April 1951 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

April 1951 issue

cover art by Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

Thorne Lee, “The Hill to Die”

Hank Napheys, “The Bloodbank Killings” (reprint from 1943)

John Bender, “Room for Murder”

Alvin Yudkoff, “Stand-in for Death”

Robert Turner, “Slay Belles”

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”

January 1951 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1951 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Hank Napheys, “Homicide Home-Coming”

Frederick C. Davis, “Name Your Poison” (reprinted from 1940)

William Campbell Gault, “None But the Lethal Heart” (Det. Calvano)

Charles Larson, “The Deadly Coincidence”

Paul Chadwick, “Mermaid in Distress”

Day Keene, “Polly Wants a Killer”

August 1951 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1951 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

[updated 5/7/25]