December 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1952 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders – oil on board, 20.5 x 14.75 in.

better image than previously posted

Craig Rice & Mark Hope, “Case of the Vanishing Blonde” (Ed Bradbury)

Tiah Devitt, “The Merry Wives of Murder” (reprint from 1942)

Larry Holden, “Lady-Killer”

Richard Goggin, “For Old Crime’s Sake”

V.E. Thiessen, “Lady in Hades”

John Bender, “Tying Room Only”

Andrew Holt, “Death on a Platter”

Rufus Bakalor, “Love, Honor and Slay”

1958 Perma paperback original ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

1958 Perma paperback original

cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

below is variant cover of unknown release or origin

March 1953 issue ~ cover art by Willard Downes

March 1953

cover art by Willard Downes

better image than previously posted