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Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v1 #1, October 1932] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Joseph Doolin) Details supplied by Steve Miller & Doug Ellis. 5 · Bandit Breed [Jimmy Lannigan] · Tom Curry · ss Clues Apr 1927, as “The Death Car”; revised, with Jimmy Lannigan substituted for original characters. 25 · Stolen News · Don Robert Catlin · ss Clues Jul 1927, as “Sounding Brass” 35 · Under the Gun · Allen S. Jacobs · ss Clues Jul 1927, as “The Dagger of Mahuputi” 44 · The Hatchet Master · Roy W. Hinds · nv All Star Detective Stories Jun 1930, as “Flying Hatchets” 74 · The Language of the Underworld · No. 27026 · ar Clues Nov 1926, as “The Underworld and Its Vernacular” 80 · The Price of Hanging · Henry Leverage · ss Ace-High Magazine Jan 1922, as “Twenty-Seven Cents” 87 · Twice as Pretty as a Peacock · Stanley Shaw · ss Clues Jan 1927, as “As Blooms the Wistaria” 97 · Dead Man’s Hand · J. R. Ward · ss Clues Aug 1927, as “The Branahan Case” 107 · A Deal in Pearls · Eric Taylor · ss Clues Jul 1927, as “Pearls Before Swine” 114 · Busy Wires · George J. Brenn · ss Ace-High Magazine Jan 1922, as “Experience Smith”

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v1 #2, November 1932] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, 129-256pp, pulp) Details supplied by Doug Ellis. 135 · Double Check · W. E. Ulich · ss Clues Apr #2 1928, as “Duplicates” 140 · The Crimson Skull · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Clues Jun 1927, as “The Red Skull” 161 · The Trap · Ray Cummings · ss 173 · The Death Dog · Kelman D. Frost · ss Clues May #2 1928, as “The Dog of Doom”; given as by Kilman D. Frost. 182 · Brood of the Flame · Johnston McCulley · ss All Star Detective Stories Sep 1930, as “Brothers of the Leaping Flame” 206 · Taxi Trouble · Allen S. Jacobs · ss Clues Oct 1927, as “The Trouble Cruiser” 213 · Fried Fish · Louis Weadock · ss Clues Oct 1927, as “Dan Dorr Fries Some Fish” 221 · Morgue Key · Mark Layton · ss 233 · A Run on Getaways · Thomas Topham · ss 242 · Diamond Crop · Eric Taylor · ss

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v1 #3, December 1932] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, 257-384pp, pulp, cover by Joseph Doolin) Details supplied by Doug Ellis. 265 · With Both Fists · Stephen Caldwell · ss 274 · Hands of Death [Dave Barker] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv 295 · Water Trail · Mark Layton · ss 307 · The Whistle Guy · Kenneth Hart · ss 314 · The Hard Mob · Tom Curry · nv The Aristocratic Rogue · Edouard Deservillers · ar Clues Oct #1 1928, as “A Prince Among Crooks” 337 · Yellow Cargo · T. T. Flynn · ss 345 · The Strangler’s Finger · P. M. Gibbons · ss 351 · Highway of Treachery · C. M. Rockwell · ss 361 · Arrests Not Allowed · Thomas Topham · ss 372 · Time for Sale · Eric Taylor · ss

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v2 #1, January 1933] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Joseph Doolin) Details supplied by Doug Ellis. 7 · Behind the Smuggler’s Alias [Curt Dailey] · Lemuel de Bra · ss 18 · New York—Big Oil Town! · Johnston McCulley · nv 50 · The Law of the Lawless · C. M. Rockwell · ss 59 · Trial by Gunfire [John Barton] · Allen S. Jacobs · ss 67 · When Crooks Fall Out · Tom Curry · ss 74 · The Thousand Steel Kisses [Tsang Ah-Bou] · James W. Bennett · nv Doom Lies in Their Hands · Cyrus Chapin · ar Clues Feb 1927, as “Identification by Fingerprints” 97 · Riding a Crime Wave · Thomas Topham · ss 105 · The Human Flaw · Oscar Schisgall · ss 111 · The Package of Death · T. T. Flynn · ss

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v2 #2, February 1933] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, 129-256pp, pulp) Details supplied by Doug Ellis. 135 · The Panel of Doom · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv 163 · A Shipment from Tia Juana · C. M. Rockwell · ss Clues Oct #1 1928, as “Trouble at Tia Juana” 171 · Doubling for Death · Eric Taylor · ss 185 · Hot Spot · Allen S. Jacobs · ss Sinister Crystals · Lemuel de Bra · ar 196 · Murder by Count [Jimmy Lannigan] · Tom Curry · nv 214 · The Ride Back · Edgar C. Nicholas · ss 223 · The Eight of Clubs · George Storm · ss 233 · Gangster’s Toll · T. T. Flynn · ss 241 · City of Chance · Mark Layton · ss

