If you are contemplating committing a crime, then our detective category
is certainly not the place to do it, as here reside the cream of sleuths.
Arguably the biggest fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes,
makes a brief appearance with Charlton's two issue run, maybe due to licensing issues.
Charlie Chan appears both in newspaper strip and comic book format.
The comic strip, drawn by Alfred Andriola, was abruptly dropped after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
After the war he made a comeback. Two examples we have are, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's Prize Comics' Charlie Chan
and a later Charlton Comics title.
We have other big names. Simon Templar, known to us all as The Saint.
The Robin Hood of modern crime is a bad guy turned good. Ellery Queen, a mystery writer who helps his police inspector father solve murders.
The prolific Sexton Blake, plus a lot more!
We have 85 titles and 1,911 issues in our 'Detective Category' for you to enjoy.
Detective Comics And Books
| The Nelson Lee Library |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Description: | The Nelson Lee Library was published by The Amalgamated Press based at Fleetway House in Farringdon Street, London.
It ran for a total of 948 issues in four runs, between 12th June 1915 and 12th August 1933.
First Run or Old Series, ran from 12th June 1915 ... |
| Nick Carter Stories |
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| Section: | Nick Carter |
| Description: | Published weekly by Street & Smith Publications based in New York.
A magazine for boys featuring the adventures of Nick Carter, a detective who solves criminal cases using ingenuity and wits rather than violence and brute force. It ceased publication in 1915. ... |
| Old Broadbrim |
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| Section: | Dime Novels |
| Description: | Published weekly by Street & Smith Publications based in New York.
It ran for 51 issues from October 4th 1902 - September 19th 1903
Josiah Broadbrim is a Quaker Detective. His Quaker characteristics include pacifism, wearing grey clothing and a broad-brimmed ... |
| Old Cap. Collier Library |
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| Section: | Dime Novels |
| Description: | Published initially weekly and later as a semi monthly by Munro's Publishing House based in New York.
First issue published in 1883 - Last issue published in 1899
Features detective stories with a changing roster of main characters who solve the crimes.
The ... |
| Roy Carson |
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| Online: | 4 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 8 |
| From: | Feb 1948 |
| To: | Feb 1951 |
| Seq: | 1 - 36 |
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| Publisher: | T.V. Boardman Ltd/Popular Press |
| Description: | Roy Carson was a British hard-boiled detective created in 1948 by Denis McLoughlin and his brother Colin and first published by Boardman Books in their series of rotogravure comic books (1948-1954).
Roy, with his plucky girl companion Silk, faced all manner ... |
| The Saint |
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| Online: | 13 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 12 |
| From: | Aug 1947 |
| To: | Mar 1952 |
| Seq: | 1 - 12 |
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| Publisher: | Avon Periodicals |
| Description: | THE SAINT, 1947 Series.
No. 1, Aug 1947 - no. 12, Mar 1952
This title is hosted with agreement from the Estate of Leslie Charteris. For more information, please visit the official website of Leslie ... |
| Sam Hill Private Eye |
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| Online: | 7 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 7 |
| From: | 1950 |
| To: | 1952 |
| Seq: | 1 - 7 |
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| Publisher: | Archie / MLJ |
| Description: | (1950 series)
1950 - 1952
issues: #1-7
Artists on this title include Harry Lucey |
| School Friend |
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| Online: | 36 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 1 |
| From: | May 1950 |
| To: | Jan 1965 |
| Seq: | 1 - 766 |
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| Section: | UK Comic Books |
| Description: | British weekly comic for girls. Ran from May 1950 to January 1965. A total of 766 issues. It's most famous strip was The Silent Three. Another regular strip was Terry Brent, a detective story. |
| Scientific Detective Monthly |
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| Section: | Science Fiction |
| Description: | Scientific Detective Monthly was a pulp magazine published by Techni-Craft Publishing Co. of New York for the first ten issues, and then by Fiction Publishers, Inc., also of New York. It ran for fifteen issues beginning in January 1930 until August 1931.
It ... |
| Sexton Blake Library |
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| Section: | Crime and Detective |
| Description: | Published initially weekly and later as a semi-monthly by The Amalgamated Press based in London.
First issue was published September 1915 - Last issue published October 1968
Sexton Blake is a fictional detective who appeared in many British comic strips and novels ... |
| Startling Detective |
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| Section: | Crime and Detective |
| Description: | Also known as Startling Detective adventures, a crime story pulp series, published by Fawcett.
DO NOT UPLOAD ANY OF THESE AFTER VOL 43 (1952) |
| Ten Detective Aces |
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| Section: | Crime and Detective |
| Description: | Published initially monthly then subsequently bi-monthly by Magazine Publishers Inc. (A Division Of Ace Comics) based in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Preceded by The Dragnet Magazine which ran for 16 issues (Oct 1928 - Mar 1930).
It then was renamed Detective ... |
| The Thriller |
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| Online: | 176 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | Feb 1929 |
| To: | May 1940 |
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| Section: | British Story Papers |
| Description: | British weekly "pulp" featuring well written and illustrated, fast moving and atmospheric crime and mystery stories. Some well known authors and characters appeared in The Thriller incl. The Saint, Shadow, Blackshirt, Mr. Preed, J.G. Reeder. Writers ... |
| Young King Cole |
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| Online: | 26 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 23 |
| From: | 1945 |
| To: | Jul 1948 |
| Seq: | v1 1 - v3 12 |
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| Publisher: | Novelty Press |
| Description: | (1945 series)
Fall, 1945 - July 1948
Issues: 23 (V1#1 - V3#12)
Tracking: Numbering continues as CRIMINALS ON THE RUN (Novelty Press, 1948 series).
Artists on this title include Nina Albright, Wayne Boring, Joe Certa, L.B. Cole, Harvey K. Fuller, Hy Gage, ... |
| Za-La-Mort |
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| Online: | 12 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| From: | 1946 |
| To: | 1947 |
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| Non-English: | Italian Language Books |
| Description: | Italian landscape in 3 series from 1946 - 1947 published by Edizioni Stellissima, Milan,featuring a character adapted from Italian cinema.
Crash Ryan notes:-
"I found this information about Za-La-Mort in a 2011 dissertation for Durham University by Joseph ... |
| Zaza |
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| Online: | 2 Books |
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| Publishing History |
| Issues: | 2 |
| From: | Apr 1956 |
| To: | Sep 1956 |
| Seq: | 10 - 11 |
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| Publisher: | Charlton |
