cover art by Albert Fisher
[updated 6/4/26]
Category: updated
May 1937 issue ~ cover art by Jo Shipman
January 1932 issue ~ cover art by Delos Palmer
January 1932 – debut issue of only 7 published – one of the rarest of collectable pulps
cover art by Delos Palmer
better image than previously posted
[cover updated 2/11/26]
May 1937 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens
September 1948 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake
cover art by Albert Drake
Frederick C. Davis, “Man About Murder”
T.T. Flynn, “I’ll Bet Your Life!” (Mr. Maddox)
Robert Martin, “Doctor of Doom”
Richard Dermody, “Cupid for Cash” (Doc Pierce)
Dean Evans, “Dreams Get Blasted, Too”
Russell Branch, “A Corpse Had Cold Feet”
[updated 5/12/25]
January 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
Stewart Sterling, “Bull-Market for the Dying”
Francis K. Allan, “Am I the Corpse’s Keeper?“
William R. Cox, “Beware the Black Queen” (Tom Kincaid)
Wayne Rogers, “Murder Town”
Dane Gregory, “All at Once—No Wednesday!“
Russell Gray, “Death Hitch-Hikes South”
[cover updated 2/3/26]
So Rich, So Lovely and So Dead x 2
oil on board, 16 x 12-1/2 inches (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
Signed lower left: Zuckerberg
1953 Pocket reissue
1961 Dell reissue
[post updated 12/11/25]
July 1939 issue ~ cover art by John Fleming Gould
cover art by John Fleming Gould
better image than previously posted
D.L. Champion, “Cover the Corpse’s Eyes” (Insp. Allhoff)
Cornell Woolrich, “Charlie Won’t Be Home Tonight”
Sam Merwin, Jr., “Murder for Syndication”
Jan Dana, “The Second Loop” (Acme Indemnity Op)
Leslie T. White, “Me and My Shadow” (Omar MacKenzie)
[updated 2/2/26]
1959 Pocket paperback original – cover art by Darrell Greene
gouache on board, 28 x 20 inches (71.1 x 50.8 cm)
aka Hank Searls
1959 Pocket paperback original
better image than previously posted
[updated 5/11/26]
SMB Noir 
