Dame To Slaughter [Illustrated] (The Madcap Adventures of Willie Klump Book 5)

PERIL PRESS presents:
The Madcap Adventures of WILLIE KLUMP vol. 5
9 Hilarious Tales of Murder from the Pages of
POPULAR DETECTIVE
by Joe Archibald


Popular Detective, January 1948
STALLING ALL CARS!
by Joe Archibald
When Willie Klump takes Gertie Mudgett for a spin in his Gnash-8 car, two mobsters go along - just for the ride!
6100 Words

Popular Detective, March 1948
Willie Klump:
PHOTO FINISH FOR A DAME
by Joe Archibald
Willie Klump, the daffy snoop, gets himself badly tangled in a contagious blackmail case!
6100 Words

Popular Detective, July 1948
Willie Klump:
KLUMP A LA CARTE
by Joe Archibald
Willie becomes a moocher at Finnerty’s Homelike Cafe just so he can help wash the dishes—and uncovers a sink of iniquity!
6600 Words

Popular Detective, September 1948
Stuck With the Evidence
by Joe Archibald
When it's the finale for Ferdinand Fingly, Willie Klump makes progress in his investigation—by backing into the solution!
6700 Words

Popular Detective, January 1949
Willie Klump:
STATE PENMANSHIP
by Joe Archibald
When Willie Klump meets up with a team of check forgers he has to do some fast thinking—or bounce into trouble!
6700 Words

Popular Detective, March 1949
Willie Klump:
DYING TO SEE WILLIE
by Joe Archibald
The crook climbed right into bed with Detective Klump before kicking the bucket, but he left a valuable clue behind him!
6600 Words

Popular Detective, May 1949
THE GAT AND THE MOUSE
by Joe Archibald
When the Hawkeye Hawkshaw meets up with Spelvin Sump, zany inventor of “atom bullet,” something's bound to explode!
6500 Words

Popular Detective, July 1949
Willie Klump:
A LAM TO THE SLAUGHTER
by Joe Archibald
Daffy Detective Klump follows a dizzy dame through a haywire homicide that can only end in the looney bin!
6600 Words

Popular Detective, November 1949
CHEESECAKE AND WILLIE
by Joe Archibald
Private Eye Klump is no Napoleon, but when he gives the wrong answer on April First he soon meets his Waterloo!
6100 Words

This edition includes the original illustrations to the stories as well as the covers to the issues of Popular Detective magazines in which the stories were first published.