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Clues Detective Stories [v38 #4, September 1937] ed. F. Orlin Tremaine (10¢, pulp) 8-39 · Death at Nine Furlongs · John Lawrence · ss; illus. unidentified 40-58 · Electric Devils · Donald Wandrei · ss; illus. unidentified 59-70 · Educated Eyes · Frank Gruber · ss; illus. unidentified 71-99 · The Brazilian Parrot · Theodore Tinsley · ss; illus. Grape? Crape?? 100-??? · The Black Door · Cleve F. Adams · ss; illus. Carlson
Clues Detective Stories [v38 #5, October 1937] ed. F. Orlin Tremaine (10¢, pulp) 8-36 · Torched to Death · Fred MacIsaac · ss; illus. Edd Cartier 37-46 · Thubway Tham’s Jewelry Haul · Johnston McCulley · ss; illus. Orban 46 · Instrument of Torture · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 47-72 · If I Were a Detective · Oscar Schisgall · ss; illus. unidentified 73-75 · Gats Are Dangerous · E. Murray Campbell · ss; illus. unidentified 76-99 · In the Dead Man’s Hand · Roland Phillips · ss; illus. Orban 100-101 · The March of Crime · The Editor · ed; illus. (none) 102-106 · He Couldn’t Take it · John J. McPhaul · ss; illus. unidentified 107-115 · Night Eye · E. V. Otten · ss; illus. unidentified 115 · Eye Specialist Racket · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 116-??? · His Own Avenger · Kenneth Andrews · ss; illus. unidentified
Clues Detective Stories [v38 #6, November 1937] ed. Frank E. Blackwell (10¢, pulp) 8-40 · Bloody Bullets · Cleve F. Adams · ss; illus. Orban 41-49 · Thubway Tham — Model · Johnston McCulley · ss; illus. unidentified 50-77 · Murder on Maracaibo Street · Walter Ripperger · ss; illus. unidentified 77 · War on Slot Machines · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 78-85 · Charred Clues · Bertrand L. Shurtleff · ss; illus. unidentified 85 · Black Light · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 86-105 · Milk-Can Cop · Harrington Strong · ss; illus. Orban 105 · Traffic Violater in Rogue’s Gallery · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 106-107 · The March of Crime · The Editor · ed; illus. (none) 108-115 · Gallows Thread · Christopher B. Booth · ar; illus. unidentified 116-122 · Justice Takes Its Course · Milo Ray Phelps · ss; illus. Orban 122 · British School for Police Officers · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 123-??? · Crime by Suggestion · Chapin Pratt · ss; illus. unidentified
Clues Detective Stories [v39 #1, December 1937] ed. Frank E. Blackwell (10¢, pulp) 14-36 · Crime on Skis · Anthony Rud · ss; illus. unidentified 37-47 · One Jump Ahead · Charles Boswell · ss; illus. unidentified 48-64 · Murder Message · Cyril Plunkett · ss; illus. unidentified (Doolin???) 64 · A Typical Convict · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 65-73 · The Pay Off · Bert Shurtleff · ss; illus. unidentified 73 · Refuses to Leave Prison · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 74-103 · Fire Trap · Sinclair Gluck · ss; illus. unidentified 103 · Cell Block in Sing Sing Criticized · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 104-105 · The March of Crime · The Editor · ed; illus. (none) 106-113 · Thubway Tham Buys Buttons · Johnston McCulley · ss; illus. unidentified 114 · Greed! · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 115-124 · Eye Evidence · Earl Dow · ss; illus. Joseph Doolin, ? 124 · Prison Break Fails · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 125-127 · Trapped · Edmond H. Vanwinkle · ss; illus. unidentified 127 · Drown Dope Addicts · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none)
