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Detective Tales [v48 #1, June 1951] (25¢, pulp) 2 · The Big Fix · William Campbell Gault · na 30 · Duchess of Diamonds · Arthur Davis · ss 31 · The Man with the Glittering Teeth [Ray Ruiz] · George C. Appell · ss 43 · Lucky Stiff! · Francis K. Allan · ss 60 · The Ninety-Nine Year Question · Charles Lenart · ss 63 · Lady on the Spot · Dane Gregory · ss 81 · Face in the Window · Larry Holden · ss 91 · Once Killed—Twice Shy · Donn Mullally · ss Mayhem on the March · Anon. · ms Cheaper by the Dozen · Anon. · ms Sweet Charity · Anon. · ms Devil’s Agents · Anon. · ms Trial—and Error · Anon. · ms Fishing for Evidence · Anon. · ms Quick Switch · Anon. · ms Punishment · Anon. · ms The Drop on Dropper · Anon. · ms Hot Time · Anon. · ms Prophecy · Anon. · ms

Detective Tales [v48 #2, August 1951] (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) 14 · My Bride, My Corpse · Francis K. Allan · nv 37 · Bull’s-Eye View [Ray Ruiz] · George C. Appell · ss 46 · Mother Kills Best [Dave Smith] · Donn Mullally · nv 63 · The Better Mantrap · Robinson MacLean · ss 74 · Too Much Rope [Nem Parsons] · Winston Bouve · nv 91 · Crime of Omission · John D. MacDonald · ss 96 · Lady on the Loose · Dean Evans · nv The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl Final Proof · Earl L. Wellersdick · ar You Can’t Get Away with Murder! · Nelson & Geer · cl Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Stone · ia

Detective Tales [v48 #3, October 1951] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · You Can’t Get Away with Murder! · Nelson & Geer · cl 8 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Stone · ia 10 · Case of the Gorgeous Gams · John D. MacDonald · nv 35 · A Better Death Trap [Ray Ruiz] · George C. Appell · ss 45 · Coffin Key · Larry Holden · ss 54 · Final Appearance · Gil Brewer · ss 63 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 64 · Never Trust a Corpse! [Nem Parsons] · Winston Bouvé · ss Flynn’s Weekly Jun 26 1926, as “The Monkey’s Paw” 77 · The Smiling Man · Robert Turner · ss 85 · Waiting Game · Robert C. Dennis · ss 92 · Deadly Cargo! · William Campbell Gault · nv

Detective Tales [v48 #4, December 1951] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 10 · The House on Nightmare Street [Joe Dulaney] · Francis K. Allan · na 35 · If the Frame Fits— · Larry Holden · ss 45 · You Can’t Get Away with Murder! · Nelson & Geer · cl 46 · The Crimson Web [Nem Parsons] · Winston Bouvé · ss Flynn’s Mar 6 1926, as “Guilty Knowledge” 60 · Three Times and Out! · Walter B. Sugrue · ss 68 · Parole · William Corcoran · nv Argosy Jul 8 1933 85 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Stone · ia 86 · Hot Wire · David Crewe · ss 94 · A Little Murder Music, Professor! · William Campbell Gault · ss

Detective Tales [v49 #1, February 1952] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) Details supplied by Richard Fidczuk from Table of Contents. 6 · Lethal Laughs · Joseph C. Stacey · ms 10 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 14 · Nicely Framed, Ready to Hang! · Dan Gordon · ss 29 · Night of Terror · Francis K. Allan · ss 38 · The Man from Manitoba · Frank Gruber · ss 55 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Waggener · ia 56 · Come On-a My Funeral! · Donn Mullally · ss 71 · Never Cry Cop! · Don James · ss 78 · Case of the Limping Corpse [Nem Parsons] · Winston Bouve · ss 92 · Father, May I Go Out to Kill? · William Campbell Gault · ss

Detective Tales [v49 #2, April 1952] (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) 6 · Murder Is My Business! [Johnny Broghman] · Ray Bradbury · ss 14 · All That Blood Money Can Buy! · John D. MacDonald · nv 38 · The Dictionary Guy · Richard Goggin · ss 49 · Blonde Stand-in · John P. Foran · ss 58 · Case of the Come-Hither Corpse [Nem Parsons] · Winston Bouvé · ss 75 · Dead Man’s Debt · Don James · ss 84 · Two on a Slab · Mason Noble · ss

