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Super-Detective [v7 #1, March 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corporation, 15¢, pulp, cover by Hugh J. Ward)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Charnel House · Roger Torrey · nv
30 · Dames Must Live · Edwin Truett · ss
46 · Doubling for Death [Adam Somervell] · Clive Trent · ss
56 · Cemetery Plot · Stan Warner · ss
62 · Canine Verdict · Lew Merrill · ss

Super-Detective [v7 #2, April 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corporation, 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Murder Was My Business · Roger Torrey · nv
40 · Trail to Death · Ray Cummings · nv
64 · Hard-Boiled Hawkshaw [Dallas Duane (The Hard Guy)] · James P. Olsen · ss
80 · Typed [Adam Somervell] · Lew Merrill · ss

Super-Detective [v7 #3, May 1945] ed. K. W. Hutchinson & W. E. Matthews (Trojan Publishing Corporation, 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Welcome, Stranger [Smith & Wesson Humphrey] · Dale Boyd · na
42 · Hairline of Death [Joe Bunt] · Laurence Donovan · ss
56 · The Lame Must Limp [Chan Buzzell] · Harold de Polo · ss
66 · On the Spot · Henry Norton · ss
74 · Brush with Murder · Camford Sheavely · ss
92 · Death in Bloom · David Carver · ar

Super-Detective [v7 #4, June 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corporation, 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Dead Mike · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv
34 · The Noose Hangs High · W. T. Ballard · nv
54 · Frame-Up · Lew Merrill · ss
64 · Welcome Home, Tony · Harold de Polo · ss
74 · Postman, Bring That Poison! · Rex Whitechurch · ss
80 · Cold Beef, Bloody Beef · Camford Sheavely · ss

Super-Detective [v7 #5, July 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, 98pp, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · The Bookie Bets on Murder · Roger Torrey · na
38 · Death Rolls Its Own · Laurence Donovan · nv
58 · The Dead Man Wins · Max Neilson · ss
66 · The Pawn’s Move Is Peculiar · Ray Cummings · ss
72 · Hot-Check Homicide · Rex Whitechurch · ss
Death Deepens Mystery · Anon. · ms
Multi-Wedded War Brides · Anon. · ms
Suicide Is a Sinister Subject · Anon. · ms
Hollywood Leg Man · Anon. · ms

Super-Detective [v7 #6, September 1945] (15¢, pulp)

4 · The Brown-Sugar Blues · Geoffrey North · nv
32 · Death Is a Woman · Laurence Donovan · ss
46 · Corpse in the Car [Adam Somervell] · Clive Trent · ss
58 · Split Seams · Lew Merrill · ss
68 · Trigger Trap [Chan Buzzell] · Harold de Polo · ss
86 · One Minute to Midnight · Elizabeth Starr · ss

Super-Detective [v8 #1, November 1945] (Trojan Publishing Corporation, 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · “...Each Man Kills...” · Edwin Truett · ss
18 · No Witnesses · Lew Merrill · ss
28 · Sheriff-Tooth · Hugh Speer · ss
40 · The Stiff in Solitary · Ace Baldwin · ss
44 · Stilts for the Savage [Sheriff Ollie Bascomb] · Harold de Polo · ss
52 · Excursion to Murder · Roger Torrey · na

Super-Detective [v8 #2, January 1946] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Two Little Men · Roger Torrey · na
40 · September Peaches · Lew Merrill · ss
50 · Guys Who Kill People · Camford Sheavely · ss
58 · Man by the Road · Ray Cummings · ss
64 · Mary Took a Little Lam · W. T. Ballard · nv
86 · Set for a Thief · Anon. · ms
88 · After Ninety Years · N. V. Murray · ar

Super-Detective [v8 #3, March 1946] (15¢, pulp)

6 · Stake-Out Kill · Roger Torrey · nv
30 · Don’t Change Hearses · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss
40 · Dark Corridor · Elizabeth Starr · ss
48 · Bell-Bottom Trousers · Lew Merrill · ss
60 · Pat Hand · David Carver · ss
66 · The Thief · Ray Cummings · ss

