October 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

October 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Carroll John Daly, “Race Williams Cooks a Goose”

John D. MacDonald, “Target for Tonight”

William P. McGivern, “Hunt Her in Hell”

Raymond Drennan, Jr., “He Woke Up Dying”

Preston Grady, “Killing’s Too Easy”

Charles Larson, “My Crime – Your Punishment”

June 1951 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1951 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders – oil on board, 22 x 15 in.

better image than previously posted

Albert Simmons, “Dead Air”

Day Keene, “He Who Dies Last, Dies Hardest” (reprint from 1943)

Raymond Drennen, Jr., “Pennies From Hell”

Rufus Bakalor, “A Hitch in Crime”

Don James, “Babe and the Hoods”

Duane Yarnell, “Death on the Menu” (Patrolman Kelly)

[I wonder which was reversed – the image of the painting or the image for the cover…]

November 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

November 1950

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Robert Martin, “Slayers Burn Slow” (Jim Bennett)

Donn Mullally, “A Bullet for Baby”

T.T. Flynn, “Build-Up for Murder”*

Rufus Bakalor, “Homicidal Hobby”

Raymond Drennan, Jr., “Killer’s Luck”

John D. MacDonald, “Tri-Kill Cutie”

*reprint from 1941