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

better image than previously posted

April 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1942 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

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”

March 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Robert Reeves, “Over a Barrel” (Bookie Barnes)

John K. Butler, “The Corpse That Couldn’t Keep Cool” (Steve Midnight)

Norbert Davis, “Have One on the House ” (Bail Bond Dodd)

C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Pressure Island” (Colonel Kaspir)

Jan Dana, “Corpse of a Different Killer” (Acme Indemnity Op)