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Variety Detective Magazine (Vol. 1, No. 1) is a facsimile reprint of the first issue of this classic pulp magazine. Originally published August 1938, it includes mystery, crime, and detective stories by a number of famous pulp writers, including pulp masters Paul Chadwick and Lester Dent (who wrote most of the novels for The Shadow ). Included are: Death Hogs the Spotlight, by Ralph Powers (Dallas Kirk series) Homicide on High, by Arthur Flint (Elmer Giffard series) The Pipeline Juggernaut, by Cliff Howe (Lester Dent) Phantom Applause, by Ronald Flagg The Miniature Coffin, by Jack Archer Model for Manslaughter, by Paul Chadwick Scientific Suicide, by Franklin Trant (Crom Carson series) The Haunting Clue, by William A. Langford Treachery Island, by Leon Dupont The Grim Reaper’s Bait, by James Francis Bonnell Vengeance of the Phoenix, by Chester Brant A Gentleman at Large, by Eric Lennox