December 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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Frank Huepper, “Hell Bent for Homicide”

Mel Colton, “Dreamer with a Gun” (Johnny Rock)

John D. MacDonald, “Take a Powder, Galahad!“

Richard E. Glendinning, “The Lady from Limbo”

John Bender, “Fall-Guy’s Feint”

Bert Styler, “Why Stoolies Get Stiff”

Mark Wilson, “Those Sticky, Sticky Fingers”

November 1942 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders/Canadian edition April 1943

November 1942

cover art by Norman Saunders – and signed by him as well

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cover art by John Hilkert for the Canadian April 1943 edition

July 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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John D. MacDonald, “Dead Men Don’t Scare”

Talmage Powell, “Forget-Me-Not Killer”

Frederick C. Davis, “If the Noose Fits”

Robert Turner, “Murder in Her Wake”

Van MacNair, Jr., “White-Collar Stiff”

Russell Branch, “So Sorry – So Dead”

Scott O’Hara, “Five-Star Fugitive” (pen name of MacDonald’s)

January 1946 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

January 1946 issue

cover art by Samuel Cherry

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Peter Paige, “Twelve Dead Mice” (Cash Wale)

H.H. Stinson, “Start with Murder (Sam Fisk)

Richard Dermody, “The Doctor’s Trove” (Doc Pierce)

William R. Cox, “Vacation – With Slay” (Malachi Manatee)

Robert C. Dennis, “They’re Coming Through the Door!” (Hank O’Neill)