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Amazing Detective Tales
Title changed from Scientific Detective Monthly.

Publishers:

Techni-Craft Publishing Corp.; Mt. Morris, IL: Amazing Detective Tales

Editors:

Hugo Gernsback - Editorial Chief: Amazing Detective Tales, Jun 1930 – Oct 1930.
Arthur B. Reeve - Editorial Commissioner: Amazing Detective Tales, Jun 1930 – Oct 1930.
Hector Gavin Grey - Editorial Deputy: Amazing Detective Tales, Jun 1930 – Jun 1930.
T. D. Pentz - Editorial Inspector: Amazing Detective Tales, Jun 1930 – Oct 1930.
David Lasser - Managing Editor: Amazing Detective Tales, Jul 1930 – Oct 1930.

Amazing Detective Tales [v1 #6, June 1930] (25¢, 96pp+, large pulp, cover by Jno Ruger)

487 · Radio and the Criminal · Hugo Gernsback · ed
488 · The Diamond Maker [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · ss Cosmopolitan May 1911
496 · A Matter of Mind Reading [Luther Trant] · Edwin Balmer & William B. MacHarg · ss Hampton’s Magazine Oct 1910
504 · The Flashlight Brigade · Ralph Milne Farley · ss
508 · The Gland Murders [Dr. Bird] · S. P. Meek · ss
518 · Burning Water [Taine of San Francisco] · David H. Keller · ss
530 · The Double Lightning · A. C. Webb · ss
536 · The Blue Spangle [Dr. John Thorndyke] · R. Austin Freeman · ss Pearson’s Magazine Dec 1908, as “The Blue Sequin”
541 · The Sealed Room · Henry Leverage · ss
549 · The Telegraphic Finger Print · Hector Gavin Grey · ar

Amazing Detective Tales [v1 #7, July 1930] (25¢, 96pp+, large pulp, cover by Jno Ruger)

581 · How Criminals Are Identified · Hugo Gernsback · ed
582 · The Tower Mystery · Ernest Zorbas · ss
586 · The Grey Shadow [Fiske Errell] · W. F. Hammond · ss
591 · Scientific Actuality: Arrested by Radio! · Hector Gavin Grey · ar
594 · Horror House · Walter Livingston Martin · ss
599 · Traced by a Scratch · H. H. Dunn · ar
600 · The Mystery of the Phantom Shot · Amelia Reynolds Long · ss
608 · The Private Bank Puzzle [Luther Trant] · Edwin Balmer & William B. MacHarg · nv Hampton’s Magazine Aug 1909
616 · The Mind Machine [Nathaniel Caldwell] · Eugene George Key · nv; given as by George Eugene Key.
625 · Police Checkmate New Move of Scientific Criminals · Ashur Van Dusen · ar
626 · The White Slave [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · nv Cosmopolitan Jun 1912
632 · The Impossible Crime [Professor Macklin] · Ralph W. Wilkins · ss

Amazing Detective Tales [v1 #8, August 1930] (25¢, 96pp+, large pulp)

677 · When Is a Confession? · Hugo Gernsback · ed
678 · The Painted Murder · Eugene De Reszke · ss
684 · The Astounding Clue · Sam Weiner · ss
688 · The Scientific Cracksman [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · ss Cosmopolitan Dec 1910, as “The Case of Helen Bond”
692 · Tracked by Ultra-Violet · Hector Gavin Grey · ar
694 · The Stamp of Doom · Jerry E. Cravey · nv
706 · The Vanishing Man · Ralph Milne Farley · ss
712 · Vapors of Death [Luther Trant] · Edwin Balmer & William B. MacHarg · ss Hampton’s Magazine Jun 1911, as “The Daughter of a Dream”
718 · The Saxe Murder Case · Eugene V. Brewster · ss
724 · The Phantom Killer · Morton Brotman · nv

Amazing Detective Tales [v1 #9, September 1930] (25¢, 96pp+, large pulp, cover by Jno Ruger)

773 · Crime Prevention · Hugo Gernsback · ed
774 · The Temple of Dust [Nathaniel Caldwell] · Eugene George Key · ss
780 · The Black Cabinet · Henry Leverage · ss
786 · Winged Death · O. L. Beckwith · ss
790 · The Duel in the Dark [Luther Trant] · Edwin Balmer & William B. MacHarg · nv Hampton’s Magazine Dec 1909, as “The Empty Cartridges”
798 · Menacing Claws [Taine of San Francisco] · David H. Keller · ss
804 · The Body That Wouldn’t Burn [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · ss Cosmopolitan Jul 1911, as “‘Spontaneous Combustion’”
812 · What Price Clues? · Herbert Mills · ar
814 · The Carewe Murder Mystery [Part 1 of 2] · Ed Earl Repp · na
822 · Undertones of Death · Frank Carter · nv

