August 1935 issue
cover art by Walter Baumhofer
Frederick Nebel, “The Dead Die Twice” (Cardigan)
James P. Olsen, “Island of Skulls”
Frederick C. Davis, “The Case of the Crimson Claws” (Carter Cole, MD)
Charles Alexander, “The Half-Corpse Horrors”
William E. Barrett, “The Tattooed Cobra” (Needle Mark)
[Nebel story mis-titled on cover – correct is “Die”, not “Died”]
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February 1936 issue
cover art by Tom Lovell
Carroll John Daly, “Corpse & Co.” (Race Williams)
William E. Barrett, “The Tattooed Cop” (Needle Mike)
T.T. Flynn, “The Bride of the Beast” (Steve Waring)
Donald S. Aitken, “Postlude to Murder”
Robert Sidney Bowen, “The Flying Coffin” (Kip Lacey of Central Airways)
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cover art by Rafael DeSoto
Day Keene, “Sweet Tooth of Murder”
Frederick C. Davis, “Boomerang Scoop” (Bill Brent)
D.L. Champion, “Shake Well Before Dying” (Insp. Allhoff)
Nelson A. Hutton, “Killer’s Dead End”
Georges Carousso, “The Potter’s Hand”
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cover art by Walter Baumhofer
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Carroll John Daly, “Some Die Hard” (Race Williams)
Erle Stanley Gardner, “Crimson Jade”
O.B. Myers, “The White Mask”
Norvell W. Page, “Satan’s Sideshow”
Cornell Woolrich, “The Corpse and the Kid”
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May 1948 issue
cover art by Norman Saunders
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Frederick C. Davis, “Dicks Die Hard”
H.H. Stinson, “That’s Murder for You” (PI Mack Spain)
Robert Martin, “No Haven for Homicide”
Richard Dermody, “Doc Pierce’s Corny Caper” (Doc Pierce)
Don James, “Hearse for a Homicide”
Wyatt Blassingame, “The Reluctant Corpse”
[updated 5/12/25]
June 1, 1934 issue
cover art by John Howitt
T.T. Flynn, “Murder in the Mud” (Rance Duane)
John Lawrence, “The Corpse Control” (Cass Blue)
Fred MacIsaac, “Go-Between” (Rambler Murphy)
R.D. Torrey, “A Death in the Family” (Johnny Carr)
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Watercolor on Illustration Board, Image Size: 9″ x 12.5″ an a board measuring 13.25″ x 17.25″
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
Frederick C. Davis, “Where There’s a Will There’s a Stay” (Barney Chance)
E. Hoffman Price, “My Body Lies Over the Ocean” (Hank Brewer)
D.L. Champion, “Upstairs to Murder” (Insp. Allhoff)
Richard Dermody, “The Doctor’s Switch” (Doc Pierce)
Robert C. Dennis, “Too Cold to Live”
K. Webster, “Clock-out for Death”
Joel Murcott, “Big Killing”
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cover art by John Fleming Gould
Carroll John Daly, “The Men in Black” (Race Williams)
T.T. Flynn, “Death Rides the Favorite” (Mr. Maddox)
H.F. Howard, “Let Nature Takes Its Corpse”
Leslie T. White, “The Price of Square Joe Bund”
Robert Sidney Bowen, “Murder Out of Thin Air” (Kip Lacey)
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December 15, 1934 issue
cover art by Walter Baumhofer
Frederick Nebel, “Leave it to Cardigan”
Erle Stanley Gardner, “Suicide House” (Small, Weston & Burke)
T.T. Flynn, “The Red Wizard” (Izzy O’Shea)
Carroll John Daly, “Excuse to Kill” (Clay Holt)
Donald Barr Chidsey, “Model T”
W.W. Van Dale, “Old Alibi” (Dave Anderson)
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