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Sept.-Oct. 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

Sept.-Oct. 1936

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

October 1946 – debut issue

October 1946 – debut issue

Unknown Painter x 3

unknown artist – Howell Dodd?

November 1950 Smash Detective Crime Cases

cover art reused for March 1954 Best True Fact Detective

cover art repurposed for 1958 Beacon paperback original

#5 1952 – Last issue

#5, October 1952 – Final issue of the series, fifth of five

July 1940 issue ~ cover art by Albert Fisher

cover art by Albert Fisher

March 1948 issue

cover repurposed and reversed from Fall 1954 issue of Complete Police Cases

Fall 1953 – debut issue

Fall 1953 – debut issue

January 1938 issue

cover art unknown – Delos Palmer?

January 1938 issue

1949, issue #8

August 1937 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

August 1937

cover art by J. George Janes