”
The Hammerpond Park Burglary · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget Jul 5 1894
A Shrewd Operator · Edwin Baird · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Sep 1954
It Couldn’t Be Murder · Philip Wylie · na The American Weekly Apr 2 1939 (+2)
The Green Man [Father Brown] · Gilbert K. Chesterton · ss Ladies’ Home Journal Nov 1930
A Clean-Up in Stratford · Henry Morton Robinson · ss Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction May 12 1928
The High Cost of Dying · Edwin Baird · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Jan 1954
The Doting Burglar · Ben Hecht · ss All-Story Weekly Oct 6 1917
McQuestion’s Murder Trail · Ernest Haycox · ss 1931
A Chair for a Lady · William Fay · ss Collier’s Jan 10 1942

The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) [v1 #4, December 1954] (2/-, digest)
Seems to be identical to the UK edition which appeared two months later (v1 #4, February 1955). Details taken from eBay listing.

The Ingenuous Colonel [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News Oct 1 1933, as “Keep an Eye on the Clock”
Ghosts of Havana Harbor [Peter Ruff] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss Pearson’s Magazine (US) Aug 1911
A Matter of Fifty Bucks · Edwin Baird · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Mar 1954
You’ll Be the Next to Die! [Daniel “Pop” Egan; Eddie “Eddy” Rock] · John Hawkins · nv Detective Tales May 1942
The Question Mark · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss Collier’s Feb 23 1924
Take Your Lunch · Luke Short · ss Dime Detective Magazine Feb 1941
Me and Mickey Mouse [Tony Key] · Steve Fisher · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 22 1938
The Painted Nail [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty May 5 1945
The Face of Helen [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Story-teller Apr 1927
No Time to Lie · Eugene Pawley · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Jul 1954

The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) [v1 #5, January 1955] (2/-, digest)
Seems to be identical to the UK edition which appeared two months later (v1 #5, March 1955). Details taken from eBay listing.

The Smart Detective [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss The American Magazine Jun 1936, as “The Saint and the Siren”
Murder in the Family [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · na The Saint Detective Magazine Nov 1954
The Paper Trail · Corey Ford · ss Collier’s Apr 9 1949
Death on the River · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Adventure Jun 15 1932, as “River Pick-Up”
The Laughing Buddha [Bimbashi Baruk] · Sax Rohmer · ss Collier’s Feb 21 1942
Dirty Business · Ralph Bennitt · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Nov 1954
Bullets, Back to Back [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Mar 1954
The People Next Door · Pauline C. Smith · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine Jun 1952
The Little Things · Ray Cummings · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Jul 1954

The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) [v1 #6, February 1955] (2/-, digest)
Seems to be identical to the UK edition which appeared two months later (v1 #6, April 1955). Details taken from eBay listing.

The Appalling Politician [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News Oct 16 1932, as “Third Degree Fires”
Tokyo Payoff [Geichi Nikkiyama] · Walt Sheldon · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Oct 1954
In Line of Duty · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Feb 8 1941
The Man Who Was Missing [Susan Dare] · Mignon G. Eberhart · nv The Delineator Aug 1934
Dishonor Among Thieves [Felix Jenks] · Edgar Wallace · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Dec 1928, as “The Left Pass”
The Inspiration of Mr. Budd · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Detective Story Magazine Nov 21 1925, as “Mr. Budd’s Inspiration”
Sweet Rolls and Murder · William Campbell Gault · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Oct/Nov 1953
Park Killer · Harry Widmer · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Oct 1954
The Murder Everybody Saw · Helen Nielsen · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Oct 1954
The Hint · Jay Norman · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine Jun 1952

The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) [v2 #1, March 1955] (2/-, digest)
Seems to be identical to the UK edition which appeared two months later (v1 #7, May 1955). Details taken from eBay listing.

The Man Who Was Lucky [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss The American Magazine Dec 1935, as “Date in the Dark”
Sweet Music and Murder · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Jan 1955
The Fallen Idol · Graham Greene · nv The Basement Room and Other Stories, Cresset Press 1935, as “The Basement Room”
Judge Priest—Murder Witness [Judge William Pitman Priest (Old Judge Priest)] · Irvin S. Cobb · nv The Saturday Evening Post Oct 28 1911, as “Words and Music”
The Widow’s Share [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss Collier’s Jul 3 1937
Change from a Silver Dollar · Robert Sheckley · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Dec 1954
Death on Little Cat’s Feet · Margaret Manners · nv The Saint Detective Magazine Jan 1955
A Pair of Scissors · Geoffrey North · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Jan 1955
With His Back Turned · Hayden Howard · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Aug/Sep 1953
Midnight Visit · Robert Arthur · vi Collier’s Jun 17 1939

The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) [v2 #2, April 1955] (2/-, digest)
Seems to be identical to the UK edition which appeared two months later (v1 #8, June 1955). Details taken from eBay listing.

