Category: magazine

January 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1943 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

~ Merle Constiner, “Why Meddle with Murder?”, ‘Luther McGavock, private detective; he works Atherton Browne who heads a Memphis-based agency, 3rd of 11 of the McG stories; usually rural setting’, reprinted in Let the Dead Alone: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Luther McGavock (Steeger, 2020), 3rd of 12 stories in BM

~ George Harmon Coxe, “Blood on the Lens”, part 1 of 3 of Murder for Two (novel published 1943), 25th of 27 with Flashgun Casey, 29th of 31 stories in BM

~ C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Don’t Stand Under the Blackjack Tree”, 12th of 16 with Colonel Walter (Doc) Rennie, USA Medical Corps, 12th of 20 stories in BM

~ Alan Farley [pseudonym of Mrs. W. Lee Herrington], “Buttered on Both Sides”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Tom Marvin, “Bag o’Bones”, ‘1st person narrator is a 23-year-old small town sheriff’, 1st of 3 stories

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September 1922 issue ~ cover art by William Grotz

September 1922 issue

cover art by William Grotz

~ John Baer, “The Murderer’s Name and Address”, 22nd of 24 stories in BM

~ M. Hernaiz Becerra, “The Ordway Suicide Mystery”, only story in BM

~ Hubert Raymond Carter [prename also given as Herbert], “The House with Silver Shutters”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Frederick C. Davis, “The Living Dead”, 1st of 16 stories in BM

~ Meredith Davis, “Velvet Tips”, 1st of 3 stories in BM

~ Jack J. Gottlieb, “Eyes That See Not”, ‘North, a criminal, & poetic justice’, 5th of 8 stories in BM

~ Robert Hannan, “The Thirteenth Victim”, ‘short-short’, only appearance in BM

~ Herman Petersen, “The Seven Gilded Balls” and “Poisoned Gas”, author’s 1st and 2nd of 20 stories in BM

~ Howard P. Rockey, “Madge the Mouse”, 4th of 5 stories in BM

~ J.J. Stagg, “The Broken Melody”, last of 11 stories in BM

~ Harold Ward, “Dollars and Scents”, ‘Complete Mystery Novelette’, 27th of 29 stories under this name in BM [43rd of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

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April 15, 1932 Canadian edition ~ cover art by cover by Gerard C. Delano

April 15, 1932 Canadian edition

cover art by cover by Gerard C. Delano

(date, contents, and cover art same as US)

February 15, 1923 issue ~ cover art by A. Rose

February 15, 1923 issue

cover art by A. Rose

better image than previously posted

~ Eustace Hale Ball, “The Trail of the Scarlet Fox”, part 3 of 6 parts with various subtitles, 3rd of 13 appearances in BM

~ Russell Arden Bankson, “The Ghost of Joe Speck”, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Drayton Dunster, “The Conscientious Grave-Digger”, 3rd of 9 stories in BM

~ Jack J. Gottlieb, “The Strength of the Weak”, 7th of 8 stories in BM

~ Francis James, “Sinister Images”, Prentice, Harvard-trained criminologist turned policeman (‘the young Central Office Man’) with Police Chief Shannon, 2nd of 4 parts, 4th of 20 appearances in BM

~ George B. Jenkins, Jr., “Business and Pleasure”, last of 5 stories in BM

~ Wilson Clay Missimer, “Torn Fingers”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ C.S. Montanye (Carleton Stevens), “The Jewel of Blood”, 15th of 29 stories in BM

~ Harford Powel, Jr., “The High Jackers”, 1st of 6 appearances in BM

~ Walker J. Scott, “Fatal Fridays”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Charles Somerville, “The Clue of the Tattooed Arm”, 2nd of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 2nd of 49 total articles in BM

~ Joe Taylor, “Stumbling Feet”, 5th of 12 tales in ‘My Underworld’ series, 5th of 13th appearances in BM

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