January 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1945 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

~ D.L. Champion, “A Corpse Means Cash”, 16^th of 26 stories Rex Sackler, 18^th of 30 stories in BM

~ Dale Clark, “That’s Murder for You”, 19th of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna story, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 22nd of 32 stories in BM

~ C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Good Hunting”, last of 16 with Colonel Walter (Doc) Rennie, USA Medical Corps19th of 20 stories in BM

~ Julius Long, “Leave Your Killing Card”, 3rd of 17 stories with ‘Ben Corbett, D.A.’s chief investigator, 1^st -person narrator’, 8th of 23 stories in BM

~ Robert Reeves, “Blood, Sweat and Biers”, 9th Cellini Smith, ‘Smith & a boxing-fix’, reprinted in Dead and Done For: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Cellini Smith (Steeger, 2020), 11th of 12 appearances in BM

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