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Crack Detective Stories [v7 #1, January 1946] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, 96pp, pulp) Details supplied by Todd Mason. 10 · Death from the Book · Cliff Campbell · nv 23 · Light on Murder · Walter C. Fabell · ss 28 · Slay Upon Delivery [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss 37 · The Killer Pleads Guilty · T. W. Ford · ss 40 · Murder Wears a Mourning Cloak [Bicarbonate Johnny] · Marcus Lyons · ss 48 · Two Mice for a Cat · Bruno Fischer · na 64 · The “Crank” Case · Judy Zissman · ss 70 · Dressed Up for Homicide · Leo Hoban · nv 87 · No Greater Love · Nat Schachner · ts

Crack Detective Stories [v7 #2, March 1946] (15¢, pulp) 10 · Nobody Knew the Corpse · Talmage Powell · ss 24 · Give the Blonde a Bier · Rex Whitechurch · ss 33 · Giant-Killer · Damon Knight · ss 37 · Red-Letter Night · Emil Petaja · ss 43 · If the Shoe Fits · T. W. Ford · ss 48 · A Slip of Paper · Edwin Baird · ss 50 · Clothes Make the Murder [Linc Castle] · Seymour Irving Richin · ss 59 · Stamp of Doom · Ray Cummings · ss 70 · Wings for the Kid [Danny Garrett (The Kid)] · Grant Lane · ss 88 · Axis Sally · Nat Schachner · ss

Crack Detective Stories [v7 #3, May 1946] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 10 · Pre-View of the Victim · Cliff Campbell · na 46 · Attention to Trifles · Tom Thursday · ss 50 · Murder Off-Mike · Frances Beck · nv 65 · Hot Corn—Cold Heart · Marcus Lyons · ss 69 · Law and Disorder · Wilcey Earle · cl 70 · Now That I’m Dead · Ken Lewis · ss

Crack Detective Stories [v7 #4, July 1946] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 10 · A Dame from Fort Wayne · Robert C. Dennis · ss 20 · Death Mask · Emil Petaja · ss 27 · Old Man’s Darling · Ken Lewis · ss 32 · Marked for Death [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss 43 · Red Chip for Blackmail [Bicarbonate Johnny] · Marcus Lyons · ss 47 · Homer Angel—Killer [Homer Angel] · Greta Bardet · ss 56 · The Cat and the Riddle · Edward Schafer · ss 64 · Frisco Clean-Up · Kenneth P. Wood · ar 66 · The Finishing Touch [Linc Castle] · Seymour Irving Richin · nv 89 · Blow the Mill Down · Nat Schachner · ss

Crack Detective Stories [v7 #5, September 1946] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, 100pp, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke & Morgan Wallace. 10 · Baby Goes Bye-Bye · C. S. Montanye · ss 20 · Murder Feeds the Flames [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss 33 · Poison Brown · Basil Wells · vi 37 · The Moon Sees Murder · Rex Whitechurch · ss 44 · Once Upon a Crime · Tom Thursday · ss 50 · Too Cheap to Live · Jack Bradley · ss; illustrated by Hardison 55 · Law and Disorder · Wilcey Earle · cl 56 · Whistle, Killer, Whistle · Ralph Berard · vi; illustrated by Carter 60 · The Man with the Radar Mind · Greta & Victor Bardet · nv

Crack Detective Stories [v7 #6, November 1946] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details supplied by James Felton. 10 · Quoth the Raven—Murder · Seymour Irving Richin · nv 26 · Clancy Meets a Colonel [Joe D. Clancy] · Strick Van Dyke · ss 34 · Beginners Pluck · Charles A. Oxton · ss 38 · Toss Me That Killer, Please! · Jack Bradley · nv 53 · The Spirit Is Killing [Bicarbonate Johnny] · Marcus Lyons · ss 58 · See Here, Homer Angel! [Homer Angel] · Greta Bardet · ss 70 · Sin Sisters · Talmage Powell · nv

Crack Detective Stories [v8 #1, January 1947] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details supplied by James Felton. 10 · Place of Shadows · Robert C. Dennis · ss 17 · A Pair of Glasses · Charles D. Richardson, Jr. · ss 20 · Murder, Mamacita, Murder! · Talmage Powell · ss 30 · The Darkness Killer · Norman A. Daniels · ss 40 · Slight Detail · David Morrison · ss 43 · King of Killers · Emil Petaja · ss 51 · Portrait of a Punk · Tom Thursday · ss 56 · The Iron God · Rex Whitechurch · ss 64 · A Matter of Minutes · E. Starr · ss 70 · Making a Man’s Word Count · Kenneth P. Wood · ss 72 · Homicide’s Harlequin · Hugh Gallagher · ss 91 · According to the Book · Georgie · qz

