December 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

December 1947 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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Frederick C. Davis, “Open the Morgue, Richard!” (Thackeray Hackett)

Thorne Lee, “A Corpse Slept Here”

James Howard Leveque, “A Share in the Slaughter”

Mark Mallory, “Killer Take All”

Don James, “I’ll Never Slay Again”

Charles Larson, “Brat’s Brew o’Murder”

Robert Turner, “Crime Doesn’t Play”

July 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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John D. MacDonald, “Dead Men Don’t Scare”

Talmage Powell, “Forget-Me-Not Killer”

Frederick C. Davis, “If the Noose Fits”

Robert Turner, “Murder in Her Wake”

Van MacNair, Jr., “White-Collar Stiff”

Russell Branch, “So Sorry – So Dead”

Scott O’Hara, “Five-Star Fugitive” (pen name of MacDonald’s)

January 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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Day Keene, “Mighty Like a Rogue”

R.M.F. Joses, “Fill Your Own Shroud” (Skip Tracer Carter)

John D. MacDonald, “Swing and Slay”

Richard E. Glendinning, “Please Omit Flowers”

Ric Hasse, “Not By Blood Alone”

Robert Turner, “One Sunday Mourning”

May 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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John D. MacDonald, “Yes, Sir, That’s My Slay-Babe!”

Albert Simmons, “She’ll Fool You Every Crime”

Robert Turner, “Dizzy Doll Blues”

Day Keene, “Claw into Your Coffin”

Richard Glendinning, “Two-Time Loser”

Ted Stratton, “The Graveyard is the Goal”

Zale Herrington, “Hussies Prefer Homicide”