November 1939 issue ~ cover art by John Fleming Gould

November 1939 issue

cover art by John Fleming Gould

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Carroll John Daly, “The White-Headed Corpse” (Race Williams)

Michael Sutton, “The Devil’s Portrait”

Jan Dana, “Too Week to Kill” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Dale Clark, “The Short and Merry One”

Roger Torrey, “Fire Test”

Maurice Beam, “Mind Over Matter”

Robert K. Adams, “Curtain Call”

D.L. Champion, “Dumb Dick”

August 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1941 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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Merle Constiner, “The Puzzle of the Terrified Dummy” (The Dean)

T.T. Flynn, “Post-Mortem at Pimlico” (Mr. Maddox)

Hugh B. Cave, “Ding Dong Belle” (Peter Kane)

Jan Dana, “Death in the Center” (Acme Insurance Op)

C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Fraulein Judas”

July 1939 issue

July 1939 issue

cover art by John Fleming Gould?

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D.L. Champion, “Cover the Corpse’s Eyes” (Insp. Allhoff)

Cornell Woolrich, “Charlie Won’t Be Home Tonight”

Sam Merwin, Jr., “Murder for Syndication”

Jan Dana, “The Second Loop” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Leslie T. White, “Me and My Shadow” (Omar MacKenzie)

May 1939 issue

May 1939 issue

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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”

October 1941 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

October 1941 issue

cover art by Milton Luros

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D.L. Champion, “The Corpse That Wasn’t There” (Insp. Allhoff)

Norbert Davis, “Come UP and Kill Me Some Time” (Bail Bond Dodd)

Cornell Woolrich, “Murder at Mother’s Knee” (Johnny Gaines)

T.T. Flynn, “Salt Water Slay-Ride”

Jan Dana, “Death with Father” (Acme Indemnity Op)

June 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1942 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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Peter Paige, “A Corpse for Cinderella” (Cash Wale)

Merle Constiner, “The Riddle of the Bashful Ghost” (The Dean)

Robert Reeves, “Murder Without Death” (Bookie Barnes)

Jan Dana, “The Case of the Meek Millionaire” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Richard Dermody, “Hello, Sucker!” (Doc Pierce)

April 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1941 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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T.T. Flynn, “Trot Out Your Murder” (Mr. Maddox)

Peter Paige, “The Bullet From Nowhere” (Cash Wale)

D.L. Champion, “Coffee for a Killer” (Insp. Allhoff)

Jan Dana, “Cheese it – The Corpse” (Acme Indemnity Op)

John Earl Davis, “Try This on Your Knife”

July 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1940 issue

T.T. Flynn, “The Bookie and the Blonde” (Mr. Maddox)

Leslie T. White, “One-Way Street”

Jan Dana, “The Murder Was a Pleasure” (Acme Indemnity Op)

John K. Butler, “The Man from Alcatraz” (Steve Midnight)

Hugh B. Cave, “He Didn’t Know Nothin’“ (Officer Coffey)

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January 1939 issue ~ cover art by John Fleming Gould

January 1939 issue

cover art by John Fleming Gould

“It’s the McCoy” (Paul Pine) by Erle Stanley Gardner

“The Fugitive Skeleton” (Keyhole Kerry) by Frederick C. Davis

“The Judas Touch” (Acme Indemnity Op) by Jan Dana

“The Lady in the Lake” (John Dalmas) by Raymond Chandler

“One for the Book” by Walter C. Brown

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April 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1942 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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T.T. Flynn, “Happy Murder to You!” (Mr. Maddox)

Peter Paige, “Death is From Hunger” (Cash Wale)

Jan Dana, “All Those Men are Dead” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Dale Clark “The Killer and the Cop” (Detective Ed Owen)

Don James, “Lockout”