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Issue Details

Issue V2#11
Published November 1939
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing ?
Notes November, 1939. Vol. 2, Number 11. KEEN DETECTIVE FUNNIES is published monthly by Centaur Publications, Inc., 420 De Soto Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri. Editorial and executive offices: 220 Fifth Avenue, New Yourk, N. Y. Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo. Single copies 10c. Yearly subscription $1.00 in the U.S.A. (other countries $1.50) Copyright 1939 by Centaur Publictions, Inc. Contents must not be reproduced without permission. No actual person is named or delineated in this fiction magazine. Printed in the U.S.A.

Cover Details - "Dean Denton"

Pencils Harry Francis Campbell
Inks Harry Francis Campbell

12 page Masked Marvel story "Down in the big oil fields of Texas..."

Script Ben Thompson
Pencils Ben Thompson
Inks Ben Thompson
Notes vs. oil field saboteurs

5 page Spark O'Leary- Radio Newshawk story

Script Charles Pearson
Pencils Charles Pearson
Inks Charles Pearson

6 page Dan Dennis- F.B.I. story

Script Sam Gilman
Pencils Sam Gilman
Inks Sam Gilman
Notes duotone

2 page filler "Detectings"

Notes fact pages

6 page Dean Masters, D.A. story

Script Claire S. Moe
Pencils Claire S. Moe
Inks Claire S. Moe
Notes duotone

2 page text story "Inspector Pierce Watches a Dead Double"

Script Sam Gilman
Pencils Sam Gilman
Inks Sam Gilman
Letters typeset

6 page Capt. Forsyth & Sgt. MacLean story "Spy Hunters"

Script Lochlan Field
Pencils Lochlan Field
Inks Lochlan Field

Half page activity "Are You A Detective?"

Script Fred Wood (?)
Pencils Fred Wood (?)
Inks Fred Wood (?)
Notes puzzle page

Half page activity "Solve This Crime"

Script Lew Glanzman
Pencils Lew Glanzman
Inks Lew Glanzman
Notes puzzle page

1 page activity "Comikrimes"

Script Max Neill
Pencils Max Neill
Inks Max Neill
Notes puzzle page

6 page Russell Granville story "Coal Mine Tipple Trick, The"

Notes duotone

1 page filler "How to Be an Amateur G-Man"

Script Fred Wood
Pencils Fred Wood
Inks Fred Wood
Notes fact page

7 page Jeb Tinker story "Satan Takes a Holiday"

Characters Jeb Tinker; Miss Laru; Sargent Dooley; Rosie; "Satan" (a gangster)
Synopsis Jeb and Laru get tangled up in a case involving $40,000 in the basement and a gangster who calls himself "Satan".
Genre detective
Pencils Arthur Hoffman (signed)
Inks Arthur Hoffman (signed)
Reprinted in Wham Comics (Centaur, 1940 series) #2

8 page Dean Denton story "The Mystery of the Missing Submarine"

Script Harry Francis Campbell
Pencils Harry Francis Campbell
Inks Harry Francis Campbell

1 page filler "Crime Crushers"

Script Terry Gilkison
Pencils Terry Gilkison
Inks Terry Gilkison
Notes fact page

1 page Amazing-Man Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "Hey kids look!"

Script Bill Everett
Pencils Bill Everett
Inks Bill Everett
Notes inside back-cover: full-page ad for Amazing-Man Comics