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Popular Detective [v44 #3, May 1953] ed. Everett H. Ortner (Better Publications, Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · Inside Stuff · D. V. Guilder · cl
9 · Bureau of Missing Persons · Anon. · cl
10 · The Darkened Room · Bruce Elliott · na
27 · Set a Thief— · Robert Carlton · ss
34 · Such a Pretty Corpse · Francis Hamilton · ss
41 · Assorted Mayhem · Harold Helfer · ms
42 · The Cop War · Philip Weck · nv
62 · Long Arm of the Law · Jack Benton · ms
63 · Success Story · Frank D. Millman · ss
67 · A Touch of Marion · L. F. Guttridge · ss
74 · The Trouble Twins [Tim Rigby] · Bill Carroll · ss
79 · [cartoon] · Reamer Keller · ct
81 · Detective Movie News · Ann Kennedy · mr
84 · The Kiss-and-Kill Murders [Don Marko] · Stewart Sterling · nv
112 · The Black Cross · Will Cole · ms

Popular Detective [v45 #1, Fall 1953] ed. Morris Ogden Jones (Better Publications, Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · Bureau of Missing Persons · Anon. · cl
9 · Inside Stuff: The Poor Devil’s Advocate · Pat Jones · cl; story of Legal Aid lawyer Ben Schmier.
10 · The Corpse in 1214 [Gil Vine] · Stewart Sterling · na
23 · Up to the Minute · William Carter · ar
29 · Smoked Out · Lew York · ar
37 · Hundred Percenter · Edward Polosky · ss
45 · Island of Fear · Ben Smith · ss; illustrated by Orban
52 · Deadlier Than the Male · Philip Weck · ss
62 · The Mystery Quiz · Anon. · qz
63 · Double Trouble [Tim Rigby] · William E. Carroll · ss
68 · Early to Kill · Stan Widney · nv
79 · Detective Movie News · Ann Kennedy · mr
82 · Murder for Madame [Milo March] · M. E. Chaber · nv
91 · Miscellaneous Mayhem · Harold Helfer · ms
102 · Hoodlum · John L. Benton · ss

Popular Detective (Australia) (about)
Another thin Australian digest, this one with a mixture of original stories and reprints from American pulps.

Publishers:

Action Comics Pty. Ltd.; 14 Bond Street, Sydney: Popular Detective (Australia)

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #1, 1954] (66pp, digest)
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[unknown story] · William C. Bailey · ss

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #2, 1954] (digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · Editorial · [The Editor] · ed (r)
4 · Cry Murder [Doan & Carstairs] · Anon. · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction Jul 1944, as by Norbert Davis
34 · House by the River · Carroll John Daly · nv Famous Detective Stories Feb 1953
57 · The Slay’s the Thing · Mal Kent · ss Famous Detective Stories Nov 1951

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #3, 1954] (digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

Editorial · [The Editor] · ed (r)
Don’t Monkey with Murder! · Anon. · na Smashing Detective Stories Jun 1953, as by Hunt Collins
Half-Pint Galahad [Oliver Pettibone] · Anon. · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction May 1944, as by Donald G. Cormack
Design for Dying · Leigh Brackett · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction Jun 1944

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #4, 1954] (1/-, 66pp, digest)

Die Tomorrow, Please · Anon. · nv Smashing Detective Stories Dec 1953, as by Buck Gilmore
Strictly on the Ball · Seven Anderton · nv Smashing Detective Stories Mar 1952
The Black Fog Deaths [Archie McCann] · David MacGregor · ss Famous Detective Stories Nov 1952
Miss Pender Smells a Rat [Edna Pender; Steve Ware] · Seven Anderton · ss Famous Detective Stories Nov 1951

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #5, 1954] (digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

Editorial · [The Editor] · ed
Watch for a Murder · Anon. · ss
His for the Killing · Kevin M. Slattery · ss
Dirge in A Flat · Anon. · ss Famous Detective Stories Nov 1951, as by James MacCreigh

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #6, 1954] (digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

Editorial · [The Editor] · ed
Shadow on My Doorway · Kevin M. Slattery · ss
The Case That Jack Built · G. C. Bleeck · ss

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #7, 1954] (Action Comics, digest)

Vote One for Murder · Kevin M. Slattery · nv

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #8, 1954] (1/-, 66pp, digest)

They Run by Night · Kevin M. Slattery · ss
The Runaway Bridegrooms · Kevin M. Slattery · ss

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #9, 1954 (variant 1)] (1/-, 66pp, digest)
Details supplied by Tom Lesser. Different issues numbered #9 contain different stories.

