March 1949 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1949 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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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”

February 1938 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

February 1938 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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T.T. Flynn, “Dead Man’s Debt” (Mr Maddox)

Fred MacIsaac, “The Duchess of Diamonds” (Rambler Murphy)

William E. Barrett, “The Tattooed Chief” (Needle Mike)

Herbert Koehl, “Thirty Grand”

John Lawrence, “Boomerang Blastout” (Marquis of Broadway)

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)

October 1941 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

October 1941 issue

cover art by Milton Luros

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D.L. Champion, “The Corpse That Wasn’t There” (Insp. Allhoff)

Norbert Davis, “Come UP and Kill Me Some Time” (Bail Bond Dodd)

Cornell Woolrich, “Murder at Mother’s Knee” (Johnny Gaines)

T.T. Flynn, “Salt Water Slay-Ride”

Jan Dana, “Death with Father” (Acme Indemnity Op)

May 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May 1946 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

T.T. Flynn, “Gee-Gee Doublecross” (Mr. Maddox)

C.William Harrison, “The Bones of Barnaby Bliss” (Hannibal Smith)

Dale Clark, “Better Late Than Cadaver” (High Price)

Julius Long, “Chicanery Row” (C.D. Mort)

Robert C. Dennis, “Dial Your Own Murder” 

April 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1941 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

T.T. Flynn, “Trot Out Your Murder” (Mr. Maddox)

Peter Paige, “The Bullet From Nowhere” (Cash Wale)

D.L. Champion, “Coffee for a Killer” (Insp. Allhoff)

Jan Dana, “Cheese it – The Corpse” (Acme Indemnity Op)

John Earl Davis, “Try This on Your Knife”