Clues Detective Stories [v39 #2, January 1938] ed. Frank E. Blackwell (10¢, pulp) 6-34 · The One-Eyed Joss · Walter Ripperger · ss; illus. unidentified 35-43 · Thubway Tham’s Own Wallet · Johnston McCulley · ss; illus. unidentified 43 · The Wrong Place to Revolt · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 44-45 · The March of Crime · The Editor · ed; illus. (none) 46-64 · The Racket Buster · Cleve Adams · ss; illus. unidentified 64 · Good Eyesight Vital to Crime · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 65-75 · The Body in the Chimney · Donald S. Aitken · ss; illus. unidentified 76-89 · Without a Single Enemy · John Bradford · ss; illus. Joseph Doolin, ? 90-98 · Murderer’s Luck · Christopher B. Booth · ar; illus. unidentified 98 · Dies in Obscurity · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 99-109 · Back Door to Murder · Wyatt Blassingame · ss; illus. unidentified 109 · Third Degree · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 110-115 · Dumb Like a Fox · Edward A. Dieckmann · ss; illus. Orban 114 · Pole-Sitting Convict · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 115-127 · Frozen Loot · Prentice Agnew · ss; illus. unidentified 127 · Prison Ship Sold · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none)
Clues Detective Stories [v39 #3, February 1938] ed. Frank E. Blackwell (10¢, pulp) 5 · Mysteries in Far Places · The Editor · ed; illus. (none) 6-32 · Detour to Death · John Wilcox · ss; illus. Sewell Higgins 33-44 · Transatlantic Kill · Dale Clark · ss; illus. unidentified 44 · Prisons of Yesterday · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 45-53 · Thubway Tham Goes Highbrow · Johnston McCulley · ss; illus. unidentified 54-74 · Murder Follows Murder · James Wilson · ss; illus. unidentified 75 · What is a Criminal? · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 76-86 · The Dead Repay · H. E. O. Whitman · ss; illus. unidentified 87-95 · Marked with Death · Frank Parks · ar; illus. A. McWilliams 95 · Human Fox · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 96-97 · The March of Crime · The Editor · ed; illus. (none) 98-106 · Death Under the Elephant · Jack Straley · ss; illus. unidentified 107-115 · Alibi a la Mode · Milo Ray Phelps · ss; illus. unidentified 115 · Criminal Influences · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 115 · Soft-Hearted Thief · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 127 · Murder Versus Theft · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none)
Clues Detective Stories [v39 #4, March 1938] ed. Frank E. Blackwell (10¢, pulp) 5 · Elixir of Spring · The Editor · ed; illus. (none) 6-30 · Over the Wire · James N. Parrish · ss; illus. unidentified 30 · New York City Police · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 31-39 · The Ogre from the Depths · Cyril Plunkett · ss; illus. unidentified 39 · Habitual Criminals · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 40-61 · Murder for Millions · George A. McDonald · ss; illus. unidentified 62-69 · Why Tham Never Reformed · Johnston McCulley · ss; illus. unidentified 70-71 · The March of Crime · The Editor · ed; illus. (none) 72-96 · Gentleman’s Agreement · Cleve F. Adams · ss; illus. unidentified 97-104 · Too Clever for the Law · R. E. Bragden · ss; illus. unidentified 105-109 · Paper Clues · C. H. Prescott · ss; illus. unidentified 110 · In the Chair · Maurice J. Ronayne · ss; illus. unidentified 111-125 · Apology for Murder · Neil Miller · ss; illus. unidentified 125 · Law in Latin America · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 126-127 · The Line-Up · The Editor · lt; illus. (none) 126 · letter · Ramsey Clarke · lt 126 · letter · Mrs. C. A. Larch · lt 126-127 · letter · Louis P. Griffin · lt 127 · letter · Charles De Windt · lt 127 · letter · Kenneth Odom · lt 128 · Murder by Music · C. Wiles Hallock · pm; illus. unidentified
