February 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1940 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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Carroll John Daly, “Cash for a Killer” (Race Williams)

Jan Dana, “One Vote for Murder” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Roger Torrey, “Lock, Stock and Barrel”

Norbert Davis, “Murder Down Deep” (William ‘Bail-Bond’ Dodd)

Leslie T. White, “Rough on Rats”

Riley Williams, “The Corpse with the Missing Finger”

January 1940 issue ~ cover art by John Fleming Gould

January 1940 issue

cover art by John Fleming Gould

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T.T. Flynn, “Blood on the Book” (Mr. Maddox)

John Lawrence, “Death in the Side Pocket” (Broadway Squad)

Fred MacIsaac, “Object – Murder” (Rambler Murphy)

Philip Ketchem, “Hit-and-Run”

Hugh B. Cave, “Farewell With Trumpets” (Attendance Officer Coffey)

November 1, 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

November 1, 1933 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

Carroll John Daly, “The Death Mask” (Vee Brown)

John Lawrence, “Murder in Miniature” (Sam Beckett)

Oscar Schisgall, “The Rattler Clue”

G.H. Coxe [George Harmon Coxe], “Slay Ride” (Det. Tom Flagg)

July 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

July 1935 issue

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

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~ William Donald Bray, “Hot Gold”, 3rd of 4 Britt Hardsley stories, of the Carneal Construction Co., ‘man of murder and mystery’, 1st person narrator, 10th of 12 stories in BM

~ George Harmon Coxe, “Buried Evidence”, ‘Tom Wade with Flashgun Casey’, 12th of 27 with Flashgun Casey, 12th of 31 stories in BM

~ B.B. Fowler, “A Frame Should Stick”, ‘Red Candless, reporter’, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Dick Moreland, “Blue Dandy”, ‘Jim Delf, owner of Blue Dandy Kennels‘, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Theodore A. Tinsley, “Murderer’s Guest”, ‘11th (of 25) Jerry Tracy capers, columnist on the (NYC) Planet, ‘mixer with poor and rich, the crooked and the straight, trailer of trouble and happiness’, 12th of 26 stories in BM. Reprinted in South Wind: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Jerry Tracy (Steeger Books, 2021).

~ Roger Torrey, “Nose Trouble”, ‘3rd of 4 stories starring 1st-person narrator Mike O’Dell, ex-wrestler, now bodyguard’, 17th of 50 appearances in BM. Reprinted in South Wind: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Jerry Tracy (Steeger Books, 2021).

~ Thomas Walsh, “Death Can Come Hard”, ‘Dr. Ed French, interne, 1st-person narrator’, 5th of 6 stories in BM

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