Detective Tales [v49 #3, June 1952] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Waggener · ia 8 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Case of the Frozen Bridegroom [Jim Bennett] · Robert Martin · nv 32 · Nobody Lives Forever · Bruce Cassiday · ss 41 · Did You Know—? · Joseph C. Stacey · cl 42 · The Corpse Held the Key · Don James · nv 59 · The Cost · Daniel Winters · ss 65 · Homicide House · Grant Meacham · cl 66 · Murder Is No Gentleman · Fletcher Flora · nv 81 · The Body Beautiful [Tony Key] · Steve Fisher · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Sep 3 1938, as “The Glamour and the Glory” 88 · Maggie and the Stolen Solon [Ulysses S. Barr] · William Brandon · nv Detective Fiction Weekly Feb 10 1940

Detective Tales [v49 #4, August 1952] (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) 6 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Stone · ia 8 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Nobody’s Dope · Bess Ritter · ar 12 · My Face Is Murder! · Bruce Cassiday · nv 40 · Danger Man [Ray Ruiz] · George C. Appell · ss 49 · The Sharp Knife · S. N. Wernick · ss 58 · Old Friend—New Corpse! · Tiah Devitt · ss 71 · The Deadly Alibi [Clint Morgan] · Burt Sims · ss 79 · Swamp Scandal · Day Keene · ss 87 · Two-Minute Hero · Duane Yarnell · ss 90 · Round Trip to a Nightmare · Philip Weck · nv

Detective Tales [v50 #1, October 1952] (Popular Publications. Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Subtitled “Combined with F.B.I. Detective Stories”. Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Stone · ia 12 · The Look That Kills! · Dean Evans · nv 34 · Deadliest Enemy · Talmage Powell · ss 41 · Nightmare · Larry Holden · ss 48 · Too Many Bodies... · Richard Deming · nv 79 · Good Company · Harriet Crittenden · ss 83 · Don’t Look Now · Don Pringle · ss 90 · Down Payment on Death [Stanley Garvian] · Herman Landon · nv Detective Tales Dec 1938, as “Installment-Plan Death”

Detective Tales [v50 #2, December 1952] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Subtitled “Combined with F.B.I. Detective Stories”. Details supplied by Monte Herridge. 6 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Pity the Poor Penman! · Skippy Adelman · ar 12 · The Murdering Kind! · Robert Turner · nv 41 · Cold Is My Grave · Graham Doar · ss 48 · So Lovely—and So Dead! · Fletcher Flora · nv 62 · Sing a Death Song · John Foran · ss 69 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Stone · ia 70 · Cop for Sale! · Mark Hope · nv 83 · Death for Two! · Larry Holden · ss 90 · The Cops Got Five · Freeman H. Hubbard · ar 92 · The Hangman’s Last Supper · Tiah Devitt · nv Detective Tales Jan 1940

Detective Tales [v50 #3, February 1953] (Popular Publications. Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) Subtitled “Combined with F.B.I. Detective Stories”. 6 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 8 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Stone · ia 10 · With Love and Bullets! · Larry Holden · nv 26 · Madame Was Annoyed · Anon. · ms 27 · The Second Mistake · Ted Janes · ss 36 · Murder Ship! · John Haviland · ss 55 · Doll, Drop Dead! · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss 64 · Scene of the Crime · Sam Archer · ss 70 · Gold-Plated Girl [Eddie Callahan] · Talmage Powell · ss 76 · The Other Man · V. E. Thiessen · ss 79 · Chase by Night · Teddy Keller · ss 88 · Slay, Maestro, Slay! · Robert Turner · na Dime Mystery Magazine Jan 1943, as “Music for the Murder Maestro” 112 · Two in One · Bess Ritter · ar

Detective Tales [v50 #4, April 1953] (Popular Publications. Inc., 25¢, pulp) Subtitled “Combined with F.B.I. Detective Stories”. Details taken from Table of Contents. 6 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl 10 · Oddities in Crime · Jakobsson & Stone · ia 12 · Killer in the Corner! [Joe Dulaney] · Francis K. Allan · nv 31 · The Murder Market [Eddie Callahan] · Talmage Powell · ss 38 · Write Me Some Death Insurance · V. E. Thiessen · nv 56 · Double Tough’s Not Enough! · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss 64 · The Yakking Corpse · Dean Evans · nv 82 · Home to the Death House! · Johanas L. Bouma · ss 90 · Case of the Golden Girl [Lou Grandon] · Dane Gregory · nv Detective Tales Apr 1942, as “The Mandarin’s Thirty-Third Tooth”

Detective Tales [v51 #1, June 1953] (25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders) 10 · The Blonde Dies Twice! · Francis K. Allan · nv 29 · The Deadly Night · Johanas L. Bouma · ss 38 · Strangers in the House · Richard Deming · nv 65 · Heart Shot · Dean Evans · ss 75 · When Cops Fall Out · Larry Holden · ss 84 · Death-Dance for a Debutante · Tiah Devitt · na Detective Tales Feb 1940

