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New Detective Magazine [v18 #3, December 1952] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)

12 · The Blonde from Blood Alley · Merle Constiner · nv
38 · Hard Money · Philip Ketchum · ss
48 · Killer Be Good · Talmage Powell · nv
66 · A Ghost in the House · Dale Clark · ss Argosy May 8 1937
76 · Let’s Call It a Slay · Kenneth Hunt · ss
88 · No Body—but Me · Bruce Cassiday · ss
99 · Secret Street · Bess Ritter · ar
The Witness Chair · John D. Fitzgerald · cl
Strange Trails to Murder · Lee · ia
Solving Cipher Secrets · M. E. Ohaver · cl
Secret Street · Bess Ritter · ar
The Case of the Cornered Rat · Joseph Fulling Fishman · ar

New Detective Magazine [v18 #4, February 1953] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Witness Chair · John D. Fitzgerald · cl
10 · Death’s Eye View · John D. MacDonald · nv
35 · The Graveyard Trick · Jack McLarn · ss
45 · Life Sentence · S. N. Wernick · ss
53 · The Cock-Eyed Casebook · Anon. · ms
54 · Some Other Body · John Eugene Hasty · ss
63 · No Reprieve · William Sambrot · ss
66 · Strange Trails to Murder · Lee · ia
68 · A Yegg in My Bier [Rocky Rhodes] · Russell Branch · ss
76 · Solving Cipher Secrets · M. E. Ohaver · cl
79 · Dead Man’s Gamble · Ralph Wellner · ss
86 · One Herring—Very Red [Candid Jones] · Richard Sale · nv Detective Fiction Weekly May 1 1937
104 · Reasons Why · Anon. · ms
105 · Cipher Solvers’ Club · Anon. · cl

New Detective Magazine [v19 #1, April 1953] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Witness Chair · John D. Fitzgerald · cl
12 · Murder Sails at Midnight · Eustace L. Adams · nv
41 · The Last Trumpet · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss
51 · Die a Little Longer · Richard Deming · ss
62 · Strange Trails to Murder · Lee · ia
64 · The Dummy and the Death Web · Hayden Howard · ss
71 · Marty O’Bannon’s Slayride · George W. Morse · ss
80 · Solving Cipher Secrets · M. E. Ohaver · cl
84 · Murder—as Usual [Herman Stone (Herman the Great)] · Day Keene · na Flynn’s Detective Fiction Oct 1943

New Detective Magazine [v19 #2, June 1953] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Demon Lover · Lauri Wirta · ar
8 · One in a Million · David Crewe · ar
10 · Fry by Night · V. E. Thiessen · nv
25 · Dead—as in Darling · Robert Turner · ss
32 · Strange Trails to Murder · Lee · ia
34 · See No Murder · Fredric Brown · nv
49 · Cipher Solvers’ Club News · Anon. · ms
50 · Dead Weight · Roger Dee · ss
55 · Smart Money · Raymond Gibson · ss
62 · Save Me a Kill · Larry Holden · ss
70 · Doom Street · John Randolph Phillips · ss
78 · The Corpse and the Flame · Dean Evans · nv
95 · Solving Cipher Secrets · M. E. Ohaver · cl
98 · Clue in the Coffin · William H. Hendrix · ts

Fifteen Detective Stories
Title changed from New Detective Magazine.

Publishers:

Popular Publications, Inc.; 1125 E. Vaile Avenue, Kokomo, IN: Fifteen Detective Stories

Editors:

Peggy Graves - Editor: Fifteen Detective Stories, ? 1954 – ? 1955.

