September 1948 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

September 1948 issue

cover art by Albert Drake

Frederick C. Davis, “Man About Murder”

T.T. Flynn, “I’ll Bet Your Life!” (Mr. Maddox)

Robert Martin, “Doctor of Doom”

Richard Dermody, “Cupid for Cash” (Doc Pierce)

Dean Evans, “Dreams Get Blasted, Too”

Russell Branch, “A Corpse Had Cold Feet”

[updated 5/12/25]

April 1946 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

April 1946 issue

cover art by Samuel Cherry

better image than previously posted

D.L. Champion, “No Place Like Homicide” (Mariano Mercado)

Julius Long, “The Needle and the Hood” (C.D. Mort)

John Knox, “Home is Where the Hearse Is”

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

Roland Phillips, “Murder Rides a Broomstick”

A. Boyd Correll, “Lethal Legacy”

May 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May 1944 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Frederick C. Davis, “A Stiff in Time Saves Nine” (Bill Brent)

T.T. Flynn, “The Sooner the Deader” (Mr. Maddox)

C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Who Owns Boriska?” (Colonel Kaspir)

Richard Dermody, “The Doctor Deals” (Doc Pierce)

June 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1942 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Peter Paige, “A Corpse for Cinderella” (Cash Wale)

Merle Constiner, “The Riddle of the Bashful Ghost” (The Dean)

Robert Reeves, “Murder Without Death” (Bookie Barnes)

Jan Dana, “The Case of the Meek Millionaire” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Richard Dermody, “Hello, Sucker!” (Doc Pierce)

January 1946 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

January 1946 issue

cover art by Samuel Cherry

better image than previously posted

Peter Paige, “Twelve Dead Mice” (Cash Wale)

H.H. Stinson, “Start with Murder (Sam Fisk)

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

William R. Cox, “Vacation – With Slay” (Malachi Manatee)

Robert C. Dennis, “They’re Coming Through the Door!” (Hank O’Neill)

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)

May 1948 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1948 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

Frederick C. Davis, “Dicks Die Hard”

H.H. Stinson, “That’s Murder for You” (PI Mack Spain)

Robert Martin, “No Haven for Homicide”

Richard Dermody, “Doc Pierce’s Corny Caper” (Doc Pierce)

Don James, “Hearse for a Homicide”

Wyatt Blassingame, “The Reluctant Corpse”

[updated 5/12/25]