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Detective Tales (UK) [v3 #8, June 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the April 1955 issue of Fifteen Detective Stories.

2 · The Long Nightmare · Francis K. Allan · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1955
21 · When a Cop Hollers Cop · William R. Cox · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1955
32 · A Death in the Family · Algis Budrys · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1955
42 · Almost a Killer · Will Cotton · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1955
49 · Hell Has a Timetable · George Widder Line · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1955
54 · Too Many Confessions · Don James · ss Detective Tales Jan 1942

Detective Tales (UK) [v3 #9, July 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the December 1953 issue of Fifteen Detective Stories.

2 · Death in Waiting · Fletcher Flora · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1953
21 · Terror Street · Philip Weck · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1953
30 · Some Like ’Em Dying · Jack Ehrlich · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1953
38 · Tonky’s Dice Are Loaded [Tonky Boone] · Frank Scott York · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1953
46 · Night Before Murder · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1953
55 · Hell on Wheels · Phil Ray · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1953
62 · Copper · Walt Sheldon · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Feb 1955
64 · Law on the Loose · John Medingur · ms (r)

Detective Tales (UK) [v3 #10, August 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the September 1954 issue of Fifteen Detective Stories. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons.

2 · A Slight Case of Murder · William Vance · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Sep 1954
17 · Dressed to Kill · Donald Barr Chidsey · nv Fifteen Detective Stories Sep 1954
29 · The Quickly Dead · C. M. Anderson · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Sep 1954
37 · His and Hearse · Joe Graham · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Sep 1954
46 · The Devil’s Hostage · Wyatt Blassingame · ss Detective Tales Jan 1936, as “Killer’s Hostage”
52 · Just Around the Coroner · George Armin Shaftel · ss Detective Tales May 1936, as “Spine of Steel”
58 · The Phantom Fix · Arthur J. Burks · ss Detective Tales Apr 1936, as “Too Old to Be a Hero!”
61 · The Death Dealer · Paul Ernst · ss Detective Tales Jun 1936, as “His Money’s Worth”

Detective Tales (UK) [v3 #11, September 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the June 1955 issue of Fifteen Detective Stories, plus a single story from the January 1942 issue of Detective Tales.

3 · Murder on the Menu · Miles Harden · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1955
9 · The Scarlet Sculptress · Fletcher Flora · vi Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1955
11 · Slaughter in the Sky · J. L. Bouma · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1955
23 · Stripped for Murder · John Jakes · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1955
32 · Flower of Death · Jules Archer · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1955
41 · Too Many Corpses · Howard L. Karp · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1955
46 · School for Boys · Stephen Marlowe · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1955
55 · Medals Are for Fools · John Hawkins · ss Detective Tales Jan 1942
63 · “Operation—Firearms” · Bess Ritter · ar Fifteen Detective Stories Feb 1955

Detective Tales (UK) [v3 #12, October 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Terry Gibbons.

2 · The Devil’s Judge · Philip Weck · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1954
12 · You Die Alone · Larry Holden · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Oct 1953
20 · Killing Time · David Stewart · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Oct 1953
28 · Terror Walks Here · Ken Hunt · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Oct 1953
37 · Fall Guy · William P. Roberts · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1953
43 · The Finishers · John Bender · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Oct 1953
47 · The Other Defendant · Dane Gregory · ss Detective Tales May 1941
52 · Kill Me, Kill My Dog! · Prentice Agnew · ss Detective Tales Jan 1942
56 · Check Your Hat with Death! · Ralph Berard · ss Detective Tales Jan 1942
60 · Killer in a Corner · J. L. Bouma · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1953

Detective Tales (UK) [v4 #1, November 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)

3 · The Lady Is a Corpse! · John D. MacDonald · nv Detective Tales Sep 1950
19 · Let’s Burn Us a Blonde! · Alan Ritner Anderson · nv Detective Tales Sep 1950
39 · Mr. Bingler’s Trail of Crime [Mr. Bingler] · Wilbur S. Peacock · nv Detective Tales Sep 1940, as “Mr. Bingler’s Pet Corpse”
51 · Carbon Cop · Philip Ketchum · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Aug 1953
58 · A Stand-Up Guy · Dan Brennan · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Aug 1953
64 · Die, Honey · Jack Olsen · ts (r)

Detective Tales (UK) [v4 #2, December 1955] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the August 1950 issue of 15 Story Detective, plus one story of unknown origin. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons.

3 · Married to Murder [Lee Fiske] · Robert Martin · na 15 Story Detective Aug 1950
22 · The Wind of Fear · Talmage Powell · ss 15 Story Detective Aug 1950
29 · Hold That Tigress! · Albert Simmons · nv 15 Story Detective Aug 1950
43 · Payoff in Blood · Roy Lopez · ss 15 Story Detective Aug 1950
50 · Satan’s Protege · William Campbell Gault · ss 15 Story Detective Aug 1950
56 · Gunsmoke in Her Eyes · John Bender · ss 15 Story Detective Aug 1950
60 · Spring Is a Nice Time to Die · Fletcher Flora · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Apr 1955; given as by Flora Fletcher in the Table of Contents.

