PERIL PRESS presents: Speed Detective, October 1944 STARS DIE AT NIGHT by Robert Leslie Bellem If you tangle with a burglar and a corpse—both of them female and beautiful and very prominent—you're apt to steam four ways at once, the way Dan Turner did. 8700 Words Hollywood Detective, March 1944 KILLER'S CURE A Dan Turner Story by Robert Leslie Bellem To win a girl's confidence Dan Turner turns actor. He should have known from the first Hollywood is full of actors and actresses 5300 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, January 1942 A COMET PASSES by Robert Leslie Bellem Why should a lovely movie star want to quit her career, hide out from everybody—including the man who loved her? Dan Turner found more than one mystery when death visited the lonely ranch house and offered an astonishing solution. 5000 Words Speed Detective, July 1944 STOCK SHOT by Robert Leslie Bellem As much as he disapproves of murder, Dan Turner hates blackmail even more. And as much as he loves a client who puts cash on the line, Dan's common sense tells him there's little percentage in trying to cover up for a killer . All of these factors, and more, confront him in The Case of the Millionaire Producer with the Puritanical Sweetheart. Chapter 2: Ka Chow! Chapter 3: The Answer to $10,000 Chapter 4: What Body? Chapter 5: The Prowler Chapter 6: A Threat Chapter 7: The Plan of Action Chapter 8: Fitting the Puzzle 12,500 Words Hollywood Detective, May 1948 WIRED ALIBI by Robert Leslie Bellem The victim was no longer alive to deny or confirm his murderer but Homicide Donaldson was trying to finger Dan Turner for the kill—because in a Sunset Strip gin mill the Ace private eye had uttered public threats to feed the victim crooner a load of venom . . . it was evident that Dan was in a king-size jack-pot! Chapter 2: Dust On Her Heals Chapter 3: Twice-Made Goat Chapter 4: Not A Joy Ride Chapter 5: Holes For A Head Chapter 6: The Clay Pigeon Flies 10,300 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, February 1943 PHONY SHAKEDOWN by Robert Leslie Bellem At first, Dan thought the girl had shot at him and it didn't make him any the less mad because she had missed. But before he could make her talk, another bullet closed her mouth. That sort of interference in Dan's business was the last straw! Somebody was going to pay—and plenty. 8300 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, February 1943 MURDER'S BLUE MOTIVE by Robert Leslie Bellem Dan had little sympathy for the dead woman, and a lot for the girl with the pistol. This seemed the time to take the law into his own hands. 7100 Words This edition includes all 10 illustrations to these stories plus pulp covers to all 7 stories.

PERIL PRESS presents: Spicy Detective Stories, November 1935 Dan Turner Hollywood Detective BEYOND JUSTICE by Robert Leslie Bellem Dan Turner judges a beauty contest—and things happen! Was the girl's murder an act of vengeance—or a dead man's legacy to love? 5700 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, December, 1942 BROKEN MELODY by Robert Leslie Bellem Nothing scalds Dan Turner so much as a threatening note. When there's geetus in a case, and when there's a little songbird like Chiquita in the picture, nobody's going to tell Dan to layoff, and get away with it! 5100 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, January 1942 MILLION BUCK SNATCH by Robert Leslie Bellem Guns roared in Chinatown. The police took it calmly. "Another tong war," they said. But Hollywood's super-sleuth Dan Turner was always a doubter. Wouldn't it seem more reasonable that somebody had deliberately shot at the girl to keep her from tipping anyone off about the kidnapping? 5600 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, December 1942 DAUGHTER OF MURDER by Robert Leslie Bellem There are some things a daughter ought to know about her own mother—including how she died. Dan had some doubts about both would-be heiresses, but no doubt about which one wanted to kill him! 5400 Words Spicy Detective, October 1935 Dan Turner Hollywood Detective DEATH'S BRIGHT HALO by Robert Leslie Bellem Those necklaces were as effective as a headman's axe. To pierce their secret Dan Turner finds his way into the house of missing girls. 6200 Words Spicy Detective, September 1936 FALLING STAR by Robert Leslie Bellem It was the dizziest looking diamond ring Dan Turner had ever seen—and a girl was giving it to him to keep . . . handing him plenty of Hollywood trouble on a platter. 5500 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, February 1943 FEATURE SNATCH by Robert Leslie Bellem The idea was new—and was tops! Whoever thought of stealing a million dollar production before it was released? And behind it was the ransom angle, and there was blackmail, too. Sometimes a detective likes to get his teeth into a case like that. It's like matching your wits with a genius. 6400 Words Hollywood Detective, July 1945 THE DEAD DON'T DREAM by Robert Leslie Bellem What was the grim mystery in this disappearance of the fat gag writer's cousin? Hollywood's ace gumshoe, Dan Turner, had to meet and combat a heap of rough to-do before he neared finish. 8600 Words This edition includes 30 images between sexy story illustrations and steamy pulp covers, plus a GALLERY of 10 enticing Pulp covers from issues that feature stories by Robert Leslie Bellem and his aliases.

