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SUPER-DETECTIVE.

SUPER-DETECTIVE. November 1942. (Volume 3, No. 5).

New York: Trojan Publishing Corporation, 1942. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. In the beginning this was not really a detective magazine but a hero-adventure magazine featuring Jim Anthony of Irish and American Indian lineage. Basically a Doc Savage imitation. The stories were written by John Grange, a house pseudonym for Robert Leslie Bellem and W. T. Ballard. The Anthony character was phased out in 1943. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 543-545. Front cover separated from spine, wear along right front edge with sliver chip to right front edge, chips to lower left corner, sound contents. A good copy. (25223). Item #25223

Price: $45.00