Detective Tales (UK) [v4 #3, January 1956] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the February 1951 issue of 15 Story Detective.

2 · The Fatal Fix · Kenneth Fowler · na 15 Story Detective Feb 1951
20 · Death and Taxis · Robert Turner · ss 15 Story Detective Feb 1951
31 · The Other Man · Bruce Cassiday · nv 15 Story Detective Feb 1951
46 · Do You Take This Corpse? · Robert Carlton · ss 15 Story Detective Feb 1951
53 · The Nightmare · David C. Cooke · ss 15 Story Detective Feb 1951; given as by Robert Carlton on the story itself.
60 · Shock Treatment · Timothy Anderson · ss 15 Story Detective Feb 1951
64 · Love Killer · Skippy Adelman · ts 15 Story Detective Feb 1951

Detective Tales (UK) [v4 #4, February 1956] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the February 1950 issue of 15 Story Detective.

2 · Killer on the Town [Lee Fiske] · Robert Martin · na 15 Story Detective Feb 1950
20 · Blackmail Means Homicide · Larry Holden · nv 15 Story Detective Feb 1950
36 · Death’s Engraved Dime · Robert Carlton · nv 15 Story Detective Feb 1950
50 · Not a Coffin in a Carload · Robert Turner · ss 15 Story Detective Feb 1950
56 · Hill-Billy Justice · D. Westcott Gouldner · ss 15 Story Detective Feb 1950
61 · Copper Appetizer · Jim T. Pearce · ss 15 Story Detective Feb 1950
64 · Meet the Master Forger · Webb Garrison · ar 15 Story Detective Feb 1950

Detective Tales (UK) [v4 #5, March 1956] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the April 1950 issue of 15 Story Detective. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons.

2 · Two’s Company—Three’s a Shroud [Clint Morgan] · Burt Sims · nv 15 Story Detective Apr 1950
24 · Pigskin Patsy · John D. MacDonald · nv 15 Story Detective Apr 1950
42 · You Only Die Twice · Donn Mullally · ss 15 Story Detective Apr 1950
55 · Nightmare Highway · John Krill · ss 15 Story Detective Apr 1950
60 · Death—in the Bag · Walter Snow · ss 15 Story Detective Apr 1950
64 · Blotter Blurbs · Harold Helfer · ms (r)

Detective Tales (UK) [v4 #6, April 1956] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/-, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the May 1951 issue of 15 Story Detective. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons.

3 · Run, Cluck, Run! · T. W. Ford · nv 15 Story Detective May 1951
22 · Death of the Blues · Robert Turner · ss 15 Story Detective May 1951
36 · Dead-Time Story · Richard E. Glendinning · ss 15 Story Detective May 1951
45 · The Passing of Johnny McGuire · Day Keene · ss 15 Story Detective May 1951
53 · Copper on the Square · Roy W. Cliborn · ss 15 Story Detective May 1951
60 · Devil’s Party · Earl L. Wellersdick · ar Fifteen Detective Stories Dec 1953
61 · The Lady Said—Die! · Zeta Rothschild · ar New Detective Magazine Jul 1946

Detective Tales (UK) [v4 #7, May 1956] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the July 1946 issue of New Detective Magazine, plus a single story from the May 1951 issue of 15 Story Detective.

2 · It’s Been a Long, Long Crime · Thorne Lee · na New Detective Magazine Jul 1946
23 · The Song of the Dead · Fredric Brown · na New Detective Magazine Jul 1946
47 · Dressed to Kill · Dean Owen · ss New Detective Magazine Jul 1946
55 · Where There’s a Will · Rufus Bakalor · ss 15 Story Detective May 1951
59 · The Corpse Came Late · Jack Bradley · ss New Detective Magazine Jul 1946

Detective Tales (UK) [v4 #8, June 1956] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the March 1946 issue of New Detective Magazine.

2 · Death Walks This Beat [Patrick “Hillary House” Oberron] · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na New Detective Magazine Mar 1946
28 · I Thought I’d Die · Thorne Lee · nv New Detective Magazine Mar 1946
42 · There Ain’t No Use in Dying · Robert C. Dennis · ss New Detective Magazine Mar 1946
52 · Murder Down at Mamie’s · Tom Marvin · ss New Detective Magazine Mar 1946
61 · Murder on the Cuff · Emil Petaja · ss New Detective Magazine Mar 1946

Detective Tales (UK) [v4 #9, July 1956] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the December 1950 issue of 15 Story Detective, plus a single story from the April 1950 issue of the same magazine. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons.

