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Captain Satan
Title changed from Strange Detective Mysteries.

Publishers:

Popular Publications, Inc.; 2256 Grove Street, Chicago, IL: Captain Satan

Captain Satan [v1 #3, March 1938] (10¢, 96pp+, pulp)

4 · Copper · Anon. · vi
8 · The Mask of the Damned [Cary Adair (Captain Satan)] · William O’Sullivan · na
84 · Mr. Detective Is Annoyed [Donny Jordine] · William R. Cox · ss

Captain Satan [v1 #4, April 1938] (10¢, 96pp+, pulp, cover by Malvin Singer)

6 · Parole for the Dead [Cary Adair (Captain Satan)] · William O’Sullivan · na
74 · Bullets Speak Louder · Walter J. Higgins · ss
84 · Death Has a Double · Ralph Bennitt · ss

Captain Satan [v2 #1, May 1938] (10¢, 96pp+, pulp, cover by Malvin Singer)

6 · The Dead Man Express [Cary Adair (Captain Satan)] · William O’Sullivan · na
73 · Never Trust a Cop · W. T. Ballard · ss
85 · Murder Comes Calling · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss

Captain Satan [v2 #2, June 1938] (10¢, 96pp+, pulp, cover by Malvin Singer)

6 · A Ghost Rides the Dawn [Cary Adair (Captain Satan)] · William O’Sullivan · na
76 · Death Wears a Badge · Wyatt Blassingame · ss
86 · Murder Will Wait · Moran Tudury · ss

Captain Satan [v2 #3, July 1938] (10¢, 96pp+, pulp)

4 · The Ambassador from Hell [Cary Adair (Captain Satan)] · William O’Sullivan · na
72 · Murder Speaks Twice · Robert Sidney Bowen · ss
81 · Mr. Detective Goes to Jail [Donny Jordine] · William R. Cox · ss

Strange Detective Mysteries
Title changed from Captain Satan.

Publishers:

Popular Publications, Inc.; 2256 Grove Street, Chicago, IL: Strange Detective Mysteries

Editors:

Henry Steeger - Editor: Strange Detective Mysteries

Strange Detective Mysteries [v2 #4, November-December 1938] (10¢, 112pp+, pulp)

7 · Bodies for the Wax Factory · Arthur Leo Zagat · nv
30 · Workshop of the Living Dead · Thorp McClusky · nv
48 · Twelve Blue Corpses · Henry Treat Sperry · nv
66 · Case of the Exploding Men [Tim & Larry Dugan] · Ray Cummings · nv
82 · Web-Footed Death Dance · Paul Ernst · nv
97 · Satan Fills the Morgue · Earl Peirce, Jr. · ss; given as by Earl Pierce, Jr.

Strange Detective Mysteries [v3 #1, January-February 1939] (10¢, 112pp+, pulp)

7 · The Invisible Killer · John Kobler · nv
30 · Enter, the Corpse-Maker · Milton Lowe · nv
45 · Murder by Magic · Arthur Leo Zagat · ss
54 · Merchant of Screaming Death · Nat Schachner · nv
72 · Satan’s Penthouse Carnival · Norvell W. Page · ss
82 · Welcome, Mr. Death · Chan Corbett · ss
92 · The Case of the Faceless Corpses [Tim & Larry Dugan] · Ray Cummings · nv

Strange Detective Mysteries [v3 #2, March-April 1939] (10¢, 112pp+, pulp)

11 · Butcher’s Holiday [Ethan Burr] · Russell Gray · nv
34 · Terror of the Corpse Balloons · Nat Schachner · nv
52 · The Blind Eye Murders · John Kobler · nv
72 · The Nine Fingers of Doom · Ray Cummings · nv
90 · Death Watches from the Rooftops · Ward Hawkins · nv

Strange Detective Mysteries [v3 #3, May-June 1939] (10¢, 112pp+, pulp)

7 · The Crystal Doll Killings · Hugh B. Cave · nv
28 · School for Slaughter · Edith & Ejler Jacobson · nv
48 · The Corpse Clinic · Nat Schachner · nv
66 · Satan’s Jigsaw Factory [Ethan Burr] · Russell Gray · nv
84 · The Great, Grey Hounds of Death · Chan Corbett · nv
100 · Tomb for the Living Dead · Leon Byrne · ss

Strange Detective Mysteries [v3 #4, July-August 1939] (10¢, 112pp+, pulp)

5 · Murder Goes a-Begging [Ethan Burr] · Russell Gray · nv
28 · Suicide Circus · Stewart Sterling · nv
50 · Doctor Death’s Murder Ward [John Bain] · Arthur Leo Zagat · nv
70 · Mystery of the Bloated Corpses · Giles Norcroft · nv
84 · The Street of Jungle Death · Cornell Woolrich · nv

