"Boom! An explosion of pain roared through me, blasted me all the way to my shoestrings. Klieg lights made pinwheel patterns in my glims, an atomic bomb took my grey cells apart, and I plunged into a deep black well of unconsciousness. For me it was the end of a chapter." Those inimitable words from Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective, came from the pen of famed author Robert Leslie Bellem. His colorful slang was to influence hard-boiled dicks for decades. Turner was a shamus who made Tinsel-town his stomping grounds. Crime amongst the glitter. The character made his debut in 1934 as a short story in Spicy Detective magazine. It continued there, one of the most popular recurring characters. In January 1942, publisher Culture Publications spun it off into its own magazine. There were 59 issues of the series, until the final issue in October 1950. Hollywood Detective returns in these vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
Book-Length Novel — Complete In This Issue
Prescription For Death
by R.T. Maynard
The girl had given Hank the cold shoulder from, the beginning. But when he’d seen her kidnapped from under his nose, he figured that that was introduction enough!
Feature Novelette, Starring Dan “Hawkshaw” Turner
Pistol-Packing Premiere
by Robert Leslie Bellem
Dan plays midwife at the birth of a picture, hired for one purpose — to see that the event is painless and without unnecessary disturbances.
Short Stories
Homicide Policy
by Harley L. Court
The Japs had given Macklin a game leg, but they’d not been able to lame his brain!
Cut Out For The Hangman
by Arthur Feldman
A pistol versus a pair of scissors! Those were the weapons in this amazing duel!
Special Articles
Conquerors Of Cold
Odds Of Chance
Protection For The Dead