2 · Wake of the Ermine Chick · Larry Holden · na 15 Story Detective Dec 1950
23 · Mourner’s Bench · Robert Carlton · nv 15 Story Detective Dec 1950
33 · Martyr to Mayhem · Johanas L. Bouma · ss 15 Story Detective Dec 1950
41 · Hot-Rock Dirge · Christopher B. Booth · ss 15 Story Detective Dec 1950
49 · Ever-Killin’ Spouse · Roy W. Cliborn · ss 15 Story Detective Dec 1950
56 · Melody in Murder-Time · Robert Turner · ss 15 Story Detective Dec 1950
61 · Homicide Harvest · Paul Chadwick · ss 15 Story Detective Dec 1950
63 · Poet Laureate of Crime · Webb Garrison · ss 15 Story Detective Apr 1950

Detective Tales (UK) [v4 #10, August 1956] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the January 1947 issue of New Detective Magazine, with the same cover. Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

2 · All Those Men Are Dead · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · na New Detective Magazine Jan 1947
42 · The Case of the Jigsaw Corpses · Zeta Rothschild · ar New Detective Magazine Jan 1947
48 · Born to Burn · D. L. Champion · ss New Detective Magazine Jan 1947
54 · The Face of Fear · Walter Kubilius · ss New Detective Magazine Jan 1947
59 · Time to Kill · Charles Beckman, Jnr · ss New Detective Magazine Jan 1947
61 · The Murder of Jeffrey Stone · Ray Cummings · ss New Detective Magazine Jan 1947

Detective Tales (UK) [v4 #11, September 1956] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the March 1947 issue of New Detective Magazine, plus a single story from the June 1954 issue of Fifteen Detective Stories.

2 · Death Lives Here! · Andrew Holt · nv New Detective Magazine Mar 1947
17 · Murder Moon · Wilbur S. Peacock · nv New Detective Magazine Mar 1947
41 · Murder on My Shoulders · Thorne Lee · nv New Detective Magazine Mar 1947
53 · The Quick and the Dead · Wallace Umphrey · ss New Detective Magazine Mar 1947
61 · Footprints to Hell · Jackson Eliot · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1954

Detective Tales (UK) [v4 #12, October 1956] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the September 1946 issue of New Detective Magazine, plus a single story from the August 1950 issue of 15 Story Detective.

2 · Death’s Little Sister · Ken Lewis · nv New Detective Magazine Sep 1946
19 · Crazy Over Hearses · W. T. Ballard · ss New Detective Magazine Sep 1946
36 · Little Miss Murder · John Lawrence · ss New Detective Magazine Sep 1946
43 · Crime on My Hands · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss New Detective Magazine Sep 1946
49 · For Old Crime’s Sake · Robert Turner · ss New Detective Magazine Sep 1946
60 · Breaking the Law Differently · Joseph C. Stacey · ms (r)
61 · Just Half Smart · Verne Athanas · vi 15 Story Detective Aug 1950
64 · Who’s Cooking · Ejler Jakobsson · ms (r)

Detective Tales (UK) [v5 #1, November 1956] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the July 1947 issue of New Detective Magazine.

2 · The Face of Fear · Thorne Lee · na New Detective Magazine Jul 1947
36 · Killing Time · Joel Townsley Rogers · na New Detective Magazine Jul 1947
64 · On Borrowed Crime · Ted Stratton · ss New Detective Magazine Jul 1947

Detective Tales (UK) [v5 #2, December 1956] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp)

3 · Murder Lives Here · Fenton W. Earnshaw · na New Detective Magazine May 1947
30 · Don’t You Die for Me! · Robert Turner · ss Detective Tales Apr 1943
46 · The Guilty One [Bill Carmody] · Talmage Powell · ss New Detective Magazine May 1947
53 · Cold Kill · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss New Detective Magazine May 1947
57 · A Mate for the Devil · Land Kaderli · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Jun 1955
61 · The Case of the Eloquent Corpse · Zeta Rothschild · ar New Detective Magazine May 1947
63 · The Witness Chair · [The Editor] · cl (r)

Detective Tales (UK) [v5 #3, January 1957] (Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd., 1/3d, 64pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the January 1946 issue of New Detective Magazine. Details supplied by Terry Gibbons.

2 · Don’t Turn Me In · W. T. Ballard · na New Detective Magazine Jan 1946
19 · The Slay Must Go On · Davisson Lough · nv New Detective Magazine Jan 1946
32 · Death Is My Business · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss New Detective Magazine Jan 1946
41 · Die, Baby, Die · Ken Lewis · ss New Detective Magazine Jan 1946
52 · To Hell—One Ticket · Sarah Holmes · ss New Detective Magazine Jan 1946
59 · Dead Hands · Damon Knight · ss New Detective Magazine Jan 1946
62 · Crime Capers · Harold Helfer · cl (r)

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