Clues

Copyright information

Renewed issues

This includes all active issue renewals.

• October 1933 (v. 30 no. 5)
• November 1933 (v. 30 no. 6)
• December 1933 (v. 31 no. 1)
• January 1934 (v. 31 no. 2), © December 13, 1933
• February 1934 (v. 31 no. 3), © January 10, 1934
• March 1934 (v. 31 no. 4)
• April 1934 (v. 31 no. 5)
• May 1934 (v. 31 no. 6)
• June 1934 (v. 32 no. 1)
• July 1934 (v. 32 no. 2)
• August 1934 (v. 32 no. 3)
• September 1934 (v. 32 no. 4)
• October 1934 (v. 32 no. 5)
• November 1934 (v. 32 no. 6)
• December 1934 (v. 33 no. 1)
• January 1935 (v. 33 no. 2), © December 12, 1934
• February 1935 (v. 33 no. 3), © January 9, 1935
• March 1935 (v. 33 no. 4)
• April 1935 (v. 33 no. 5)
• May 1935 (v. 33 no. 6)
• June 1935 (v. 34 no. 1)
• July 1935 (v. 34 no. 2)
• August 1935 (v. 34 no. 3)
• September 1935 (v. 34 no. 4)
• October 1935 (v. 34 no. 5)
• November 1935 (v. 34 no. 6)
• December 1935 (v. 35 no. 1)
• January 1936 (v. 35 no. 2), © December 11, 1935
• February 1936 (v. 35 no. 3), © January 8, 1936
• March 1936 (v. 35 no. 4)
• April 1936 (v. 35 no. 5)
• May 1936 (v. 35 no. 6)
• June 1936 (v. 36 no. 1)
• July 1936 (v. 36 no. 2)
• August 1936 (v. 36 no. 3)
• September 1936 (v. 36 no. 4)
• October 1936 (v. 36 no. 5)
• November 1936 (v. 36 no. 6)
• December 1936 (v. 37 no. 1)
• January 1937 (v. 37 no. 2), © December 9, 1936
• February 1937 (v. 37 no. 3), © January 13, 1937
• March 1937 (v. 37 no. 4)
• April 1937 (v. 37 no. 5)
• May 1937 (v. 37 no. 6)
• June 1937 (v. 38 no. 1)
• July 1937 (v. 38 no. 2)
• August 1937 (v. 38 no. 3)
• September 1937 (v. 38 no. 4)
• October 1937 (v. 38 no. 5)
• November 1937 (v. 38 no. 6)
• December 1937 (v. 39 no. 1)
• January 1938 (v. 39 no. 2), © December 8, 1937
• February 1938 (v. 39 no. 3), © January 5, 1938
• March 1938 (v. 39 no. 4)
• April 1938 (v. 39 no. 5)
• May 1938 (v. 39 no. 6)
• June 1938 (v. 40 no. 1)
• July 1938 (v. 40 no. 2)
• August 1938 (v. 40 no. 3)
• September 1938 (v. 40 no. 4)
• October 1938 (v. 40 no. 5)
• November 1938 (v. 40 no. 6)
• December 1938 (v. 41 no. 1); Renewals from here onward filed under Street & Smith's Clues Detective Stories.
• January 1939 (v. 41 no. 2), © December 14, 1938
• February 1939 (v. 41 no. 3), © January 11, 1939
• March 1939 (v. 41 no. 4)
• April 1939 (v. 41 no. 5)
• May 1939 (v. 41 no. 6)
• June 1939 (v. 42 no. 1)
• July 1939 (v. 42 no. 2)
• August 1939 (v. 42 no. 3)
• September 1939 (v. 42 no. 4)
• October 1939 (v. 42 no. 5)
• November 1939 (v. 42 no. 6)
• December 1939 (v. 43 no. 1)
• January 1940 (v. 43 no. 2), © December 13, 1939
• February 1940 (v. 43 no. 3), © January 10, 1940
• March 1940 (v. 43 no. 4)
• April 1940 (v. 43 no. 5)
• May 1940 (v. 43 no. 6)
• June 1940 (v. 44 no. 1)
• July 1940 (v. 44 no. 2)
• September 1940 (v. 44 no. 3)
• November 1940 (v. 44 no. 4)
• January 1941 (v. 44 no. 5), © November 13, 1940; We did not find this renewal record in the expected CCE volume scans, but found it in the Copyright Office virtual card catalog.
• March 1941 (v. 44 no. 6), © January 8, 1941
• May 1941 (v. 45 no. 1)
• July 1941 (v. 45 no. 2)
• September 1941 (v. 45 no. 3)
• November 1941 (v. 45 no. 4)
• January 1942 (v. 45 no. 5), © November 12, 1941
• March 1942 (v. 45 no. 6), © January 14, 1942
• May 1942 (v. 46 no. 1)
• July 1942 (v. 46 no. 2)
• September 1942 (v. 46 no. 3)
• November 1942 (v. 46 no. 4)
• January 1943 (v. 46 no. 5), © November 10, 1942
• March 1943 (v. 46 no. 6), © January 12, 1943
• May 1943 (v. 47 no. 1)