The Wicked Cousin [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv The American Magazine Oct 1936, as “The Saint in Hollywood”
The Burnt Cigarette · Ben Ames Williams · ss Collier’s Sep 8 1923, as “Cigarette”
The Café Sinister · Ben Hecht · ss Collier’s Aug 21 1943
The Knife That Murdered · Robert Arthur · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine Nov 1951, as “The Knife”
The Devil’s Wind [Gen. Samuel Besserley] · E. Phillips Oppenheim · ss The American Magazine Aug 1934
Mission Accomplished · Bevis Winter · ss The Saint Detective Magazine May 1954
Change of Address · Mark Williams · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine Jan 1952
Portrait of Murder [Jack “Flashgun” Casey] · George Harmon Coxe · nv Black Mask Feb 1936
Force of Habit · Alan Thomas · ss The Evening Standard; The Evening Standard Detective Book, 2nd Series, ed. Anon., Gollancz 1951

The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) [v2 #3, May 1955] (2/-, digest)
Seems to be identical to the UK edition which appeared two months later (v1 #9, July 1955). Details taken from eBay listing.

The Man from Moscow [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv The Saint Detective Magazine Sep 1954
Shadow of the Guillotine · George Fielding Eliot · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Apr 1955
The Blonde Nurse · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Aug 16 1941
The Man Who Killed Blackbirds [Bimbashi Baruk] · Sax Rohmer · ss Collier’s Feb 13 1943
The Cigarette of Death [James Lee Wong] · Hugh Wiley · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Apr 1955; revised from “The Room of Death” (Collier’s, April 13, 1940).
The Seven Curses · Samuel Hopkins Adams · nv The Illustrated Detective Magazine Nov 1931
The Perfect Accident · Milward Kennedy · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Mar 1954
A Murder of No Importance · Morris Cooper · nv The Saint Detective Magazine Oct/Nov 1953
A Most Reliable Witness · Tom Lake · ss The Evening Standard; The Evening Standard Detective Book, 2nd Series, ed. Anon., Gollancz 1951

The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) [v2 #4, June 1955] ed. James Grant (Magazine Enterprises, 2/-, 132pp, digest)
The UK edition of this which appeared two months later (v1 #10, August 1955) is identical. Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · The Mixture as Before [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Boodle, Hodder 1934
22 · Poggioli and the Fugitive [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Dec 1954
37 · Mrs. Schultz Is Dead · Craig Rice · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Mar 1955
51 · Murder at Galleon Key · Philip Wylie · na The American Magazine Mar 1935, as “The Mystery of Galleon Key”
85 · Fatal Oversight · Ray Cummings · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Oct 1954
89 · Frontier Fracas [Aristide Chabrol] · Stephen W. Pollak · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Apr 1955
94 · Perishing of the Pendragons [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · nv The Pall Mall Magazine Jun 1914
111 · Bird with the Broken Wing [Harley Quin] · Agatha Christie · ss The Mysterious Mr. Quin, Collins 1930
127 · The Last Act · Herbert Harris · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Dec 1954

The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) [v2 #5, July 1955] (digest)
Issue not found - probably identical to the September 1955 (UK) issue.

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The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) [v2 #6, August 1955] (Magazine Enterprises, 2/-, 128pp, digest)
The UK edition of this which appeared two months later (v1 #12, October 1955) is identical. Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · The Unfortunate Financier [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss Empire News Oct 8 1933, as “The Whipping of Uncle Oates”
17 · The Harmonica Mystery · P. G. Wodehouse · nv All-Story Cavalier Weekly Mar 13 1915; revised from “The Education of Detective Oakes” (Pearson’s, December 1914).
44 · Reprieve at Eleven · Frederick Nebel · ss Collier’s Jun 26 1937
57 · The Smell of Dead Men [Moris Klaw] · Sax Rohmer · ss The New Magazine (UK) Apr 1913, as “Case of the Tragedies in the Greek Room”
75 · Behind the Star · William E. Barrett · ss Black Mask Feb 1933
89 · A Package for Mr. Big [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · nv The Saint Detective Magazine Sep 1954
115 · Deceiving Clothes [O’Malley] · William MacHarg · ss Collier’s Sep 19 1942
122 · Crime Scene Revisited · Charles Irving · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Feb 1955
128 · Never a Stool Pigeon · Edwin Baird · vi The Saint Detective Magazine May 1955

