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Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	10	9.9	9.8	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.0	0.5
1. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 59 (November 1928, Rural)	Restored	1	2.50																				1
2. Amazing Detective Tales 2 (July 1930, Gernsback Publications) Cover by Jno Ruger Hugo Gernsback story	Universal	3	6.00									1	1										1
3. Amazing Detective Tales 3 (August 1930, Gernsback Publications) Hugo Gernsback story	Universal	1	6.50												1
4. Amazing Detective Tales 5 (October 1930, Gernsback Publications) Last issue. Cover by Howard V. Brown Clark Ashton Smith story	Universal	1	9.00							1
5. Detective Tales 1 (August 1935, Popular) Cover by Walter M. Baumhofer Norvell W. Page story	Universal	1	5.50														1
6. Detective Tales 4 (November 1935, Popular) Cover by John A. Coughlin	Universal	1	3.00																			1
7. Detective Tales 7 (February 1936, Popular) Cover by Tom Lovell	Universal	1	5.00															1
8. Detective Tales 14 (September 1936, Popular) Cover by Tom Lovell	Universal	1	5.00															1
9. Detective Tales 16 (November 1936, Popular) Cover by Tom Lovell	Universal	1	6.00													1
10. Detective Tales 17 (December 1936, Popular) Cover by Tom Lovell	Universal	1	5.50														1
11. Detective Tales 21 (April 1937, Popular) Cover by Tom Lovell Ray Cummings story	Universal	1	3.00																			1
12. Detective Tales 33 (April 1938, Popular) Ray Cummings story	Universal	1	6.50												1
13. Detective Tales 39 (October 1938, Popular)	Universal	1	5.00															1
14. Detective Tales 40 (November 1938, Popular) Ray Cummings, Norvell W. Page stories	Universal	1	6.00													1
15. Detective Tales 45 (April 1939, Popular)	Universal	1	3.50																		1
16. Detective Tales 47 (June 1939, Popular)	Restored	1	2.00																					1
17. Detective Tales 49 (August 1939, Popular)	Universal	1	4.00																	1
18. Detective Tales 52 (November 1939, Popular) Cover by Rafael DeSoto	Universal	1	3.50																		1
19. Detective Tales 55 (February 1940, Popular) Cover by Norman Saunders Tiah Devitt story	Universal	3	4.83										1				1									1
Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	10	9.9	9.8	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.0	0.5
20. Detective Tales 55 (February 1940, Popular)	Restored	1	0.50																									1
21. Detective Tales 57 (April 1940, Popular) Cover by Rafael DeSoto	Universal	2	4.25													1							1
22. Detective Tales 59 (June 1940, Popular) Cover by Rafael DeSoto	Universal	2	5.50												1				1
23. Detective Tales 60 (July 1940, Popular) Cover by Rafael DeSoto	Universal	2	3.50																	1		1
24. Detective Tales 62 (September 1940, Popular) Cover by Rafael DeSoto	Universal	1	5.00															1
25. Detective Tales 62 (September 1940, Popular)	Restored	1	3.50																		1
26. Detective Tales 63 (October 1940, Popular) Cover by Rafael DeSoto Carroll John Daly story	Universal	1	3.50																		1
27. Detective Tales 64 (November 1940, Popular) Cover by Rafael DeSoto	Universal	1	2.50																				1
28. Detective Tales 70 (May 1941, Popular) Cover by Rafael DeSoto	Universal	1	3.50																		1
29. Detective Tales 88 (November 1942, Popular) Cover by Rafael DeSoto	Universal	1	6.00													1
30. Detective Tales 94 (May 1943, Popular)	Universal	1	4.00																	1
31. Detective Tales 99 (October 1943, Popular)	Universal	1	6.50												1
32. Detective Tales 131 (June 1946, Popular) Rafael DeSoto cover Day Keene & W. T. Ballard story	Universal	1	7.50										1
33. Detective Tales 133 (August 1946, Popular)	Universal	1	4.00																	1
34. Detective Tales 140 (March 1947, Popular) Cover by Samuel Cherry	Universal	1	5.50														1
35. Detective Tales 147 (October 1947, Popular)	Universal	1	4.50																1
36. Detective Tales 149 (December 1947, Popular) Cover by Rafael DeSoto	Universal	1	7.00											1
37. Detective Tales 156 (July 1948, Popular)	Universal	1	7.00											1
38. Detective Tales 159 (October 1948, Popular) Fredric C. Brown story	Universal	1	5.50														1
39. Detective Tales 162 (January 1949, Popular)	Universal	1	6.50												1
Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	10	9.9	9.8	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.0	0.5
40. Detective Tales 167 (June 1949, Popular) Cover by Rafael DeSoto	Universal	1	6.50												1
41. Detective Tales 195 (June 1952, Popular)	Universal	2	5.75											1					1

Books	CGC Label	CGC Total	Avg. Grade	10	9.9	9.8	9.6	9.4	9.2	9.0	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.0	6.5	6.0	5.5	5.0	4.5	4.0	3.5	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.0	0.5
37 BOOKS	Universal	45	5.17	0 0.00%	0 0.00%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	1 2.2%	0 2.2%	1 4.4%	3 11.1%	3 17.8%	6 31.1%	4 40.0%	5 51%	4 60%	3 67%	4 76%	4 84%	3 91%	3 98%	0 98%	0 98%	1 100%	0 100%	0 100%
4 BOOKS	Restored	4	2.13	0 0.00%	0 0.00%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	0 0.0%	1 25.0%	0 25.0%	1 50%	1 75%	0 75%	0 75%	0 75%	1 100%

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