Popular Detective
Popular Detective is one of the basic detective pulps, both for its longevity (133 issues in 19 years) and for a consistent high quality of material from most of the top detective authors of the period.
There were three series of a Canadian reprint edition, one in the 1930s, one in the early 1940s, and one in the late 1940s/early 1950s, as well as a British reprint edition in the 1950s.
AMY STOPS THE CLOCK—SAM MERWIN, JR.
The gargantuan Miss Brewster orders a four pound steak to fortify herself for a case with romantic overtones!
GUNS ARE HANDY THINGS—ROBERT SIDNEY BOWEN
Chet Lacey takes on a tough and dangerous chore when he attempts to bring the straying Alec Keltner home!
STUCK WITH THE EVIDENCE—JOE ARCHIBALD
When it’s the finale for Ferdinand Fingly, Willie Klump makes progress in his investigation - by backing into the solution!
STATE PENMANSHIP—JOE ARCHIBALD
When Willie Klump meets up with a team of check forgers he has to do some fast thinking – or bounce into trouble!
DAY'S WORK—ROGER DEE
For Walt Penner, bucking a badger game is all in the—Day's Work
DYING TO SEE WILLIE—JOE ARCHIBALD
The crook climbed right into bed with Detective Klump before kicking the bucket, but he left a valuable clue behind him!
A LAM TO THE SLAUGHTER—JOE ARCHIBALD
Daffy Detective Klump follows a dizzy dame through a haywire homicide that can only end in the looney bin!
GUNMETAL FINISH—STEWART STERLING
THE SHERLOCK HOLMES THEORY—JACK KOFOED
Baldy Simmons, the sage of Broadway, faces the fury of an armed killer in the dressing room of Julie Hart, dancer!
THE KISS AND KILL MURDERS—STEWART STERLING
“Produce or else!” the store president told Detective Don Marko. And so far, he had produced—the corpses of two girls!