October 1925 issue ~ cover art by H.C. Murphy

October 1925 issue

cover art by H.C. Murphy

~John Ayotte, “Hawaiian Driftage”, ‘opium ring in Honolulu: some characters from “The Puzzle of Hook Nam”, JA’s last appearance in BM’

~ Ray(mond King) Cummings, “The Mystery at Cragmoor”, only non-McGuirk story (see Apr 23), 14th of 15 stories in BM

~ Tom Curry, “The Frame-Up”, author’s 1st of 39 stories in BM

~ Carroll John Daly, “Alias Buttercup”, 10th of 53 with RW, ‘Race Williams in Mexico’, reprinted in Them That Lives By Their Guns: The Collected Hard-Boiled Stories of Race Williams, Vol. 1 (Altus Press, 2015), 18th of 71 appearances in BM

~ Joseph Gollomb, “A Pass Key to Scotland Yard”, 3rd of 6 articles

~ Donald MacGregor, “The Dancer in the East”, 5th of 10 stories

~ Charles Somerville, “A Weird Detective”, 44th of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 46th of 49 total articles in BM

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September 1, 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

September 1, 1933 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

better image than previously posted

Carroll John Daly, “The Black Warning” (Vee Brown)

Erle Stanley Gardner, “Dressed to Kill” (Paul Pry)

J. Paul Suter, “Seconds of Doom” (Horatio Humberton)

Oscar Schisgall, “Death Under Glass” (Ed Graham)

Fred MacIsaac, “Ghost City Set-Up” (Rambler Murphy)

profile and letter from MacIsaac appear n p. 123

[updated with original art 8/14/25, cover updated 11/12/25]