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]

July 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

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)

June 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

June 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders (note his name in reverse on the door)

better image than previously posted

Robert Martin, “A Shroud in Her Trousseau” (Jim Bennett)

Frederick C. Davis, “Up in Murder’s Room”

John D. MacDonald, “Too Many Sinners”

Russell Branch, “Mayhem in her Madness”

Francis Hamilton, “Cheez-it, the Cops”

Don Campbell, “A Sap Takes the Rap”

Jhan Robbins, “Tin-Lazy Houdini”

February 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

Robert Martin, “I’ll Be Killing You” (Jim Bennett)

Robert Turner, “Homicidal Hitchhiker”

E.A. Morris, “Fist for a Fighting Fool”

Russell Branch, “If the Frame Fits”

Don James, “Sing a Song of Slaughter” (PI Pete Johns)

Bert Sims,“No Time to Kill” (Hawkshaw Morgan)

Alvin Yudkoff, “You Gotta Die Right”