A complete issue · 116 pages · 1941
10-Story Detective, March 1941
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1941 — all 116 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 116 pages · 1941
: # Magazine Contents This March 1941 issue of 10-Story Detective presents ten crime and mystery stories. Featured content includes "Bullets on Blue Monday" by Harold Francis Sorensen, a novelette where detective Steve McKenna becomes a corpse bodyguard; "Pass-Key to the Morgue" by Ernest Johnson, about a criminal's gun game with suicide consequences; "Murder in the Bag" by Thomas Lamar, featuring a newshawk in danger; and "Sleuth by Proxy" by Fred Dawson, involving a phonograph checker hearing a "disc of doom." Additional stories include "Daggers of Doom" by Marty Lyle, "Boomerang Swag" by Harris Clivesey, "Case of the Living Corpse" by Paul Selonke with Detective Kendall, "Phantom Hideout" by Stanley King involving a tower mystery, "Crystal Clue" by Leon Dupont, and "Homicide Legacy" by Kenneth McNary, where a private detective receives a fatal key from a women's prison. The magazine features crime noir narratives ranging from murder investigations to criminal schemes, with cover art by Norman Saunders.
Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.