April 15, 1934 issue ~ cover art by John Howitt

April 15, 1934 issue

cover art by John Howitt

better image than previously posted

Carroll John Daly, “Make Your Own Corpse!” (Vee Brown)

Maxwell Hawkins, “Death from Down Under” (Jones & Jones)

Frederick C. Davis, “The Silver Doom” (Oke Oakley)

April 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1952 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

John D. MacDonald, “The Man From Limbo”

William Campbell Gault, “There’s Got to be an Angle”

Frederick C. Davis, “The Deadly Double”

Westmoreland Gray, “One Head Shorter”

Rufus Bakalor, “Tailspin Cutie”

John Bender, “She Wouldn’t Stay Dead”

John Lawrence, “Music from Hell”

Coretta Slavsky, “Relax and Regret”

June 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders (note his name in reverse on the door)

better image than previously posted

Robert Martin, “A Shroud in Her Trousseau” (Jim Bennett)

Frederick C. Davis, “Up in Murder’s Room”

John D. MacDonald, “Too Many Sinners”

Russell Branch, “Mayhem in her Madness”

Francis Hamilton, “Cheez-it, the Cops”

Don Campbell, “A Sap Takes the Rap”

Jhan Robbins, “Tin-Lazy Houdini”

May 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May 1946 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

T.T. Flynn, “Gee-Gee Doublecross” (Mr. Maddox)

C.William Harrison, “The Bones of Barnaby Bliss” (Hannibal Smith)

Dale Clark, “Better Late Than Cadaver” (High Price)

Julius Long, “Chicanery Row” (C.D. Mort)

Robert C. Dennis, “Dial Your Own Murder” 

May 1947 issue

May 1947 issue

cover art attributed to Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Robert Martin, “Death Under Par”

Thorne Lee, “Married to Murder”

D.L. Champion, “Suitable for Framing” (Mariano Mercado)

Ken Greene, “A Red-Headed Clue”

Larry Holden, “A Corpse to his Credit”

Arthur Leo Zagat, “Grim Reaper’s Model”

April 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1941 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

T.T. Flynn, “Trot Out Your Murder” (Mr. Maddox)

Peter Paige, “The Bullet From Nowhere” (Cash Wale)

D.L. Champion, “Coffee for a Killer” (Insp. Allhoff)

Jan Dana, “Cheese it – The Corpse” (Acme Indemnity Op)

John Earl Davis, “Try This on Your Knife”

January 1946 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

January 1946 issue

cover art by Samuel Cherry

better image than previously posted

Peter Paige, “Twelve Dead Mice” (Cash Wale)

H.H. Stinson, “Start with Murder (Sam Fisk)

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

William R. Cox, “Vacation – With Slay” (Malachi Manatee)

Robert C. Dennis, “They’re Coming Through the Door!” (Hank O’Neill)

September 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

September 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Frederick C. Davis, “Sinner Take All”

John D. MacDonald, “Murder Run-Around”

Robert Martin, “Deadliest Dame in Town” (Jim Bennett)

Paul W. Fairman, “Spotlight on Slaughter”

E.A. Morris, “I’ll Laugh at Your Funeral”

Larry J. Marcus, “The Spider’s Web”

Harvey Weinstein, “Rendezvous with Blood”

Scott O’Hara, “Mad About Murder” (pen name of John D. MacDonald)

June 1951 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1951 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders – oil on board, 22 x 15 in.

better image than previously posted

Albert Simmons, “Dead Air”

Day Keene, “He Who Dies Last, Dies Hardest” (reprint from 1943)

Raymond Drennen, Jr., “Pennies From Hell”

Rufus Bakalor, “A Hitch in Crime”

Don James, “Babe and the Hoods”

Duane Yarnell, “Death on the Menu” (Patrolman Kelly)

[I wonder which was reversed – the image of the painting or the image for the cover…]