May 26, 1934 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens
September 1945 issue ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka
cover art by Ernest Chiriacka
Talmage Powell, “Uneasy Lies the Headstone” (Abner Murder/Mr. Murder)
Joe Archibald, “One Meat Brawl” (Dizzy Duo)
William Hellman (given as by William Hellmann), “A Word to the Wiseguy”
Emil Petaja, “Welcome Home to Nightmare”
Bill Morgan, “Death Paints a Poster”
E.C. Marshall, “Murder after the Fact”
William Rough, “Say Hello to Satan”
Lewis A. Keppen, “No License to Slay”
Berna Morris, “Station K-I-L-L Calling”
Rex Whitechurch, “Homicide’s Crimson Chariot” (Jerry Carlton)
April 1966 issue ~ cover art by by Shannon Stirnweis
March 1933 issue
movie poster
1960 UK poster
red nails…
July 1945 ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll
G.T. Fleming -Roberts, “Lady Killer!“
D.L. Champion, “Yuma Appointment”
Frances Beck, “The Last, Long Ride”
Cyril Plunkett, “Second Kill”
Henry Norton, “Cadaver Wanted—Dead or Alive!“
Frances M. Deegan, “Torch Song”
Robert C. Dennis, “Crabtree’s Favorite Corpse”
Francis K. Allan, “Stand-in for Death”
Day Keene, “Murder on My Mind”
July 1, 1934 issue ~ cover art by John Howitt
Meet Me at the Morgue x 9
1953 Knopf hardcover, 1st edition – cover by Bill English
one of the two non-series that he wrote amongst the Archers
better image than previously posted
cover art by Clark Hulings
cover art by Sam Peffer
May 1959 Pocket paperback, 3rd print
better image than previously posted
1972 Bantam edition, 2nd print
2010 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
[updated 9/13/25]
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