August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

August 1936 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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

Leslie T. White, “The Bullet That Took Its Time” (Duke Martindel)

John K. Butler, “Parole for the Dead” (Tricky Enright)

Fred MacIsaac, “Blond Cargo” (Rambler Murphy)

Denslow M. Dade, “The Came On”

March 1951 issue

March 1951 issue

better image than previously posted

~ William E. Barrett, “Snatch As Snatch Can”, ‘wrestler in Texas oil town; reprint, not from BM’

~ Donald Barr Chidsey, “Let Me Tell It”, Police Capt. Mitchell, reprinted from Jan ‘34

~ Mel Colton, “Win, Lose – or Kill”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ David Crewe, “Guilt Powder”, ‘Reprint; not from BM’

~ Jackson Gregory, “Indian Gift”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM, this one a reprint, not originally from BM

~ Richard L. Hobart, “Penny Pim – Accidental Detective”, reprint, not originally from BM

~ Robert Martin, “For Better or for Death”, last of 6 stories with ‘Dr. Clint Colby, medical detective’, ‘see headnote, p.2, for data on RM’, last of 8 appearances in BM

~ Edward S. Williams, “For Valor”, last of 8 appearances in BM, this story a reprint not originally run in BM

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February 1922 issue ~ cover art by William Grotz

February 1922 issue

cover art by William Grotz

better image than previously posted

~ John Baer, “The Pearl-Handled Revolver”, 1st story in issue

~ John Baer, “Written in Blood”, 2nd story, 13th and 14th of 24 stories in BM

~ Christopher B. Booth, “The Phelam Lodge Mystery”, 3rd of 5 BM stories

~ Walter Deffenbaugh, “24 Karat – But”, 10th of 14 stories in BM

~ Arthur S. Garbett, “The Wet Hand”, 3rd of 4 stories in BM

~ J.B. Hawley, “The Hallowell Murder”, 10th of 12 stories in BM

~ J. Burton Loftus, “At the Expense of James Cathew”, short-short, only appearance in BM

~ Lloyd Lonergan, “The Disappearing Judge”, 2nd of 8 stories in BM

~ J.J. Stagg, “The Man in Box D”, 5th of 11 stories in BM

~ Ward Sterling, “The Passing of Bloody Dan”, 1 of 2 stories in this issue (see Ward), 11th of 16 stories under this name in BM

~ Frederic J. Thorne, “The Multiple Mystery Story”, part 2 of 3, 9th of 10 stories in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Attorney for the Defense”, ‘short-short’, 2nd of 2 stories in this issue (with Sterling), 21st of 29 stories under this name in BM [32nd and 33rd of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

~ Charles S. Wolfe, “Unlucky Friday”, last of 3 stories in BM

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