Crack Detective Stories [v8 #2, April 1947] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 10 · Murder on My Keyboard · Jack Bradley · ss 18 · Killer of Fire [Bicarbonate Johnny] · Marcus Lyons · ss 28 · Death Goes Downstairs · T. W. Ford · ss 35 · Dark Holiday · John Lockhart · ss 38 · The Cat in the Canary’s Cage · Rex Whitechurch · ss 46 · Oh Gargie · Ray Cummings · ss 52 · One Buck to Heaven · Leo Hoban · ss 60 · Death’s Guitars Are Singing · Hal K. Wells · ss 70 · Big Killing [Linc Castle] · Seymour Irving Richin · nv 88 · According to the Book · Georgie · qz

Crack Detective Stories [v8 #3, June 1947] (15¢, pulp) The Lost Room · T. W. Ford · ss Smoke a Killer · Alan Ritner Anderson · ss The Education of Homer Angel [Homer Angel] · Greta Bardet · ss Hair of the Cat · Robert Turner · ss Everything Is Jake · G. M. George · ss

Crack Detective Stories [v8 #4, August 1947] (15¢, pulp) Anniversary · Norman A. Daniels · ss Case of the Veiled Lady · Mel Watt · ss Undertake Murder · Talmage Powell · ss Murder on His Mind · T. W. Ford · ss Accidental Death · Frank Kane · ss Meet a Guy Named Midas · Rex Whitechurch · ss Waters of Doom · Duane Featherstonhaugh · ss

Crack Detective Stories [v8 #5, October 1947] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 10 · New Deaths for Old · Norman A. Daniels · nv 22 · The Hobgoblin · Rex Whitechurch · ss 30 · Lady from Spain [J. Fenimore Yost] · Alan Ritner Anderson · nv 37 · According to the Book · Georgie · qz 43 · Scoop in Blood · T. W. Ford · ss 50 · The Dead Are Quick · Emil Petaja · ss 60 · Dyed in Death · William Rough · nv

Crack Detective Stories [v8 #6, December 1947] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 10 · Doctor—Die for Me! · Allan K. Echols · nv 22 · Your Crime Is My Crime [J. Fenimore Yost] · Alan Ritner Anderson · nv 43 · Claw of the Kidnapped Idol [Bicarbonate Johnny] · Marcus Lyons · ss 49 · Wanted—One Corpse · Dan McCulloch · ss 52 · Cut-Throat Kisses · H. R. Waddell · ss 54 · Reasonable Doubt [N. Nickleby Dickens] · T. W. Ford · nv 88 · According to the Book · Georgie · qz

Crack Detective Stories [v9 #1, February 1948] (15¢, pulp) 8 · Last Laugh for the Dying · Talmage Powell · ss 25 · Crime in the Crystal · Carl Memling · ss 28 · Death’s Photo Finish [Bicarbonate Johnny] · Marcus Lyons · ss 34 · Keeper of the Killed [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss 51 · Homicide’s No Alibi · Jack Bradley · ss 56 · Or Would You Rather Be a Corpse? · Mel Watt · ss 76 · I’ll Find My Killer · Elizabeth Starr · ss 85 · Fingers Always Point · Costa Carousso · ss

Crack Detective Stories [v9 #2, May 1948] (15¢, pulp) Details supplied by Morgan Wallace. 6 · She Died on the Stairway · Knight Rhoades · na; illustrated by T. A. Murphy 70 · Man in the Shadows · Norman A. Daniels · ss 79 · Rat’s Brother · Basil Wells · ss 81 · My Friend, the Killer · Ray Cummings · ss; illustrated by E. Fax

Crack Detective Stories [v9 #3, July 1948] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Tall, Dark and Dead · Kermit Jaediker · na Mystery House 1947 84 · Dying Declarations · Harold Gluck · ss 90 · Kriminal Kids · Arthur Stamper · ss

Crack Detective Stories [v9 #4, September 1948] (15¢, pulp) Dig Another Grave · Don Cameron · na Murderers En Masse · Glen Peggie · ss The Crack Detective Mystery · R. E. Drew · ss

Crack Detective Stories [v9 #5, November 1948] (15¢, pulp) Details supplied by Steven Slutsky. 8 · Strange Man, Strange Murder · Bruno Fischer · ss 27 · Hickory, Dickory, Death! · Ray Cummings · ss 34 · Blonde Bait for the Murder Master · John D. MacDonald · nv 60 · Just Around the Coroner · Rex Whitechurch · ss 69 · Coming Next Issue · Anon. · ms 70 · No Parole for the Dying · Norman A. Daniels · ss 79 · Search and Seizure (from the notebook of our criminologist) · Harold Gluck · cl 80 · Graveyard Passage · Cliff Campbell · ss 92 · Murder for Laughs · Glen Peggie · ar

Crack Detective Stories [v9 #6, January 1949] (15¢, pulp) 8 · Death Be My Destiny [J. Howard “Jigger” Moran] · John Roeburt · na 69 · Boudoir Third Degree · Jack Bradley · ss 73 · Publicity Plus · Ray Cummings · ss 77 · I Remember Murder · James Blish · ss Charley Peace—Master Criminal · Edward A. Dieckmann · ts What a Clue Can Do · Harold Gluck · ar

Crack Detective Stories [v10 #1, March 1949] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp) 8 · Bullets for Ballots [Eddie Wright; Tony Lantz] · Clarence Mullen · na 74 · Clancy Finds a Corpse [Joe D. Clancy] · Strick Van Dyke · ss 84 · Crazy Over Hearses · Robert Turner · ss No Punishment for Murder · Glen Peggie · ar

Crack Detective Stories [v10 #2, May 1949] ed. Robert W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications, Inc., 15¢, 98pp, pulp) (Full Text) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 8 · Major Crime · Oliver Keystone · n. Phoenix Press 1948; given as “Major Crimes” in the Table of Contents. 65 · You Can’t Predict Death · Glen Peggie · ar 66 · The Ebony Cat · Rex Whitechurch · ss 75 · Guest Again · John Thomas Urwin · vi 76 · Death Trail · Ray Cummings · ss 82 · Easy Money · Lee Floren · vi 84 · You Remember Jeanie · John D. MacDonald · ss

Crack Detective Stories [v10 #3, July 1949] (15¢, pulp) 6 · Green Light for Death [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · na 83 · One-Way Gift · Walter Kubilius · ss 88 · Ferry to a Funeral · James Blish · ss 95 · According to the Book · John Lackland · qz

Crack Detective Stories [v10 #4, September 1949] (15¢, pulp) 6 · Two Tickets to Murder · Fred Malina · na 88 · Tricky Guy · Ray Cummings · ss 94 · According to the Book · John Lackland · qz

Famous Detective Title changed from Crack Detective Stories. Publishers: Columbia Publications, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA: Famous Detective Editors: Robert W. Lowndes - Editor: Famous Detective

Famous Detective [v10 #5, November 1949] (15¢, pulp) 8 · Devil on Two Sticks · Wade Miller · na 94 · Indict Me, Please · Glen Peggie · ar

Famous Detective [v10 #6, January 1950] (15¢, pulp) 8 · The Corpse Awaits · Owen Fox Jerome · n. Mystery House 1946 85 · The Fake · Rex Whitechurch · ss 88 · Quotation Missing · John Lackland · ar 97 · For the Record · [The Readers] · lc

Famous Detective [v11 #1, March 1950] (15¢, pulp) 8 · Mistress of Murder · Robert Portner Koehler · na Too Many People · John Van Praag · ss

Famous Detective Stories Title changed from Famous Detective. Publishers: Columbia Publications, Inc.; 1 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA: Famous Detective Stories Editors: Robert W. Lowndes - Editor: Famous Detective Stories

Famous Detective Stories [v11 #2, June 1950] (25¢, pulp) 8 · Death Script · Owen Fox Jerome · na 50 · Killer, Come Back to Me! · James Blish · nv 71 · The Silken Noose · R. M. F. Joses · ss 85 · Murder, Collect! · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 98 · They Got Away with It! · Tom Thursday · ss 104 · The Burglar Alarm · Carl Memling · ss 106 · The Clock Says “Murder” · Ray Cummings · ss 111 · The Strange Room · Rex Whitechurch · ss 115 · Written in Red · Norman A. Daniels · ss