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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

Popular Detective (UK) [#10, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 1/-, pulp)
Partial reprint of the September 1952 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · The Evil Hour [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · na Popular Detective Sep 1952
36 · Locomotive Jailbreak · Freeman H. Hubbard · ms Popular Detective Sep 1952
37 · Remains to Be Seen · Harold Q. Masur · ss Popular Detective Sep 1952
44 · Model Prisoners · Norman Renard · ms Popular Detective Sep 1952
46 · Better Off Dead · William Degenhard · nv Popular Detective Sep 1952
72 · Reason Unknown · Prisoner 89437 · ts Popular Detective Sep 1952
76 · Honey Robber · Henry Guth · ss Popular Detective Sep 1952
81 · Variety in Crime · Bert Reichert · ms Popular Detective Sep 1952

Popular Detective (UK) [#11, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, pulp)
Partial reprint of the November 1952 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Nursery Crime · Talmage Powell · ss Popular Detective Nov 1952
14 · A Girl Named Lizzie · Harold Helfer · ss Popular Detective Nov 1952
17 · The Talking Corpse [Mugs Kelly] · Donald B. Hobart · ss Popular Detective Nov 1952
25 · Pink Lady [Barney Brachen] · Frank R. Pierce · ss Popular Detective Nov 1952; probably not the same as the story of the same name in the September 1926 issue of Action Stories.
34 · City of Strangers · Philip Weck · na Popular Detective Nov 1952

Popular Detective (UK) [#12, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, pulp)
Partial reprint of the January 1953 (US) issue, plus a single story from the September 1952 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · It’s Murder, Brother! · Bill Erin · nv Popular Detective Jan 1953; illustrated by J. Dreany
18 · Detective Movie News · Jane Magill · mr Popular Detective Jan 1953
20 · Everything’s Crooked · William Vance · ss Popular Detective Jan 1953
32 · A Grave Is Waiting · Bruno Fischer · ss Popular Detective Sep 1952
43 · Mother Forged Checks · Harold Helfer · ms Popular Detective Jan 1953
45 · The Getaway · Victor K. Ray · ss Popular Detective Jan 1953
55 · Dog Bites Man · Craig Rice · ss Popular Detective Jan 1953
58 · The Arrest of a Jerk · R. Van Taylor · ss Popular Detective Jan 1953
63 · The Strange Case of Mr. Pitts · Carter Critz · ar Popular Detective Jan 1953
66 · Bureau of Missing Persons · Anon. · cl Popular Detective Jan 1953

Popular Detective (UK) [#13, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 66pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the March 1953 (US) issue.

4 · Love Me—Love My Corpse! · Philip Weck · nv Popular Detective Mar 1953
35 · By Way of Example · Philip Ketchum · ss Popular Detective Mar 1953
44 · The Forty Elephants · Norman Renard · ms Popular Detective Mar 1953
45 · The High Cost of Killing · Dorothy Dunn · ss Popular Detective Mar 1953
51 · The Reason · Sam L. Mann · pm Popular Detective Mar 1953
54 · Was She Murdered? · S. N. Wernick · ss Popular Detective Mar 1953
64 · Inside Stuff · Harold Helfer · cl Popular Detective Mar 1953
66 · Treasure Alley · Norman Renard · ar Triple Detective Spr 1953

Popular Detective (UK) [#14, (195?)] (Pemberton’s (of Manchester) Ltd., 9d, 66pp, pulp)
Partial reprint of the Fall 1953 (US) issue.

4 · The Corpse in 1214 [Gil Vine] · Stewart Sterling · na Popular Detective Fll 1953
17 · Up to the Minute · William Carter · ar Popular Detective Fll 1953
23 · Smoked Out · Lew York · ar Popular Detective Fll 1953
32 · Murder for Madame [Milo March] · M. E. Chaber · nv Popular Detective Fll 1953
52 · Bureau of Missing Persons · Anon. · cl Popular Detective Fll 1953
54 · Deadlier Than the Male · Philip Weck · ss Popular Detective Fll 1953
66 · Inside Stuff: The Poor Devil’s Advocate · Pat Jones · cl Popular Detective Fll 1953

Popular Detective Stories (about)
One-shot magazine/anthology reprinting stories from various US sources.

