| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro | |
| 1 | - | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 4 | pencils: ? (spot illustration); inks: ? (spot illustration); letters: typeset | |
| 2 | - | table of contents | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Look at What All these Bloody Little Dimes Can Get You | text article | 3 | script: Matt Fraction | |
| 4 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | script: Charles Biro; pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro | |
| 5 | Crime Does Not Pay a Completely New Kind of Magazine | text article | 1 | script: Lev Gleason | |
| 6 | The Real Story Behind Lepke, Mad Dog of the Underworld | comic story | 12 | script: Woody Hamilton; pencils: Harry Lucey; inks: Harry Lucey | Louis "Lepke" Buchalter (1897-1944); Nathan "Kid Dropper" Kaplin (1891-1923); Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro (1899-1947); Jacob "Little Augie" Orgen (1893-1927); I. "Danny Field" Friedman (died 1939); Irving Penn (c1897-1939); Louis Cohen (1904-1939)(unnamed in story) |
| 7 | Wild Bill Hickok | comic story | 10 | script: Woody Hamilton; pencils: Woody Hamilton; inks: Woody Hamilton | Wild Bill Hickok (1837-1876); Tom Smith (1830-1870); John Wesley "Wes Harding" Hardin (1853-1895); Ben Thompson (1843-1884); Phil Cole (1839-1871); Mike Williams (died 1871)(appears here as Mike McWilliams) |
| 8 | Officer Edward Maher and the Mad Dog Killers of Fifth Avenue | comic story | 7 | pencils: Frank Volp; inks: Frank Volp | The Esposito Brothers |
| 9 | The Saga of Harpshead Road | comic story | 3 | script: Charles Biro; pencils: Carl Hubbell; inks: Carl Hubbell; letters: Ed Hamilton | Big Harp (dies) |
| 10 | Two-Legged Rats | comic story | 2 | script: Bob Montana; pencils: Bob Montana; inks: Bob Montana | Jon Overs (dies) |
| 11 | The Mad Musician and His Tunes of Doom | comic story | 5 | script: Bob Wood; pencils: George Tuska; inks: George Tuska; letters: Ed Hamilton | Zilla (dies) |
| 12 | Hollywood's Panther Man, the Jersey Devil | text story | 2 | script: Woody Hamilton | |
| 13 | The Case of the Twisted Cigarettes | comic story | 5 | script: Dick Briefer; pencils: Dick Briefer; inks: Dick Briefer | Dick Williams |
| 14 | The Blackout Murder Mystery | comic story | 5 | pencils: Norman Maurer; inks: Norman Maurer | |
| 15 | The Bond Drive | comic story | 2 | script: Bob Montana; pencils: Bob Montana; inks: Bob Montana | Bob Montana cameo |
| 16 | Cilicia | text article | 1 | script: Sidney M. Elias | |
| 17 | The War Eagle | comic story | 10 | pencils: Alan Mandel; inks: Alan Mandel | The War Eagle [Bill Reed] (introduction); Mrs. Reed (Bill's mother); Bonnie (Bill's sweetheart); Roger Currians; Klein (crew member on S.S. Atlantic, death); Kelly (watchman); Mike (Policeman); The Wrench (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villains) |
| 18 | We Have Never Lost a War! | public service announcement | 1 | pencils: ? (signed "Kinn"); inks: ? (signed "Kinn") | |
| 19 | Boy Comics Is Your Magazine | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.5 | | |
| 20 | New Sensational Features Added to Daredevil Comics | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.5 | | |
| 21 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro | John Dillinger; Baby Face Nelson; Jim Hamilton |
| 22 | Free! 50 Original Hand Colored Drawings ... | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro | |
| 23 | The True Story of John Dillinger | comic story | 11 | script: Bob Wood; pencils: Woody Hamilton; inks: Woody Hamilton | John Dillinger (introduction, death); Melvin Purvis (introduction) |
| 24 | John Crandon | comic story | 6 | | |
| 25 | Baby Face Nelson and the Mason City Bank Robbery | comic story | 8 | | George "Baby Face" Nelson |
| 26 | Pancho Villa | comic story | 10 | | Pancho Villa (introduction, death) |