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v2 #3, March 1933] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Blood and Silver · James W. Bennett · nv The Blue-Green Death · Edward Leaming · ss Sixty Seconds · Allen S. Jacobs · ss Rough Stuff · Tom Curry · ss Gunman for a Night · Paul Fisher · ss Framed for a Rap · Stephen Caldwell · ss The Path of the Monster · Eric Taylor · ss The Right to Kill · Edgar C. Nicholas · ss The Great Prison Mystery · Thomas Topham · ss

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v3 #1, April 1933] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, 128pp, pulp) Details supplied by Doug Ellis. 7 · Wanted for Murder · Peter Ellsworth · ss 20 · Wise Mob · Francis McAllister · nv 37 · Behind Locked Doors · John Kemper · ss 48 · Death Money [Jimmy Lannigan] · Tom Curry · nv 66 · King of the Beggars · Mark Layton · ss 74 · Derelicts Due · Eric Taylor · ss 85 · What the Professor Saw · Ruth Wilson · ar 90 · The Dance for Devils · T. T. Flynn · nv 106 · The Shadow · Kenneth Hart · ss 114 · The Doom Dancer · George Storm · ss

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v3 #2, May 1933] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Joseph Doolin) Details supplied by Doug Ellis. 133 · Yellow Claws · Carl Franklin Ruth · ss 146 · The Death Gambler [Nibs Holloway] · Ed Norris · nv 170 · Partners in Crime [John Barton] · Allen S. Jacobs · ss 180 · Just a Guy of Tact · A. N. Bechtol · ss 188 · Where Orders Lead · T. T. Flynn · ss 198 · Mask of Terror · Johnston McCulley · nv 219 · Bite of the Dead · Eric Taylor · ss 232 · Big Time Stuff · W. E. Ulich · ss 238 · The Ghost-Crook · Edward Leaming · ss 248 · Dicks Laugh, Too [Jimmy Lannigan] · Tom Curry · ss

Rapid-Fire Detective Stories [v3 #3, June 1933 (unpublished)] (pulp) One story was announced for the unpublished June 1933 issue. Crimson Night [Nibs Holloway] · Ed Norris · ss

Rapid-Fire Western Stories    (about)

Rapid-Fire Western Stories [v1 #1, October 1932] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Nick Eggenhofer) Details supplied by Doug Ellis. Cow Country Code · S. Omar Barker · pm Three of a Kind · Wilson L. Colvert · ss Rodeo Spoils · Ray Humphreys · ss Trail’s End · Edward T. Glynn · ss Cold Steel · J. Edward Leithead · ss Seven Devils · Samuel M. Sargent, Jr. · ss Name of a Bronco · Glenn A. Connor · ss Privilege to Kill · Johnston McCulley · ss Quick-Finger · Charles Penvir Gordon · ss "No Tickee, No Shirtee!" · Fred Moller · ss Collected in Full · Frank L. Benscoter · ss Raising Hill · Richard Hill Wilkinson · ss The Tenderfoot Sheriff · Ralph L. Cunningham · ss Overdrawn · Griff Crawford · pm

Rapid-Fire Western Stories [v1 #2, November 1932] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by William Reusswig) Details supplied by Doug Ellis. The Holy Terror · Clarence Mansfield Lindsay · pm Ace-High Magazine Jul #2 1926 The Border-Busters · J. Edward Leithead · ss Passengers · Kittredge Kelly · ss Buckin’ Hoss · Glenn A. Connor · ss Nightherd Fight · Ripton Croy · ss A Claim for Sale · Homer King Gordon · ss Planted Bullion · Douglas M. Dold · ss Fair an’ Square · Charles Gordon · ss Nice Dog · Joseph T. Kescel · ss Locked Lips · Frank C. Robertson · ss An Outlaw’s Revenge · William Wills Bradford · ss Earning Their Way · Ray Humphreys · ss Mortgage Money · Harrison G. Streeter · ss A Gray Shadow · Arthur F. Sliger · ss

Rapid-Fire Western Stories [v1 #3, December 1932] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Details supplied by John Locke from Table of Contents. 265 · Killer Conscience · Buck Pendleton · pm 266 · Green Grows the Saqu · H. Bedford-Jones · ss 282 · Road Agents’ Game · John A. Chase · ss 291 · One Bashful Bronc Buster · Clee Woods · vi 295 · Bandit Law · Raymond T. Ashley · ss 302 · Call Him King! · Glenn A. Connor · ss 316 · A New Deal for the Kid · Homer King Gordon · ss 325 · His Silent Partner · Army Adams · ss 337 · Bullet Race · Ray Humphreys · ss 342 · The Rustler Tamer · Wilson L. Colvert · nv 367 · Secret Gold · Fred McLaughlin · ss 378 · Sizzlin’ Sinner · Ray Lapham · ss 382 · Six-Gun Wooin’ · John Strange · pm