Fifteen Detective Stories [v1 #1, August 1953] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Witness Chair · Bess Ritter · cl
8 · Die, Honey · Jack Olson · ms
10 · Murder Without Tears · Hayden Howard · nv
33 · Killer on the Run · William Morrison · ss
41 · Tales with a Twist · David Stewart · ms
42 · Say It with a Kill · Dorothy Dunn · nv
61 · A Stand-Up Guy · Dan Brennan · ss
68 · Fingerprints · Lauri Wirta · ms
69 · Murder Bait · Ken Hunt · ss
77 · Dead of the Night · Robert Turner · ss
79 · Mayhem in Make-Believe · R. M. F. Joses · ss
90 · Strange Trails to Murder · Nelson & Lee · ia
92 · Red Runs the Tide · John P. Foran · ss
96 · Solving Cipher Secrets · M. E. Ohaver · cl
99 · Carbon Cop · Philip Ketchum · ss
112 · Cipher Solvers’ Club · Anon. · cl
113 · Out Is Out · Bart Cassidy · ms

Fifteen Detective Stories [v19 #4, October 1953] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details supplied by James Felton.

6 · The Witness Chair · Walter Lange · cl
8 · Death Is My Host · C. William Harrison · nv
26 · The Finishers · John Bender · ss
31 · Oddities of the Law · David Crewe · ar
32 · One Against Murder · Frank Scott York · ss
42 · You Die Alone · Larry Holden · ss
50 · Strange Trails to Murder · Nelson & Lee · ia
52 · Murder Moon · Richard E. Glendinning · nv
62 · Dying Room Only · Richard Matheson · ss
73 · The Last Sleep · Fletcher Flora · ss
82 · Terror Walks Here · Ken Hunt · ss
91 · Killing Time · David Stewart · ss
104 · Solving Cipher Secrets · M. E. Ohaver · cl
110 · The Case of the Canceled Wedding · Joseph C. Stacey · ar
112 · The Chump · Bess Ritter · ar

Fifteen Detective Stories [v20 #1, December 1953] (25¢, pulp)
Details taken from eBay listing.

Death in Waiting · Fletcher Flora · nv
Busy Body · George Widder Line · ss
Terror Street · Philip Weck · ss
Killer in a Corner · J. L. Bouma · ss
Some Like ’Em Dying · Jack Ehrlich · ss
Fall Guy · William P. Roberts · ss
Dead Man’s Price · Daniel Winters · ss
Tonky’s Dice Are Loaded [Tonky Boone] · Frank Scott York · ss
Night Before Murder · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss
Hell on Wheels · Phil Ray · ss
The Witness Chair · Zeta Rothschild · cl
She Stole His Brain · Bess Ritter · ar
The Cock-Eyed Casebook · George W. Black · ms
Solving Cipher Secrets · M. E. Ohaver · cl
Devil’s Party · Earl L. Wellersdick · ar
Strange Trails to Murder · Lee & Nelson · ia

Fifteen Detective Stories [v20 #2, February 1954] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Details supplied by James Felton.

6 · The Witness Chair · Lance Kermit · cl
7 · Behind the Walls · Bess Ritter · ar
8 · The Cock-Eyed Casebook · Gordon Sands · ms
9 · Time for Crime · Harold Helfer · ar
10 · Dressed to Kill · Frank Ward · nv
33 · Dig My Grave Deep! · Don James · ss
42 · Dead of the Night · Ted Stratton · ss
49 · Red Runs the Tide · Frank Scott York · ss
58 · Little Miss Murder · Charles Beckman, Jr. · ss
66 · Strange Trails to Murder · Lee · ia
68 · The Long Kill · S. N. Wernick · nv
74 · Solving Cipher Secrets · M. E. Ohaver · cl
77 · Swindler’s Statue · Clark Rivers · ar
78 · Bury Me Not · David Crewe · ss
89 · The Silver Bell of San Gee [Lou Grandon] · Dane Gregory · ss Detective Tales Dec 1941
98 · The Baffling Bullet · Lauri Wirta · ar
110 · Buy My Bars! · Kent Hunter · ar
112 · The Drug Store Killer · Bart Cassidy · ar

Fifteen Detective Stories [v20 #3, April 1954] (Popular Publications Inc., 25¢, 114pp, pulp, cover by Norman Saunders)
Details supplied by Morgan Wallace.

