November 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1944 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Dale Clark, “Stay, Fido, Stay” (Highland Park “High” Price)

Lawrence Treat, “Death on the Palette”

G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Dig a Grave for Me”

Alan Farley, “A Mouse in the Hand”

Julius Long, “C.D. for Corpus Delicti” (Clarence Darrow Mort)

Henry Norton, “No Tears for the Lady”

[updated 11/15/25]

August 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders – oil on board, 22 x 15 in.

better image than previously posted

John D. MacDonald, “His Fatal Fling”

Hank Searls, “Keep Your Money Side Up” (Shamus Blair)

Jonathan Craig, “One Sweet Frame”

Mel Colton, “Corpse-Gathering Cutie” (Johnny Rock)

John Granger, “The Busy Body” (Gumshoe Rory)

H. Hassell Gross, “Death Was the Bride”

Frederick C. Davis, “Kill Me, Kate!”