The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) [v3 #1, September 1955] (Magazine Enterprises, 2/-, 128pp, digest)
The UK edition of this which appeared two months later (v2 #1, November 1955) did not contain the Cohen story. Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · The Effete Angler [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv The Saint Detective Magazine Feb 1955
31 · The Ring and the Finger · Frank Gruber · ss Black Mask Aug 1938
43 · Premiere of Murder · Fredric Brown · nv The Saint Detective Magazine May 1955
65 · The Turn of the Tide · C. S. Forester · ss The Story-teller May 1936
73 · The Hampstead Murder · Christopher Bush · ss A Century of Detective Stories, ed. Anon., Hutchinson 1935; revised.
83 · The Double Triangle [Archie McCann] · Myron David Orr · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Jul 1955
96 · Jim Hanvey Intervenes [Jim Hanvey] · Octavus Roy Cohen · ss The American Magazine Feb 1930
108 · The Fool · Milward Kennedy · ss The Evening Standard; The Evening Standard Detective Book, ed. Anon., Gollancz 1950
112 · Holiday for Ghosts · Dorothy Dunn · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Dec 1954
115 · Hair of His Head [Roger West] · John Creasey · ss The Evening Standard 1950
121 · Pigeon’s Blood · Fredrick Wells · ss 1942, as “Bee-Line Bait”
124 · Repeat Performance · Andrew Saxon · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine Nov 1951

The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) [v3 #2, October 1955] (digest)
Issue not found - probably identical to the December 1955 (UK) issue.

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The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) [v3 #3, November 1955] (Magazine Enterprises, 2/-, 128pp, digest)
The UK edition of this which appeared two months later (v2 #3, January 1956) is identical. Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · The Well-Meaning Mayor [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss The American Magazine Aug 1936, as “Don’t Shoot the Mayor”
22 · Into Thin Air · Herbert Harris · vi The Saint Detective Magazine Nov 1954
25 · Alias the Killer · George Harmon Coxe · ss Collier’s Aug 26 1944
38 · The Death Stone · Cornell Woolrich · nv Flynn’s Detective Fiction Feb 1943
66 · Clean Sweep [Lt. John J. Shannon] · Cleve F. Adams · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Aug 24 1940
90 · The Missing Diamond [James Lee Wong] · Hugh Wiley · ss Collier’s May 25 1935, as “A Ray of Light”
100 · The Treasure of Mr. Reeder [J. G. Reeder] · Edgar Wallace · ss (r)
114 · The Flattie · Ray Humphries · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Nov 1955
118 · The Jokester · Anthony Morton · ss The Mysterious Traveler Magazine Mar 1952
125 · Cat’s Evidence · Philip G. Chadwick · ss Evening Express Nov 27 1953
128 · Poison Trail · Herbert Harris · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Jun 1955

The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) [v3 #4, December 1955] (2/-, digest)
The UK edition of this which appeared two months later (v2 #4, February 1956) did not contain the Patrick story. Incomplete Data - Issue not found.

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The Benevolent Burglary [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · ss The Happy Highwayman, Hodder 1939
I Never Forget a Face · Cyril Hare · ss The Evening Standard; The Evening Standard Detective Book, 2nd Series, ed. Anon., Gollancz 1951
Bulldog Drummond at Lonely Inn [Captain Hugh “Bulldog” Drummond] · H. C. McNeile · ss The Strand Magazine Aug 1937, as “Lonely Inn” by Sapper
Murder at Flowtide [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · nv The Saint Detective Magazine Mar 1955
Murder at Christmas [Ludovic Travers] · Christopher Bush · ss The Illustrated London News Nov 15 1951, as “The Holly Bears a Berry”
The Hated Woman · Q. Patrick · nv Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine Feb 1936

The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) [v3 #5, January 1956] (2/-, digest)
Incomplete Data - Issue not found - possibly identical to the March 1956 (UK) issue.

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The Star Producers [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 18 1939
A Man with a Conscience · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Jun 1939
The Body in the Rockpit · Rufus King · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Oct 1955
One Night in Paris [Gerard Whitestone (The Great Gerard)] · Walter B. Gibson · nv The Saint Detective Magazine Nov 1955
Peaceful in the Country · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Apr 13 1946
I’ll Die Laughing · Peter Harris · ss The Saint Detective Magazine Dec 1955

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