6 · Forgery in Blood · Arnold E. Grisman · ss
12 · Holiday in Hell · J. L. Hayward · ss
20 · Die, Little Lady! · Fletcher Flora · nv
38 · Solving Cipher Secrets · M. E. Ohaver · cl
41 · Wrong Route to Robbery · Harold Helfer · ar
42 · The Devil’s Judge · Philip Weck · ss
53 · Five Minutes to Kill · Ted Stratton · ss
59 · Dead-End Justice · Anon. · ms
60 · Strange Trails to Murder · Nelson & Lee · ia
62 · Silent Be My Grave · Dane Gregory · ss Detective Tales Apr 1943, as “If Thy Right Hand Offend Thee—”
70 · Murder Is My Racket · James R. Brady · ss
78 · Death on Demand · David Crewe · ss Detective Tales Apr 1936, as by Alden H. Norton
83 · Quirks in Crime · Lauri Wirta · ms
84 · The Mask of the Damned · T. T. Flynn · ss Flynn’s Detective Fiction Apr 1943, as “Death Lives Here”
110 · Fooled to Death · Bess Ritter · vi

Fifteen Detective Stories [v20 #4, June 1954] (25¢, pulp)

Death Lives Here · Fletcher Flora · nv Detective Story Magazine Jan 1953
Murder, Murder—Go Away · David Crewe · ss
Murder Time · Preston Jones · ss
Don’t Die for Me · Dane Gregory · ss
Footprints to Hell · Jackson Eliot · ss
Dead Man’s Land · Donald Barr Chidsey · ss
Lonely Are the Dead · Fred Falkner · ss
The Devil’s Darling · Robert Turner · ss

Fifteen Detective Stories [v21 #1, September 1954] (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp)
Cover is a reprint from Black Mask, September 1946. Subtitled “combined with Detective Story Magazine”. Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Solving Cipher Secrets · M. E. Ohaver · cl
14 · Crime Fighting: A Science · David Crewe · ar
16 · A Slight Case of Murder · William Vance · nv
32 · The Quickly Dead · C. M. Anderson · ss
41 · The Off-Beat · Wesley Garfield · ar
42 · Dressed to Kill · Donald Barr Chidsey · nv
47 · The Phantom Fix · Arthur J. Burks · ss Detective Tales Apr 1936, as “Too Old to Be a Hero!”
51 · The Devil’s Hostage · Wyatt Blassingame · ss Detective Tales Jan 1936, as “Killer’s Hostage”
58 · His and Hearse! · Joe Graham · ss
68 · Strange Trails to Murder · Nelson & Lee · ia
70 · Death Wears Grey · Arthur Leo Zagat · ss Detective Tales Apr 1936, as “The Tree of Life”
76 · Just Around the Coroner · George Armin Shaftel · ss Detective Tales May 1936, as “Spine of Steel”
83 · Murder’s Mate · Henry T. Sperry · ss Detective Tales May 1936, as “Death’s Floor Show”
84 · The Death Dealer · Paul Ernst · ss Detective Tales Jun 1936, as “His Money’s Worth”
90 · Cipher Solvers’ Club · Anon. · cl
108 · Mark It Emergency! · Stewart Chaney · ar
112 · What Price Crime? · Joseph Allen · ar

Fifteen Detective Stories [v21 #2, October 1954] ed. Peggy Graves (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, 72pp, quarto, cover by George Janes)
Details supplied by Randy Vanderbeek.

4 · Bureau of Identification · Anon. · bg
6 · T.V. Detectives · Anon. · cl
8 · Men’s Mart · Anon. · ms
10 · Requiem in Reno · Dean Evans · nv
15 · Breaking the Law Differently · Joseph C. Stacey · ms
16 · Ticket for Mayhem · Miles Harden · ss
19 · Movie Review · Anon. · mr
21 · What’s Playing Tonight? · Marc Miller · ss
24 · Punk’s Widow · William Campbell Gault · nv
27 · Figures Do Lie · Joseph Fulling Fishman · ms
28 · Bodies Wild for Tonky [Tonky Boone] · Frank Scott York · ss
32 · Run for Death · John P. Foran · ss
36 · Crazy Black Nightmare · Tedd Thomey · ss
39 · Courtroom Capers · Anon. · ms
40 · Job to Be Done · Walt J. Sheldon · ss
42 · Always a Woman · John McGreevey · ss
45 · Recent Rulings · Anon. · ms

Fifteen Detective Stories [v21 #3, December 1954] (25¢, 74pp, quarto, cover by Marland Stone)
Details taken from eBay listing.

