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Detective Tales [v10 #3, October 1938] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · The Biggest Thrill · Anon. · ms 6 · A Killer’s Book of Etiquette · Richard Sale · nv 22 · Dead on Arrival · Peter Dawson · ss 30 · The Witness and the Seven Corpses · Philip L. Ketchum · nv 45 · The Picture Death Drew · Cyril Plunkett · ss 53 · Just One More Job · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 56 · Death Is on Board · W. T. Ballard · nv 69 · Oddities in Crime · Anon. · ia 70 · Homicide Holiday [Terry O’Rourke] · George A. McDonald · nv 84 · I Never Get Used to Murder · Eric Howard · ss 92 · Too Late to Live · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss 94 · Twin Shadows of the Night [Peter & Anne Corbin] · Arthur Leo Zagat · nv 105 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl

Detective Tales [v10 #4, November 1938] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Picking the Best · Anon. · ms 7 · Blood for the China Rabbit · Harry Lee Fellinge · na 27 · Murder Taps the Wires · O. B. Myers · ss 34 · A Matter of Death—and Faith · Robert W. Thompson · ss 42 · I Deal with Death · D. L. Champion · nv 55 · Authorized Jail-Break · Charles Molyneux Brown · ss 62 · Widow of the Talking Head [Seekay] · Paul Ernst · nv 75 · Breakfast Food for Kidnappers · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 78 · Oddities in Crime · Anon. · ia 79 · Deadline for a Killer · Charles Boswell · ss 86 · Judy and the Strangler [Melvin Cone] · Ray Cummings · ss 92 · Corpse Fever Is Catching · Norvell W. Page · nv 103 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl

Detective Tales [v11 #1, December 1938] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · More Than One War · Anon. · ms 9 · Murder Follows the Headlines · Norvell W. Page · na 28 · Death’s Broken Glasses · Ward Hawkins · ss 36 · My Client, the Corpse · Norbert Davis · nv 53 · The Dead Girl Screamed [Melvin Cone] · Ray Cummings · vi 56 · Open Season on Dead Men [Joe Fall] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv 68 · Flowers of Crime · Denslow M. Dade · ss 76 · Third Degree Killer · George Armin Shaftel · ss 84 · Bullet Promotion · Cyril Plunkett · ss 91 · Oddities in Crime · Anon. · ia 92 · Installment-Plan Death [Stanley Garvian] · Herman Landon · nv 106 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl

Detective Tales [v11 #2, January 1939] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Criminals on Parade · Anon. · ms 7 · Murder Sanatorium · Edward S. Williams · na 29 · Station K-I-L-L! · George Armin Shaftel · ss 37 · The Picture Death Took [Melvin Cone] · Ray Cummings · ss 42 · The Coffin Came Home · Paul Ernst · nv 55 · Road of Missing Persons [Johnny Allen] · Wyatt Blassingame · ss 63 · Killer in the Dark · Robert W. Thompson · ss 66 · Suicide Suits the Mayor [Terry O’Rourke] · George A. McDonald · nv 82 · The Higher Justice · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 85 · Oddities in Crime · Anon. · ia 86 · Yellow Stripes—and Courage · Denslow M. Dade · ss 94 · A Corpse for Cinderella [Regginald “Reggie” Royce] · Fred MacIsaac · nv 108 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl

Detective Tales [v11 #3, February 1939] (10¢, pulp) 7 · Pop Egan and the Restless Killer [Daniel “Pop” Egan] · John & Ward Hawkins · na 27 · Date with a Maniac [Joe Fall] · Wyatt Blassingame · ss 36 · One Glove for a Dead Man · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss 44 · Live Corpses Are Dangerous · D. L. Champion · nv 57 · A Lesson in Homicide · John G. Pearsol · ss 62 · Eight Dollar Murder · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 66 · Mr. Death Courts Molly Pepper [Joel Blanchard; Molly Pepper] · Russell Gray · nv 83 · Death’s Lonely Spectator · Robert C. Blackmon · ss 91 · Hound of Justice · Thomas A. Hoge · ss 96 · Too Many Murderers · William B. Rainey · nv The Human Equation · Anon. · ms Oddities in Crime · Anon. · ia The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl

Detective Tales [v11 #4, March 1939] (10¢, pulp) 11 · Murder at the Morgue [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · na 31 · Harrigan’s Last Job · T. T. Flynn · ss 39 · “Sour Puss” and the Killer · Ward Hawkins · ss 50 · Behind the Eyes of Death · Paul Ernst · nv 63 · Unwanted Evidence · Philip Sydney · ss 70 · Oasis of Dying Men · Norbert Davis · nv 86 · The Ace of Murder · Ray Cummings · ss 90 · The Society of Corpses · Arden X. Pangborn · nv 103 · Scarehead Hero · Cyril Plunkett · ss Evolution of the Underworld · Anon. · ms Oddities in Crime · Anon. · ia The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl

