Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	March 1951
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Charles J. Levy; Charles Santangelo
Notes	editors listed in indicia

Cover Details - "Nobody Loves a Gunman"

Genre	Crime
Pencils	Art Gates (signed)
Inks	Art Gates (signed)

1 page text article "How to be an Amateur Detective"

Genre	Crime
Script	Ken Brickley
Pencils	? (illustration)
Inks	? (illustration)
Notes	two who-dunnit crime puzzles printed in black and white on inside front cover.

8 page story "Machine Gun George Grogan"

Characters	George 'Machine Gun' Grogan; Mrs. Grogan (his wife)
Synopsis	George Grogan is just a cheap hood, but his wife has ambitions and pushes him to greater and greater crimes, until a kidnapping ploy goes wrong for the both of them.
Genre	crime

6 page story "Nobody Trusts a Gunman!!"

Synopsis	A cop is murdered in the process of stopping a robbery, but wounds the perpetrator before he dies. A rookie cop gets called to go undercover to infiltrate the mob and find the killer.
Genre	Crime
Pencils	Art Gates (signed)
Inks	Art Gates (signed)

5 page story "Diabolical Pipeline"

Synopsis	Two Texas shysters have planned a deal to swindle money from investors, but the daughter of one of the men gets caught in a complicated web of love and jealousy, and soon, a murder takes place to keep the scheme a secret.
Genre	crime

2 page text story "Uncertain of Death"

Genre	Crime
Script	Justin D. Triem
Letters	typeset

5 page story "Murder Plays the Big Show"

Genre

crime

6 page story "The Big Plane Hi-Jack"

Synopsis	An elaborate scheme is set in motion to smuggle stolen nuclear material to a Latin American country who hopes to develop the bomb.
Genre	crime

1 page How Clever Are You? filler "One fine Summer morning, Mr. Sourgrass and his wife set out..."

Genre	Crime
Script	Ken Brickley
Pencils	? (illustration)
Inks	? (illustration)
Notes	two who-dunnit crime puzzles printed in black & white on inside back cover.