Amazing Detective Tales [v1 #10, October 1930] (25¢, 96pp+, large pulp, cover by Howard V. Brown)

870 · The Clasp of Doom · Eugene De Reszke · ss
876 · Death in a Drop [Professor Macklin] · Ralph W. Wilkins · ss
882 · Shadows of the Night · Neil R. Jones · ss
890 · The Man Who Was Dead [Craig Kennedy] · Arthur B. Reeve · ss Cosmopolitan Oct 1911, as “The Artificial Paradise”
898 · The Most Dangerous of Forgeries · Edmond Locard · ar
900 · The Flower of Evil · C. R. Sumner · ss
908 · Murder in the Fourth Dimension · Clark Ashton Smith · ss
912 · The Man in Room 18 · Otis Adelbert Kline · ss
916 · The Man No One Could Lift · Fred Ebel · ss
918 · The Carewe Murder Mystery [Part 2 of 2] · Ed Earl Repp · na

Amazing Detective Stories
Title changed from Amazing Detective Tales.

Publishers:

Fiction Publishers, Inc.; 25 West 43rd Street, New York, NY: Amazing Detective Stories

Amazing Detective Stories [v2 #1, February 1931] (20¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Donald Hewitt)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

8 · The Feathered Serpent [Part 1 of 5] · Edgar Wallace · sl The Weekly Telegraph Nov 20 1926 (+12)
31 · Gangster Slain · Anon. · ms
32 · Dice of Death · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv
52 · Baby Face · William A. Ucker · ss
59 · Accidents will Happen · Maxwell Smith · ss
72 · Machine Gun Bandits · Anon. · ms
73 · The Author’s Corner · [The Editor] · ms
74 · The Keys to Gramercy Park · Arthur J. Burks · nv
98 · Bloodstained Diamonds · H. Bedford-Jones · ss
109 · The Policy Racket · Anon. · ms
110 · Shadows of Murder · Tip Bliss · ss
119 · The Alibi · Carl B. Wooley · ss
122 · The Rogues’ Gallery · Sergeant Rafferty · ms

Amazing Detective Stories [v2 #2, March 1931] (20¢, pulp)
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The Feathered Serpent [Part 2 of 5] · Edgar Wallace · sl The Weekly Telegraph Nov 20 1926 (+12)
The Lighthouse Murder · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv
Three Yellow Hairs · H. Bedford-Jones · ss
Judas’ Hand · Maxwell Smith · ss
[unknown story] · Tom Champion · ss
[unknown story] · Jack D’Arcy · ss
[unknown story] · Geoffrey North · ss

Amazing Detective Stories [v2 #3, April 1931] (Fiction Publishers, Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by Donald Hewitt)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

10 · The Phony Money Trail [Jimmie Lavender] · Vincent Starrett · nv
26 · Killer Hanlon · Maxwell Smith · ss
31 · A Question of Time · W. Adolphe Roberts · ss
43 · The Covered Corpse · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv
62 · Making for Murder · Dan Savage · ss
78 · The Feathered Serpent [Part 3 of 5] · Edgar Wallace · sl The Weekly Telegraph Nov 20 1926 (+12)
112 · The Receipt · Adrian Anderson · vi
115 · The Rogues’ Gallery · Sergeant Rafferty · ms

Amazing Detective Stories [v2 #4, May 1931] ed. Anatole Feldman (Fiction Publishers, Inc., 20¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Lyman Anderson)
Details supplied by Rob Preston.

