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 BooksCGC LabelCGC TotalAvg. Grade109.99.89.69.49.29.08.58.07.57.06.56.05.55.04.54.03.53.02.52.01.81.51.00.5
 1. Detective Tales 2 (October 16, 1922, Rural)Universal17.001
 2. Detective Tales 3 (November 1, 1922, Rural)Universal14.001
 3. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 31 (Aug/Sept 1925, Rural)
            Seabury Quinn, Otis Adelbert Kline, George Allan England stories Classic dragon cover by R. Jam
Universal15.001
 4. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 36 (June/July 1926, Rural)
            Cover by Andrew Bensen Seabury Quinn story
Universal17.001
 5. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 38 (October 1926, Rural)
            Robert Leslie Bellem, Otis Adelbert Kline stories Cover by Andrew Bensen
Universal17.001
 6. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 39 (November 1926, Rural)
            Cover by Andrew Bensen
Universal18.501
 7. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 44 (June/July 1927, Rural)
            Cover by Andrew Bensen Seabury Quinn, Vincent Starrett stories
Universal17.001
 8. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 53 (April 1928, Rural)
            Cover by Gary Sheahan Vincent Starrett, Seabury Quinn stories
Universal18.501
 9. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 58 (October 1928, Rural)
            Cover by Andrew Bensen Seabury Quinn, Vincent Starrett stories
Universal19.401
 10. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 59 (November 1928, Rural)
            Cover by Andrew Bensen Vincent Starrett story
Universal19.401
 11. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 59 (November 1928, Rural)Restored12.501
 12. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 60 (Dec/Jan 1929, Rural)
            Cover by Andrew Bensen
Universal19.401
 13. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 62 (March 1929, Rural)
            George Allan England, Vincent Starrett stories Cover by Andrew Bensen
Universal17.501
 14. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 64 (June/July 1929, Rural)
            Cover by George J. Rozen
Universal18.501
 15. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 65 (August 1929, Rural)
            Cover by Andrew Bensen
Universal19.401
 16. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 66 (September 1929, Rural)
            Cover by J. G. Stephenson
Universal18.001
 17. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 67 (October 1929, Rural)Universal18.001
 18. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 68 (November 1929, Rural)
            Cover by Paul Lehman George Allan England story
Universal17.501
 19. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 73 (May 1930, Rural)
            Cover by Paul Lehman George Allan England story
Universal14.001
 BooksCGC LabelCGC TotalAvg. Grade109.99.89.69.49.29.08.58.07.57.06.56.05.55.04.54.03.53.02.52.01.81.51.00.5
 20. Amazing Detective Tales 1 (June 1930, Gernsback Publications)
            Numbering continued from Scientific Detective Monthly. Cover by Jno Ruger R.A. Freeman, Hugo Ge
Universal19.001
 21. Amazing Detective Tales 2 (July 1930, Gernsback Publications)
            Cover by Jno Ruger Hugo Gernsback story
Universal46.631111
 22. Amazing Detective Tales 3 (August 1930, Gernsback Publications)
            Hugo Gernsback story
Universal26.7511
 23. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 76 (August 1930, Rural)
            Cover by Cleggs Vollmer George Allan England story
Universal17.001
 24. Amazing Detective Tales 4 (September 1930, Gernsback Publications)
            Jno Ruger cover & art Hugo Gernsback story
Universal18.001
 25. Amazing Detective Tales 5 (October 1930, Gernsback Publications)
            Last issue. Cover by Howard V. Brown Clark Ashton Smith story
Universal29.2011
 26. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 80 (December 1930, Rural)
            Cover by Alec Redmond
Universal17.001
 27. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 81 (January 1931, Rural)
