pseudonym of Lee Roberts
1954 Dodd Mead hardcover, this the later 1955 Bantam paperback
cover art by Mitchell Hooks
1955 Bantam paperback – cover art by Mitchell Hooks
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April 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
September 1948 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake
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”
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March 1948 issue ~ cover art by Peter Stevens
February 1949 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake
cover art by Albert Drake
better image than previously posted
Andrew Holt, “Some Like ‘Em Cold!” (Shamus Reed)
Russell Bender, “Here’s Lead in Your Teeth”
Robert Martin, “Homicidal Honey” (Lee Fiske)
Michael O’Hillard, “Sinner’s Haven” (P.I. Thorne)
William P. McGivern, “One Lesson in Larceny”
Frederick C. Davis, “Don’t Talk, Chump!”
February 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders
cover art by Norman Saunders
better image than previously posted
Robert Martin, “Death Under Glass” (Lee Fisk)
Hank Searls, “For Tomorrow We Die”
Talmage Powell, “Nobody’s Darling”
Frederick C. Davis, “Furlough for Murder” (reprint from 1943)
Larry Holden, “Prelude for Wake”
Don James, “G-String Kill”
John Bender, “In Jail By Christmas” (published in 1941 as “Prelude to an Operation”)
Ray Darby, “According to Plan”
March 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
T.T. Flynn, “Mr. Maddox’s Murder Parlay” (Mr. Maddox)
Fenton W. Earnshaw, “Slaughter in a Sarong” (Shamus Larkin)
John D. MacDonald, “I’ll Drown You in My Dreams”
Robert Martin, “Just a Corpse at Twilight”
Shane Darcy, “Dames Like Killing Too”
Harry Mason, “Death for Dessert”
July 1948 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake
cover art by Albert Drake
Frederick C. Davis, “For Thee I Swing”
Robert Martin, “Dolls of Death”(featuring Jim Bennett)
Bryce Walton, “Whistle Stop Mayhem”
Hope Campbell, “A Shiv for Chivalry”
Dwight V. Swain, “Our Favorite Corpse”
John Polito, “Vacation from Violence”
Joseph W. Quinn, “Jackpot Jitters”
April 1949 issue
cover art by Albert Drake?
better image than previously posted
Robert Martin, “Murder the Bum” (Stephen Abbott)
Frederick C. Davis, “The Merry Queen of Murder” (Thackeray Hackett)
John D. MacDonald, “The Corpse Belongs to Daddy” (Donald Cheyne)
James A. Kirch, “Shoot If You Must” (Brad Harkness)
Dorothy Dunn, “Oblivion for Me” (Hollis Dorsey)
Johanas L. Bouma, “Bury Your Own Dead” (Joe Bowers)
Stuart Friedman, “Angel in the Deathhouse” (Thad Preston)
Jack Winters, “Slayer at Sea” (Thomas Brain)
November 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders
cover art by Norman Saunders
better image than previously posted
Robert Martin, “Slayers Go Solo” (Jim Bennett)
Frederick C. Davis, “You Kill Me, Honey!”
Hank Searls, “A Dish of Homicide”
Harold Q. Masur, “Widow in Waiting” (Scott Jordan)
Richard Glendenning, “Reach for Your Coffin”
John D. MacDonald, “The Durable Corpse”
Johnas L. Bouma, “Birth of a Killer”
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