May 1939 issue

May 1939 issue

better image than previously posted

Cornell Woolrich, “The Case of the Killer-Diller”

Jan Dana, “Movable Alibi” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Leslie T. White, “Whole Hog or Nothing” (Sergeant Mackey)

O.B. Myers, “Cash on the Line”

Herbert Koehl, “Too Many Lefts”

Jackson Gregory, Jr., “Black is White”

June 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1952 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Frank Ward, “The Deadliest Bride in Town!”

Fredric Brown, “To Slay a Man About a Dog!”

Larry Holden, “The Expendable Ex”

Joel Townsley Rogers, “When the Devil God Smiled”

R.M.F. Joses, Tee Lady Takes a Powder”

Frank Huepper, “Tough Guy” (Shannon)

Joseph V. Hickey, “Three for the Kill”

Dave Crockett, “Death Grip”

Dennis Wiegand, “Nobody Loves a Cop”

December 1951 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1951 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

John D. MacDonald, “ The Girl Who Wanted Money”

Hank Napheys, “Slayer, Come Back to Me” (reprint from 1946)

Larry Holden, “The High Cost of Chivalry”

Stewart Sterling, “Dying Room Only” (reprint from 1943)

Philip Weck, “Forgotten Killer”

Donald Barr Chidsey, “Incident at Opunohu”

Philip Ketchum, “The Cop with All the Luck”

Rufus Bakalor, “Hundred Grand Feature”

Robert M. Hodges, “Wellspring of Murder”

April 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

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”

[updated 5/8/25]