Detective Tales [v51 #2, August 1953] (25¢, pulp) 10 · Adam and Evil! · Peter Paige · nv 48 · Fall Guy · Larry Holden · ss 56 · Badge of Danger · K. Clayton · ss 65 · Blood Brother · Joe Brennan · ss 72 · Gun Sick · Dan Gordon · ss 82 · Murder Maker [George Cameron] · Dane Gregory · ss 86 · The Sick and the Dead · Frank Scott York · ss

Detective Tales (Canada)    (about) Canadian reprint edition of Detective Tales with occasional stories from elsewhere. Publishers: Popular Publications; 100 Adelaide St. West, Toronto: Detective Tales (Canada)

Detective Tales (Canada) [December 1941] (10¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a (partial) reprint of the July 1941 (US) issue. Need Contents The Corpse Pays the Fiddler · Don James · nv Detective Tales Jul 1941 Jewels for Murder’s Crown · William R. Cox · nv Detective Tales Jul 1941 No Arrest, As Yet · Day Keene · ss Detective Tales Jul 1941 The Customer’s Always Right · Cornell Woolrich · ss Detective Tales Jul 1941 Prelude to an Operation · John Bender · ss Detective Tales Jul 1941 The Slugger’s Last Fight · Donald G. Cormack · ss Detective Tales Jul 1941

Detective Tales (Canada) [v20 #1, January 1942] (Popular Publications, 10¢, pulp) Partial reprint of the August 1941 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Captain Friday, Corpse Agent · Day Keene · na Detective Tales Aug 1941 26 · Five Alarm Funeral [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · na Detective Tales Aug 1941 40 · The Witness Is a Dummy · Edward S. Williams · nv Detective Tales Aug 1941 53 · The Clinical Murder · Don James · nv Detective Tales Aug 1941 65 · Prison-Break! · D. L. Champion · ss Detective Tales Aug 1941 75 · Press Agent for the Dead · Marvin Ryerson · ss Detective Tales Aug 1941 83 · Short-Order Crook · Wilbur S. Peacock · vi Detective Tales Aug 1941 85 · My Night to Kill · Dane Gregory · ss Detective Tales Aug 1941 93 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl Detective Tales Aug 1941

Detective Tales (Canada) [v20 #2, February 1942] (10¢, pulp) Issue not found. Need Contents

Detective Tales (Canada) [v20 #3, March 1942] (Popular Publications, 10¢, 96pp+, pulp) Reprint of the October 1941 (US) issue. Details supplied by Rob Preston. 2 · The Crime Clinic · [The Editor] · cl Detective Tales Oct 1941 4 · The Corpse Wants Company · Edward S. Williams · na Detective Tales Oct 1941 21 · Operation Unscheduled · Kenneth L. Sinclair · ss Detective Tales Oct 1941 24 · The Law of Iron-Hat Shanahan · Malcolm McComas · nv Detective Tales Oct 1941 36 · Wanted—A Man to Hang! · Philip Ketchum · nv Detective Tales Oct 1941 51 · A Crib for Joe · Francis K. Allan · ss Detective Tales Oct 1941 57 · Hook, Line and Sinker · Day Keene · ss Detective Tales Oct 1941 66 · Round Heels, and Guts! · Carl Rathjen · ss Detective Tales Oct 1941 75 · This Time, the Hunted! · Richard Sale · ss Detective Tales Oct 1941 79 · The Numbers in the Book · Leslie Londo · ss Detective Tales Oct 1941 87 · Come In, Sucker—and Burn! · William Hines · ss Detective Tales Oct 1941

Detective Tales (Canada) [April 1942] (10¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the November 1941 (US) issue. Need Contents The Stars Say Die! [Herman Stone (Herman the Great)] · Day Keene · na Detective Tales Nov 1941 Lesson in Crime · Arthur Leo Zagat · ss Detective Tales Nov 1941 Retained by the Corpse [John Smith] · Wyatt Blassingame · nv Detective Tales Nov 1941 Killer’s Love Song · Dane Gregory · ss Detective Tales Nov 1941

Detective Tales (Canada) [August 1942] (10¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the February 1942 (US) issue. Need Contents The Gambler Wins a Corpse [Maurice Renault] · D. L. Champion · nv Detective Tales Feb 1942 Keep the Body Warm [Fire Marshal Ben Pedley] · Stewart Sterling · nv Detective Tales Feb 1942

Detective Tales (Canada) [September 1942] (10¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found - probably a reprint of the March 1942 (US) issue. Need Contents The Charlie McCarthy Murders · Day Keene · nv Detective Tales Mar 1942 The Doctor Doubles in Death · Richard Sale · ss Detective Tales Mar 1942; listed as “The Doctor Doubles for Death” on the cover.