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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