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Clues Detective Stories [v40 #6, November 1938] ed. Anthony Rud (10¢, pulp) 6, 127-12 · The Story Trail · The Editor · ed; illus. unidentified 9-34 · The Three-Eyed Men · Donald Wandrei · ss; illus. Orban 35-46 · Tough Guy · Frank Gruber · ss; illus. P. 46 · Slow Pay · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 48-75 · The Death’s-Head Cat · J. J. des Ormeaux · ss; illus. Orban 75 · Ex-Millionaire Dies in Prison · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 76-91 · The Screaming Laugh · Cornell Woolrich · ss; illus. unidentified 92 · The Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ar; illus. unidentified 94-123 · The Crimson Capsule · Edward Ronns · ss; illus. V. E. Pyles 123 · How Phony Stocks Are Sold · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 124 · The Laughing Gas Chamber · Robert Willyum · ct 125 · The Line-Up · The Editor · lt; illus. (none) 125 · letter · Burton C. Trommer · lt 125 · letter · John C. Donaldson · lt 126 · Long Time No See · The Editor · ed; illus. (none)
Clues Detective Stories [v41 #1, December 1938] ed. Anthony Rud (10¢, pulp) 6, 129 · The Story Trail · The Editor · ed; illus. unidentified 6, 12 · letter · Carl Clausen · lt 9-36 · Barney Killigen · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss; illus. Earl Mayan 36 · Embezzling a Capital Offense · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 37-41 · Spider’s Web · Hal G. Vermes · ss; illus. H. K. 42-71 · Telltale Talons · Carl Clausen · ss; illus. Orban 71 · Slot Machines Make Felons in Illinois · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 72-96 · Drowned Dim Eyes · J. J. des Ormeaux · ss; illus. Orban 97-124 · A Turtle Named Pete · Paul Ernst · ss; illus. V. E. Pyles 125 · Blood from the Blue · The Editor · ar; illus. (none) 126 · The Line-Up · The Editor · lt; illus. (none) 126 · letter · Malcolm Horlick · lt 126 · letter · Grenda Leigh · lt 126 · letter · Maxwell Frick · lt 127 · The Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ar; illus. (none) 130 · Parade of Crooks · The Editor · ed; illus. (none)
Clues Detective Stories [v41 #2, January 1939] ed. Anthony Rud (10¢, pulp) 5-6, 36, · The Story Trail · The Editor · ed; illus. unidentified 6, 36, 64 · letter · Erle Stanley Gardner · lt 9-35 · Terror Crawls Crimson · J. J. des Ormeaux · ss; illus. unidentified 37-63 · Without Gloves · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss; illus. Earl Mayan 64 · Iron Substituted for Silver · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 65-94 · The Head in the Parachute · Donald Wandrei · ss; illus. Orban 94 · Ride Victim Lives to Testify · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 95-100 · Devil’s Deadly Doll · Charles B. Dickson · ss; illus. unidentified 100 · Penny Stamp traps Burglar · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 101-116 · The Milk Wheat Mystery · Baxter Redman · ss; illus. Orban 117-126 · Stand-In for Justice · Cyril Plunkett · ss; illus. unidentified 127 · The Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ar; illus. unidentified 129 · The Line-Up · The Editor · lt; illus. (none) 129 · letter · Clyde E. Sandell · lt 129 · letter · Charles M. Saunders · lt 129 · letter · Raymond Schlecht · lt 130 · What Magazine Excels? · The Editor · ed; illus. (none)
