
cover art by H.J. Ward
better image than previously posted
[updated 11/19/25]

cover art by Albert Drake
better image than previously posted

debut issue, 1950s UK version of Ten Detective Aces
[updated 7/19/25]

cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
~ Dale Clark, “Heavenly Homicide”, 27th of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 31st of 32 stories in BM
~ William Campbell Gault, “The Cold, Cold Ground”, 2nd of 5 with Mortimer Jones, 2nd of 9 stories in BM
~ Julius Long, “I Remember Murder”, 15th of 17 stories with ’Ben Corbett, D.A.’s chief investigator, 1st -person narrator’, 20th of 23 stories in BM
~ Donn Mullally, “The Corpse I Left Behind Me”, ’Martin Fowler in Hollywood’, 1st of 2 stories in BM
~ William Rough, “Hot Ice”, ‘Ben Slabbe, p.i., who has his own agency; last of 5 capers’ in BM
~ Donegan Wiggins, “The Double-Cross”, ‘brief-brief’, author’s only appearance in BM
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[UK cover added 5/16/25]


September 1949 issue
better image than previously posted
~ D.L. Champion, “Blackmail Backfire”, 25th of 26,‘Red Sackler & Joey Graham’, 29th of 30 stories in BM
~ Frederick C. Davis, “Let Me Kill You Sweetheart”, 14th of 16 stories in BM
~ James Hall, “Back Door to Hell”, author’s only appearance in BM
~ Hiawatha Jones, “Murder Express”, author’s only appearance in BM
~ Louis L’Amour, “Collect from a Corpse”, noted author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Phil Richards, “The Slay’s the Thing”, ‘James Greer, ex-playwright’, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Robert P. Toombs, “Not Necessarily Dead”, 2nd of 3 stories in BM
~ Robert Turner, “Man’s Best Friend”, ‘A dog named Satan’, 1st of 4 stories in BM
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[updated 3/1/26]