
November 1942 issue
cover art by Rudolph Belarski

December 1935 – second issue published
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
much better image than previously posted

1953 Dell reissue – cover art by Bill George
better image than previously posted

1964 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis
better image than previously posted

better image than previously posted
~ Carroll John Daly, “One Night of Frenzy”, 10th of 71 appearances in BM
~ Harold De Polo, “Mr. Dugan’s Vocation”, 5th of 6 stories in BM
~ Marjory Stoneman Douglas, “White Midnight”, last of 4 parts, ‘South Seas setting’, author’s only story in BM
~ Edward Ettinger, “The Mystery of Perkins Farm”, 2nd and last story in BM
~ Arthur S. Garbett, “The Times Speeder”, ‘amateur sleuth, 1st-person narrator, novelette’, last of 4 stories in BM
~ Dashiell Hammett, “The House in Turk Street”, the Op [9th of 25], see sequel “The Girl with the Silver Eyes”, (6/1924), reprinted in The Big Book of the Continental Op (Vintage, 2017), reprinted in Zigzags of Treachery: The Complete Black Mask Cases of the Continental Op, Vol. 1 (Steeger, 2023), 15th of 51 stories in BM
~ L.M. Lish, “Poker”, ‘short-short’, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ C.S. Montanye (Carleton Stevens), “The Seven Gold Figures”, 7th of 10 with ‘Captain Valentine, that ‘attractive European scalawag’, adventurer and rascal’, ‘see p.127 for letter from CSM‘, 23rd of 29 stories in BM
~ Charles Somerville, “A Reporter’s Clue”, 28th of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 29th of 49 total articles in BM
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