April 1953 issue
cover art by Norman Saunders
Dean Evans, “Remember Rose for Murder! (Daniel Marcus)
Dorothy Dunn, “Collect in Chi!”
Fletcher Flora, “Hell Has No Fury”
Richard Deming, “The Frame and the Dame” (Manny Moon)
V.E. Thiessen, “You’ll Murder ‘Em Tonight”
Joe Brennan, “Wrong Kind of Killing”
John P. Foran, “I Love You Deadly!” (Al Fansworth)
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cover art by Albert Drake?
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Robert Martin, “Murder the Bum” (Stephen Abbott)
Frederick C. Davis, “The Merry Queen of Murder” (Thackeray Hackett)
John D. MacDonald, “The Corpse Belongs to Daddy” (Donald Cheyne)
James A. Kirch, “Shoot If You Must” (Brad Harkness)
Dorothy Dunn, “Oblivion for Me” (Hollis Dorsey)
Johanas L. Bouma, “Bury Your Own Dead” (Joe Bowers)
Stuart Friedman, “Angel in the Deathhouse” (Thad Preston)
Jack Winters, “Slayer at Sea” (Thomas Brain)
Oil on board, 20.75 x 13.75 in. (sight) – not signed
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~ Rufe Bakai, “The Random Kee-Whango”, sole appearance in BM
~ John Bender, “The High Cost of Lying”, 1st of 2 stories in BM
~ Robert C. Dennis, “Glitter Street Nightmare”, ‘set in Hollywood’, 7th of 10 stories in BM
~ Dorothy Dunn, “Dead-End Darling”, ‘double-crosser’s comedown’, author’s only appearance in BM
~ Jim T. Pearce, “Always Leave Them Dying…”, author’s only appearance in BM
~ Albert Simmons, “Murder Is the Best Policy”, 1st of 2 stories in BM
~ Tedd Thomey, “Homicide Honeymoon”, ‘Mario Giovani, rookie cop’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
~ Robert P. Toombs, “A Kill for the Bride”, ‘Billed as a “Suspense-Packed Crime-Adventure Novelette”’, last of 3 stories in BM