Clues Detective Stories [v39 #5, April 1938] ed. Frank E. Blackwell (10¢, pulp) 5 · Coming Next Month · The Editor · ed; illus. (none) 6-40 · Dead Man Says No · Maurice Beam · ss; illus. Orban 41-51 · In at the Kill · Richard Howells Watkins · ss; illus. unidentified 52-89 · The Appalling Frame · John Lawrence · ss; illus. Kirchner 90-97 · Signed by Death · Cyril Plunkett · ss; illus. C. Thorp 97 · Crime Increases in Cities · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 98-118 · Turn on the Heat · Benton Braden · ss; illus. C. Thorpe 119-126 · Preview · Charles Boswell · ss; illus. unidentified 126-127 · The Line-Up · The Editor · lt; illus. (none) 126 · letter · Lucille Avery · lt 126-127 · letter · Loren E. Heckcher · lt 127 · letter · Clifford Bassett · lt 127 · letter · Thomas Anson Traeger · lt 127 · letter · Ethel May Merritt · lt
Clues Detective Stories [v39 #6, May 1938] ed. Frank E. Blackwell (10¢, pulp) 4-28 · Big Shot in Bronze · Carl Clausen · ss; illus. Edd Cartier 29 · The Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ed; illus. unidentified 30-55 · Black Thunder · Arthur J. Burks · ss; illus. unidentified 56-64 · Sleuth in the Smithy · Jack Straley · ss; illus. unidentified 65-82 · Terrible Hands · Edward Ronns · ss; illus. unidentified 83-94 · Wings Over the Arctic · Edward A. Herron · ss; illus. unidentified 95 · Parole · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 96-116 · Bloodstained Bank Notes · George A. McDonald · ss; illus. Orban 116 · Mistakes in Jurisprudence · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 117-126 · Pennies from Heaven · Frank Parks · ss; illus. unidentified 127-128 · The Line-Up · The Editor · lt; illus. (none) 127 · letter · Patrick G. Maher · lt 127-128 · letter · E. R. Morton · lt 128 · letter · Ernest P. Knobloch · lt 128 · letter · Estrella M. Gorman · lt 128 · letter · Claire Thorgerson · lt 128 · letter · Selma Luitweiler · lt 128 · letter · Ernest Freeland · lt
Clues Detective Stories [v40 #1, June 1938] ed. Frank E. Blackwell (10¢, pulp) 6-40 · The Incredible Crime · John Jay Chichester · ss; illus. unidentified 40 · Spotting Phony Cash · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 41-51 · The Brooklyn Bridge Murder · Jack Straley · ss; illus. unidentified 52-80 · Caves of Mystery · Arthur J. Burks · ss; illus. Orban 81-86 · Switched Loot · Donald S. Aitken · ss; illus. Orban 87 · Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ar; illus. unidentified 88-106 · Johnny Pike, Exterminator · Benton Braden · ss; illus. unidentified 107-110 · A Murder As Arranged · Hal G. Vermes · ss; illus. Orban 111-123 · Wine Is a Mocker · H. H. Stinson · ss; illus. Scavelo??? 124 · The Line-Up · The Editor · lt; illus. (none) 124 · letter · Freeman C. Tupper · lt 124 · letter · Jesse Krantzman · lt 125 · The Narcotic Kiss · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 126 · Deepest Mystery · The Editor · ar; illus. (none)
Clues Detective Stories [v40 #2, July 1938] ed. Frank E. Blackwell (10¢, pulp) 6-43 · The Nicotine Needles · John Lawrence · ss; illus. unidentified 44-54 · Killed in Wall Street · Jack Straley · ss; illus. unidentified 54 · Seek Legalization of Mercy Killing · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 55-59 · Hell’s Old Men · Barrie Charles · ss; illus. unidentified 59 · Boy Detective Gets His Man · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 60-63 · Even the Pigeons · Phil Richards · ss; illus. unidentified 64-82 · Itching Fingers · R. E. Bragden · ss; illus. unidentified 82 · Teacher-Coach Turns Thief · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 83 · The Line-Up · The Editor · lt; illus. (none) 83 · letter · Mrs. W. B. Morgan · lt 83 · letter · Esther Hartnett Rogers · lt 83 · Red Danger! · The Editor · ed; illus. (none) 84-89 · Twenty-Four Hours to Death · Alvin Dennison · ss; illus. unidentified 89 · Paroled Mother Slays Six Children · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 90-108 · Emergency Squad · Walter C. Brown · ss; illus. unidentified 108 · Slayer Executed Blaming Society · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 109 · The Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ar; illus. (none) 111-??? · Knight of the Wrecker · Carl Rathjen · ss; illus. unidentified
Clues Detective Stories [v40 #3, August 1938] ed. Frank E. Blackwell (10¢, pulp) 6-37 · The Dutch Demon · Edward S. Williams · ss; illus. Orban 38-47 · The Gargoyle · Ray Cummings · ss; illus. E. C. 48-79 · The Red-Headed Murder Case · Baxter Redman · ss; illus. unidentified 80-89 · Vags Are Useful · Arden X. Pangborn · ss; illus. Wesso 90-112 · Diamond Dames · Benton Braden · ss; illus. Orban 113 · The Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ar; illus. (none) 115-119 · The Camera Clicks · Hal G. Vermes · ss; illus. unidentified 119 · Snubbed Cop Gets Hunch and Balks Holdup · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 120-128 · Two Women and Death · Paul McEvoy · ar; illus. unidentified 128 · The Line-Up · The Editor · lt; illus. (none) 128 · letter · Leon Barstow M. D. · lt 128 · letter · Elon Slapnicka · lt 129 · Horror Invisible · The Editor · ed; illus. (none)
Clues Detective Stories [v40 #4, September 1938] ed. Frank E. Blackwell (10¢, pulp) 6-31 · The Thing that Walked · J. J. des Ormeaux · ss; illus. unidentified 32-39 · Too Perfect · William G. Bogart · ss; illus. unidentified 40-66 · Scissors Have Two Blades · Edward Ronns · ss; illus. unidentified 67-73 · Backfire · K. Krausse · ss; illus. unidentified 74-93 · Alligator Cache · Oscar Schisgall · ss; illus. Orban 93 · Father and Son Die in Chair · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 94-108 · The Other Guy’s Girl · Steve Fisher · ss; illus. unidentified 108 · Counterfeiters · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 109 · The Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ar; illus. unidentified 113-127 · Death Pays the Rent · Jack Straley · ss; illus. unidentified 128 · The Line-Up · The Editor · lt; illus. (none) 128 · letter · Sylvester Spinelli · lt 128 · letter · Lewis R. Bently · lt 129 · C. D. Specials · The Editor · ed; illus. (none)
Clues Detective Stories [v40 #5, October 1938] ed. Frank E. Blackwell (10¢, pulp) 6 · C. D. Specials · The Editor · ed; illus. (none) 8 · The Line-Up · The Editor · lt; illus. (none) 8 · letter · Germaine Werro · lt 8 · letter · Thomas Ambury, Jr. · lt 8 · letter · R. T. Connelly · lt 11 · Two Can Play · Charles E. Morris · ss; illus. unidentified 12-47 · The Five Toothless Dragons · Donald Wandrei · ss; illus. Orban 48-53 · A Footprint in Blood · Paul McEvoy · ar; illus. unidentified 53 · Lifer Saws Bar with Sock · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 54-82 · The Flesh Creeper · J. J. des Ormeaux · ss; illus. unidentified 83-86 · A Casting of Accounts · Dale Clark · ss; illus. unidentified 87-92 · The Phi Beta Kappa Clue · Julius Long · ss; illus. unidentified 93 · The Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ar; illus. unidentified 97 · The Laughing Gas Chamber · Robert Willyum · ct 98-??? · Case of the Headless Matches · Paul Ernst · ss; illus. unidentified

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