            Cover by Alec Redmond
Universal14.001
 28. Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories 82 (February 1931, Rural)
            Cover by Alec Redmond Vincent Starrett story
Universal15.501
 29. Detective Tales 1 (August 1935, Popular)
            Cover by Walter M. Baumhofer Norvell W. Page story
Universal15.501
 30. Detective Tales 4 (November 1935, Popular)
            Cover by John A. Coughlin
Universal13.001
 31. Detective Tales 7 (February 1936, Popular)
            Cover by Tom Lovell
Universal15.001
 32. Detective Tales 14 (September 1936, Popular)
            Cover by Tom Lovell
Universal15.001
 33. Detective Tales 16 (November 1936, Popular)
            Cover by Tom Lovell
Universal16.001
 34. Detective Tales 17 (December 1936, Popular)
            Cover by Tom Lovell
Universal15.501
 35. Detective Tales 21 (April 1937, Popular)
            Cover by Tom Lovell Ray Cummings story
Universal13.001
 36. Detective Tales 33 (April 1938, Popular)
            Ray Cummings story
Universal16.501
 37. Detective Tales 39 (October 1938, Popular)Universal15.001
 38. Detective Tales 40 (November 1938, Popular)
            Ray Cummings, Norvell W. Page stories
Universal16.001
 39. Detective Tales 45 (April 1939, Popular)Universal13.501
 BooksCGC LabelCGC TotalAvg. Grade109.99.89.69.49.29.08.58.07.57.06.56.05.55.04.54.03.53.02.52.01.81.51.00.5
 40. Detective Tales 47 (June 1939, Popular)Restored12.001
 41. Detective Tales 49 (August 1939, Popular)Universal14.001
 42. Detective Tales 52 (November 1939, Popular)
            Cover by Rafael DeSoto
Universal13.501
 43. Detective Tales 55 (February 1940, Popular)
            Cover by Norman Saunders Tiah Devitt story
Universal34.83111
 44. Detective Tales 55 (February 1940, Popular)Restored10.501
 45. Detective Tales 57 (April 1940, Popular)
            Cover by Rafael DeSoto
Universal24.2511
 46. Detective Tales 59 (June 1940, Popular)
            Cover by Rafael DeSoto
Universal25.5011
 47. Detective Tales 60 (July 1940, Popular)
            Cover by Rafael DeSoto
Universal23.5011
 48. Detective Tales 62 (September 1940, Popular)
            Cover by Rafael DeSoto
Universal15.001
 49. Detective Tales 62 (September 1940, Popular)Restored13.501
 50. Detective Tales 63 (October 1940, Popular)
            Cover by Rafael DeSoto Carroll John Daly story
Universal13.501
 51. Detective Tales 64 (November 1940, Popular)
            Cover by Rafael DeSoto
Universal12.501
 52. Detective Tales 70 (May 1941, Popular)
            Cover by Rafael DeSoto
Universal13.501
 53. Detective Tales 78 (January 1942, Popular)Universal16.001
 54. Detective Tales 88 (November 1942, Popular)
            Cover by Rafael DeSoto
Universal16.001
 55. Detective Tales 94 (May 1943, Popular)Universal14.001
 56. Detective Tales 99 (October 1943, Popular)Universal16.501
 57. Detective Tales 131 (June 1946, Popular)
            Rafael DeSoto cover Day Keene & W. T. Ballard story
Universal17.501
 58. Detective Tales 133 (August 1946, Popular)Universal14.001
 59. Detective Tales 140 (March 1947, Popular)
            Cover by Samuel Cherry
Universal15.501
 BooksCGC LabelCGC TotalAvg. Grade109.99.89.69.49.29.08.58.07.57.06.56.05.55.04.54.03.53.02.52.01.81.51.00.5
 60. Detective Tales 147 (October 1947, Popular)Universal14.501
 61. Detective Tales 149 (December 1947, Popular)
            Cover by Rafael DeSoto
Universal17.001
 62. Detective Tales 154 (May 1948, Popular)Universal14.501
 63. Detective Tales 156 (July 1948, Popular)Universal17.001
 64. Detective Tales 159 (October 1948, Popular)
            Fredric C. Brown story
Universal15.501
 65. Detective Tales 162 (January 1949, Popular)Universal16.501
 66. Detective Tales 164 (March 1949, Popular)Universal13.001
 67. Detective Tales 167 (June 1949, Popular)
            Cover by Rafael DeSoto
Universal16.501
 68. Detective Tales 195 (June 1952, Popular)Universal25.7511

 BooksCGC LabelCGC TotalAvg. Grade109.99.89.69.49.29.08.58.07.57.06.56.05.55.04.54.03.53.02.52.01.81.51.00.5
64 BOOKSUniversal755.950
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