dale clark – SMB Noir

November 1942 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

November 1942

cover art by Milton Luros

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October 1945 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

October 1945 issue

cover art by Samuel Cherry

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Dale Clark, “Corpse in Pawn” (High Price)

C. William Harrison, “Down Among the Dead Men” (Hannibal Smith)

H.H. Stinson, “Crime on My Hands” (Johnny Smith)

Robert C. Dennis, “Lilies are for the Dead” (Pat Kinnick)

Richard C. Dermody, “The Doctor’s Gander” (Dot Pierce)

William R. Cox, “Slay-Belle” (Malachi Manatee)

Muriel Farr, “Protection for Life”

March 1945 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

March 1945 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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H.H. Stinson, “Slay Binge” (Pete Rousseau)

Robert Martin, “G.I. Doublecross” (Jim Bennett)

Dale Clark, “Corpse on Parade” (High Price)

Thorne Lee, “The Whisperer”

Ralph Eldred, “Death Watch”

Ken Lewis, “This May Hurt a Little”

February 1939 issue ~ cover art by James Lunnon

February 1939 issue

cover art by James Lunnon

~ W.T. Ballard, “No Parole from Death”, 20th of 27 stories with ‘Bill Lennox, troubleshooter for Consolidated Films’, 31st of 43 stories in BM

~ Dale Clark, “Death Watch”, Scotland Yard undercover man Carr, politics and murder, 2^nd of 32 stories in BM

~ Frederick C. Davis, “Tonight I Must Die”, 7th of 16 stories in BM

~ Steve Fisher, “Flight to Paris”, 8^th of 9 stories in BM

~ Frank Gruber, “State Fair Murder”, 7th of 10 with‘Oliver Quade, The Human Encyclopedia’, 10th of 14 stories in BM

~ K. Webster, “Underwater Kill”, ‘cop goes under sea-surface to nab his man’, 1^st of 3 stories in BM

~ Edward S. Williams, “Deadly Secret”, ‘Rex Flynn, private dick’, 4^th of 8 appearances in BM

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March 1945 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

March 1945 issue

cover art by Gloria Stoll

~ D.L. Champion, “Dead As in Blonde”, 17^th of 26 with Rex Sackler, reprinted in Murder Costs Money: The Complete Black Mask Stories of Rex Sackler (Steeger, 2020), 19^th of 30 stories in BM

~ Dale Clark, “Murder Had a Little Lamb”, 20th of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna story, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 23rd of 32 stories in BM

~ Merle Constiner, “Until the Undertaker Comes”, ‘Luther McGavock, private detective; he works Atherton Browne who heads a Memphis-based agency, 8th of 11 of the McG stories; usually rural setting’, reprinted in Let the Dead Alone: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Luther McGavock (Steeger, 2020), 8^th of 12 stories in BM

~ Julius Long, “Goon My Way?”, 4th of 17 stories with ‘Ben Corbett, D.A.’s chief investigator, 1^st -person narrator’, 9th of 23 stories in BM

~ H.H. Stinson, “Get Your Own Corpse”, 12th of 14 with ‘Ken O’Hara, fighting reporter on Los Angeles Tribune’, 19th of 27 stories in BM

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February 1946 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

February 1946 issue

cover art by Gloria Stoll

better image than previously posted

~ Thomson Burtis, “Deadline for Death”, ex-USA intelligence officer, now police Lt. Greg Sullivan, last of 6 appearances in BM

~ Dale Clark, “Murder Lode”, 24th of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna story, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 27th of 32 stories in BM

~ Julius Long, “Flowers for Flanagan”, 10th of 17 stories with ‘Ben Corbett, D.A.’s chief investigator, 1^st -person narrator’, 15th of 23 stories in BM

~ Roland Phillips, “The Sentinel of Green Cove”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ William Rough, “Shoot If You Must”, ‘Ben Slabbe, p.i., who has his own agency; 2nd of 5 capers’ in BM

~ Ted Stratton, “Accounts Deceivable”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

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