September 1935 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 1935 issue

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

~ Dwight V. Babcock, “Death Goes Free”, ‘G-man Chuck Thompson’, 2nd of 7 CT stories, 7th of 21 stories in BM

~ Paul Cain, “Chinaman’s Chance”, Johnny Gay, Hollywood reporter, reprinted in The Complete Slayers (2011 Centipede Press), 14th of 17 stories in BM

~ James Duncan, “Runaround Murder”, last of 3 with Ivor Small – investigations, “He was fat without being fat enough to gain a livelihood as a professional fat man”, 3rd of 10 stories in BM

~ Big announcement that Erle Stanley Gardner & Ed Jenkins return in the next issue

~ Sinclair Gluck, “Double for Danger”, ‘Ted Murray, reporter in Hollywood, 1st-person narrator’, only appearance in BM

~ Theodore A. Tinsley, “Ticketed for Death”, ‘13th (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’, reprinted in Murder Maze: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Jerry Tracy, vol.2 (Steeger 2022),14th of 26 stories in BM

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September 1935 Canadian edition

December 1931 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

December 1931 – second issue

cover art by William Reusswig

T.T. Flynn, “The Revel of Death” (Jim Reilly)

J. Allan Dunn, “The Phantom of the Porthole” (Det. Sheldon)

Frederick Nebel, “Hell’s Pay Check” (Cardigan)

Erle Stanley Gardner, “Make it Snappy” (Ed May)

Maxwell Hawkins, “The Corpse in Row 2″ (Det. Sgt. Tim Gregg)

photo and profile of Nebel appear on pg. 122

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]