Publishers:

Popular Publications; 505 His Majesty’s Building, Commissioner and Joubert Streets, Johannesburg, South Africa: Popular Detective Stories

Popular Detective Stories [January 1950] (Popular Publications, Johannesburg, 1/6d, 72pp, pulp)

ifc. · Brain Wave · Rupert Croft-Cooke · ss Pharaoh and His Waggons and other stories, Jarrolds 1937
1 · The Body of a Well Dressed Woman [Inspector Evans] · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine Mar 1944, as “What the Well-Dressed Corpse Will Wear”
18 · Something to Shoot At · Donald Barr Chidsey · nv The Blue Book Magazine Feb 1942
35 · The Fourth Visitor [Dr. Paul Standish] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Cosmopolitan Aug 1942
48 · The Orphan Diamond · William Irish · nv Dime Detective Magazine Sep 1942, as “Orphan Ice” by Cornell Woolrich

Popular Electricity (about)

Popular Electricity [v1 #12, April 1909] (Popular Electricity Publishing Co.; Chicago Ill., 10¢)
fiction only, from a copy on Archive.org. Details supplied by Mike Ward.

788 · A Deal in Circuits · Paul H. Woodruff · ss; illustrated.

Popular Engineering Stories [v1 #2, April 1930] ed. Herbert S. Clark (Magazine and Book Corporation; Springfield, MA, 25¢, 160pp+, pulp, cover by W. C. Brigham)
Details supplied by John Locke.

9 · A Fight with a Dry-Dock · Pollok Guiler · ss
16 · The Dam · Alvin F. Harlow · nv
48 · Cooney’s Ace in the Hole · Black Wheeler · ss
57 · Big Stakes · William H. Stueber · nv
93 · Shovelman · M. Shores · ss
101 · Camera-Raw! · Russell Arden Bankson · ss
111 · Rough Work on the Firing Line · Jack Rohan · ss
120 · The Wind River Project [Part 1 of ?] · Ludwig Stanley Landmichl · iw
133 · Back to the Mines · Laurence L. Cragin · ss
141 · Rivets · Anon. · cl
145 · “Stolen Gold” · H. Chantler Thomas · ss

Popular Football (about)

Popular Football [v1 #1, Winter 1941] (Better Publications, 15¢, 130pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Curt Phillips.

6 · Pigskin Stars on Review · Ray Barbuti · ar
14 · Damn Yankee, Quarterback · Ross Russell · n.
57 · Bigger and Better · Carl L. Storck · ar
58 · Ted Coy, Star of the Gridiron · Jack Kofoed · ar
63 · The Flop from Flatbush · Duane Yarnell · ss
71 · The Southern Way · Frank Thomas · ar
72 · Blocking · George Halas · ar
75 · Gridiron Gamble · Nelson A. Hutto · ss
84 · Line Play—Latest Models · Steve Owen · ar
86 · The Team’s the Thing · Sam Carson · ss
97 · Kicking Fundamentals · Earl Clark · ar
99 · Duties of the Ends · Ray Flaherty · ar
101 · Pinch Hitter · Johnston McCulley · ss
111 · Offensive Football · Bert Bell · ar
112 · Forward Passing · “Curly” Lambeau · ar
114 · Political Halfback · William Campbell Gault · ss

Popular Football [v2 #1, Winter 1942] (15¢, 130pp, pulp)
Details taken from eBay listing.

Pigskin Stars in Review · Ray Barbuti · ar
The Headline Halfback · T. W. Ford · na
Ailsworth the Fourth · Don Tracy · nv
The Law of the Gridiron · William Heuman · ss
Dugan Gets His Letter · Johnston McCulley · ss
Goal to Go · John A. Thompson · ss
Grid Amateurs · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss

Popular Football [v3 #1, Winter 1943]
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The Swamp Fox · Duane Yarnell · nv

Popular Football [v4 #1, Winter (December 1943) 1944] (Better/Thrilling Publications, 15¢, 130pp, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · Sport Must Prove Itself · John R. Tunis · ms; a war bond message.
8 · The Fifty-Yard Line · [The Editor] · cl
15 · Pigskin Ranger · C. Paul Jackson · na; illustrated by E. Fax
41 · Do You Know—? · Anon. · qz; answers on page 118.
43 · The Rangeland Rioter · Ron Broom · ss
53 · The Unbeaten Trail · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss
62 · The Freshmen Take Over · Sam Carson · nv; illustrated by R. S. Pious
85 · The Kicking Fool · John L. Benton · ss
93 · Chalk Stripes—and Gold · Joe Archibald · ss
99 · The Hard Way · Vance Porter · ss; illustrated by Leo Morey
102 · The Lion’s Roar · Herbert L. McNary · nv; illustrated by R. S. Pious

