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''. The editor for all four issues was Theodore Irwin. The magazine appeared quarterly, from Spring 1951 to Winter 1952; there was one volume of four issues. Each issue was digest-sized, 128 pages, and was priced at 35 cents.McSherry (1983), pp. 552-554.

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* * {{Cite book, last=McSherry, first=Frank D., title=Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines, publisher=Greenwood Press, year=1983, isbn=0-313-23310-1, editor-last=Cook, editor-first=Michael L., location=Westport, Connecticut, pages=550–552, chapter=''Suspense'', ref=none Magazines published in Chicago Magazines established in 1951 Magazines disestablished in 1952