Super-Detective [v8 #4, May 1946] (15¢, pulp)

6 · Talent for Murder · Roger Torrey · nv
30 · Homicidal Journey [Terry O’Rourke] · George A. McDonald · ss
50 · One Die, All Die · Henry Norton · ss
64 · Death-House Double-Cross · John Ryan · ss

Super-Detective [v8 #5, July 1946] (Trojan Publishing Corporation, 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · The Timely Demise of Winchester Pratt · Andrew Holt · na
28 · A Will for Murder · John Ryan · nv
40 · Old-Fashioned Lady · Lew Merrill · ss
50 · Homicide’s Heel · Rex Whitechurch · ss
58 · Half-Past Dead · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss
66 · Easy Out · Henry Norton · ss
74 · Corpse for a Day · Ellery Watson Calder · ss

Super-Detective [v8 #6, September 1946] (Trojan Publishing Corporation, 15¢, pulp, cover by Jay Hyde Barnum)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Reunion in Hell · Jhan Robbins · ar
6 · Double, Double—Here Comes Trouble · Roger Torrey · nv
25 · Murder House [Adam Somervell] · Lew Merrill · ss
32 · Murder in Mink [Martin Ferris] · Andrew Holt · nv
54 · Island of Doom · Ellery Watson Calder · ss
60 · The Bride Wore Black · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

Super-Detective [v9 #1, November 1946] (25¢, pulp)

8 · No Holiday for Murder [Joe Bunt] · Laurence Donovan · ss
24 · Murder’s Monogram · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss
34 · Interview with Death [“Bumps” McCarthy] · Randolph Barr · ss
52 · Dialogue of Doom · Max Neilson · ss
62 · Trail to Tragedy · Ray Cummings · nv
96 · Brushless Cream [Adam Somervell] · Lew Merrill · ss
Last Trophy · Harold de Polo · ss

Super-Detective [v9 #2, January 1947] (25¢, pulp)

6 · Burke the Burker · Gordon Dozier · ar
8 · Trail to Murder · Ray Cummings · nv
36 · Dynamite for Dinah · Gary Barton · ss
42 · The Center of Murder · Walton Grey · ss
52 · Ring Around a Killer · Howard Prince · nv
74 · Out with Homicide · T. V. Faulkner · ss
85 · Burial Takes a Prize · Robert Jennings · ar
88 · Death Is the Last Chapter · Randolph Barr · nv
110 · The Corpse Comes Home · Jhan Robbins · ar

Super-Detective [v9 #3, March 1947] (25¢, pulp, cover by Joseph Szokoli)
Details taken from eBay listing.

8 · Gun in Hand · John Ryan · nv
38 · Mostly Murder · Ralph Sedgwick Douglas · nv
70 · Death Watch · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss
78 · Bullet Backfire · Henry Malcolm · ss Spicy Detective Stories Jun 1941, as “The Gun Talks” by Henri St. Maur
86 · Blues Sing Homicide · Joseph McCoy · ss Spicy Detective Stories Jun 1941, as “Blues Sing Murder” by Larry Dunn
94 · A Sketch for Death · T. V. Faulkner · ss

Super-Detective [v9 #4, May 1947] (25¢, pulp)

6 · Goal for a Gunman · John Ryan · nv
32 · Female in Flight · Charles Saunders · ss Spicy Detective Stories Dec 1937, as “Girl in a Hurry” by Robert A. Garron
50 · Corpse Collector · Walton Grey · ss
64 · Bottle of Death · T. V. Faulkner · ss
74 · Welcome to Warm · Ralph Sedgwick Douglas · ss
84 · The Jack Takes the Queen [Eddie Carveth] · James Brent · ss
94 · Bullets with Blarney · Henry Malcolm · ss
102 · Spot for a Shamus · William Decatur · ss