7 · Red for a Million · Maxwell Smith · nv Argosy All-Story Weekly Dec 1 1923
58 · Motive for Murder · Earl W. Scott · ss
71 · The Invisible Finger · Leslie T. White · ss
80 · Paper Ghosts · Geoffrey North · ss
93 · Fool’s Gold · Eric Taylor · ss
103 · The Feathered Serpent [Part 4 of 5] · Edgar Wallace · sl The Weekly Telegraph Nov 20 1926 (+12)
118 · Tit-Tat-Toe · Arthur B. Kelvin · ss
122 · The Rogues’ Gallery · Sergeant Rafferty · ms

Amazing Detective Stories [v3 #1, August 1931] (Fiction Publishers Inc., 20¢, pulp, cover by Lyman Anderson)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Mystery of Sarah’s Ghost · George Allan Moffatt · nv
26 · The Death Float · Edward Parrish Ware · ss
38 · Marked for Death · A. Kinney Griffith · ss
50 · The Wrong Hand · Leslie T. White · ss
64 · Cross and Double Cross · Edwin Vernon Burkholder · ss
72 · Mystery in the Fog · Claude U. Rister · nv
96 · Four Minutes after Midnight · Maxwell Smith · ss
105 · The Witness · Merle J. Close · ss
110 · The Feathered Serpent [Part 5 of 5] · Edgar Wallace · sl The Weekly Telegraph Nov 20 1926 (+12)

Scientific Thrillers (about)

Publishers:

Associated General Publications Pty. Ltd.; Sydney, N.S.W.: Scientific Thrillers, Nov 1948 – Dec 1948.
Transport Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd.; Sydney, N.S.W.: Scientific Thrillers, Jan 1949 – May 1952.

Editors:

Alister Innes - Editor: Scientific Thrillers; uncredited.
Donald H. Beard - Editor: Scientific Thrillers; uncredited.

Scientific Thrillers [November 1948] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s, cover by Maurice Bramley)

5 · Atomic Death · Hans Karlson · na

Scientific Thrillers [December 1948] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s)

5 · Jaws of Doom · Boris Ludwig · na

Scientific Thrillers [(January 1949)] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s, cover by Maurice Bramley)

5 · Hypnotic Death · Paul Valdez · na

Scientific Thrillers [(February 1949)] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s, cover by Maurice Bramley)

5 · Blackmarket Brains · Kurt Hoffman · na

Scientific Thrillers [(March 1949)] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s)

5 · Death Is a Habit · Otto Kensch · na

Scientific Thrillers [(April 1949)] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s)

5 · X-Ray Menace · Wolfe Herscholt · na

Scientific Thrillers [(May 1949)] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s)

3 · The Whistle of Doom · Boris Ludwig · na

Scientific Thrillers [(June 1949)] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s)

3 · Death Has No Weight · Belli Luigi · na

Scientific Thrillers [(July 1949)] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s)

5 · Magnetic Peril · Wolfe Herscholt (by Russell Hausfeld) · na

Scientific Thrillers [(August 1949)] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s)

5 · Murder Has Wings · Otto Kensch · na

Scientific Thrillers [(September 1949)] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s)

3 · Cosmic Calamity [Peter Denny] · Belli Luigi (by G. C. Bleeck) · na; given as by G.C. Bleeck on the story itself.

Scientific Thrillers [(October 1949)] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s)

3 · Lightning Crime [Insp. St. Clair] · Belli Luigi (by G. C. Bleeck) · na
42 · The Evil Sickness · Wolfe Herscholt (by G. C. Bleeck) · ss

Scientific Thrillers [(November 1949)] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s)

3 · The Curse of Blood · Wolfe Herscholt · na
42 · Dimension X · Otto Kensch · ss

Scientific Thrillers [(December 1949)] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s)

3 · Time Has a Door · Otto Kensch · na

Scientific Thrillers [(January 1950)] (6d, 48pp+, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s)

1 · The Mummy Walks · Belli Luigi (by G. C. Bleeck) · na

Scientific Thrillers [(February 1950)] (6d, 48pp+, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s)

1 · King Rat · Stanford Heinkel · na
40 · Science Is Silent · Belli Luigi (by G. C. Bleeck) · ss

Scientific Thrillers [(March 1950)] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s)

3 · Toppling Terror · Belli Luigi (by G. C. Bleeck) · na
44 · Red Murder · Stan Hennell · ss

Scientific Thrillers [(April 1950)] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s)

3 · The Glowing Globe · Belli Luigi (by G. C. Bleeck) · na
45 · The Aisles of Hell · Stan Hennell · ss

Scientific Thrillers [(May 1950)] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s)

3 · Image of Death · Otto Kensch · na

Scientific Thrillers [(June 1950)] (6d, 52pp, 5¼" x 7¾" s/s)

3 · Crime Flies [Bill Douglas; Peter Denny] · Belli Luigi (by G. C. Bleeck) · na

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