December 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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Hank Searls, “Auld Land Crime”

Richard F. Glendinning, “Sitting Duck Running Wild”

Frederick C. Davis, “Tune in on Murder” (Keyhole Kerry), reprinted from 1936

Mel Cotton, “Her Perfect Frame” (Shamus Buster)

Morris Cooper, “The Grave Killer”

Corretta Slavsky, “Checkmated!”

Robert Turner, “Slay, Maestro, Slay!”

Curtains for the Copper x 3

1941 Dutton hardcover

1944 Dell mapback reissue

cover art by Gerald Gregg, mapback by Ruth Belew


1953 Dell Canadian edition

cover art by Walter Brooks

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1944 Avon digest

1945 Avon digest reissue, 2nd edition

Gathers “Blackmailers Don’t Shoot,” “Goldfish,” “Guns at Cyrano’s” “Nevada Gas” and “Spanish Blood,” five mystery stories first published in Black Mask Magazine

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1st printing, Feb. 3, 1944