March 1921 issue ~ cover art by William Grotz

March 1921 issue

cover art by William Grotz

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~ John Baer, “The Great Fur Robberies”, 3rd of 24 stories in BM

~ Hamilton Craigie, “A Question of Temperature”, 6th of 7 solo stories in BM

~ Harold De Polo, “The Bass Lake Murder”, 2nd of 6 stories in BM

~ Harry C. Hervey, Jr., “Mr. Sin”, ‘A Complete Novelette’, 7th of 8 appearances in BM

~ J.C. Kofoed, “The Odd Case of Mr. Hanka”, ‘Hanka, forger’, 8th of 9 stories in BM

~ William R. Randall, “If the Coat Fits”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Vincent Starrett, “The Open Window, 2nd of 4 stories in BM

~ Ward Sterling, “The Golden Slipper Mystery”, 1st of 2 stories in this issue (see Ward), 6th of 16 stories under this name in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Man in the Trunk”, 2nd story in this issue, 12th of 29 stories under this name in BM [17th and 18th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

~ Arthur Seymour Witt, “The Recoil”, ‘”Duffy, The Soup”, old-time yegg’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Cynthia Woolford, “The Pink Nails of Marylin Hart”, author’s sole appearance in BM

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February 1939 issue ~ cover art by John Fleming Gould

February 1939 issue

cover art by John Fleming Gould

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John K. Butler, “County Cleanup” (Tricky Enright)

Warren E. Barrett, “The Mad Mayor” (Blue Barrel)

Leslie T. White, “Dangerous But Passable!”

Erle Pierce, Jr., “Mum’s the Word for Murder”

Jan Dana, “Single Indemnity” (Acme Insurance Op)

June 1936 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

June 1936 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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Frederick Nebel, “Murder by Mail” (Cardigan)

Hugh B. Cave, “The Lady Who Left Her Coffin” (Martin Lane)

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

Frederick C. Davis, “The Case of the Queen’s Headsman” (Carter Cole)

Robert Sidney Bowen, “The Corpse in Seat 2” (Kip Lacey)

“Murder by Mail” was reprinted in Hard-Boiled Dames (St. Martin’s, 1986) and The Complete Cases of Cardigan (Altus Press, 2011)

“The Lady Who Left Her Coffin” reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action (Carroll & Graff, 2001)