Super-Detective [v9 #5, August 1947] (Trojan Publishing Co., 25¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Lewis Trege)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

6 · Come In, Killer · Laurence Donovan · ss
24 · Fortune Dead Ahead [Chan Buzzell] · Harold de Polo · ss
32 · Sleep for the Silent · Henry Malcolm · ss
38 · Flirt with Death · Ray Cummings · ss
46 · Too Late to Hang · Joseph McCoy · nv
66 · Meddle in Murder · Howard Prince · nv
98 · Coroner’s Party · Ralph Sedgwick Douglas · nv
112 · Relatively Murderous · James Bennett · ts
117 · Lesson for a Phony · E. S. Waldron · ss
125 · Keys to Crime · Gordon Dozier · ts

Super-Detective [v9 #5, September 1948] ed. M. R. Bindamin (Trojan Magazines, Inc., 25¢, 130pp, pulp)
This is the second issue labelled v9 #5. Details supplied by Morgan Wallace.

6 · Order for Death · William Rough · nv; illustrated by H. W. Kiemle
30 · Tailored for a Shroud · Alex Jackinson · ss; illustrated by Joseph Szokoli
44 · Bascomb Jones Snoops · Bango D. Bill · ss; illustrated by William Meilink
56 · Secret Circuit · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss; illustrated by Jay McArdle
66 · Nice to Kill · Ardythe Hitchcock · ss; illustrated by Al Savitt
78 · Madman’s Frail · T. R. Simonson · ss Spicy Detective Stories Nov 1936, as “Traitor’s Gold” by Hamlin Daly; illustrated by Newton Alfred
92 · To the Murder! · Ralph Sedgwick Douglas · ss Spicy Detective Stories Jan 1937, as “Death to Cops” by Justin Case; illustrated by Al Savitt
104 · Gem for a Body · Paul Hanna · ss Spicy Detective Stories Dec 1936, as “Bring Home the Body” by John Bard; illustrated by Frank Volp

Super-Detective [v9 #6, December 1948] (25¢, pulp)

6 · Go for Your Gun! · Desmond Harris · nv
38 · The Shadows Are Crimson · Charles Pickette · ss
56 · Hot Homicide · Raymond Drennen, Jr. · ss
68 · The Texan Comes Again · Jerome Colt · ss
76 · Terror at Top House · H. C. Butler · ss
94 · Name of a Killer · Joseph O’Connor · ss
104 · Distress Double-Cross · Francis Wofford · ss
112 · Stairway to Death · Duane Featherstonhaugh · ss
116 · Murder Was My Alibi · Dabney Horton · ss

Super-Detective [v10 #1, March 1949] (25¢, pulp)

6 · Murder Tune · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv
28 · The Dead and the Damned · Robert Turner · ss
40 · Murder’s a Crazy Thing · Clint Murdock · ss
48 · The Case of the Frustrated Moll [Gail Ford (Girl Friday)] · Ray McClelland · cs
56 · Death at Dragon’s Head · H. C. Butler · ss
66 · The Side-Show Murder [Ray Hale] · Douglas March · cs
74 · Lady in the Light · Alan R. Anderson · ss
86 · Corpse in a Frame [Mike Cockrell] · Ralph Sedgwick Douglas · ss
96 · Dames Spell Death · Paul Hanna · ss Private Detective Stories Aug 1937, as “Prelude to Death” by Carl Moore
104 · Hometown Homicide · Gerald James · ss

Super-Detective [v10 #2, June 1949] (25¢, pulp)

6 · Killer’s Ruse · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv
26 · The Cold Hand of Murder · Frank Morris · ss
42 · The Girl Snatchers [Gail Ford (Girl Friday)] · Ray McClelland · cs
50 · Swamp Rat · Mark Mallory · ss
58 · The Vanishing Corpse · Kevin Blake · ss
66 · Body on the Roof [Ray Hale] · Douglas March · ss
74 · Bride for a Killer · Robert Turner · ss
82 · Portrait of Doom · Donald Hackett · ss
90 · Death Bait · John Van Praag · ss
98 · Paid in Blood · Gerald James · ss
108 · Fate Plays Postman · Ray Cummings · ss