Detective Tales [v12 #1, April 1939] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp, pulp) Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 4 · A Plea from Prison · Fred J. Ford · cl; given as by Convict No. 73,985 in the Table of Contents. 9 · The Corpse Stayed Overnight · Richard Sale · na 29 · Death in Cold Storage · Philip Sydney · ss 35 · Something Wrong Upstairs · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss 44 · Killer by My Side · Paul Ernst · nv 56 · Heroes Are Suckers · Cyril Plunkett · ss 63 · Murder by Proxy · Harmon Bellamy · ss 71 · Oddities in Crime · Anon. · ia 72 · Invitation to the Morgue [Regginald “Reggie” Royce] · Fred MacIsaac · nv 88 · Smoke Cure for Rats · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss 94 · Garrity’s Last Murder Date · Arden X. Pangborn · nv 106 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl

Detective Tales [v12 #2, May 1939] (10¢, pulp) 7 · Death Asked for Golden Slippers · Norbert Davis · na 25 · Crime’s Christmas Carol · Norvell W. Page · ss 33 · Hard Boiled Baby · Tiah Devitt · ss 40 · Madam Murder’s Children [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv 54 · A Weakness on the Force · Leslie T. White · ss 64 · Homicide Test [Washington Blythe (Uncle Tubby)] · Ray Cummings · ss 72 · Shake Hands with the Butcher! [Dab Jenson] · Stewart Sterling · nv 84 · The Fifth Killer [Fitz Gunnell] · John G. Pearsol · ss 94 · Investment in Corpses [Terry O’Rourke] · George A. McDonald · nv

Detective Tales [v12 #3, June 1939] (10¢, pulp) 7 · The Case of the Subway Corpses · Edward S. Williams · na 29 · Neither Gold nor Glory · Hugh B. Cave · ss 37 · Killer’s Obligation · John G. Pearsol · ss 44 · The Ace of Death Dies Hard · Louis C. Goldsmith · nv 59 · Cops Are Only Human · Theodore Tinsley · ss 66 · Crime Silhouette · Charles Alexander · ss 74 · Skulls Always Grin! · Norvell W. Page · nv 88 · I’ll Never Kill Again! · Ray Millholland · ss 96 · Marked for Murder · William R. Cox · nv Oddities in Crime · Anon. · ia History of the New York Underworld · Anon. · cl The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl The Stool Pigeon System · Anon. · ms

Detective Tales [v12 #4, July 1939] (10¢, pulp) 5 · Murder Highway #1 · Norbert Davis · na 26 · Homicide Hangover · Herbert Koehl · ss 36 · Two-Way Killer · William R. Cox · ss 44 · The Hinges of Hell [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · ss 60 · Some People Love Murder · Eric Howard · ss 69 · No Choice for the Dying · John G. Pearsol · ss 78 · Death Was Their Hobby · Paul Ernst · nv 91 · House of Shadows · Thomas W. Duncan · ss 94 · The Corpse Merchant · Dale Clark · ss

Detective Tales [v13 #1, August 1939] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Remaking the Law · Anon. · ms 5 · The Voodoo Murders [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · na 26 · Kill a Man Tonight · John Randolph Philips · ss 34 · One Vote for the Corpse [Terry O’Rourke] · George A. McDonald · nv 48 · It Takes a Crook— · Julius Long · ss 58 · A Killer and His Brother · Earl Peirce, Jr. · ss 66 · A Boom in Blood [John Wade] · William R. Cox · nv 85 · Oddities in Crime · Anon. · ia 86 · It’s Hard to Die! · George Armin Shaftel · ss 92 · The Too-Perfect Getaway · Oscar Graeve · vi 95 · History of the New York Underworld · Anon. · cl 96 · You’ve Got to Split with Death · Emile C. Tepperman · nv 108 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl

Detective Tales [v13 #2, September 1939] (10¢, pulp) 6 · Children of Murder [Edward Carl Flame (Dr. Flame)] · Norbert Davis · na 26 · The Man Who Couldn’t Lose · Emile C. Tepperman · nv 37 · Cops Are Sissies · Cleve F. Adams · ss 42 · Obituary at Gun-Point · Wyatt Blassingame · ss 50 · Death at Ten Bucks a Day · William R. Cox · nv 63 · Dead Woman in the Rain · Ray Cummings · ss 66 · Honor Is Where You Find It · Charles Boswell · ss 74 · The Corpse’s Last Job · Philip L. Ketchum · nv 90 · Weather Clear, Track Bloody · William B. Rainey · ss 98 · The Vanishing Witnesses [Dab Jenson] · Stewart Sterling · nv Burn ’Em Up Alive! · Anon. · ms History of the New York Underworld · Anon. · cl Oddities in Crime · Anon. · ia The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl

