March 1948 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

March 1948 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

John D. MacDonald, “With Soul So Dead”

Frederick C. Davis, “Nine Toes Up!”

Frank Huepper, “Plight of the Pallbearer’s Honey” (Merrick)

H.Q. Masur, “Meet Me at the Morgue”

John N. Polito, “Better Off Buries”

Charles Ingerman, “The Photogenic Corpse”

Frank Nash, “Murder Static”

December 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

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”

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”