Issue Details

Issue	#10
Published	June-July 1949
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	36
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth
Notes	DC's France Herron plays the cop in the picture. Jack Schiff plays the crook in the picture.

Cover Details

Genre	Crime
Pencils	Emerson Hall (photo); Theda Hall (photo)
Inks	Emerson Hall (photo); Theda Hall (photo)
Colors	Emerson Hall (photo); Theda Hall (photo)
Notes	DC's France Herron plays the cop in the picture. Jack Schiff plays the crook in the picture.

Half page The Grapevine text article "How T-Men Work"

Genre	fact; crime
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover. Sequence data added to original index by Arthur Lortie via the GCD Error List (20 May 2005).

Half page The Grapevine text article "Wrong Torch Job"

Genre	fact; crime
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside front cover

8 page story "Fourth Offender"

Genre	crime
Pencils	Dan Barry (signed)
Inks	Dan Barry (signed)
Notes	Barry's signature noted by Arthur Lorrie via the GCD Error List (20 May 2005).

9 page story "Deadline in the Morgue"

Script	Phil Evans
Pencils	Nick Cardy
Inks	Nick Cardy
Notes	Page count correct by Arthur Lortie via the GCD Error List (20 May 2005); the original indexer indicated 10 pages. script credit from Evans Estate (Comics Buyers' Guide June 15, 1990)

1 page story "The Gay Masquerader"

Synopsis	Fernand J. Rousselot, masquerading as a Marquis in 1917 New York is unmasked by Det. George Busby.
Genre	fact; crime
Notes	Data for sequence added to original index by Arthur Lorite via the GCD Error List (20 May 2005).

7 page The Plainclothes Squad in Action story "Penny Larceny"

Genre	crime
Pencils	Curt Swan
Inks	Sy Barry
Notes	Feature title added to original index by Arthur Lortie via the GCD Error List (20 May 2005).

7 page story "Four Hours to Kill"

Genre	crime
Script	Phil Evans
Pencils	Ramona Fradon
Inks	Ramona Fradon
Notes	script credit from Evans Estate (Comics Buyers' Guide June 15, 1990)

Half page The Grapevine text article "Suspect: Hands Off"

Genre	fact; crime
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover

Half page The Grapevine text article "Blotter Jottings"

Genre	crime
Letters	typeset
Notes	Inside back cover

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "DC: Tops in Comics"

Synopsis	House ad for DC Comics
Notes	back cover