Detective Tales [v13 #3, October 1939] (10¢, pulp) 4 · John Wade and the Corpse Crusade [John Wade] · William R. Cox · na 30 · Death Keeps the Wire Open [Rig Donaldson] · O. B. Myers · ss 38 · Downgrade to Hell! · Maurice Beam · nv 55 · Hounds of Murder · R. G. Spellman · ss 65 · The Thing in the Closet · Emile C. Tepperman · ss 72 · Raffles for a Night [Regginald “Reggie” Royce] · Fred MacIsaac · nv 87 · Convict’s Holiday · Cyril Plunkett · ss 93 · Never Steal a Corpse · Leo Hoban · ss 96 · Back Road to Death · Norbert Davis · nv History of the New York Underworld · Anon. · cl Oddities in Crime · Anon. · ia The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl

Detective Tales [v13 #4, November 1939] (10¢, pulp) 6 · Kingdom of Corpses · Edward S. Williams · na 29 · Good Witnesses Are Dead Ones · Philip L. Ketchum · ss 36 · Night of Shadows · Tiah Devitt · nv 48 · Cop-Hater’s Brand · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ss 59 · Grandstand Fadeout · Leo Hoban · ss 64 · When Hell’s Gates Open · William Degenhard · nv 81 · In a Killer’s Shoes · Dane Gregory · ss 86 · Death Takes a Wife · Eric Howard · ss 94 · Murder by Candlelight [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · nv The Human Side · Anon. · ms History of the New York Underworld · Anon. · cl Oddities in Crime · Anon. · ia The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl

Detective Tales [v14 #1, December 1939] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · It’s All Yours! · Anon. · ms 6 · Murder’s Messenger Boy · J. J. des Ormeaux · na 28 · Prison-Made Justice · Dane Gregory · ss 33 · History of the New York Underworld · Anon. · cl 34 · John Wade—Corpse Attorney [John Wade] · William R. Cox · nv 49 · Swan Song for the Colonel · Glenn H. Wichman · ss 57 · The Cop Who Couldn’t Lie [Bill Calahan] · Ralph Berard · ss 60 · Drink to the Kill! · Edwin Truett · nv 72 · Oddities in Crime · Anon. · ia 73 · The Voice from Nowhere [Rig Donaldson] · O. B. Myers · ss 82 · Homicide Hotel · Charles Boswell · ss 87 · Ladies Must Live · Emile C. Tepperman · ss 94 · Alias Mister Death · George Armin Shaftel · nv 112 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl

Detective Tales [v14 #2, January 1940] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details taken from eBay listing. 4 · The Hot Film Murders [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · nv 19 · Too-Perfect Impersonation · William Hines · ss 28 · The Corpse Lottery [Edward Carl Flame (Dr. Flame)] · Norbert Davis · nv 41 · Hardly Thicker Than Water · Dane Gregory · ss 48 · Molly Doesn’t Live Here Any More · Charles Boswell · ss 58 · The Hangman’s Last Supper · Tiah Devitt · nv 70 · God Help a Tough Cop! · George Armin Shaftel · nv 84 · Killer’s Curtain Call · Fredric Sinclair · ss 94 · You Can’t Insure the Dead [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv Streamlined Crime—and Cops! · Anon. · ms History of the New York Underworld · Anon. · cl Oddities in Crime · Anon. · ia The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl

Detective Tales [v14 #3, February 1940] (10¢, pulp) 6 · Death-Dance for a Debutante · Tiah Devitt · na 28 · Photo-Finish · T. T. Flynn · ss 38 · Never Trust a Corpse · Jeffrey Brooks · ss 44 · The Munitions Murder Syndicate · William R. Cox · nv 60 · Dead Man’s Affidavit · Eric Howard · nv 73 · Last Mile [George Cameron] · Dane Gregory · ss 78 · While the Hangman Waits! · Ward Hawkins · ss 84 · Homicide Gal from Hollywood · Dale Clark · nv 99 · Hero in the Hole · O. B. Myers · ss The Editor Rests the Case · Anon. · ms History of the New York Underworld · Anon. · cl Oddities in Crime · Anon. · ia The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl

Detective Tales [v14 #4, March 1940] (10¢, pulp) 6 · Corpse Cafeteria [Rod Keeney] · Stewart Sterling · na 25 · The Glamour of Sin! · Norvell W. Page · ss 35 · Fiend · Samuel W. Taylor · ss 42 · John Wade, Mob Exterminator [John Wade] · William R. Cox · nv 57 · A Gun for Galahad · Hugh B. Cave · ss 66 · Execution in Hollywood · Eric Howard · ss 76 · Alibis Die, Too! · Edward J. Donovan · ss 79 · Ugly, the Killer · John G. Pearsol · ss 86 · Tomorrow Morning’s Murders · George Armin Shaftel · na Story-Behind-the-Story · Anon. · ms History of the New York Underworld · Anon. · cl Oddities in Crime · Anon. · ia The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl