January 1932 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

January 1932, issue #3

cover art by William Reusswig

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Madeleine Sharps Buchanan, “The White Diver of Death”

Frederick Nebel, “Six Diamonds and a Dick” (Cardigan)

Oscar Schisgall, “Once a Crook” (Dave Loree)

Robert H. Rohde, “The Chamber of Doom”

Carroll John Daly, “The Crime Machine” (Vee Brown)

Norman H. White, Jr., “Hot Ice” (Jack Williams)

profile of Buchanan appeared on pgs 123-24

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”

November 1945 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

cover art by Samuel Cherry

November 1945 issue

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G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Medium Dead” (Jeffrey Wren )

T.T. Flynn, “Murder in the Saddle” (Mr. Maddox)

D.L. Champion, “A Toast to the Killer” (Mariano Mercado)

Fergus Truslow, “The Corpse in a Golden Shay”

Jean Prentice, “The Perfectionist

February 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

February 1937 issue

cover art by Tom Lovell

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Carroll John Daly, “Monogram in Lead” (Race Williams)

T.T. Flynn, “A Date at the Morgue”

John K. Butler, “The Walking Dead” (Rex Lonergan)

Robert Sidney Bowen, “The Man Who Was Two” (Kip Lacey)

John Lawrence, “Broadway Malady” (Marquis of Broadway)

a letter from JKB appeared on pgs. 123-124

December 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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Frank Huepper, “Hell Bent for Homicide”

Mel Colton, “Dreamer with a Gun” (Johnny Rock)

John D. MacDonald, “Take a Powder, Galahad!“

Richard E. Glendinning, “The Lady from Limbo”

John Bender, “Fall-Guy’s Feint”

Bert Styler, “Why Stoolies Get Stiff”

Mark Wilson, “Those Sticky, Sticky Fingers”

February 1949 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

February 1949 issue

cover art by Albert Drake

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Andrew Holt, “Some Like ‘Em Cold!” (Shamus Reed)

Russell Bender, “Here’s Lead in Your Teeth”

Robert Martin, “Homicidal Honey” (Lee Fiske)

Michael O’Hillard, “Sinner’s Haven” (P.I. Thorne)

William P. McGivern, “One Lesson in Larceny”

Frederick C. Davis, “Don’t Talk, Chump!”