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This is a table of contents page from *10-Story Detective*, Vol. 1, No. 3 (July 1938), an Ace Magazine pulp publication. The page lists ten detective and crime stories by various authors, including "Loot of the Laughing Ghoul" by Ralph Powers and "Dead Man's Martyrdom" by Leon Dupont, with brief plot summaries and page numbers for each. The masthead indicates the magazine was published quarterly by Periodical House, Inc., with editorial offices in New York, and cost ten cents per issue.
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ay ‘> 10-Story DETECTIVE Vol. 1 JULY, 1938 No. 3 % LOOT OF THE LAUGHING GHOUL (Detective-Action Novel) . . . . . . Ralph Powers 10 Paul Hammond, daring undercover agent, didn’t know whether a golden- haired beauty might be his -_ cs ag the most _ dangerous girl in wor ye HOARDER OF DEATH ....... . Cliff Howe 37 A swivel-chair sleuth had to be a decoy for a corpse collector. THE GREEN HEART MYSTERY .. . . . Carli Rathjen 47 Could Bluff MeCarty bluff his way out of a jam he bluffed his way into? ye % FINGEROFDOOM .. . . « RexGrahame 58 His time limit threatened to Siconk Rast Phillips—and his yow of vengeance. RETURN FROM HELL... . . . Arthur Flint 64 Jim Gardner had to be buried pa to untangle a terror trap. SEAMSTRESS TO SATAN .... . . . Eric Lennox 75 One skein of bleed can wind a long noose, MURDER ICE . ... . gee as Oa a we Detley.. Ft Melting ice blazed a his route to the electric chair. CELLULOID NOOSE .. . . « . R. B.S. Davis 85 That fallen idol foreed Mac into ‘he role of Lucifer’s stand-in. SHARPSHOOTER—WITHOUT BULLETS . . Paul Adams 95 The very beasts he had shot put a big-game hunter im a web of savage hate. DEAD MAN’S MARTYRDOM. . . . . . Leon Dupont 104 A dead man is a poor prospect as a murder victim. + &« + &£+ & & Cover by Norman Saunders This isan Ace Magazine—See Page 8 10-STORY DETECTIVE, published quarterly by Periodical House, Inc. Rose Wyn, President. Office of Publication, 29 Worthington Street, Springfield, Mass. Editorial and executive offices, 67 West 44th Pred, New York, N. Y. Spee. for Second Class En pending at the Post Office at Springfield, M Copyrig 1988, Periodical House, Inc. For adv ¢ rates ad Ace Fiction Group, 67 West 4 Street, New York, N. Y. While great care is exercised in the handling of manuscripts this magazine assumes no responsibility for their safety. Twelve Issues $1.00; Single Copies 10c 2 Eomichbooks AA