Renewed contributions

This includes all active contribution renewals.

• March 25, 1930 (v. 18 no. 1): "The Gems of Tai Lee", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• May 25, 1930 (v. 19 no. 1): "Loose Threads of Crime", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• June 25, 1930 (v. 19 no. 3): "Gods Who Frown", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• July 25, 1930 (v. 20 no. 1): "Stained", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• August 10, 1930 (v. 20 no. 2): "Buried Treasure", by Edgar Wallace [Permissions] (Issue as given in FictionMags. CCE renewal record places this story instead in the September 25 issue. We have not examined the issues in question.)
• September 25, 1930 (v. 21 no. 1): "1-C-12", by Allan Vaughan Elston
• September 25, 1930 (v. 21 no. 1): "Buried Treasure", by Edgar Wallace [Permissions] (Issue as given in CCE renewal record. FictionMags places this story instead in the first August issue. We have not examined the issues in question.)
• November 10, 1930 (v. 21 no. 4): "His Victim's Voice", by Allan Vaughan Elston
• November 25, 1930 (v. 22 no. 1): "One-Man Law", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• December 10, 1930 (v. 22 no. 2): "The Court of Candles", by Allan Vaughan Elston
• December 10, 1930 (v. 22 no. 2): "Cincinnati Bond Case", by Randle McKay and Lassiter Wren (Randle McKay is a pseudonym used by Richard W. Rowan. This appears to be one of their 'Baffles' contributions.)
• December 10, 1930 (v. 22 no. 2): "The Roman Coin", by Randle McKay and Lassiter Wren (Randle McKay is a pseudonym used by Richard W. Rowan. This appears to be one of their 'Baffles' contributions.)
• December 10, 1930 (v. 22 no. 2): "The Stamp Album", by Randle McKay and Lassiter Wren (Randle McKay is a pseudonym used by Richard W. Rowan. This appears to be one of their 'Baffles' contributions.)
• December 25, 1930 (v. 22 no. 3): "A Horse on Fane", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• December 25, 1930 (v. 22 no. 3): "The Fountain of Light", by Randle McKay and Lassiter Wren (Randle McKay is a pseudonym used by Richard W. Rowan. This appears to be one of their 'Baffles' contributions.)
• December 25, 1930 (v. 22 no. 3): "Inspector Marquard's Quandry", by Randle McKay and Lassiter Wren (Randle McKay is a pseudonym used by Richard W. Rowan. This appears to be one of their 'Baffles' contributions.)
• December 25, 1930 (v. 22 no. 3): "The Quebec Woods Mystery", by Randle McKay and Lassiter Wren (Randle McKay is a pseudonym used by Richard W. Rowan. This appears to be one of their 'Baffles' contributions.)
• January 10, 1931 (v. 22 no. 4): "The Fourth Drop of Blood", by Randle McKay and Lassiter Wren (Randle McKay is a pseudonym used by Richard W. Rowan. This appears to be one of their 'Baffles' contributions.)
• January 10, 1931 (v. 22 no. 4): "The Hunchback's Shadow", by Randle McKay and Lassiter Wren (Randle McKay is a pseudonym used by Richard W. Rowan. This appears to be one of their 'Baffles' contributions.)
• January 25, 1931 (v. 23 no. 1): "Air-Tight Alibis", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• March 10, 1931 (v. 23 no. 4): "Table for Ladies", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions] (Title as given in CCE renewal record. FictionMags gives title as 'Tables for Ladies'. We have not examined the issue in question.)
• April 10, 1931 (v. 24 no. 2): "First and Last", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• June 1931 (v. 25 no. 2): "Murder on Parade", by Allan Vaughan Elston
