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Amazing Detective Tales, June 1930

June 1930

Editor Hugo Gernsback
Cover art Ruger
Publisher Techni-Craft Publishing Corp.
Price $0.25
Pages 100

  • Trimmed edges.
  • Pages are numbered 481-576.
  • Cover is a prize-contest illustration.
  • Cover artist credited as "Ruger"; signature "Jno Ruger" on artwork.
  • Story art is credited by artist last name only. Artwork for "The Gland Murders" is not credited, but the art is signed "JR."
  • Art for "A Matter of Mind Reading" is signed "Jno Ruger."
  • Artwork for "Scientific Actuality: The Telegraphic Finger Print" consists of several photographs.
  • "How Good a Detective Are You?" is a monthly puzzle or brain teaser.
  • "Radio and the Criminal" is an introductory essay. It is titled "Editorial—Radio and the Criminal" in the table of contents.
  • "Cover Prize Story Contest" is an essay that describes a contest in which readers submit a story based on the cover art.
  • "Scientific Actuality" is a series of factual articles that appeared in each issue of the magazine.
  • "The Reader's Verdict" is a letters column.
  • "Book Review" is titled thus, and consists of short reviews of current fiction and non-fiction books.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Amazing Detective Tales - 1930 Hugo Gernsback
Cover Art Non Fiction Amazing Detective Tales, June 1930 Ruger
488 Interior Art Non Fiction The Diamond Maker Winter
495 Interior Art Non Fiction How Good a Detective Are You? (Amazing Detective Tales, June 1930) Pearsall
496 Interior Art Non Fiction A Matter of Mind Reading Ruger
504 Interior Art Non Fiction The Flashlight Brigade Ruger
508 Interior Art Non Fiction The Gland Murders Jno Ruger
518 Interior Art Non Fiction Burning Water Winter
530 Interior Art Non Fiction The Double Lightning Winter
536 Interior Art Non Fiction The Blue Spangle J. Lieberman
541 Interior Art Non Fiction The Sealed Room Ruger
549 Interior Art Non Fiction Scientific Actuality: The Telegraphic Finger Print uncredited