Clues Detective Stories [v41 #3, February 1939] ed. Anthony Rud (10¢, pulp) 6, 125-12 · The Story Trail · The Editor · ed; illus. unidentified 9-35 · Scarlet Snow · J. J. des Ormeaux · ss; illus. unidentified 36 · The Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ar; illus. unidentified 37-38 · Unshaken Alibi · H. C. Knox · ss; illus. unidentified 38 · Ex-Baroness Sent to Prison · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 39-58 · Unstuffing One Shirt · Earl Stanley Gardner · ss; illus. Earl Mayan 58 · Felons Find Gem Cache · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 59-64 · Bad Business · Robert Dickie · ss; illus. unidentified 64 · Mounted Guards · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 65-92 · Daughters of the Bat · Paul Ernst · ss; illus. unidentified 93-100 · Child’s Play · Edward Ronns · ss; illus. Edd Cartier 100 · State’s First Execution Since 1830 · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 101-124 · Skip Murder · Frank Gruber · ss; illus. V. E. Pyles 125-127 · letter · Paul Ernst · lt 127 · Youth Sings in Chair as Death Waits · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 128 · The Line-Up · The Editor · lt; illus. (none) 128 · letter · Catherine de Hauck · lt 128 · letter · William J. Byrnes, Jr. · lt 129 · Death by the Drop · The Editor · ed; illus. (none)
Clues Detective Stories [v41 #4, March 1939] ed. Anthony Rud (10¢, pulp) 5-6 · The Story Trail · The Editor · ed; illus. unidentified 5-6 · letter · Donald Wandrei · lt 9-38 · Sinister Serum · J. J. des Ormeaux · ss; illus. Earl Mayan 38 · Notorious Killer Cringes at Gas Death · Anonymous · ss; illus. (none) 39-48 · Death’s Hues Are Bright · Denslow M. Dade · ss; illus. Jon C. Blummer 49-72 · It Writes in Snow · Donald Wandrei · ss; illus. unidentified 72 · Leper Bandits · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 74 · The Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ar; illus. unidentified 77-86 · The Shadowgraph Test · Ray Cummings · ss; illus. unidentified 87-115 · Tanbark Terror · Owen Fox Jerome · ss; illus. unidentified 115 · Fingerprints Reveal the Human Bomb · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 116 · The Laughing Gas Chamber · Robert Willyum · ct 117 · The Line-Up · The Editor · lt; illus. (none) 117 · letter · Mrs. M. Hedman · lt 117 · letter · L. C. Talmage · lt 118 · Rhoda Poses Nude · The Editor · ed; illus. (none) 119-??? · The Shovel Skipper’s Daughter · C. Wiles Hallock · ss; illus. unidentified
Clues Detective Stories [v41 #5, April 1939] ed. Anthony Rud (10¢, pulp, cover by Modest Stein) 6, 129 · The Story Trail · The Editor · ed; illus. unidentified 6, 129 · letter · J. J. des Ormeaux · lt 9-34 · The Painted Nudes · Donald Wandrei · ss; illus. Kirchner 34 · Just Sentenced, Two Robbers Wed · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 35-39 · Murder Is a Pipe · Otis Adelbert Kline · ss; illus. unidentified 40-53 · Circus Outcast · Harry Lee Fellinge · ss; illus. unidentified 54 · The Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ar; illus. unidentified 55-84 · The Poisoned Bowl · J. J. des Ormeaux · ss; illus. Kirchner 84 · Gypped by Gypsies · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 85-94 · The Man Who Wanted to Die · Robert C. Blackmon · ss; illus. unidentified 95-129 · Drums Drone Death · J. Allan Dunn · ss; illus. unidentified 130 · No More C. D. Specials · The Editor · ed; illus. (none)
