October 1934 issue ~ cover art by Fred Craft

October 1934 issue

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cover art by Fred Craft

~ W.T. Ballard, “Snatching Is Dynamite”, ‘Lennox & ‘The Secret Five’ of Hollywood’, 9th of 27 BM stories with ‘Bill Lennox, troubleshooter for Consolidated Films’, 9th of 43 stories in BM

~ Raymond Chandler, “Finger Man”, “Finger Man”, unnamed LA PI, first person narrator, first book appearance in the collection The Simple Art of Murder (Houghton Mifflin hardcover, 1950), first paperback, Trouble is My Business (Pocket, 10/51), various paperback editions, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (Vintage, 2007), 3rd of 11 stories in BM

~ Nels Leroy Jorgensen, “Immunity Murders”, 21th of 32 with Stuart “Black” Burton, ‘square-shooting gambler from the Southwest, often entangled with the law’, with his wife Vivian, 28th of 39 stories in BM

~ Horace McCoy, “Somebody Must Die”, last of 14 Frost stories with ‘Capt. Jerry Frost, Texas (Air) Ranger,  last of 17 appearances in BM

~ Thomas Walsh, “Best Man”, ‘Carver, plain-clothesman, Homicide; reprinted in The Hard-Boiled Omnibus (1946)’, 4th of 6 stories in BM

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April 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1942 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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T.T. Flynn, “Happy Murder to You!” (Mr. Maddox)

Peter Paige, “Death is From Hunger” (Cash Wale)

Jan Dana, “All Those Men are Dead” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Dale Clark “The Killer and the Cop” (Detective Ed Owen)

Don James, “Lockout”

July 30, 1938 issue ~ cover art by George J. Rozen

July 30, 1938

cover art by George J. Rozen

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David Dresser was the real name of “Brett Halliday”