4 · A Matter of State · William C. Bailey · nv Smashing Detective Stories Sep 1953
32 · Chartered for Death · Anon. · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction May 1944, as by Edward S. Williams
48 · Wavelength, Death! · Anon. · nv Famous Detective Stories Nov 1951, as by Daniel R. Gilgannon

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #9, 1954 (variant 2)] (1/-, 66pp, digest)
Different issues numbered #9 contain different stories.

Misleading Lady · Kevin M. Slattery · ss
Framed for Murder · Peter Williams · ss

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #10, 1954] (1/-, 66pp, digest)
Details supplied by Tom Lesser.

4 · The Long Corner · Anon. · nv
37 · Ring of Violence · Lee Masters · nv

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #11, 1954 (variant 1)] (1/-, 66pp, digest)
Different issues numbered #11 contain different stories.

Dial Central...? · Anon. · ss
A Guy Alone · Kevin M. Slattery · ss

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #11, 1954 (variant 2)] (1/-, 66pp, digest)
Different issues numbered #11 contain different stories.

Through Murder’s Eyes · Dwight V. Swain · nv Mammoth Detective Sep 1942
Lower My Coffin · Don De Boe · na Famous Detective Stories Aug 1954
Second-Choice Sucker · E. E. Clement · ss Famous Detective Stories Aug 1954

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #12, 1954] (Action Comics Pty. Ltd., 1/-, 66pp, digest)
Details supplied by Geoff Harrison.

1 · It’s Only Money · Kevin Slattery · nv
37 · Seven Steps to Winter · Kevin Slattery · nv

Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #13, 1954] (digest)
Issue not found.

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Popular Detective (Australia) [v1 #14, 1954] (digest, cover by Keith Chatto)

Dangerous Dame · G. C. Bleeck · ss
Be Happy When I’m Dead · Kevin M. Slattery · ss

Popular Detective (Canada) (about)
Canadian reprint edition of Popular Detective

Publishers:

The American News Company, Ltd.; Toronto, Ontario: Popular Detective (Canada)

Popular Detective (Canada) [April 1935] (15¢, 146pp, pulp)
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The Red Ghost Deaths · Paul Ernst · nv Popular Detective Apr 1935
The Saint and Mr. Teal [Simon Templar (The Saint)] · Leslie Charteris · na The Thriller Jun 16 1934, as “The Man Who Knew”
Streamline Train Murders [Dirck Shann] · Frederick C. Painton · nv Popular Detective Apr 1935
Craig Kennedy’s Strangest Case [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve (with A. T. Locke) · nv Popular Detective Apr 1935
Front Page Murder · Oscar Schisgall · nv Popular Detective Apr 1935

Popular Detective (Canada) [v3 #2, June 1935] (15¢, 146pp, pulp)
Identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Details supplied by Rob Preston.

10 · Sentenced from the Grave · George A. McDonald · nv Popular Detective Jun 1935
35 · Whitewashed · Fletcher Daniel Slater · vi Popular Detective Jun 1935
36 · Flaming Vengeance · E. Hoffmann Price · nv Popular Detective Jun 1935
68 · The Sinister Dr. Wong · Robert Wallace · nv Popular Detective Jun 1935
93 · The Baffle Picture · Wit-Sharpener · pz Popular Detective Jun 1935
94 · The Navy Murder Case [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve (with A. T. Locke) · nv Popular Detective Jun 1935
116 · Ten Hours to Death · Oscar Schisgall · nv Popular Detective Jun 1935
142 · Official Business · The Chief · ed Popular Detective Jun 1935

Popular Detective (Canada) [v3 #3, July 1935] (pulp)
Identical contents to the US issue of the same date. Details supplied by Rob Preston.

12 · Too Tough to Die [Red Lacey] · George Bruce · nv Popular Detective Jul 1935
40 · Marked for Murder · Hugh B. Cave · nv Popular Detective Jul 1935
66 · The Lair of the Claw · Laurence W. Harrell · nv Popular Detective Jul 1935
91 · The Baffle Picture · Anon. · pz Popular Detective Jul 1935
92 · The Sword of Death · Oscar Schisgall · nv Popular Detective Jul 1935
113 · Tombstone · Laurence A. Spence · vi Popular Detective Jul 1935
114 · Mr. Quick and the Dead · Paul Hawk · nv Popular Detective Jul 1935
144 · Official Business · The Chief · ed Popular Detective Jul 1935

Popular Detective (Canada) [October 1936] (15¢, pulp)
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Bloody Hundred [Red Lacey] · George Bruce · nv Popular Detective Oct 1936
Murder Mosaic · Paul Ernst · nv Popular Detective Oct 1936
Million Dollar Loot [Limping Ghost] · Eugene Thomas · nv Popular Detective Oct 1936

Popular Detective (Canada) [v21 #2, October 1941] (Better Publications; Toronto, 15¢, 128pp+, pulp)
Reprint of the June 1941 (US) issue, plus three stories from other magazines. Details supplied by Rob Preston.

