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Issue Details

Issue #18
Published April 1952
Frequency bimonthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Marion McDermott

Cover Details

Genre Crime
Pencils Matt Baker
Inks Matt Baker

2 page text story "Murder at Marsh Hollow"

Genre Crime
Letters typeset
Notes This story is printed on the inside front & inside back covers.

8 page story "The Gory Twenties Trail"

Genre Crime
Reprinted in Authentic Police Cases (St. John, 1948 series) # 38

4 page story "The Man Who Came to Murder!"

Characters Detective Leo Cahill
Genre Crime
Reprinted in Authentic Police Cases (St. John, 1948 series) # 38

6 page story "Rutzie Quits the Rackets"

Characters Rutzie Rinehart (killer)
Genre Crime
Reprinted in Authentic Police Cases (St. John, 1948 series) # 38

5 page story "Fifty Grand Frame-up"

Genre Crime
Reprinted in Authentic Police Cases (St. John, 1948 series) # 38

Half page Crime Does Not Pay! filler "Jack Diamond"

Characters Jack 'Legs' Diamond
Genre Crime
Notes Bottom half of page is statement of ownership signed by Archer St. John, publisher.

8 page story "Murder in Mink"

Characters Margo Shelton (ex-model); Marty Augustin (unemployed make-up man, and her partner in crime)
Genre Crime
Pencils Matt Baker
Inks Matt Baker
Reprinted in Authentic Police Cases (St. John, 1948 series) # 38