December 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

December 1947 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Frederick C. Davis, “Open the Morgue, Richard!” (Thackeray Hackett)

Thorne Lee, “A Corpse Slept Here”

James Howard Leveque, “A Share in the Slaughter”

Mark Mallory, “Killer Take All”

Don James, “I’ll Never Slay Again”

Charles Larson, “Brat’s Brew o’Murder”

Robert Turner, “Crime Doesn’t Play”

October 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Carroll John Daly, “Race Williams Cooks a Goose”

John D. MacDonald, “Target for Tonight”

William P. McGivern, “Hunt Her in Hell”

Raymond Drennan, Jr., “He Woke Up Dying”

Preston Grady, “Killing’s Too Easy”

Charles Larson, “My Crime – Your Punishment”

October 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1947 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Robert Martin, “Death Gives a Permanent Wave” (PI Jim Bennett)

D.L. Champion, “Slaying Room Only!”

John D. MacDonald, “Oh, Give Me a Hearse”

Charles Larson, “Covet and Kill”

Richard E. Glendinning, “Invitation to Hell”

Paula Elliot, “Murder is Too Personal“

Frank Ward, “Nightmare Alley”

January 1951 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1951 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Hank Napheys, “Homicide Home-Coming”

Frederick C. Davis, “Name Your Poison” (reprinted from 1940)

William Campbell Gault, “None But the Lethal Heart” (Det. Calvano)

Charles Larson, “The Deadly Coincidence”

Paul Chadwick, “Mermaid in Distress”

Day Keene, “Polly Wants a Killer”