2 · Official Business · The Chief · ed Popular Detective Jun 1941
4 · Death at Quarry Castle · Roy Marr · nv Popular Detective Jun 1941
26 · The Shadowsmith Investigates · Owen Fox Jerome · ss Popular Detective Jun 1941
36 · The Fighting Clown · David Brandt · nv Popular Detective Jun 1941
49 · Chinese New Year · Oscar J. Friend · ss G-Men Detective May 1941, as by Owen Fox Jerome
56 · Alibi Bye [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss Popular Detective Jun 1941
66 · Front—for Murder · Leo Hoban · nv Popular Detective Jun 1941
85 · Some Day I’ll Kill You · Emile C. Tepperman · ss G-Men Detective May 1941
94 · Blue Thunder on the Left · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Popular Detective Jun 1941
102 · The Murderer Within · Norman A. Daniels · ss Popular Detective Jun 1941
112 · The Axe Is Ever Thirsty · Stewart Sterling · ss (r)

Popular Detective (Canada) [v21 #3, January 1942] (The American News Company Limited; Toronto, 15¢, 128pp+, pulp)
Partial reprint of the August 1941 (US) issue, plus three stories from other magazines. Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

2 · Official Business · The Chief · ed (r)
4 · The Samurai Sword Murders [Dan Fowler] · Don Tracy · na G-Men Detective Mar 1941
51 · Mirror of Murder · John A. Saxon · nv Popular Detective Aug 1941
68 · Socks and Blondes [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss Popular Detective Aug 1941
78 · He’s in the Death House · W. T. Ballard · nv Popular Detective Aug 1941
98 · Seasoned Crime · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss Popular Detective Aug 1941, as by C. K. M. Scanlon
106 · Snooty · William Degenhard · ss Popular Detective Aug 1941
115 · The Discontented Cows · Fredric Brown · ss G-Men Detective Mar 1941; given as by Frederick Brown.
121 · Death on the Bounce · John Wallace · ss Black Book Detective May 1941

Popular Detective (Canada) [May 1942] (15¢, pulp)
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The Eyes of Death [Dan Fowler] · Stewart Sterling · na G-Men Detective Nov 1941

Popular Detective (Canada) [August 1942] (15¢, pulp)
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The Hobby Murders · Joseph J. Millard · na Popular Detective Feb 1942
Dying to Meet You · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · nv Popular Detective Feb 1942
Death Deals in Diamonds · W. T. Ballard · nv Thrilling Detective Dec 1941

Popular Detective (Canada) [December 1942] (15¢, pulp)
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Murder on Furlough · Marvin Ryerson · nv Popular Detective Dec 1942
Death Takes No Holiday · W. T. Ballard · nv Popular Detective Dec 1942

Popular Detective (Canada) [v24 #2, September 1943] (The American News Company Limited; Toronto, 15¢, 112pp+, pulp)
Reprint of the February 1943 (US) issue, plus five stories from other magazines. Details supplied by John Locke.

3 · Camelback Kill [Dr. Zeng Tse-Lin] · Walt Bruce · na Popular Detective Feb 1943
40 · A Fair Trade · John Hawkins · ss Thrilling Detective Mar 1942
43 · Death Is a Noise · Fredric Brown · nv Popular Detective Feb 1943
57 · Lost—One Diamond Necklace · Robert Wallace · ss Black Book Detective May 1943
61 · Don’t Tell the Police · William Morrison · nv Popular Detective Feb 1943
73 · Police Witness · Donald Bayne Hobart · ss Black Book Detective Sep 1941, as by Frank Johnson
76 · Monkey Business · Allan K. Echols · ss (r)
84 · No Murder · C. S. Montanye · ss Popular Detective Feb 1943
87 · Of Maestros and Gunmen [Willie Klump] · Joe Archibald · ss Popular Detective Feb 1943; illustrated by Joe Archibald
97 · The Break · Tom Curry · ss Argosy Jan 11 1930
99 · Open That Door · G. Wayman Jones · ss Popular Detective Feb 1943
106 · Night Out for Suki · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss Exciting Detective Fll 1942
109 · Official Business · The Chief · ed Popular Detective Feb 1943

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