April 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1941 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

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”

October 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

October 1947 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Robert Martin, “Death Gives a Permanent Wave” (PI Jim Bennett)

D.L. Champion, “Slaying Room Only!”

John D. MacDonald, “Oh, Give Me a Hearse”

Charles Larson, “Covet and Kill”

Richard E. Glendinning, “Invitation to Hell”

Paula Elliot, “Murder is Too Personal“

Frank Ward, “Nightmare Alley”

December 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

December 1943 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Merle Constiner, “Parade of Empty Shoes” (The Dean)

Norbert Davis, “Take It From Me” (Bail-Bond Dodd)

Day Keene, “The Female is More Deadly” (P.I. Case)

Tom Marvin, “The Ghost Wore His Hat” (Shag Kyper)

D.L. Champion, “Imperfect Alibi”

January 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1944 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Merle Constiner, “The Affair of the Pharmacist’s Fudge” (The Dean)

Dale Clark, “Sing fro Your Shroud” (Plates O’Rion & Sal)

Francis K. Allan, “Death in Fool’s Disguise”

C.P. Donnel, Jr., The Flyin’ Icebox” (Colonel Kapir)

Richard Dermody, “The Doctor’s Treatment” (Doc Pierce)

February 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1944 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

D.L. Champion, “The Day Nobody Died” (Inspector Allhoff)

Lawrence Treat, “Death’s Old Sweet Song” (Edward Asa Scott)

Julius Long, “The Corpse Belongs to Daddy”

Alan Farley, “Man’s Best Friend is His Murder”

Clyde Morehead, “The Remembering Skull”

Berna Morris, “Winter Violets”