• July 1931 (v. 25 no. 3): "A Frying Job", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• August 1931 (v. 25 no. 4): "The Curtain of Palms", by Allan Vaughan Elston
• August 1931 (v. 25 no. 4): "Hoodoo", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• May 1932 (v. 28 no. 1): "The Unidentified Woman", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• June 1932 (v. 28 no. 2): "Gunned Out", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• August 1932 (v. 28 no. 4): "A Blind Date With Death", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• September 1932 (v. 29 no. 1): "The Kiss of Death", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• October 1932 (v. 29 no. 2): "The Upside-Down Corpse", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• November 1932 (v. 29 no. 3): "The Cannon Kills", by MacKinlay Kantor [Permissions] (Title as given on issue cover. CCE renewal record gives title as 'The Canon Kills'.)
• December 1932 (v. 29 no. 4): "The Law of the Borderland", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• February 1933 (v. 30 no. 2): "Hot Hunches", by George Harmon Coxe [Permissions]
• February 1933 (v. 30 no. 2): "The Dance of the Dagger", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• March 1933 (v. 30 no. 3): "The Word of a Crook", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• October 1933 (v. 30 no. 5): "The Clearing House of Crime", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• November 1933 (v. 30 no. 6): "Pitched Battle", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• May 1934 (v. 31 no. 6): "Solo", by George Harmon Coxe [Permissions]
• September 1934 (v. 32 no. 4): "Frost", by Donald Wandrei [Permissions]
• November 1934 (v. 32 no. 6): "Green Man - Creeping", by Donald Wandrei [Permissions]
• November 1934 (v. 32 no. 6): "Police Protection", by William Brandon
• April 1935 (v. 33 no. 5): "Bride of the Rats", by Donald Wandrei [Permissions]
• April 1935 (v. 33 no. 5): "The Siege of Mr. Martin", by Donald Wandrei (using the name Clyde B. Ashton) [Permissions]
• June 1935 (v. 34 no. 1): "The Artist of Death", by Donald Wandrei [Permissions]
• February 1936 (v. 35 no. 3): "Giants in the Valley", by Donald Wandrei [Permissions]
• November 1937 (v. 40 no. 6): "Tough Guy", by Frank Gruber
• December 1938 (v. 41 no. 1): "Barney Killigen", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• January 1939 (v. 41 no. 2): "Without Gloves", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• February 1939 (v. 41 no. 3): "Unstuffing One Shirt", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• May 1939 (v. 41 no. 6): "Dogs of Death", by Erle Stanley Gardner [Permissions]
• May 1939 (v. 41 no. 6): "Duplicate Death", by Frank Gruber
• January 1940 (v. 43 no. 2): "Death's Understudy", by Frank Gruber
• January 1941 (v. 44 no. 5): "The Murder Gun", by Frank Gruber

Page information

The preparers of this page do not represent the publishers or the rightsholders of this publication. To the best of their knowledge, the information in it is correct, and complete within any limits specified above. It may still have inadvertent errors and omissions, however; if you know of any, please contact the page maintainer shown above. This page is not legal advice.

Copyright registration and renewal records -- First periodical renewals -- Deep backfile knowledge base

Edited by John Mark Ockerbloom (onlinebooks@pobox.upenn.edu)
Data on this copyright information page is CC0. See OBP copyrights and licenses.