
1934 ~ cover art by Albert Yates

‘publicity photo for the magazine’s launch in 1934‘

1960 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Charles Binger
pseudonym of Robert Lee Martin
better image than previously posted

1961 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Darcy/Ernest Chiriacka?
better image than previously posted

1960 Popular Giant edition paperback original
cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

better image than previously posted
~ Millard H. Cannon, “For Customers Only”, short-short, only appearance in BM
~ Donald Barr Chidsey, “Dead Horses Don’t Count”, last of 6 appearances in BM
~ Richard Deming, “Pay Up or Die”, Manville “Manny” Moon, 1st person narrator, last of 6 stories, author’s last appearance in BM
~ Charles Larson, “Eye for an Eye”, reprint, not from BM
~ Hank Napheys, “Homicide Furlough”, ‘reprint, not from BM’
~ Robert H. Rohde, “Millions of Cops”, ‘reprint, not from BM’
~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “Murder in the Ring”, ‘boxing, gamblers, racketeers, with Primo-Carnera-like boxer; reprinted from Dec ’30 issue
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop

a truly dreadful pulp illustration by Robert J. Lee
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1998 Black Lizard/Vintage Crime reissue