Clues Detective Stories [v41 #6, May 1939] ed. Anthony Rud (10¢, pulp, cover by Modest Stein) 6, 96, 12 · The Story Trail · The Editor · ed; illus. unidentified 6, 96, 12 · letter · Frank Gruber · lt 9-35 · Dogs of Death · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss; illus. Earl Mayan 35 · Pants Bandits Hold Up Ninety · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 36 · The Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ar; illus. unidentified 39-48 · Murder at 10:15 · Fredric Brown · ss; illus. unidentified 49-60 · Duplicate Death · Frank Gruber · ss; illus. unidentified 61-80 · Baby Cheaters · Benton Braden · ss; illus. Orban 80 · Dying Heartbeats of Slayer Traced · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 81-84 · Pals · V. Chute · ss; illus. unidentified 85-95 · Night in Tiger Bay · Leonard R. Gribble · ss; illus. unidentified 95 · Jailed for Stealing Food for Hungry · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 97-124 · The Damnable D · J. J. des Ormeaux · ss; illus. unidentified 126 · Less Bootlegging · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 127 · The Line-Up · The Editor · lt; illus. (none) 127 · letter · Carl E. Binkley · lt 127 · letter · Miss Augusta Smith · lt 127 · letter · E. L. Crittenden · lt 127 · letter · Alice M. Kapp · lt 129 · Sculptured for the Tomb · The Editor · ed; illus. (none)
Clues Detective Stories [v42 #1, June 1939] ed. Anthony Rud (10¢, pulp, cover by Modest Stein) 6, 40 · The Story Trail · The Editor · ed; illus. unidentified 6, 40 · letter · George Armin Shaftel · lt 9-40 · Death of the Seven Masks · Paul Ernst · ss; illus. unidentified 41-51 · Guilt of the Gargoyle · Ray Cummings · ss; illus. Orban 52 · The Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ar; illus. unidentified 55-78 · The Subterranean Maze · George Armin Shaftel · ss; illus. unidentified 79-86 · Night Trick · Robert W. Cochran · ss; illus. unidentified 86 · Wedding Riot Ends in Slaying · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 87-96 · Floating Diamonds · Stephen J. Hart · ss; illus. unidentified 97-128 · No Human Shape · Donald Wandrei · ss; illus. V. E. Pyles 129 · The Director of Doom · The Editor · ed; illus. (none)
Clues Detective Stories [v42 #2, July 1939] ed. Anthony Rud (10¢, pulp, cover by Modest Stein) 6-7 · The Story Trail · The Editor · ed; illus. unidentified 6-7 · letter · Paul Ernst · lt 9-56 · Murder Concession · Paul Ernst · ss; illus. Orban 56 · Robbers Get Rare Paintings · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 57-66 · Life Stretch · Cyril Plunkett · ss; illus. unidentified 66 · When Is a Holdup not a Robbery? · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 67-79 · Fatal Forgeries · Lloyd Llewell · ss; illus. unidentified 80 · The Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ar; illus. unidentified 81-86 · Interlude at Casey’s · Alexander Faust · ss; illus. unidentified 87-91 · Clue of the Galloping Snail · Eugene H. Blake · ss; illus. unidentified 91 · Former Gangsters’ Lawyer Slain · Anonymous · ar; illus. (none) 92 · The Laughing Gas Chamber · Robert Willyum · ct 93-100 · The Smoke Lure · Ray Cummings · ss; illus. Orban 101-122 · Death Behind the Eight Ball · Benton Braden · ss; illus. unidentified 122 · The Line-Up · The Editor · lt; illus. (none) 122 · letter · Mrs. G. Hedger · lt 122-123 · letter · Henry Lose · lt 123 · letter · Mrs. J. F. Taylor · lt 123 · letter · Mrs. B. R. Goff · lt 124 · letter · Lela May Fitts · lt 125 · letter · H. L. Melleny · lt 125 · letter · Ray Robinson · lt 125-126 · letter · James Robert Peery · lt 130 · Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts · The Editor · ed; illus. (none)
