Warner Brothers, 1971

Dirty Harry (Warner Bros., 1971). Folded, Fine+. Insert (14″ X 36″).
Starring Clint Eastwood, Reni Santoni, Harry Guardino, Andrew Robinson, John Vernon, John Larch, John Mitchum, Mae Mercer, Albert Popwell, Ruth Kobart, Woodrow Parfrey, Josef Sommer, William Paterson, James Nolan, Maurice Argent, Jo De Winter, Craig Kelly, Max Gail, and Don Siegel. Directed by Don Siegel. An unrestored poster with good color and an overall very presentable appearance. It has a long tear on the left, a tear on the right, corner bends, and fold wear.

May 1946 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

May 1946 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

~ Dale Clark, “The Early Corpse Gets the Worm”, 25th of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna story, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 28th of 32 stories in BM

~ Harry Epstein, “The Case of the Mind-Reading Seal”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Julius Long, “Murder By the Carton”, 12th of 17 stories with ’Ben Corbett, D.A.’s chief investigator, 1st -person narrator’, 17th of 23 stories in BM

~ James R. McKenna, “Caliente”, short-short, horse racing, 1st person narrator, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Robert Martin, “Rat Race in Foxtown”, ‘Foxtown is 45 miles SW of Cleveland’, 1st of 8 stories in BM

~ Jim T. Pearce, “Always Leave ‘Em Dying”, author’s sold appearance in BM

~ William Rough, “My Gun Hires Legitimate”, ‘Ben Slabbe, p.i., who has his own agency; 3rd of 5 capers’ in BM

~ H.H. Stinson, “Unholy Matrimony”, 23rd of 27 stories in BM

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December 1946 UK issue

[US cover updated 1/29/26]

March 1949 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

March 1949 issue

cover art by Gloria Stoll

~ Frederick C. Davis, “Flaming Angel”, ‘1st-person narrator; psychopathic murderer’, 13th of 16 stories in BM

~ Dean Evans, “Frame for a Dame”, 1st of 3 stories in BM

~ G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Something Dead Has Been Added”, ‘John Anthony Gwinn, Indianapolis reporter’, 7th of 8 stories in BM

~ Marvin J. Jones, “Sing a Song of Murder”, ‘Jimmy Bell, cop’, author’s only appearance in BM

~ John D. MacDonald, “Killing All Men”, 3rd of 6 stories in BM

~ Robert Martin, “Let’s All Swing Together”, 1st of 6 with ’debut of Dr. Clint Colby, medical detective’, 3rd of 8 stories in BM

~ Scott O’Hara, “Kiss the Corpse Good-By”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Edward van der Rhoer, “The High Cost of Dying”, 1st of 2 stories in BM

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[cover updated 1/29/26, original art added 3/1/26]

July 1949 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

July 1949 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

~ Richard Deming, “Big Shots Die Young”, Manville “Manny” Moon, 1st-person narrator, 4th of 6 stories in BM

~ Frank Gordon, “Last Kill and Testament”, ‘Alphonse Bertillon’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ W. Lee Herrington, [also published in BM as Alan Farley], “Die, Die Again”, last of 4 stories under this name in BM

~ Edward A. Herron, “Death’s 43 Days”, ‘Yukon short-short’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ John D. MacDonald, “Heritage of Hate”, 5th of 6 stories in BM

~ Larry J. Marcus, “Through the Murder Glass”, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Robert Martin, “Richest Man in Graveyard”, 3rd of 6 stories with ‘Dr. Clint Colby, medical detective‘, 5th of 8 stories in BM

~ Talmage Powell, “Her Dagger Before Me”, ‘Tampa (Florida) p.i. Lloyd’, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (Vintage, 2010), author’s only appearance in BM

~ Harold Preece, “Boulevard Buzzards”, ‘short-short; Paris in 1880’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Robert P. Toombs, “These Dead Hands Reaching”, 1st of 3 stories in BM

©Seattle Mystery Bookshop

[original art added 1/30/26]