
cover by Charles Biro
first of the crime comic books, debut issue

cover art by Norman Saunders
better image than previously posted
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!”


Nichelle Nichols shooting dice in Mister Buddwing, 1966. In the background, in the shadows, is James Garner. Great cast, which included Jean Simmons, Suzanne Pleshette, Katherine Ross, Jack Gilford, and Angela Lansbury