1949/01 -- The Cosmo cover girl painted by Al Parker
Contents taken from the index and from paging through the issue are as follows:

THE BOOK-LENGTH NOVEL:

  • Breakaway by Leon Ware and illustrated by William Kautz

    • STORIES:

  • "I'll Be Right Home, Ma" -- Part I -- by Henry Denker and illustrated by Austin Briggs
  • The Fall Guy by William Fay and illustrated by Harry Fredman
  • Identity by Nathaniel Benchley and illustrated by Stan Klimley
  • Thirty Days Hath December by Mary Hastings Bradley with illustration by John Carroll
  • I'll Marry You Again by Dale Eunson and illustrated by Coby Whitmore
  • The Pale Red Room -- Conclusion -- by Ann Chidester and illustrated by Alex Ross
  • Nunzi by John P. McKnight and illustrated by Robert Patterson
  • Margin for Love by Mary Roberts Teare and illustrated by Jon Whitcomb

    • ARTICLES:

  • New Years Between Midnight by Paul Gallico
  • Can New York Hide from the Atomic Bomb? by Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
  • "I'm Still Happy I Married a Yank" by Jean Libman Block
  • What Should Your Dentist Charge? by McLeod Morgan
  • Shirley Temple Will Be Twenty-One by Florabel Muir
  • What I Saw When I Was Blind by Carl Van Doren
  • Girls on the Prowl by Howard Whitman
  • Inventions We Need in 1949 by Rube Goldberg
  • Why They Will Hypnotize You by Agnes Lynn Marshall

    • SPECIAL FEATURES:

  • What Goes by the Cosmopolitan Editors
  • Dress Rehearsal by Tony Friend
  • I Know Dale Carnegie When... by Mrs. Dale Carnegie
  • The Cosmopolitan Mirror by Jennifer A. Reeves
  • Cosmopolitan's Movie Citations by Louella O. Parsons
  • What's New in Medicine by Dr. Morris Fishbein
  • 1948, Farewell! by Katharine Brush
  • "Nice and Lousy" by Norman Lewis
  • The Killer Instinct by Albert H. Morehead
  • Male-Tested Fashions by Kay Wister
  • Jon Whitcomb's Page
  • Popular Stuff by Abel Green
  • Cosmopolitan's Golden Gallery
  • What You Don't Know Can Hurt You by Bernard Geis
  • Educational Guide