cover art by Walter Baumhofer
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Carroll John Daly, “A Corpse on the House” (Race Williams)
Raymond Chandler, “The King in Yellow” (Steve Grace, housedick) – first appearance of this story, one often reprinted
Frederick C. Davis, “Crimson Broadcast” (Keyhole Kerry)
William Edward Hayes, “Death by Enlargement”
Maxwell Hawkins, “Rx Murder”
October 1944 issue
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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“A Sleight Case of Murder” (Jeffrey Wren) by G.T. Fleming-Roberts
“Thanks for the Lovely Funeral” (Bill Brent) by Frederick C. Davis
“A Corpse Grows in Brooklyn” (Insp. Allhoff) by D.L. Champion
“Pool of Death” by Henry Norton
“Pass the Bullets, Miranda” by Ken Lewis
“Typical Killer” by Julius Long
cover art by Norman Saunders
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Robert Martin, “Sheath Your Claws, Hellcat” (Jim Bennett)
R.M.F. Jones, “Holiday for a Harpy”
Scott O’Hara, “Blood on the Midway”
Robert Turner, “It’s Time to Squirm”
John Bender, “Rock-a-Bye Killer”
Tedd Thomey, “All Burned Up”
Alvin Yudkoff, “Derelict’s Dereliction”
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cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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T.T. Flynn, “Murder in a Dead Heat” (Mr. Maddox)
C.P. Donnell, Jr., ‘The Sweet Waters of Death” (Colonel Kaspir)
Cornell Woolrich, “The Body in Grant’s Tomb”
D.L. Champion, “The Grave Brings Silence”
May 1, 1934 issue
cover art by John Howitt
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“Read ‘Em and Weep” (Cardigan) by Frederick Nebel
“The Smoking Corpse” (Edward Delane, lawyer) by Erle Stanley Gardner
“The Duchess of Death” (Jones & Jones) by Maxwell Hawkins
“Hot Money” (Johnny Cass) by R.D. Torrey
“Zero Hour” (Willy Hansen) by Anson Hatch
also includes letter from Carroll John Daly announcing new radio program featuring his character Vee Brown
November 1950
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Robert Martin, “Slayers Burn Slow” (Jim Bennett)
Donn Mullally, “A Bullet for Baby”
T.T. Flynn, “Build-Up for Murder”*
Rufus Bakalor, “Homicidal Hobby”
Raymond Drennan, Jr., “Killer’s Luck”
John D. MacDonald, “Tri-Kill Cutie”
*reprint from 1941
cover art by William Reusswig
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Erle Stanley Gardner, “The Dance of the Snakes” (Small, Weston & Burke)
Oscar Schisgall, “Fangs of the Wolf” (Doctor Dyme)
John Lawrence, “Portrait in Crimson” (Sam Beckett)
Robert Barbour Johnson, “The Cancer Devil”
Howard E. Morgan, “The Red Scarab” (Blaze Quent)
cover art by Norman Saunders
Robert Martin, “I’ll Be Killing You” (Jim Bennett)
Robert Turner, “Homicidal Hitchhiker”
E.A. Morris, “Fist for a Fighting Fool”
Russell Branch, “If the Frame Fits”
Don James, “Sing a Song of Slaughter” (PI Pete Johns)
Bert Sims,“No Time to Kill” (Hawkshaw Morgan)
Alvin Yudkoff, “You Gotta Die Right”
cover art by Walter Baumhofer
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Oscar Schisgall, “Gambling Man” (Danny Fenton)
William E. Barrett, “The Tattooed Curse” (Needle Mike)
Maxwell Hawkins, “Dead Sees Red”
William Edward Hayes, “Hot Shot to Hell” (Dan Howell)
O.B. Myers, “The Corpse Watch (Tuttle and Tommy Merkle)
cover art by John Fleming Gould
“It’s the McCoy” (Paul Pine) by Erle Stanley Gardner
“The Fugitive Skeleton” (Keyhole Kerry) by Frederick C. Davis
“The Judas Touch” (Acme Indemnity Op) by Jan Dana
“The Lady in the Lake” (John Dalmas) by Raymond Chandler
“One for the Book” by Walter C. Brown
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