Strange Detective Mysteries [v4 #1, September-October 1939] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp+, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Detectives All · [The Editor] · ed
6 · Master of the Body Merchants · Donald G. Cormack · na
30 · The Strip Tease Murders · Emile C. Tepperman · na
55 · Fantastic but True · Anon. · ia
56 · Murder by Remote Control [Ethan Burr] · Russell Gray · nv
74 · The Case of the Eyeless Corpses · R. S. Lerch · nv
92 · Sun Yat’s Slaughter League · Donald Graham · nv
112 · Calendar of Crime · Anon. · cl

Strange Detective Mysteries [v4 #2, November-December 1939] (10¢, 112pp+, pulp)

6 · Death Sends His Maniacs · Emile C. Tepperman · nv
36 · It’s Raining Corpses in Chinatown [Ethan Burr] · Russell Gray · nv
56 · Workshop of the Lightning-Maker [Clay Breton] · R. S. Lerch · nv
72 · Slaves of the Murder Clinic · Donald G. Cormack · nv
92 · The Charred Wrist Killings [Mal Varney] · Stewart Sterling · nv

Strange Detective Mysteries [v4 #3, January-February 1940] (10¢, 112pp+, pulp)

4 · Bodies for the Freak Show · Stewart Sterling · nv
28 · Night Club for the Dead · William R. Cox · nv
45 · Night of Double Doom · Leo Hoban · ss
50 · Frankenstein’s Twenty Cousins [Clay Breton] · R. S. Lerch · nv
72 · The Snowman Murders · Russell Gray · nv
88 · —And None May Flee · Arthur Leo Zagat · nv

Strange Detective Mysteries [v4 #4, March 1940] (10¢, 112pp+, pulp)

6 · The Case of the Atomized Corpses [Mal Varney] · Stewart Sterling · nv
30 · Sing a Song of Slaughter · Dane Gregory · nv
54 · Hospice of the Undead · Andrew Holliday · nv
72 · The Whistling Dwarf Brings Death [Joe Gee] · Wyatt Blassingame · ss
87 · Siren of Horror Hall · William B. Rainey · ss
94 · Bodies for the Vulture-Man [Sarah Wilson] · Donald Dale · ss

Strange Detective Mysteries [v5 #1, May 1940] (10¢, 112pp+, pulp)

6 · Beast Without a Body · Edith & Ejler Jacobson · nv
28 · Television’s Torture Chamber [Mal Varney] · Stewart Sterling · nv
48 · Death Deals in Dust [Ethan Burr] · Russell Gray · nv
65 · Arms for the Scalpel-Man · Wayne Rogers · ss
74 · Red Rain on Wall Street · Giles Norcroft · ss
86 · Murder Sends a Valentine · R. S. Lerch · nv

Strange Detective Mysteries [v5 #2, July 1940] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp+, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · The Orphans’ Underworld Agent · [The Editor] · ed
6 · The Devil Dines on Corpses [Mal Varney] · Stewart Sterling · nv
32 · The Bride of Death · W. T. Ballard · nv
54 · The Fountain of Youth Murders [Schuyler Montgomery (The Parson)] · Donald G. Cormack · nv
73 · Fantastic but True · Anon. · ia
74 · Flesh for the Silver Venus · R. S. Lerch · nv
90 · Roadstand of the Walking Dead · William Hines · nv
111 · Calendar of Crime · Anon. · cl

Strange Detective Mysteries [v5 #3, September 1940] (10¢, 112pp+, pulp)

6 · Charity Begins with Murder · Emile C. Tepperman · nv
28 · Mother Betsy’s Corpse Factory · Donald G. Cormack · nv
48 · Flesh for the Chinatown Dragon · R. S. Lerch · nv
68 · The Zombie Master · Raymond Whetstone · nv
86 · The Thousand Dead Eyes [Sarah Wilson] · Donald Dale · nv

Strange Detective Mysteries [v5 #4, November 1940] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 112pp+, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Truth Is Stranger— · [The Editor] · ed
8 · Coming of the Boneless Men [Rod Keeney] · Stewart Sterling · na
32 · Chain of Severed Hands · Emile C. Tepperman · nv
52 · Ten Barrels of Blood · Giles Norcroft · nv
68 · Hounds of the Vampire · R. S. Lerch · nv
84 · Madam Satan’s Yellow Legion [Schuyler Montgomery (The Parson)] · Donald G. Cormack · nv
111 · Calendar of Crime · Anon. · cl

Strange Detective Mysteries [v6 #1, January 1941] (10¢, 112pp+, pulp)

