November 1939 issue ~ cover art by John Fleming Gould

November 1939 issue

cover art by John Fleming Gould

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Carroll John Daly, “The White-Headed Corpse” (Race Williams)

Michael Sutton, “The Devil’s Portrait”

Jan Dana, “Too Week to Kill” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Dale Clark, “The Short and Merry One”

Roger Torrey, “Fire Test”

Maurice Beam, “Mind Over Matter”

Robert K. Adams, “Curtain Call”

D.L. Champion, “Dumb Dick”

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.

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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”

September 1948 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

September 1948 issue

cover art by Albert Drake

Frederick C. Davis, “Man About Murder”

T.T. Flynn, “I’ll Bet Your Life!” (Mr. Maddox)

Robert Martin, “Doctor of Doom”

Richard Dermody, “Cupid for Cash” (Doc Pierce)

Dean Evans, “Dreams Get Blasted, Too”

Russell Branch, “A Corpse Had Cold Feet”

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July 15, 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

July 15, 1933 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

T.T. Flynn, “Torture Tavern” (Val Easton vs. Black Doctor)

Ralph Oppenheim, “The Death Lady” (Glen Kelsey, PI)

Frederick Nebel, “Scrambled Murder” (Cardigan)

Edward Parrish Ware, “The Gallows Cure”

September 1937 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

September 1937 issue

cover art by Malvin Singer

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John K. Butler, “The Secret of the Wax Lady” (Tricky Enright)

Edward S. Williams, “Money in the Trees” (Paul Dana)

J.A.L. Chambliss, “A Corpse in the Rough” (Sid Harrison)

William Edward Hayes, “The Strip-Tease Murders” (Pete Niles)

Thorp McClusky, “Phantom Fingerprint”

O.B. Myers, “Death Takes the Winner”

August 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1945 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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Peter Paige, “The Riddle of Pap Rio” (Cash Wale)

H.H. Stinson, “The Good-Murder Policy” (Pete Rousseau)

D.L. Champion, “One Killer Too Many” (Insp. Allhoff)

Frederick C. Davis, “All This and Homicide Too” (Sam Squire of the Drumm Agency)

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!”

December 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

December 1940 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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Carroll John Daly, “The Strange Case of Iva Grey” (Connelly)

Cleve F. Adams, “Murder While You Wait” (Conner O’Melveny)

John Lawrence, “Nothing for Christmas” (Marquis of Broadway)

Merle Costiner, “You’re in My Way (The Dean)

Fletcher D. Slater, “Red Light” (Eddie West)

August 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1941 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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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”

April 1951 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

April 1951 issue

cover art by Albert Drake

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Thorne Lee, “The Hill to Die”

Hank Napheys, “The Bloodbank Killings” (reprint from 1943)

John Bender, “Room for Murder”

Alvin Yudkoff, “Stand-in for Death”

Robert Turner, “Slay Belles”