July 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

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cover art by Norman Saunders

~ Charles J. Beckman, “Satan’s Step-Daughter”, cop Mike O’Connell, only story in BM

~ Harmon Bellamy, “Shutterbug’s Long Shot”, only story in BM

~ Owen Couey, “Bring Your Own Body”, only story in BM

~ Westcott D. Gouldner, “All Work and No Slay”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ John D. MacDonald, “Jukebox Jungle”, last of 6 stories in BM

~ Robert Martin, “Lost in the Shrouds”, 5th of 6 stories with ’Dr. Clint Colby, medical detective’, 7th of 8 stories in BM

~ Hank Searls, “Nice Girls Don’t Murder”, ‘Pete Butler, San Francisco private eye’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Robert Turner, “Nine Kills to Paradise”, 2nd of 4 stories in BM

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[post updated 6/1/24]

March 1941 issue ~ cover art by Graves Gladney

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cover art by Graves Gladney

Norman A. Daniels, “Line-Up Murder”

Kenneth Robeson (Paul Ernst), “House of Death”  (Richard Henry Benson /The Avenger)

April 23, 1938 issue

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Frederick C. Painton, “Midnight Call”

Charles Alexander, “Devil in the Left Barrel”

Roger Torrey, “You Only Hang Once”

Samuel Taylor, “The Girl from Yesterday”

Convict 12627, “They Talk Like This”

Cyril Plunkett, “Dark Blind”

Stookie Allen: Illustrated Crimes

Arden X. Pangborn, “Rules and Regulations”

Dale Clark, “Murder Wholesale”

B.B. Fowler, “Future Indicative”