Super-Detective [v10 #3, October 1949] (25¢, pulp)

6 · Trail of Corpses · Alvin Yudkoff · nv
26 · Wire Trap · Ellery Watson Calder · ss; rewritten from “Robots Can’t Lie” by Robert Leslie Bellem (Fantastic Adventures, July 1941).
38 · Ghostly Killer [Gail Ford (Girl Friday)] · Eugene Leslie · cs
46 · Jewels of Murder · Tom Jennings · ss
54 · Death at His Side · Tedd Thomey · ss
60 · Dope Trail [Ray Hale] · Douglas March · cs
68 · No Fair for a Lady · Roy B. Frentz · ss
76 · Horror in the Night [Ed Byrnes] · Clark Demery · ss
86 · When Thieves Fall Out · Don Neal · ss
96 · Rampage Afloat · Gerald James · ss

Super-Detective [v10 #4, December 1949] ed. Adolphe Barreaux (Trojan Magazines, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Joseph Szokoli)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · On the Blotter · Sam D. Cohen · cl
8 · Crime on My Hands · H. C. Butler · na
26 · Murder versus Magic · I. J. Waldon, Jr. · ss
34 · The Hidden Murder [Gail Ford (Girl Friday)] · Ray McClelland · cs
42 · Death on Wheels · Jo Barron · ss
52 · Bid High for Killing · Lane Millard · ss
62 · Hot Hijack [Ray Hale] · Douglas March · cs
70 · Satchel—Full of Murder · Al Storm · ss
78 · Tagged for a Corpse · Clark Demery · ss
86 · Trouble on Simpkin’s Beat · Stanley C. Vickers · ss
94 · Capsules of Doom [Frisco Pete Clancy] · Phil Fisher · ss

Super-Detective [v10 #5, February 1950] (25¢, pulp)

8 · Gambling Corpse · Ellery Watson Calder · ss
22 · Death Ends the Act · R. Van Taylor · ss
32 · After-Hours Killing [Ray Hale] · Newt Alfred · cs
40 · I Come to Bury You · Jules France · ss
54 · Downfall · Ray Marien · ss
64 · Doubling for a Moll [Gail Ford (Girl Friday)] · Gene Leslie · cs
72 · One Pocket Too Many · Gerald James · ss
82 · M.D.—as in Murder · Clark Demery · ss
92 · Deadly Female · Tom Connors · ss
102 · The Callous Killer · Ernest Coudreau · ss

Super-Detective [v10 #6, March 1950] ed. Adolphe Barreaux (Trojan Publishing Co., 25¢, 132pp, pulp, cover by Joseph Szokoli)
Details supplied by Richard Moore.

6 · On the Blotter · Sam D. Cohen · cl
8 · Death from Nowhere · Seven Anderton · na; illustrated by William Meilink
24 · The Candy Kill · B. Lawrence · ss; illustrated by Frank Volp
30 · Death on Display [Gail Ford (Girl Friday)] · Eugene Leslie · cs
38 · A Head for Crime · F. X. Drummond · ss; illustrated by Kingsland Ward
50 · Red Hot Rocks · Raymond Drennen, Jr. · ss; illustrated by Robert McCarty
60 · Trail of Terror [Ray Hale] · Newt Alfred · cs
68 · Read My Mind! · Leonard Finley Hilts · ss; illustrated by H. W. Kiemle
76 · Triple Cross Murder · Anson Pinckney · ss; illustrated by Newt Alfred
86 · The Elusive Corpse · Francis Jerwyn · ss; illustrated by William Finlay
96 · Blood at the Ball · Beresford King · ss; illustrated by Al Savitt
104 · The Strange Identifier · Ed Collins · ts

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