10-Story Detective Magazine Cover — page 60: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

Little Timmy wanted to be a detective—tike his benefactor, Big Jim Phillips. Timmy's experience was small, and his fists thin. But he knew how to point .... Finger of Doom By Rex Grahame 1G@ JIM PHILLIPS had only been out of harness one month, and he didn’t want to lose what it had taken three years of hard work to attain: plain clothes. But indignant anger forced him to fling open the door of Detective Captain O’Brien’s office. He stood there fighting to re- strain himself, blue eyes flashing fire, in front of his superior officer. Sis Sec ete = * = p> a Seats te ¥ ~* 7 Captain O’Brien jerked his head up in surprise from some reports he was reading. “What the hell’s the big idea, Phillips?” he barked. Plainciothes man Phillips drew a couple of breaths, gulped. “Well?” demanded the captain, his face slowly turning a deep red. “Are ye balmy, man? Speak up. What d’ye mean by bustin’ in here like this?” “*boo “™ com (@) Ss (E(@) m a)