“Doc” Turner was one of the least likely heroes that appeared in the pulp magazine stories. He was a little old pharmacist who ran a drug store in the slums of New York, where just about everyone came to him when they had problems. Oh, and what problems they had! Werewolves and vampires mixed in with extortionists and gangsters. And solve their problems he did, with the aid of his strapping red-headed assistant, mechanic Jack Ransom, and his young stock boy Abe Ginsberg.
These short stories appeared in the back pages of The Spider magazine, a grand total of 70 of them. Every single one can be found in this collection; not a one is missing.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Deadlock
from the April 1934 issue of The Spider magazine
Andrew Turner had neither youth nor strength of body to aid him in his battle against the ugly power that laid grim hold on Morris Street. But he had a fighting heart!
Death on Morris Street
from the May 1934 issue of The Spider magazine
Doc Turner, disturbed by the growing list of suicides among his Morris Street girls, decides to investigate — and stop that needless slaughter!
Doc Turner’s Death Antidote
from the June 1934 issue of The Spider magazine
None but Doc Turner, working faithfully in the interests of Morris Street, could have pierced the mystery veil which hid that murder in the making!
The Murder Torch
from the July 1934 issue of The Spider magazine
Doc Turner, suffering for each new death at the hands of the Morris Street fire-bug, vowed that he who lit the murder torch must die!
Doc Turner Visits A Slaughter House
from the August 1934 issue of The Spider magazine
A waddling duck whose feather drip with human blood leads Doc Turner to his most spine-tingling duel with death!
Doc Turner Makes Death Medicine
from the September 1934 issue of The Spider magazine
The dread whispered words of a ragged urchin bring Doc Turner to a duel with death where a child’s life is the forfeit.
Doc Turner’s Death Rendezvous
from the October 1934 issue of The Spider magazine
Prison gates open in far-away Leavenworth, and Doc Turner gets an invitation to die!
Doc Turner’s Inquisition
from the November 1934 issue of The Spider magazine
The man who menaced Morris Street’s own was a torture fiend incarnate...
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