Clues Detective Stories [v42 #3, August 1939] ed. John Nanovic (10¢, pulp, cover by Charles De Feo) 6 · The Story Trail · The Editor · ed; illus. (none) 9-50 · The Penthouse Treasure · Alfred Williams · ss; illus. unidentified 51-60 · Ambulances Are for Sick People · Fredric Sinclair · ss; illus. Orban 62-81 · I’ll Never Let You Go · Steve Fisher · ss; illus. unidentified 82, 96 · The Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ar; illus. unidentified 83-95 · Including Murder · Mel Everett · ss; illus. unidentified 97-104 · The Clue of the Sudden Windows · Eugene Blake · ss; illus. unidentified 105-??? · Don’t You Believe It · Robert Arthur · ss; illus. unidentified
Clues Detective Stories [v42 #4, September 1939] ed. John Nanovic (10¢, pulp, cover by Modest Stein) 5, 6, 100 · The Story Trail · The Editor · ed; illus. (none) 9-21 · House of Plunder · Edward Ronns · ss; illus. Orban 22-80 · The Black Widow Murders · Benton Braden · ss; illus. Earl Mayan 81-92 · The Painted Circle · Norman A. Daniels · ss; illus. Kirchner 93-96 · Whirling Digits · Howard E. Lum, Jr. · ss; illus. unidentified 97-99 · A Clown Laughs · Jack Storm · ss; illus. unidentified 101-??? · With Intent to Kill · Fredric Sinclair · ss; illus. unidentified
Clues Detective Stories [v42 #5, October 1939] ed. John Nanovic (10¢, pulp, cover by Modest Stein) 6 · The Story Trail · The Editor · ed; illus. unidentified 9-44 · Death Comes at Night · Carrington Phelps · ss; illus. Orban 45-64 · The Manchu Skull · Emile C. Tepperman · ss; illus. unidentified 65-76 · Perfume of Death · Harold A. Davis · ss; illus. H. Wesso 77-86 · Student Cop · Fredric Sinclair · ss; illus. Creig Flessel 87-91 · Fingers Don’t Forget · Charles B. Dickson · ss; illus. Orban 92-102 · Tangled Skeins · Arthur J. Burks · ss; illus. unidentified 103-??? · A Swing at Murder · William G. Bogart · ss; illus. Creig Flessel
Clues Detective Stories [v42 #6, November 1939] ed. John Nanovic (10¢, pulp, cover by Modest Stein) 6, 130 · The Story Trail · The Editor · ed; illus. unidentified 9-46 · The Man with Two Thumbs · Paul Ernst · ss; illus. Orban 47-65 · The Missing Mermaid · Benton Braden · ss; illus. F. Kramer 66-75 · Out of Thin Air · Norman A. Daniels · ss; illus. Creig Flessel 76-86 · Tip-Off to Murder · Milton Lowe · ss; illus. unidentified 87, 116, 1 · The Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ar; illus. unidentified 90-115, 11 · There Were Seven · Mark Harper · ss; illus. Orban
Clues Detective Stories [v43 #1, December 1939] ed. John Nanovic (10¢, pulp, cover by Graves Gladney) 6, 88, 94 · The Story Trail · The Editor · ar; illus. unidentified 9-56 · Hang Me Today · Emile C. Tepperman · ss; illus. unidentified 57-77 · Murder Maiden · Robert C. Blackmon · ss; illus. unidentified 78-87 · Corpse in a Metal Mask · Norman A. Daniels · ss; illus. Orban 89-93 · The Clue of the Babies up the Chimney · Eugene Blake · ss; illus. unidentified 95-??? · Death Cargo · Clifford Goodrich · ss; illus. unidentified
Clues Detective Stories [v43 #2, January 1940] ed. John Nanovic (10¢, pulp, cover by Modest Stein) 5-6, 128- · The Story Trail · The Editor · ed; illus. unidentified 9-28 · Killer’s Carnival · Edward Ronns · ss; illus. Earl Mayan 29-51 · Death’s Understudy · Frank Gruber · ss; illus. Orban 52-62 · Death Has an Angel · Jack Storm · ss; illus. Orban 63-79 · Murder Can’t Wait · Ned O’Doherty · ss; illus. Kirchner 80-91 · Fruits of Death · Milton Lowe · ss; illus. Kirchner 92, 127 · The Law and the Lawless · The Editor · ar; illus. unidentified

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