stories mentioned on the cover are from the April 1942 US edition
no corresponding US cover art
October 1942 Canadian issue
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August 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders
cover art by Norman Saunders
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John D. MacDonald, “Trap for a Tigress!”
Richard Deming, “Here’s Blood in My Eye!”
Albert Simmons, “Strictly Guilt-Edged”
Talmage Powell, “The Beautiful Miss Borgia”
Philip Ketchum, “The Good Neighbors”
Larry Holden, “Sing a Song of Murder”
Harry Widmer, “The Key”
Dane Gregory, “My Night to Kill” (reprint from 1941)
January 1951 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders
cover art by Norman Saunders
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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”
September 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders
April 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
“The Arm of Mother Manzoli” by Merle Constiner (with The Dean)
“The Big Four” by C.P. Donnel, Jr. (with Colonel Kaspir)
“Send Coffins for Seven” by Julius Long
“No Haunting Allowed” by G.T. Fleming-Roberts
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October 1,1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig
October 1, 1933 issue
cover art by William Reusswig
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“The Corpse Was Cold” by John Lawrence
“The Die in Flame” (Ned Grantley) by Oscar Schisgall
“Stairway of Shadows” (Capt. B.J. Brady) by Leslie T. White
“The Golden Grave” (Craig Kennedy) by Arthur B. Reeve
photo and profile of Arthur B. Reeve included
September 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
May 1932 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig
May 1932 issue
cover art by William Reusswig
better image than previously posted
“Three-Ring Murder” (Dan McGrath) by T.T. Flynn
“Red Bullets” (Murphy of Ozark Lumberlands) by Edward Parrish Ware
“The Screeching Skull” (Jim Trent, PI) by J. Allan Dunn
“The Death Master” (Vee Brown) by Carroll John Daly
photo and profile of T.T. Flynn was included
December 1945 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros
December 1945 issue
cover art by Milton Luros
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Frederick C. Davis, “Death Can Wait” (Bill Brent)
Dale Clark, “Stay Close to Me”
Merle Constiner, “The Kitchen of Master Lefevre” (The Dean)
Julius Long, “Mostly for Murder” (C.D. Mort)
Robert C. Dennis, “Rear View of Hell”
July 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
July 1940 issue
T.T. Flynn, “The Bookie and the Blonde” (Mr. Maddox)
Leslie T. White, “One-Way Street”
Jan Dana, “The Murder Was a Pleasure” (Acme Indemnity Op)
John K. Butler, “The Man from Alcatraz” (Steve Midnight)
Hugh B. Cave, “He Didn’t Know Nothin’“ (Officer Coffey)
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