| 27 | Postal Tax Stamps | text article | 1 | script: Sidney M. Elias | |
| 28 | The Ridiculous Riddle of the Murdered Major | comic story | 5 | pencils: Norman Maurer; inks: Norman Maurer | |
| 29 | The White-Masked Terror | text story | 3 | script: Woody Hamilton | |
| 30 | Three Isolated Murders | comic story | 5 | script: Dick Briefer; pencils: Richard Norman; inks: Dick Briefer | |
| 31 | Crime Facts | comic story | 1 | | |
| 32 | The Comic Magazine That Dared to Be Different | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: ? (spot illustrations); inks: ? (spot illustrations) | |
| 33 | Two-Legged Rats | comic story | 4 | script: Bob Montana; pencils: Bob Montana; inks: Bob Montana | Joshua the Second [Franz Creffield]; George Mitchell; Esther Mitchell |
| 34 | The Monster of Munsterberg | comic story | 3 | pencils: Carl Hubbell; inks: Carl Hubbell | Pop Klein (introduction, death) |
| 35 | The Fire Fiends of Missouri | comic story | 5 | pencils: Alan Mandel; inks: Alan Mandel | |
| 36 | It's a Hit | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: ? (spot illustration); inks: ? (spot illustration) | |
| 39 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro | Mr. Crime |
| 40 | Mr. Crime | comic story | 1 | script: Bob Wood; pencils: Bob Wood; inks: Bob Wood | Mr Crime. |
| 41 | The True Story of Jack "Legs" Diamond | comic story | 11 | script: Dick Wood | Mr. Crime |
| 42 | The Mystery of Indian Dick and the Phantom Gold Mine | comic story | 4 | pencils: Tumey; inks: Tumey | |
| 43 | His Mother's Ghastly Vision | comic story | 7 | pencils: Sam Burlockoff; inks: Sam Burlockoff | |
| 44 | Death Works Overtime!! The True Story of Philadelphia's Poison Ring | comic story | 8 | pencils: Alan Mandel; inks: Alan Mandel | |
| 45 | The Amazing Mystery of the Murders of Maltese Mansion | comic story | 6 | pencils: Norman Maurer; inks: Norman Maurer | |
| 46 | The Strange Case of the Four-Legged Witness | text story | 3 | script: Woody Hamilton | |
| 47 | Canada's New Stamps | text article | 1 | script: Sidney M. Elias | |
| 48 | Billy the Kid | comic story | 10 | | |
| 49 | Corpses for Sale | comic story | 5 | pencils: Dick Briefer; inks: Dick Briefer | |
| 50 | The Millen-Faber Case | comic story | 9 | pencils: Frank Giacoia; inks: Frank Giacoia | |
| 53 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro | |
| 54 | Dare Is a Small Word | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.8 | pencils: ? (spot illustration); inks: ? (spot illustration); letters: typeset | |
| 55 | - | statement of ownership | 0.2 | letters: typeset | |
| 57 | The True Life Story of Dutch Schultz | comic story | 12 | script: Dick Wood; pencils: Dick Wood; inks: Dick Wood | Mr. Crime |
| 58 | Dixie Davis | comic story | 6 | script: Bob Wood; pencils: Bob Wood; inks: Bob Wood | |
| 59 | So Mean He'd Kill His Mother | comic story | 7 | pencils: Dick Briefer; inks: Dick Briefer | |
| 60 | India | text article | 1 | pencils: ? (photographs); inks: ? (photographs); letters: typeset | |
| 61 | The Uncanny Mystery of the Jewel of Death | comic story | 6 | script: Charles Biro; pencils: Norman Maurer; inks: Norman Maurer | |
| 62 | Belle Starr | comic story | 10 | script: Dick Wood; pencils: Dick Wood; inks: Dick Wood | |
| 63 | The Deadly Fox of the Mohawk | comic story | 5 | pencils: Bart Tumey; inks: Bart Tumey | |
| 64 | Death in Dreamland | text story | 3 | script: Dick Wood | |
| 65 | The Mail-Box Thief | comic story | 5 | | |
| 66 | The Oklahoma Prison Break | comic story | 7 | script: Charles Biro; inks: Dan Barry | |
| 69 | - | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Peter Poplaski; inks: Peter Poplaski | |
| 70 | All True Crime Stories! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: ? (spot illustration); inks: ? (spot illustration); letters: typeset | |