cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
Merle Constiner, “The Puzzle of the Terrified Dummy” (The Dean)
T.T. Flynn, “Post-Mortem at Pimlico” (Mr. Maddox)
Hugh B. Cave, “Ding Dong Belle” (Peter Kane)
Jan Dana, “Death in the Center” (Acme Insurance Op)
C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Fraulein Judas”
cover art by Emery Clarke
Kenneth Robeson, “The King of Terror”
better image than previously posted
as violent, bloody, sexist, sadomasochistic, racist, and lurid as the pulp covers were, this one has to be perhaps the most grisly of all…
another source dates this as #6, 195?, but the stories are from the June 1953 US edition. would need the title page of the UK copy to know the date. same cover art for both.
Edward G. Robinson as Caesar Enrico ‘Rico’ Bandello
SMB Noir 