PERIL PRESS presents: Speed Detective, August 1946 LATIN BLOOD by Robert Leslie Bellem Dan Turner got himself "engaged" to a girl he didn't even know, in order to keep two jealous hambos from knifing each other—and the tough shamus—reward for this bit of chivalry was to wake up finding a murder rap pinned on himself and the frame-up mounting in fury! 5200 Words Hollywood Detective, December 1945 RUBY RANSOM by Robert Leslie Bellem There was a butler who looked like Frankenstein, but wasn't; there were a couple of old maids who wore funny-smelling perfume and had odd dispositions; there was an assortment of other odd characters. And most of all there was a comely corpse who was present and a set of valuable ruby rocks that were missing—and before Dan Turner reached the peak with this mob, he was missing part of his health! Chapter 2 Double-Cross Daniel Chapter 3 Lavender Lowdown 8000 Words Hollywood Detective, January 1944 FOCUS ON DEATH by Robert Leslie Bellem They were making a cowboy picture, and of course the Indians' arrows had all been blunted. Nevertheless it was an arrow with sharpened tip that came out of the welter of battle to kill the lovely star! 5000 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, March 1943 RUSSIAN RUN-AROUND by Robert Leslie Bellem Donaldson's crack had been meant as a joke, but the girl who overheard it wasn't in a joking mood. After that, it didn't matter what Dan Turner said. To her he was a Russian wife-deserter, and a bad actor. 6400 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, December 1942 MALIBU MESS by Robert Leslie Bellem Nothing can be so mixed up as a couple of scrambled Hollywood marriages—with everybody wanting to kill everybody else. Dan is on hand to prevent things going quite that far . . . 5600 Words Spicy Detective, September 1934 SLEEPING DOGS by Robert Leslie Bellem Follow Dan Turner, Hollywood's two-fisted detective, through a murderous tangle of love and intrigue among the film stars 4900 Words Hollywood Detective, December 1945 Dan Turner Hollywood Detective THE BOOK OF THE PHANTOM BULLET by Robert Leslie Bellem This movie ham named McBride acted the death scene very realistically—mostly because some sly sinister stinker had put a real bullet completely through his think-tank. And as foul luck would have it, Dan Turner was on the scene and having it demonstrated that the trigger-finger was quicker than his hawkshaw eye. From then on, Dan was busier than a confused dog in a flea circus . . . . Chapter 2 Long-gone Bullet Chapter 3 Suspects Supreme Chapter 4 No Modest Mayhem Chapter 5 Brawl for a Book 9600 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, May 1943 SHAKEDOWN SHAM by Robert Leslie Bellem "I think my wife is being blackmailed," the guy opened up. And Dan agreed to protect the dame while she kept her secret tryst. It wasn't until after she'd kept her clandestine appointment that he had a real idea of how big a job he'd taken upon himself 5200 Words This edition includes all 20 sexy illustrations to these stories, plus the pulp covers for all 8 stories.

PERIL PRESS presents: G-Men Detective, January 1949 KNIFE IN THE DARK a novelette by by Robert Leslie Bellem Chapter 1: Dead Passenger Chapter 2: Disappearing Corpse Chapter 3: A Muffled Scream Chapter 4: House of Menace Chapter 5: A Good Trick—That Didn't Work 9500 Words Spicy-Adventure Stories, August 1935 THE BLACK 13 by Robert Leslie Bellem as Ellery Watson Calder He laid his last five-spot on 13—and a lovely girl claimed his winnings! What did she know of the grim secret that made him a hunted fugitive? 5200 Words Spicy Adventure, April 1935 TATTOOED BLONDE by Robert Leslie Bellem as Ellery Watson Calder Branded! The word on her breast was dynamite to the angry mob. But Terry Dixon had a hunch that bared a startling plot and saved a beautiful girl 3000 Words Spicy Detective, September 1936 MURDERER'S BAIT by Robert Leslie Bellem as Jerome Severs Perry They wanted Frisco Pete for murder. He didn't dare show himself to the girl in the next room. Yet—there are times when even a crook hiding out can't help butting in. 5100 Words Spicy Detective, September 1934 THE WATERLOO OF WILLIE THE DIP by Robert Leslie Bellem as Ellery Watson Calder Turning the tables on a slick crook is one of the tricks of the trade. An amusing story of crime and love in the Big City. 3000 Words This edition includes all 14 sexy illustrations to the five stories as well as the pulp cover to all five stories, plus a GALLERY of 10 pulp covers from issues that feature stories by Robert Leslie Bellem (and his pseudonyms.)

