August 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1945 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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Peter Paige, “The Riddle of Pap Rio” (Cash Wale)

H.H. Stinson, “The Good-Murder Policy” (Pete Rousseau)

D.L. Champion, “One Killer Too Many” (Insp. Allhoff)

Frederick C. Davis, “All This and Homicide Too” (Sam Squire of the Drumm Agency)

December 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

December 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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Hank Searls, “Auld Land Crime”

Richard F. Glendinning, “Sitting Duck Running Wild”

Frederick C. Davis, “Tune in on Murder” (Keyhole Kerry), reprinted from 1936

Mel Cotton, “Her Perfect Frame” (Shamus Buster)

Morris Cooper, “The Grave Killer”

Corretta Slavsky, “Checkmated!”

Robert Turner, “Slay, Maestro, Slay!”

February 15, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

February 15, 1935 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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Frederick C. Davis, “Blood from the Parrot” (Oke Oakley)

John  Lawrence, “The Barking Body” (Cass Blue)

T.T. Flynn, “House of Dread” (Jerry Prince)

William Edward Hayes, “Murder in the Private Car” (Det. Dan Howell)

Edward S. Williams, “Call It Suicide” (Det. Haldane)

June 15, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

June 15, 1935 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Frederick C. Davis, “The Green Ghoul” (Oke Oakley)

Donald Barr Chidsey, “The Scar Clue” (Morton & McGarvey)

Hugh B. Cave, “The Brand of Kane” (Peter Kane)

Fred MacIsaac, “Heir-Cooled” (Rambler Murphy)

Phillip Clark, “Three-Letter Kill”

Robert Sidney Bowen, “Key to Murder” (Ted James)

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March 1946 issue

March 1946 issue

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Frederick C. Davis, “Some Like ‘Em Dead”

Julius Long, “On the Homicide of the Street” (C.D. Mort)

Henry Norton, “Once Upon a Tomb” (Pinero Pershing)

William R. Cox, “Objective – Murder!” (Malachi Manatee)

Thorne Lee, “Death in the Groove”

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February 1949 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

February 1949 issue

cover art by Albert Drake

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Andrew Holt, “Some Like ‘Em Cold!” (Shamus Reed)

Russell Bender, “Here’s Lead in Your Teeth”

Robert Martin, “Homicidal Honey” (Lee Fiske)

Michael O’Hillard, “Sinner’s Haven” (P.I. Thorne)

William P. McGivern, “One Lesson in Larceny”

Frederick C. Davis, “Don’t Talk, Chump!”

February 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1952 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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Robert Martin, “Death Under Glass” (Lee Fisk)

Hank Searls, “For Tomorrow We Die”

Talmage Powell, “Nobody’s Darling”

Frederick C. Davis, “Furlough for Murder” (reprint from 1943)

Larry Holden, “Prelude for Wake”

Don James, “G-String Kill”

John Bender, “In Jail By Christmas” (published in 1941 as “Prelude to an Operation”)

Ray Darby, “According to Plan”