8 · Blood on the Dragon’s Horn · Norvell W. Page · na
42 · The Things from Underground · R. S. Lerch · nv
61 · Death Is My Daughter · Henry Kuttner · ss
70 · Case of the Growing Corpse [Rod Keeney] · Stewart Sterling · nv
88 · Beware the Blind Killer · Russell Gray · nv

Strange Detective Mysteries [v6 #2, March 1941] (10¢, 112pp+, pulp)

8 · Andrew Magee and the Gray Ghost · Wayne Rogers · nv
32 · The Case of the Talking Dead · Emile C. Tepperman · nv
50 · The Master of Suicides · Wyatt Blassingame · nv
64 · Slaves of the Death Song · Ralph Oppenheim · nv
84 · Corpses in Chinatown · William Hines · nv

Strange Detective Mysteries [v6 #3, May 1941] (10¢, 112pp+, pulp)

8 · Those Who Die Laughing [Doc Egg] · Day Keene · nv
37 · Death Can Be Beautiful · Emile C. Tepperman · ss
46 · The Amnesia Murders · Wayne Rogers · nv
68 · Satan’s Red Mist · Hugh B. Cave · nv
91 · Fingers of Fear · Norvell W. Page · ss

Strange Detective Mysteries [v6 #4, October 1941] (10¢, 116pp, pulp)

10 · Wanted: Substitute for a Corpse · Donald G. Cormack · nv
32 · Her Friend, the Killer · Dane Gregory · ss
37 · Murder Holds a Seance · Donald Graham · ss
48 · The Five Who Were Masked · Francis K. Allan · nv
73 · A Corpse for Company · Norvell W. Page · ss
82 · The Island God Forgot · Day Keene · nv
98 · The House That Wasn’t There · Arthur Leo Zagat · ss

Strange Detective Mysteries [v7 #1, January 1942] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · When Pirates Bold— · [The Editor] · ed
11 · Aladdin’s Murder Palace · Arthur Leo Zagat · na
34 · Death Is a White Rabbit · Fredric Brown · nv
48 · Dead Hands Can’t Kill! · Norvell W. Page · nv
64 · Fuel for Satan’s Fires · Stewart Sterling · nv
82 · A Blonde to Die With! · Prentice Lewis · na

Strange Detective Mysteries [v7 #2, March 1942] (10¢, 116pp, pulp)
Given as February on the cover.

10 · The Mansion of Missing Men · Wayne Rogers · nv
32 · Out of Darkness · Richard Sale · ss
42 · Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter · Fredric Brown · ss
52 · Death Builds a Steel Cage · Francis K. Allan · nv
76 · The Talisman of Murder [Ed Race (The Masked Marksman)] · Emile C. Tepperman · nv
92 · Dead Man’s Plague · Joe Kent · ss

Strange Detective Mysteries [v7 #3, May 1942] (10¢, 116pp, pulp)

10 · Come in—and Die · Francis K. Allan · nv
33 · The Things You Never See · William Campbell Gault · ss
38 · What Is a Ghost? · Ed Bodin · ar
40 · Who Stole the Corpse? · J. J. des Ormeaux · nv
58 · The Maker of Fiery Death · Arthur Leo Zagat · nv
77 · Murder Makes Delivery · Charles Ingerman · ss
86 · Satan’s Night Out · Edith & Ejler Jacobson · ss
99 · The Lady Walks with Death · Grendon Alzee · ss

Strange Detective Mysteries [v7 #4, July 1942] (Popular Publications, Inc., 10¢, 116pp, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · The Challenge of Mystery · [The Editor] · ed
10 · Murder’s Little Brown Legion · Wayne Rogers · na
31 · While Satan Waits · Albert Foster · ss
42 · A Date to Die · Fredric Brown · ss
56 · Death Paints a Portrait · Joe Kent · na
76 · Me, Corpse · Walt Sheldon · vi
80 · Red Is the Hue of Hell · Felix Graham · nv
94 · The Corpse That Kills · Francis K. Allan · nv

Strange Detective Mysteries [v8 #1, September 1942] (10¢, 116pp, pulp)

11 · Keep Out of My Coffin · Day Keene · nv
36 · Dying Time · Francis K. Allan · ss
48 · The Hounds of Hell · Edith & Ejler Jacobson · nv
62 · The Mask of Death · John Bender · nv
80 · The Mystery of Mark McCrea · Edward S. Williams · nv
98 · Murder’s Private Preview · Walt Sheldon · ss

Strange Detective Mysteries [v8 #2, November 1942] (10¢, 116pp, pulp)

10 · The Widowed Brides of Cypress Key · Day Keene · nv
31 · Double for Murder · Murray Leinster · ss
38 · Final Death Line—Friday · Francis K. Allan · nv
60 · Dark Refuge · John Bender · ss
66 · The Guns from Hell · Frederick C. Davis · nv
84 · Bargain Day for Corpses · Russell Gray · nv

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