Day: August 24, 2024

October 1932 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

October 1932 issue

cover art by J. W. Schlaikjer

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “On Two Feet”, last Bob Larkin story, 1st since 9/1929, 64th of 99 stories in BM

~ Horace McCoy, “Wings over Texas”, 12th of 14 stories with Frost ‘Capt. Jerry Frost, Texas (Air) Ranger’ 15th of 17 stories in BM

~ James H[enry] S[eymour] Moynahan, “Blow-Off”, ‘O’Brien, private dick’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Frederick L. Nebel, “The Red Web”, 10th of 15 stories with ‘tough dick Donahue of Interstate’, ‘Donahue, a.k.a “The Hard Boiled One”’, reprinted in Tough as Nails (2012, Altus), 42 of 67 stories in BM

~ Joseph T. Shaw, “Fugitive”, 3rd of 4 parts, ‘Jack Henderson, set in Far East, eg, Rangoon’, 8th of 9 works of fiction in BM

~ Theodore A. Tinsley, “Party from Detroit”, ‘1st (of 25) Jerry Tracy capers, columnist on the (NYC) Planet, ‘mixer with poor and rich, the crooked and the straight, trailer of trouble and happiness’, 1st of 26 stories in BM

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October 1932 Canadian issue – same contents, clearer, sharper, more colorful image

[US image updated 10/27/25]

June 15, 1923 issue ~ cover art by H.C. Murphy

June 15, 1923 issue

cover art by H.C. Murphy

~ ‘Peter Collinson’ (Hammett), “The Vicious Circle”, ‘see pp. 126-127 for letter by DH’, 2nd of 4 stories under this name, 2nd of 51 total stories in BM

~ Anthony Crittenden, “Spike McCready’s Exit”, only appearance in BM

~ Ray(mond King) Cummings, “T. McGuirk Juggles the Pawn Tickets”, ‘4th of 14 McGuirk stories, billed as “the quaintest character in the Underworld” & honest, more of less’, 4th of 15 stories in BM

~ Wyona Dashwood, “Out of the Fog”, ‘Human weirdities’, only story in BM

~ Meredith Davis, “Beyond the Chair”, last of 3 stories in BM

~ Drayton Dunster, “Sabotage”, ‘A Cemetery Tale’, 6th of 9 stories in BM

~ Newton A. Fuessle, “Hoodwinked”, ‘KKK story but not in special issue’, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Peter Grumble, “What Happened at Flanders”, ‘Western yarn’, author’s only appearance in BM

~ W.H. Holmes, “Scrambled Motives”, ‘A Complete Mystery Novelette’, 2nd of 3 stories in BM

~ Charles Somerville, “The Clue of the Hatband”, 9th of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 10th of 49 total articles in BM

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