Thrilling Detective

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Title:	Thrilling Detective
Online content:	Free online material via The Online Books Page
Tables of contents:	FictionMags Index
First issue:	November 1931 (v. 1 no. 1)
First renewed issue:	November 1935 (v. 16 no. 3); see 1963 July-December
First renewed contribution in:	December 1933 (v. 9 no. 1); see 1960 July-December
Last issue:	Fall 1953 (v. 71 no. 4)

Renewed issues

This includes all active issue renewals.

November 1935 (v. 16 no. 3)
December 1935 (v. 17 no. 1)
January 1936 (v. 17 no. 2)
February 1936 (v. 17 no. 3)
March 1936 (v. 18 no. 1)
April 1936 (v. 18 no. 2)
May 1936 (v. 18 no. 3)
June 1936 (v. 19 no. 1)
July 1936 (v. 19 no. 2)
August 1936 (v. 19 no. 3)
September 1936 (v. 20 no. 1)
October 1936 (v. 20 no. 2)
November 1936 (v. 20 no. 3)
December 1936 (v. 21 no. 1)
January 1937 (v. 21 no. 2)
February 1937 (v. 21 no. 3)
March 1937 (v. 22 no. 1)
April 1937 (v. 22 no. 2)
May 1937 (v. 22 no. 3)
June 1937 (v. 23 no. 1)
July 1937 (v. 24 no. 2)
August 1937 (v. 24 no. 3)
September 1937 (v. 25 no. 1)
October 1937 (v. 25 no. 2)
December 1937 (v. 26 no. 1)
January 1938 (v. 26 no. 2)
February 1938 (v. 26 no. 3)
March 1938 (v. 27 no. 1)
April 1938 (v. 27 no. 2)
May 1938 (v. 27 no. 3)
June 1938 (v. 28 no. 1)
July 1938 (v. 28 no. 2)
August 1938 (v. 28 no. 3)
September 1938 (v. 29 no. 1)
October 1938 (v. 29 no. 2)
November 1938 (v. 29 no. 3)
December 1938 (v. 30 no. 1)
January 1939 (v. 30 no. 2)
February 1939 (v. 30 no. 3)
March 1939 (v. 31 no. 1)
April 1939 (v. 31 no. 2)
May 1939 (v. 31 no. 3)
June 1939 (v. 32 no. 1)
July 1939 (v. 32 no. 2)
August 1939 (v. 32 no. 3)
September 1939 (v. 33 no. 1)
October 1939 (v. 33 no. 2)
November 1939 (v. 33 no. 3)
December 1939 (v. 34 no. 1)
January 1940 (v. 34 no. 2)
February 1940 (v. 34 no. 3)
March 1940 (v. 35 no. 1)
April 1940 (v. 35 no. 2)
May 1940 (v. 35 no. 3)
June 1940 (v. 36 no. 1)
July 1940 (v. 36 no. 2)
August 1940 (v. 36 no. 3)
September 1940 (v. 37 no. 1)
October 1940 (v. 37 no. 2)
November 1940 (v. 37 no. 3)
December 1940 (v. 38 no. 1)
January 1941 (v. 38 no. 2)
February 1941 (v. 38 no. 3)
March 1941 (v. 39 no. 1)
April 1941 (v. 39 no. 2)
May 1941 (v. 39 no. 3)
June 1941 (v. 40 no. 1)
July 1941 (v. 40 no. 2)
August 1941 (v. 40 no. 3)
September 1941 (v. 41 no. 1)
October 1941 (v. 41 no. 2)
November 1941 (v. 41 no. 3)
December 1941 (v. 42 no. 1)
January 1942 (v. 42 no. 1); This is the second issue with this number.
February 1942 (v. 42 no. 2)
March 1942 (v. 42 no. 3)
April 1942 (v. 43 no. 1)
May 1942 (v. 43 no. 2)
June 1942 (v. 43 no. 3)
July 1942 (v. 44 no. 1)
August 1942 (v. 44 no. 2)
September 1942 (v. 44 no. 3)
October 1942 (v. 45 no. 1)
November 1942 (v. 45 no. 2)
December 1942 (v. 45 no. 3)
January 1943 (v. 46 no. 1)
February 1943 (v. 46 no. 2)
March 1943 (v. 46 no. 3)
April 1943 (v. 47 no. 1)
May 1943 (v. 47 no. 2)
June 1943 (v. 47 no. 3)
July 1943 (v. 48 no. 1)
August 1943 (v. 48 no. 2)
September 1943 (v. 48 no. 3)
October 1943 (v. 49 no. 1)
November 1943 (v. 49 no. 2)
December 1943 (v. 49 no. 3)
January 1944 (v. 50 no. 1)
February 1944 (v. 50 no. 2)
March 1944 (v. 50 no. 3)
April 1944 (v. 51 no. 1)
May 1944 (v. 51 no. 2)
June 1944 (v. 51 no. 3)
July 1944 (v. 52 no. 1)
August 1944 (v. 52 no. 2)
September 1944 (v. 52 no. 3)
October 1944 (v. 53 no. 1)
November 1944 (v. 53 no. 2)
December 1944 (v. 53 no. 3)
January 1945 (v. 54 no. 1)
February 1945 (v. 54 no. 2)
March 1945 (v. 54 no. 3)
April 1945 (v. 55 no. 1)
May 1945 (v. 55 no. 1); This is the second issue with this number.
June 1945 (v. 55 no. 2)
July 1945 (v. 56 no. 1)
August 1945 (v. 56 no. 2)
September 1945 (v. 56 no. 3)
November 1945 (v. 57 no. 1)
January 1946 (v. 57 no. 2)
March 1946 (v. 57 no. 3)
May 1946 (v. 58 no. 1)
July 1946 (v. 58 no. 2)
October 1946 (v. 58 no. 3)
December 1946 (v. 59 no. 1)
February 1947 (v. 59 no. 2)
April 1947 (v. 59 no. 3)
June 1947 (v. 60 no. 1)
August 1947 (v. 60 no. 2)
October 1947 (v. 60 no. 3)