Popular Football [v4 #2, Winter 1945] (Better/Thrilling Publications, 15¢, 98pp, pulp)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · The Fifty-Yard Line · [The Editor] · cl
11 · The Last Ten Yards · Theodore J. Roemer · na
35 · An Apple for Butch · Herb Kamm · ss
40 · The Delayed Buck · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv
51 · Ignoblest Roman · Matt Lee · ss
58 · Stars Over the Gridiron · Ted Stratton · nv
69 · Centers Earn No Glory · William D. Gorman · ss
76 · Touchdown Production · Richard Brister · ss
83 · The Scrappler · G. Wayman Jones · ss
96 · Must You Travel in Wartime? · Clifton Fadiman · ms (r)

Popular Football [v4 #3, Winter 1946] (Better/Thrilling Publications, 15¢, 98pp, pulp, cover by Rudolph Belarski)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · Thrills in Football · Jack Kofoed · cl
11 · Army Goal to Go · Herbert L. McNary · na Exciting Sports Win 1941
36 · The Block Buster · Michael O’Brien · ss
44 · The Off Tackle · John X. Brown · ss; illustrated by Parkhurst
52 · Divided Glory · Jackson Cole · nv
66 · Varsity Venom · Richard Brister · ss; illustrated by R. S. Pious
73 · The Leopard’s Spots · Jack Kofoed · ss
79 · The Big Win · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss

Popular Football [v5 #1, Winter 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp)
Details supplied by John Locke & Tom Daniels from Table of Contents.

6 · The Fifty-Yard Line · Cap Fanning · cl
11 · The One-Quarter Ace · T. W. Ford · n.
32 · Press-Box Quarterback · C. Paul Jackson · ss
40 · Target for Saturday · Will Bruce · nv
52 · What’s It to Me? · William J. O’Sullivan · ss
59 · Glory at a Price · Kenny Kenmare · ss
67 · Backfield Battering Ram · Louis L’Amour · ss
75 · Thrills in Football · Jack Kofoed · cl
80 · The Glory Road · Burgess Leonard · ss

Popular Football [v5 #2, Fall 1947] (Better Publications, Inc., 15¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Earle Bergey)
Details supplied by Monte Herridge.

6 · The Fifty-Yard Line · Cap Fanning · cl
11 · Pivot Man · William O’Sullivan · nv
30 · The Head Coach · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv; illustrated by C. A. Murphy
46 · The Top-Kick · Roger Fuller · nv
63 · Of These We Sing · Joe Gregg · ss
71 · The Human Side · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss
76 · Play, Clown, Play · Willis Graham · ss
83 · Yesterday’s Hero · Walter Roeber Schmidt · ss
92 · Autograph on a Pigskin · C. Paul Jackson · ss; illustrated by R. Jenney
95 · Thrills in Football · Jack Kofoed · cl
101 · The Chiseler · Carter Sprague · ss

Popular Football [v5 #3, Winter 1948] (Better Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk.

Mister Dumbjohn · Roger Fuller · nv
Next Year’s Has-Been · Robert Sidney Bowen · nv
The Mucker · Joseph Kenney · nv
All-American Mess · Richard Brister · nv
A Touchdown for Willy · John Wilson · ss
Good-By to Glory · Nelson A. Hutto · ss
His Eyes Had Heard the Glory · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss
Supernatural Athlete · Perry Dixon · ss
Payoff on Panic · Matt Lee · ss
Letter Man · Robert S. Fenton · ss
The Fifty-Yard Line · Cap Fanning · cl
General of the Gridiron: Lou Little · Nat Benson · ar
Thrills in Football · Jack Kofoed · cl

Popular Football [v6 #1, Fall 1949] (Better Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Fifty-Yard Line · Cap Fanning · cl
10 · The Comeback Halfback · T. W. Ford · nv
35 · Varsity Millions · Richard Brister · ss
43 · Johnny on the Spot · Jack Terry · ss
50 · Team Man · Kenny Kenmare · ss
56 · The Two Jimpsons · Roger Fuller · nv
74 · Friday’s Children · William O’Sullivan · nv
93 · Pigskin Santa Claus · Tom Parsons · ss
102 · The Devil You Know · Joe Gregg · ss
109 · Thrills in Football · Jack Kofoed · cl
116 · Fuze Under Fullback · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss

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