February 1939 issue ~ cover art by John Fleming Gould

February 1939 issue

cover art by John Fleming Gould

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John K. Butler, “County Cleanup” (Tricky Enright)

Warren E. Barrett, “The Mad Mayor” (Blue Barrel)

Leslie T. White, “Dangerous But Passable!”

Erle Pierce, Jr., “Mum’s the Word for Murder”

Jan Dana, “Single Indemnity” (Acme Insurance Op)

May 1936 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

May 1936 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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Leslie T. White, “Eyewitness” (Tod Naughton, arson dick)

Donald G. Cooley, “Brood of the Green Bowman”

John Lawrence, “Murder by Magic” (Drago of Headquarters Squad)

John K. Butler, “Blood on the Buddha” (Rex Lonergan)

September 1937 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

September 1937 issue

cover art by Malvin Singer

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John K. Butler, “The Secret of the Wax Lady” (Tricky Enright)

Edward S. Williams, “Money in the Trees” (Paul Dana)

J.A.L. Chambliss, “A Corpse in the Rough” (Sid Harrison)

William Edward Hayes, “The Strip-Tease Murders” (Pete Niles)

Thorp McClusky, “Phantom Fingerprint”

O.B. Myers, “Death Takes the Winner”

July 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

July 1941 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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Norbert Davis, “Watch Me Kill You!” (Max Latin)

James A. Kirch, “The Murder Master”

John K. Butler, “Dead Man’s Alibi” (Steve Midnight)

Cleve F. Adams, “Forty Pains” (O’Melveny and Dugan)

O.B. Myers, “The Wild Man of Wall Street”

February 1937 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

February 1937 issue

cover art by Tom Lovell

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Carroll John Daly, “Monogram in Lead” (Race Williams)

T.T. Flynn, “A Date at the Morgue”

John K. Butler, “The Walking Dead” (Rex Lonergan)

Robert Sidney Bowen, “The Man Who Was Two” (Kip Lacey)

John Lawrence, “Broadway Malady” (Marquis of Broadway)

a letter from JKB appeared on pgs. 123-124

July 1937 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

July 1937 issue

cover art by Malvin Singer

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John K. Butler, “A Coffin for Two” (Rex Lonergan)

Leslie T. White, “Don’t Change Dames in the Middle of Murder”

William E. Barrett, “The Tattooed Card” (Needle Mike)

O.B. Myers, “You Can’t Trust a Corpse”

Maxwell Hawkins, “Forty Pounds of Flesh”

Norbert Davis, “Death Sings a Torch-Song” (Dennis Lee)

B.B. Fowler, “Avenging Angel”

Madelyn Ralph, “The Ghost in the Bottle”

October 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1940 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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John K. Butler, “Hacker’s Holiday” (Steve Midnight)

John Lawrence, “Gallows 9” (Marquis of Broadway)

D.L. Champion, “Suicide in Blue (Insp. Allhoff)

Roger Torrey, “Candidate for a Killing”

O.B. Myers, “Death Laughs at Locksmiths”

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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