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”
cover art by John Howitt
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Carroll John Daly, “Make Your Own Corpse!” (Vee Brown)
Maxwell Hawkins, “Death from Down Under” (Jones & Jones)
Frederick C. Davis, “The Silver Doom” (Oke Oakley)
cover art by Walter Baumhofer
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Carroll John Daly, “A Corpse on the House” (Race Williams)
Raymond Chandler, “The King in Yellow” (Steve Grace, housedick) – first appearance of this story, one often reprinted
Frederick C. Davis, “Crimson Broadcast” (Keyhole Kerry)
William Edward Hayes, “Death by Enlargement”
Maxwell Hawkins, “Rx Murder”
May 1, 1934 issue
cover art by John Howitt
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“Read ‘Em and Weep” (Cardigan) by Frederick Nebel
“The Smoking Corpse” (Edward Delane, lawyer) by Erle Stanley Gardner
“The Duchess of Death” (Jones & Jones) by Maxwell Hawkins
“Hot Money” (Johnny Cass) by R.D. Torrey
“Zero Hour” (Willy Hansen) by Anson Hatch
also includes letter from Carroll John Daly announcing new radio program featuring his character Vee Brown
cover art by Walter Baumhofer
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Oscar Schisgall, “Gambling Man” (Danny Fenton)
William E. Barrett, “The Tattooed Curse” (Needle Mike)
Maxwell Hawkins, “Dead Sees Red”
William Edward Hayes, “Hot Shot to Hell” (Dan Howell)
O.B. Myers, “The Corpse Watch (Tuttle and Tommy Merkle)
December 1931 – second issue
cover art by William Reusswig
T.T. Flynn, “The Revel of Death” (Jim Reilly)
J. Allan Dunn, “The Phantom of the Porthole” (Det. Sheldon)
Frederick Nebel, “Hell’s Pay Check” (Cardigan)
Erle Stanley Gardner, “Make it Snappy” (Ed May)
Maxwell Hawkins, “The Corpse in Row 2″ (Det. Sgt. Tim Gregg)
photo and profile of Nebel appear on pg. 122
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