Death Comes Calling · Charles Beckman, Jr. · nv
The Seventh Grave · Margaret Manners · nv
Know-How · Walt Sheldon · ss
With Hostile Intent · Larry Holden · ss
Just a Punk · Frank Scott York · ss
Red Hands Reaching · Frank Gruber · ss Detective Tales Jan 1936
It’s Your Funeral · Jules Archer · ss
Home Sweet Homicide · William Campbell Gault · ss
Bureau of Identification · Anon. · bg
All Kinds of Crime · Anon. · ms
Men’s Mart · Anon. · ms
T.V. Detectives · Anon. · cl
Movie Review · Anon. · mr
Recent Rulings · Anon. · ms
Innocent? Maybe · Anon. · ms

Fifteen Detective Stories [v21 #4, February 1955] ed. Peggy Graves (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, 72pp, quarto, cover by Bill Graveline)
Details supplied by Randy Vanderbeek.

4 · Bureau of Identification · Anon. · bg
6 · Killer for Hire · Kenneth L. Sinclair · ss Detective Tales Jan 1936, as “Glory-Hunger”
8 · Men’s Mart · Anon. · ms
10 · T.V. Detectives · Anon. · cl
12 · A Spot Marked Double X · William R. Cox · nv
15 · The Man Who Came Close · Anon. · ms
16 · The Restless Corpse · Charles Beckman, Jr. · nv
19 · Who’s Got the Stoolie? · Frank Scott York · ss
21 · Movie Review · Anon. · mr
22 · Flowers on Mullins Street · Bill Trent · ss
25 · “Operation—Firearms” · Bess Ritter · ar
26 · Copper · Walt Sheldon · ss
28 · Experiment with Death · Paul Ernst · nv Detective Tales May 1936
30 · Wrong Ending · Bob McKnight · ss
34 · Inside Scotland Yard · Anon. · ar
72 · All Kind of Crime · Anon. · ms

Fifteen Detective Stories [v22 #1, April 1955] ed. M. B. Graves (Popular Publications, Inc., 25¢, 72pp, quarto, cover by Slayton Underhill)
Details supplied by Randy Vanderbeek.

4 · Bureau of Identification · Anon. · bg
6 · Blotter Blurbs · Harold Helfer · ms
8 · Men’s Mart · Anon. · ms
10 · The Long Nightmare · Francis K. Allan · nv
13 · It’s Just Routine · Bess Ritter · ms
14 · When a Cop Hollers Cop · William R. Cox · nv
17 · Among Us Cops · Anon. · ms
18 · Almost a Killer · Will Cotton · ss
21 · The Cigarette · Jules Archer · ss
22 · A Death in the Family · Algis Budrys · nv
25 · Spring Is a Nice Time to Die · Fletcher Flora · ss
27 · Laws Regarding Love · Bess Ritter · ms
28 · “Windy City” Strip Street · Anon. · ar
32 · Case of the Quincy Corpse · Zeta Rothschild · ss
34 · Hell Has a Timetable · George Widder Line · ss
41 · Crime Does Not Pay · Joseph C. Stacey · ms

Fifteen Detective Stories [v22 #2, June 1955] (25¢, quarto, cover by John Northcross)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · On the Blotter · Anon. · ms
6 · Bureau of Identification · Anon. · bg
8 · Men’s Mart · Anon. · ms
11 · Slaughter in the Sky · J. L. Bouma · ss
14 · Stripped for Murder · John Jakes · ss
16 · Flower of Death · Jules Archer · ss
20 · Tight Spot · Anon. · ms
22 · A Mate for the Devil · Land Kaderli · ss
24 · The Scarlet Sculptress · Fletcher Flora · vi
26 · Too Many Corpses · Howard L. Karp · ss
28 · Manhunt · Anon. · pi
30 · School for Boys · Stephen Marlowe · ss
32 · Murder on the Menu · Miles Harden · ss
37 · Law and Disorder · Anon. · ms
41 · Strange Accidents · Anon. · ms

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