December 1, 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

December 1, 1933 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

better image than previously posted

Carroll John Daly, “Blood on the Curtain” (Marty Day & Reckoner)

Allan Vaughan Elston, “Winking Death” (Arthur Baird & Patrick Shone)

T.T. Flynn, “Red Dollars” (Jerry Prince)

Oscar Schisgall, “Wrapped for Murder” (Dan Taggert, PI)

August 1, 1934 issue ~ cover art by John Newton Howitt

August 1, 1934 issue

cover art by John Newton Howitt

better image than previously posted

T.T. Flynn, “Easy to Kill” (Izzy O’Shea)

John Lawrence, “Call All Cars!” (Cass Blue)

Hugh B. Cave, “The Late Mr. Smythe” (Peter Kane)

Maxwell Hawkins, “Fair and Murder” (Jones & Jones)

Allan Vaughan Elston, “Star Witness”

Donald Barr Chidsey, “Dead Man’s Dinner” (Det. Colohan)

D.E. Winstead, “Heel Prints” (PI Tyson of Townsend Agency)

this is the first issue with 144 pages

October – December 1950 issue ~ cover art by Robert Stanley

October – December 1950

cover art by Robert Stanley

first and only issue, all stories reissued from past fiction magazines