cover art by Walter Baumhofer
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Carroll John Daly, “A Corpse on the House” (Race Williams)
Raymond Chandler, “The King in Yellow” (Steve Grace, housedick) – first appearance of this story, one often reprinted
Frederick C. Davis, “Crimson Broadcast” (Keyhole Kerry)
William Edward Hayes, “Death by Enlargement”
Maxwell Hawkins, “Rx Murder”
cover art by Rudolph Belarski
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cover art repurposed for 1950 Popular Library edition of Jonathan Latimer’s The Fifth Grave
August 1939 issue – final issue under this name, changed to Gangland Detective Stories in November
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cover art by John Fleming Gould
“It’s the McCoy” (Paul Pine) by Erle Stanley Gardner
“The Fugitive Skeleton” (Keyhole Kerry) by Frederick C. Davis
“The Judas Touch” (Acme Indemnity Op) by Jan Dana
“The Lady in the Lake” (John Dalmas) by Raymond Chandler
“One for the Book” by Walter C. Brown
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April 1937 variant issue – cover states May issue
“This variant features ‘May’ instead of ‘April’ on the cover. This is the first newsstand pulp format issue of the title, but the second overall following an elusive March 1937 ashcan.“
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SMB Noir 