December 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

December 1943 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Merle Constiner, “Parade of Empty Shoes” (The Dean)

Norbert Davis, “Take It From Me” (Bail-Bond Dodd)

Day Keene, “The Female is More Deadly” (P.I. Case)

Tom Marvin, “The Ghost Wore His Hat” (Shag Kyper)

D.L. Champion, “Imperfect Alibi”

November 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1944 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Dale Clark, “Stay, Fido, Stay” (Highland Park “High” Price)

Lawrence Treat, “Death on the Palette”

G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Dig a Grave for Me”

Alan Farley, “A Mouse in the Hand”

Julius Long, “C.D. for Corpus Delicti” (Clarence Darrow Mort)

Henry Norton, “No Tears for the Lady”

[updated 11/15/25]

December 1946 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

December 1946 issue

cover art by Samuel Cherry

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Peter Paige, “A Little Corpse Who Wasn’t There”

John Whiting, “Death Sends Orchids”

H.H. Stinson, “Rancho el Maniac”

D.L. Champion, “A Hound for Murder” (Mariano Mercado)

January 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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Day Keene, “Mighty Like a Rogue”

R.M.F. Joses, “Fill Your Own Shroud” (Skip Tracer Carter)

John D. MacDonald, “Swing and Slay”

Richard E. Glendinning, “Please Omit Flowers”

Ric Hasse, “Not By Blood Alone”

Robert Turner, “One Sunday Mourning”

August 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1950 issue

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

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John D. MacDonald, “His Fatal Fling”

Hank Searls, “Keep Your Money Side Up” (Shamus Blair)

Jonathan Craig, “One Sweet Frame”

Mel Colton, “Corpse-Gathering Cutie” (Johnny Rock)

John Granger, “The Busy Body” (Gumshoe Rory)

H. Hassell Gross, “Death Was the Bride”

Frederick C. Davis, “Kill Me, Kate!”

May 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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John D. MacDonald, “Yes, Sir, That’s My Slay-Babe!”

Albert Simmons, “She’ll Fool You Every Crime”

Robert Turner, “Dizzy Doll Blues”

Day Keene, “Claw into Your Coffin”

Richard Glendinning, “Two-Time Loser”

Ted Stratton, “The Graveyard is the Goal”

Zale Herrington, “Hussies Prefer Homicide”

October 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1952 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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Bert Sims, “Beautiful, Blue and Deadly”

Larry Holden, “Murder and the Mermaid” (Gil Gilchrist)

Mel Colton, “Something to Shoot About” (PI Steve Stone)

Dane Gregory, “Self-Out!” [reprinted from 1942, originally titled “Remember the Blood and Tears”]

Carroll John Daly, “Death Rehearsal” (Willie Bloto)

Dick Goggin, “Danny, Get Your Gun!”

Fletcher Flora, “Ghoul to Go!”

Julius Long, “Mr. Mouthpiece” (Barry Bodine)

January 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1944 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Merle Constiner, “The Affair of the Pharmacist’s Fudge” (The Dean)

Dale Clark, “Sing fro Your Shroud” (Plates O’Rion & Sal)

Francis K. Allan, “Death in Fool’s Disguise”

C.P. Donnel, Jr., The Flyin’ Icebox” (Colonel Kapir)

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

February 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1944 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

D.L. Champion, “The Day Nobody Died” (Inspector Allhoff)

Lawrence Treat, “Death’s Old Sweet Song” (Edward Asa Scott)

Julius Long, “The Corpse Belongs to Daddy”

Alan Farley, “Man’s Best Friend is His Murder”

Clyde Morehead, “The Remembering Skull”

Berna Morris, “Winter Violets”