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| Name | Detective Picture Stories 4 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Data taken from Howard Keltner's Golden Age index and the existing GCD index. |
| Cover | The Case of the 4 Haircuts / 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Pencils | Rodney Thomson (signed) |
| Inks | Rodney Thomson (signed) |
| Notes | Credited on the Table of Contents. |
| Advertisement | Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Contents | Contents (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Egan |
| Pencils | Bill Allison |
| Inks | Bill Allison |
| Notes | Features the full figure of the person on the cover of Detective Picture Stories #1. |
| Comic Story | Fifty Dollar Ride (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A kid agrees to drive a car to Chesterton, then discovers a dead gangster in the trunk. He informs the police and they prepare an ambush to catch the other gangsters. |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Toni Blossi (dead gangster); Joe Padroni |
| Script | Ellis Edwards |
| Pencils | Ellis Edwards |
| Inks | Ellis Edwards |
| Comic Story | Muss 'Em Up (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Hammer Donovan is called back onto the Police force, with no legal limitations, to track down a notorious killer and his gang that have been bumping off cops, and whose identity and whereabouts are being protected by the underworld. |
| Feature | Hammer Donovan |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Hammer Donovan; Captain Spencer; Fen Soo (Donovan's servant); Mike Moarelli (villain); Tony (villain, death); Curley [aka as Curly] (villain, death); Hophead Harry (villain) |
| Script | Will Eisner (signed) |
| Pencils | Will Eisner (signed) |
| Inks | Will Eisner (signed) |
| First Line | Tony, here, is dead... |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Ride the double-action range for the best in western fiction |
| Notes | Ad for the magazines Double-Action Western and Real Western. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | The 4 aces |
| Notes | Shows the covers of Funny Pages #8, Funny Picture Stories #4, Detective Picture Stories #3, and Western Picture Stories #1. |
| No Title | |
| Synopsis | Jack wasn't invited to a party because he can't do anything and his dad suggests he learn to play the harmonica. |
| Characters | Jack; Mabel |
| First Line | Be popular... become an expert harmonica player |
| Notes | Ad in comic form for Hohner Harmonicas. |
| Comic Story | Stand-In Girl / Pat O'Day (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dot is hired to replace a society girl, Jane Dexter. |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Dot Brown; Tony; Whitey Powell; Mrs. Dexter; James P. Dexter; Billings; Pat O'Day |
| Script | Joe Buresch |
| Pencils | Joe Buresch |
| Inks | Joe Buresch |
| First Line | Night life takes us to a cozy night club... |
| Comic Story | Kidnapped (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Football player Tom Collins is kidnapped by Spike and Rose to affect the outcome of a match, but Tom feigns illness. When Spike and Rose try to drive him to a hospital Tom crashes their car, informs on them to a nearby policeman, then gets to the match in time to win the game. |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Tom Collins (football player); Spike (gangster); Rose (gun moll) |
| Script | Joe Campbell |
| Pencils | Joe Campbell |
| Inks | Joe Campbell |
| First Line | We've just got to win that game... |
| Illustration | Radio Car Patrol (2 pages) |
| Genre | Crime |
| Pencils | Rodney Thomson (signed) |
| Inks | Rodney Thomson (signed) |
| First Line | Calling Car 44! |
| Notes | Double page spread. |
| Comic Story | No Title (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | After millionaire Stuart is poisoned, Kane and Abel solve the crime, proving it was the man's nephew. |
| Feature | Kane & Abel Private Detectives |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Kane; Abel; Stuart (dies); Parker (butler); Evelyn Latimer (actress) |
| Script | John Ewing |
| Pencils | John Wilson (signed) |
| Inks | John Wilson (signed) |
| First Line | OK! We'll be right over! |
| Notes | Strangely, the nephew who commits the murder never appears in the story. |
| Comic Story | The Case of the Four Haircuts / Clem Bowers (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | A con man cheats a barber out of four haircuts. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Clem Bowers; Donovan; Angelo; Willie; Lena; J. H. Worthington; Kreisler |
| Script | Victor Dowling |
| Pencils | Victor Dowling |
| Inks | Victor Dowling |
| First Line | It's the old army game... |
| Notes | On page five a news stand has a copy of 'Funny Pages' visible. |
| Text Story | Sapphire Seas (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Allen Starr is called in to investigate a shipboard murder. |
| Script | C. W. Scott [as Captain C. W. Scott] |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Lauenberg; Allen Starr; Eve Foster; Mr. Foster |
| Pencils | Bill Allison (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Allison (signed) |
| First Line | With the fog that settled... |
| Comic Story | Enemy Spy (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Inspector Darrin has to stop a plot by the mastermind known as the Brain. |
| Feature | Inspector Darrin |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | John Darrin; Brixton; The Brain; Gorilla; Rat-Face |
| Script | E. F. Webster (signed) |
| Pencils | E. F. Webster (signed) |
| Inks | E. F. Webster (signed) |
| First Line | Inspector Darrin tackled a dangerous job... |
| Comic Story | The Will of Uncle Dan (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Cousins Banning and Tom head to the bedside of their dying uncle Dan. Banning tries to murder Tom so he can claim the full fortune but Tom survives the attempt, informs the police and arrives in time to keep his uncle from changing the will. |
| Genre | Crime |
| Characters | Banning (gangster); Tom (heir); Mr. Clark (Tom's boss); Captain Bangs (policeman); Mary (wealthy woman); Dan Darling (dying man); Karp; Lefty |
| Script | Matt Curzon (signed) |
| Pencils | Matt Curzon (signed) |
| Inks | Matt Curzon (signed) |
| First Line | How is he,doctor? |
| Cartoon | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Teen Age |
| Genre | Humor; Teen |
| Script | Joe Buresch |
| Pencils | Joe Buresch |
| Inks | Joe Buresch |
| First Line | Can I drive with one hand? |
| Notes | Six one-panel cartoons about teenagers. |
| Advertisement | No Title |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Big prizes |
| Notes | Ad for the Crowell Publishing Company and how one can win a Monark Silver King bicycle. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title |
| Pencils | various |
| Inks | various |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Brilliant with color |
| Notes | Shows the covers of Funny Pages #8 and 9, Funny Picture Stories #4 and 5, Detective Picture Stories #3 and 4, and Western Picture Stories #1 and 2. |
| Advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Factory to you |
| Notes | Ad for Remington Rand typewriters. Back cover. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
