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March 1930 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

March 1930 issue

cover art by J. W. Schlaikjer

~ Ramon Decolta (Raoul Whitfield), “Death in the Pasig”, Jo Gar, 2^nd of 24 in BM, reprinted in The Hard-Boiled Omnibus (1946), reprinted in West of Guam: The Complete Cases of Jo Bar (Altus Press, 2013)

~ Dashiell Hammett, “The Hat Trick”, Ned Beaumont, 1st of 4 stories that will go together to make up The Glass Key (published 1931), 41^st of 45 stories in BM

~ Nels Leroy Jorgensen, “Boom Town”, 12th of 32 with Stuart “Black” Burton, ‘square-shooting gambler from the Southwest, often entangled with the law’, 16th of 39 stories in BM

~ Horace McCoy, “Frost Rides Again”, 5th of 14 Frost stories with ‘Capt. Jerry Frost, Texas (Air) Ranger’, 6^th of 17 stories in BM, reprinted in The Black Mask Boys (1985, Morrow) as “Frost Flies Alone”

~ Earl and Marion Scott, “Bitter Business”, 3rd of 6 stories with ‘Phil Craleigh, once brilliant lawyer, now a drunk, given to bouts of reform’, 12th of 17 stories in BM as a couple

~ Peter G. Thomas, “The Bell in the Fog”, ‘River pirates in NYC’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “Oval Face”, ‘Mal Ourney; part 4 (of 5), ‘The Crime Breeders’, presented as separate stories rather than conventional serial’, published in hardcover in 1930 by Knopf as Green Ice, 38th of 67 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]

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March 4, 1939 issue

March 4, 1939

December 1934 issue

December 1934 – second issue

better image than previously posted

May 1933 issue

May 1933

September 8, 1934 issue ~ cover art by Lejaren Hiller

September 8, 1934

cover art by Lejaren Hiller

February 1942 issue

February 1942

better image than previously posted

February 1, 1923 issue ~ cover art by A. Rose

February 1, 1923 issue

cover art by A. Rose

~ Eustace Hale Ball, “The Trail of the Scarlet Fox”, part 2 of 6 parts with various subtitles, BM debut, 2nd of 13 appearances in BM

~ Drayton Dunster, “Her Gold and Her Pearls”, 2^nd of 9 stories in BM

~ Eliza Mae Harvey, “The Last Snow”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ W.H. Holmes, “Creeping Death”, ‘A Complete Mystery Novelette’, 1^st of 3 stories in BM

~ Francis James, “Sinister Images”, Prentice, Harvard-trained criminologist turned policeman (‘the young Central Office Man’) with Police Chief Shannon, 1st of 4 parts, 3rd of 20 appearances in BM

~ A. Kandel, “Eulogy on a Rare Theme”, ‘brief-brief’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Roy L. McCardell, “A Million A Year”, last of 4 parts, 4^th of 5 appearances in BM

~ Marr Murray, “Hades and Return”, ‘South Sea story‘, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Charles Somerville, “After Ten Thousand Miles”, 1^st of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, ‘(see pp. 38-39 for data on CS); no effort has been made to sustain the supposed veracity of series; see also under Joseph Gallomb, Glenn G. Gravatt, & Robert Lee Heiser’, 1^st of 49 total articles in BM

~ Horace Winston Stokes, “The Devil’s Hollow”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Joe Taylor, “The Fixer”, 4th of 12 tales in ‘My Underworld’ series, billed as fiction, 4^th of 13^th appearances in BM

~ N.H. Wilson, “The Head of Clampini”, ‘Daytime story’, author’s sole appearance in BM