November 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1947 issue

cover art by Rafael de Soto

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Peter Paige, “The Cash Wale Massacre” (Case Wale)

John Knox, “The Half-World — and Moonrake”

John Whiting, “Killers Prefer Blondes”

Robert Turner, “To Love, Honor – and Betray”

Ken Greene, “Crime on My Hands”

John D. MacDonald, “My Mission is Murder”

July 1939 issue

July 1939 issue

cover art by John Fleming Gould?

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D.L. Champion, “Cover the Corpse’s Eyes” (Insp. Allhoff)

Cornell Woolrich, “Charlie Won’t Be Home Tonight”

Sam Merwin, Jr., “Murder for Syndication”

Jan Dana, “The Second Loop” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Leslie T. White, “Me and My Shadow” (Omar MacKenzie)

February 15, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

February 15, 1935 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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Frederick C. Davis, “Blood from the Parrot” (Oke Oakley)

John  Lawrence, “The Barking Body” (Cass Blue)

T.T. Flynn, “House of Dread” (Jerry Prince)

William Edward Hayes, “Murder in the Private Car” (Det. Dan Howell)

Edward S. Williams, “Call It Suicide” (Det. Haldane)

June 15, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

June 15, 1935 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Frederick C. Davis, “The Green Ghoul” (Oke Oakley)

Donald Barr Chidsey, “The Scar Clue” (Morton & McGarvey)

Hugh B. Cave, “The Brand of Kane” (Peter Kane)

Fred MacIsaac, “Heir-Cooled” (Rambler Murphy)

Phillip Clark, “Three-Letter Kill”

Robert Sidney Bowen, “Key to Murder” (Ted James)

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March 1946 issue

March 1946 issue

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Frederick C. Davis, “Some Like ‘Em Dead”

Julius Long, “On the Homicide of the Street” (C.D. Mort)

Henry Norton, “Once Upon a Tomb” (Pinero Pershing)

William R. Cox, “Objective – Murder!” (Malachi Manatee)

Thorne Lee, “Death in the Groove”

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April 1946 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

April 1946 issue

cover art by Samuel Cherry

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D.L. Champion, “No Place Like Homicide” (Mariano Mercado)

Julius Long, “The Needle and the Hood” (C.D. Mort)

John Knox, “Home is Where the Hearse Is”

Richard Dermody, “The Doctor’s Double” (Doc Pierce)

Roland Phillips, “Murder Rides a Broomstick”

A. Boyd Correll, “Lethal Legacy”

July 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1945 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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D.L. Champion, “Death in the Sun” (Mariano Mercado)

C. William Harrison, “Killing is a Grave Business” (Hannibal Smith)

E. Hoffman Price, “Esprit De Corpse” (Lucky Nolan)

Stanley C. Vickers, “The Dolly Shaft Rebellion” (Jerry Slagle)

Julius Long, “Loaded for Murder” (C.D. Mort)

William R. Cox, “Shame on Malacci!” (Malachi Manatee)

July 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1941 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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Norbert Davis, “Watch Me Kill You!” (Max Latin)

James A. Kirch, “The Murder Master”

John K. Butler, “Dead Man’s Alibi” (Steve Midnight)

Cleve F. Adams, “Forty Pains” (O’Melveny and Dugan)

O.B. Myers, “The Wild Man of Wall Street”

April 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

April 1933 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

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T.T. Flynn, “Five Doomed Men” (Larry Davenport)

Erle Stanley Gardner, “Death’s Doorway” (Phil ‘Go Get ‘Em’ Garver)

Frederick Nebel, “Heir to Murder” (Cardigan)

Fred MacIsaac, “Alias Mr. Smith” (Rambler Murphy)

June 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1947 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto, oil on board, 26 x 18.5 in.

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H.H. Stinson, “A Window in My Coffin” (PI Kerry Monahan)

Peter Paige, “Death – On the House”

John D. MacDonald, “Suicidal Journey”

Ken Kessler, “Operation Murder”

Seymour Irving Richin, “Violence for Vicky”

Stanley C. Vickers, “Noose of Retribution”

Edward William Murphy, “Killings on the Conscience”