Rapid-Fire Western Stories [v2 #1, January 1933] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by H. C. Murphy) Details supplied by Doug Ellis. The Tough Guy Goes West · Albert William Stone · ss Gauntlet of Death · Charles Francis Coe · ss A Ride with P. Revere · James W. Egan · ss One Must Die · Ridgely Smith · ss The Pecos Killer · Griff Crawford · pm The Fighting Phantom · Oscar Schisgall · ss Bets and Bullets · Howard R. Marsh · ss Three Thieves · F. C. Clements · ss Mail Order Sleuth · Ray Humphreys · ss Unsung Hero · A. B. Macdonald · ar Hard Man’s Town · Ripton Croy · ss "Silent" Rides Alone · Gordon E. Warnke · ss

Rapid-Fire Western Stories [v2 #2, February 1933] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Jerry Delano) Details supplied by Doug Ellis. The Last Joke · Floyd T. Wood · pm Gun Glory · J. Edward Leithead · ss The Terror Riders · Tom Roan · ss The Gang Wrangler · Ripton Croy · ss The Blood Oath · Robert K. Roth · ss Funeral Shy · Arthur Evan James · ss Between Two Fires · George Rosenberg · ss Skeleton Trail · Glenn A. Connor · ss Barbwire War · S. Omar Barker & Honey Jim Mullens · ar The Way of a Badman · James W. Egan · ss Wolf City Loses Its Howl · Albert William Stone · ss

Rapid-Fire Western Stories [v2 #3, March 1933] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp) Incomplete Data - Issue not found. Need Contents Sins of the Double Cross · Army Adams · ss

Rapid-Fire Western Stories [v3 #1, April 1933] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Arthur Mitchell) Details supplied by Doug Ellis. Grub Wrangler · Albert William Stone · ss When a Ranger Rides · J. Edward Leithead · ss A Fool for Horses · Oscar Schisgall · ss I Am the Man · Clee Woods · ss Buck Settles a Debt · F. L. Tilden · ss Guns of Greed · Stephen Payne · ss Cowboy’s Toboggan · Dick Boyd · ar Death at the Water Hole · Henry Mallett · ss Madman’s Gulch · Ripton Croy · ss Killer’s Pay · G. Griswold Gillette · ss The Size of a Man’s Hat · George Rosenberg · ss

Rapid-Fire Western Stories [v3 #2, May 1933] (Rapid-Fire Publications, Inc., 10¢, pulp, cover by Jerry Delano) Details supplied by Doug Ellis. The Six-Gun Devil · Hal Ewing · ss Stampede! · Wilson L. Colvert · ss Blood-Debt · Frederick Owens · ss Rawhide for Rustlers · J. Edward Leithead · ss When Gunmen Meet · Glenn A. Connor · ss Plumb Lawful · Gordon E. Warnke · ss Breed of the Wild · Charles Penvir Gordon · ss Against Every Man’s Hand · Billy Davis · ss Bulldog Learns Strategy · Oscar Schisgall · ss Last Warning · J. R. Johnston · ss

Rapier    (about)

Rapier [v29, 1993] ed. Julie Lombardi (Marist School; Atlanta GA, 60pp, 7" x 9") Fiction only listed. Details supplied by Ned Brooks. 8 · The Road · Liz Patterson · ss 18 · See You in the Funnies · Christa Hartsock · ss 28 · A Subtle Decision · Michelle Lockhart · ss 39 · Soaring with Wings of Her Own · Laura Taylor · ss 49 · Pilgrims · Brent DiCrescenzo · ss 56 · DreamWeaver · Cecilia Fly · ss ins. · DreamWeaver · Cecilia Fly · ss; a slightly different text on a 4-page signature laid in loose.

Rapture    (about)

Rapture [v2 #2, 1962] (American Art Agency) Details taken from Table of Contents. 4 · Big Deal with a Deadly Dame · Frank N. Potter · ss 6 · Shipshape Blonde Shapes Up · Neva Shaw · pi 12 · Little Brown Jag · Austin Head · ar 16 · The Lass with an Open Glass · Cindy Carter · pi 18 · “Where You Been?” “Who Cares!” “What’d You Hook?” “Plenty!” · F. E. Harold · hu 20 · Old Trick with a New Twist · Carol McBea · pi 24 · Rapturous Femme · Anon. · pi 27 · Rapture’s Ribald Riot · [Various] · hu 28 · Red-Headed Bunny in the Lion’s Lair · Bunny Bacon · pi 35 · Next to Sex · S. N. Shepherd · ar 38 · A Lover’s Guide to Brawny Babes · Charles Weede · ar 41 · Hair on Their Fists · John Tamark · ar 44 · The Case of the Drenched Wench · Mimi Harris · pi

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