PERIL PRESS presents: Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, January 1942 BULLET FROM NOWHERE by Robert Leslie Bellem The cameras are set, the scene has already been rehearsed; "Shoot!" the director says. . . . What happens is stark tragedy—not of the movie, play-acting variety, but like a chapter out of the deeper drama of life itself. 5000 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, January 1942 MURDER'S MESSENGER by Robert Leslie Bellem It's a big job for a detective to stop a murder from happening—especially if he gets there too late. But with the cutest quail in Hollywood cooled, her killer had to be found 5400 Words Hollywood Detective, March 1944 ODDS ON THE 8-BALL by Robert Leslie Bellem Trying to trip up a kidnaper, Dan Turner finds himself in the middle of a murder mess. Behind it all looms up the hoodoo cab, license number, 8-BA-11. Accidents, lawsuits, and now a murder! But what can you expect of a cab, handicapped like that, and with a girl driver to boot? 5600 Words Hollywood Detective, January 1947 DEATH'S AUTOGRAPH by Robert Leslie Bellem The fat gentleman evidently had a very special reason for wanting that glamorous cinema queen to affix her signature to a page in his little book—and Dan Turner saw it turn out to be a book of doom, with complications that would have tried the tempers of the Devil! 7000 Words Hollywood Detective, November 1946 TREACHERY PULLS THE TRIGGER by Robert Leslie Bellem illustrated by Newton H Alfred Dan Turner was startled to discover why the monocled publisher-gambler didn't answer the big detective's questions—the guy was dead, although he looked alive! And from there on in the gumshoe trail became rougher and rougher with bruising bumps! 8600 Words Hollywood Detective, January 1947 SLAY IT ISN'T SO! by Robert Leslie Bellem Just why was that glamorous female star, whose rise in the movie firmament had been swift as that of a meteor, taking a runout powder on her career forever? Was it just blackmail? Dan Turner had been hired to find out—and when his employer became suddenly defunct a highly dangerous angle blossomed from the setup. 6600 Words Dan Turner—Hollywood Detective, January, 1942 COOKED by Robert Leslie Bellem An ounce of murder-prevention is worth a pound of chasing a killer. So Dan tries to help the girl—only to find that a very fast one is being pulled on him. 5600 Words Hollywood Detective, November 1946 CARELESS CORPSE by Robert Leslie Bellem That bogus postman brought Dan Turner a splendid solid whack with a blackjack and it was a highly special delivery—thereby involving the ace movietown hawkshaw with low killery and high finance and dangerous bafflement! . . . . 8400 Words This edition includes all 12 illustrations to these eight stories, plus the pulp covers from the magazines that published these eight stories as well as a GALLERY of 11 pulp covers from issues that featured stories by Robert Leslie Bellem (and his pseudonyms.)

The Eugene Comics Guild Presents: GUIDED EDGES #7 A Spine-Tickling Anthology by Eugene Creators September 2001 Managing Editor: Jared Prophet Book Design: Jon Armstrong 2023 Book Production: Jared Prophet & Peril Press Cover A by Ian Christy Cover B by N8 Domschot TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 - A MOTHER’S SON: A Raggedy Camus Story - 8 pages by Ian Christy 2 - TALES OF DANGER: DEATH BY INCHES Part 3 - 3 pages by Jared Prophet - Illustration by Jon Armstrong 3 - EMPIRE Chapter IV: Patience Silence - 2 pages by Leonard J. Chastain - Illustrations by Alan Bennett 4 - THE FORTUNE TELLER’S FORTUNE - 7 pages by Dan Armstrong - Illustration by Jon Armstrong 5 - MOODY: Martin Moody: Monster Investigator - 8 pages Story by John Last - Art by N8 Domschot 6 - HERE - 8 pages By Rick Marcus - Illustration by Jon Armstrong 7 - PROJECT LEVIATHAN Part 3: Things to Come - 8 pages by Neal Skorpen 8 - JOHNNY VEGA Chapter 5: The Underground Lair of Dread - 4 pages by Alan Bennett 9 - A MOTHER’S SON: A Raggedy Camus Story - 8 pages (colored) by Ian Christy - Colors by Jared Prophet

Real Western Stories, August 1952 Deputy Marshal Lee Winters #1 NIGHT WIND by Lon Williams Was it a nightmare, or had Deputy Marshal Lee Winters heard muffled shots that night? Deputy-Marshal Lee Winters is no hero—but he does his duty! 4000 Words This is the first of 38 Weird West tales of Lee Winters by Lon Williams. Giant Western, February 1953 THE GHOSTS OF MURDERER’S HILL A True Story by E.A. Duncan How did the ghost lights get there? What did they mean? How did the ghost lights get there—and what did they mean? 600 Words Giant Western, February 1953 SMILE WHEN YOU PLAY THAT (True) by Bob and Jan Young In the Old West, a man would bet everything he owned—or didn't own—on a good poker hand A man would bet everything on a good poker hand 1800 Words Giant Western, February 1953 HOW TO GET A BARGAIN Special Feature by Allan K. Echols The way to weigh a steer 400 Words Giant Western, February 1953 JUMPING JUSTICE Special Feature by Pecos Pete An amusing Western limerick 50 Words