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August 1942 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin
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cover art by John A. Coughlin
Herman Landon, “The Picaroon Handcuffed [Part 1 of 4; Martin Dale (The Picaroon)]
Ernest M. Poate, “Murder Scars” [Part 3 of 3]
Johnston McCulley, “Sneaky’s Christmas Pearls”
Charlotte Dockstader, “Christmas Under Cove”
John Foland, “A Man in Her Stocking”
Donald Van Riper, “Holiday Pickings”
Alfred I. Tooke, “The Dagger of Hop See”