Renewed contributions

This includes all active contribution renewals.

December 1933 (v. 9 no. 1): "The Perfect Frame", by George Harmon Coxe [Permissions]
April 1934 (v. 10 no. 2): "One for the Book", by George Harmon Coxe [Permissions]
May 1934 (v. 10 no. 3): "Jailed", by George Harmon Coxe [Permissions]
February 1935 (v. 13 no. 3): "The Murder Bridge", by George Harmon Coxe [Permissions]
June 1936 (v. 19 no. 1): "The Racket Buster", by Charlton Edholm
August 1937 (v. 24 no. 3): "Trailer Town", by Frank Gruber
August 1942 (v. 44 no. 2): "Death Rides a Wildcat", by Lee E. Wells (Title as given on issue cover. CCE renewal record gives title as 'Murder Rides the Wildcat')
October 1948 (v. 62 no. 3): "Death is the Answer", by John D. MacDonald [Permissions]
August 1950 (v. 66 no. 2): "Quest for a Killer", by Norman Daniels (There was no renewal filed specifically for this contribution, but it is a reprint of a story that first ran in the Summer 1943 issue of Exciting Detective. That issue has a renewed copyright.)
October 1950 (v. 66 no. 3): "Focus on Murder", by John L. Benton (There was no renewal filed specifically for this contribution, but it is a reprint of a story that first ran in the June 1940 issue of Detective Novels. That issue has a renewed copyright.)
December 1950 (v. 67 no. 1): "Quest for a Killer", by Norman Daniels (There was no renewal filed specifically for this contribution, but it is a reprint of a story that first ran in the Spring 1942 issue of Exciting Detective. That issue has a renewed copyright.)
February 1951 (v. 67 no. 2): "Sign of the Noose", by Robert Wallace (There was no renewal filed specifically for this contribution, but it is a reprint of a story that first ran in the February 1942 issue of Detective Novels. That issue has a renewed copyright.)
April 1951 (v. 67 no. 3): "Dying to Meet You", by G. T. Fleming-Roberts (There was no renewal filed specifically for this contribution, but it is a reprint of a story that first ran in the February 1942 issue of Popular Detective. That issue has a renewed copyright.)
April 1951 (v. 67 no. 3): "Murder Memos", by Joe Archibald (There was no renewal filed specifically for this contribution, but it is a reprint of a story that first ran in the March 1943 issue of G-Men Detective. That issue has a renewed copyright.)
June 1951 (v. 68 no. 1): "What Price Murder", by Cleve F. Adams (There was no renewal filed specifically for this contribution, but it is an abridged reprint of a novel with a renewed 1942 copyright.)
December 1951 (v. 69 no. 1): "Exit This Way", by M. V. Heberden (There was no renewal filed specifically for this contribution, but it is a reprint of a novel with a renewed 1950 copyright.)
December 1951 (v. 69 no. 1): "The Farmer Takes a Life", by Robert Turner (There was no renewal filed specifically for this contribution, but it is a reprint of a story that first ran in the May 1943 issue of Detective Tales. That issue has a renewed copyright.)
April 1953 (v. 71 no. 2): "The Colonel's Pride", by Richard Deming
Summer 1953 (v. 71 no. 3): "The Girl in the Golden Cage", by John Jakes (using the name Alan Payne)

Additional note

Some early 1950s issues of this magazine include reprints from earlier publications, some of which may still have active copyrights. We have not systematically surveyed such reprints, but the FictionMags tables of contents will generally note the original publication of a reprinted story.

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