erle stanley gardner – Page 7

June 1933 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

June 1933

cover art by George Rozen

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December 1935 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

December 1935 issue

cover art by John Drew

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~ W.T. Ballard, “After Breakfast”, 2nd of 7 with ‘Red Drake, undercover investigator for the State Racing Commission, 1^st-person narrator’, 16^th of 43 stories in BM

~ Eugene Cunningham, “Tough People”, 1^st of 2 with Det. Sgt. Bob Land, border patrol, 13^th of 14 stories in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Above the Law”, 62^th Ed Jenkins, ‘The Phantom Crook’, 87th of 99 stories in BM

~ Nels Leroy Jorgensen, “The Man from Monaco”, 23rd of 32 with Stuart “Black” Burton, ‘square-shooting gambler from the Southwest, often entangled with the law’, 30th of 39 stories in BM

~ Eric Taylor, “Red Death”, ‘Gene Terry, detective, Metropolitan Agency’, 5th of 7 stories in BM

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January 1939 issue ~ cover art by John Fleming Gould

January 1939 issue

cover art by John Fleming Gould

“It’s the McCoy” (Paul Pine) by Erle Stanley Gardner

“The Fugitive Skeleton” (Keyhole Kerry) by Frederick C. Davis

“The Judas Touch” (Acme Indemnity Op) by Jan Dana

“The Lady in the Lake” (John Dalmas) by Raymond Chandler

“One for the Book” by Walter C. Brown

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December 1932 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

December 1932 issue

cover art by J. W. Schlaikjer

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~ Paul Cain, “Red 71”, ‘Dick Shane on the fringes of the Underworld; “71” is NYPD code for gambling-joint’, reprinted in, The Hard-Boiled Omnibus (1946), and later released as one of the Seven Slayers (1950 Avon), reprinted in The Complete Slayers (2011 Centipede Press), 8^th of 17 stories in BM

~ L.W. Claflin, “Thunder in the Darkness”, ‘Joe Stannard & road construction gang’, only appearance in BM

~ Eugene Cunningham, “Passing Through”, 1st of 2 Westerns with Pony Kerr, 6^th of 14 stories in BM

~ Carroll John Daly, “Merger with Death”, 47^th of 53 with Race Williams, 59th of 71 appearances in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “The Top Comes Off”, 2nd of 6 stories with attorney Ken Corning, ‘fighting young lawyer’, 66th of 99 stories in BM

~ Frederick L. Nebel, “Red Pavement”, 11th of 15 stories with ‘tough dick Donahue of Interstate’, reprinted in The Arbor House Treasury of Detective & Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps (1983), reprinted in Tough as Nails (2012, Altus), 43 of 67 stories in BM

~ Joseph T. Shaw, “Fugitive”, last of 4 parts, “Jack Henderson, set in Far East, e.g., Rangoon”, Shaw’s last appearance of fiction in BM

~ Theodore A. Tinsley, “Park Avenue Item”, ‘3rd (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’, 3rd of 26 stories in BM

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February 1933 issue ~ cover art by Frank Tinsley

February 1933

cover art by Frank Tinsley

January 1931 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

January 1931

cover art by William Reusswig

The Case of the Long-Legged Model x 4

1958 Morrow hardcover, first edition of the 55th Perry Mason novel

June 1960 Pocket paperback reissue, first printing

cover art by Charles Binger?

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June 1964 Pocket reissue, 6th printing

cover art by Robert McGinnis

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1962 Brazilian edition

January 1925 issue ~ cover art by H.C. Murphy

January 1925 issue

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cover art by H.C. Murphy

~ Frank Hepburn Crawford, “Silver Bullets”, ‘A weird, unusual tale’, only appearance in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Beyond the Law”, 1st of 73 with ‘Ed Jenkins, The Phantom Crook, 1^st-person narrator; a.k.a Bob Sabin, private detective; full name Edward Gordon Jenkins; more often than not, stories take place in San Francisco’s Chinatown’, 4^th of 99 stories in BM

~ Dashiell Hammett, “Mike or Alex or Rufus”, the Op [9^th of 22], 14^th of 45 stories in BM

~ Charles Somerville, “The Corpse in the Woods”, 36th of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series

~ Solon K. Stewart, “The Trail of the Feathered Snake”, ‘A Complete Mystery Novelette’, last of 3 appearances in BM

~ J. Paul Suter, “The Little Blonde Nightmare”, 2nd of 15 stories with The Reverend McGregor Daunt, ‘clergyman by profession and detective by choice’, 5th of 19 appearances in BM

January 1925 British issue

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November 1933 issue ~ cover art by Clifford Benton

November 1933

cover art by Clifford Benton

July 1932 issue ~ cover by J.W. Schlaikjer

July 1932 issue

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cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

~ Guthrie Brown,“Touchstone”, Western, 2^nd of 2 BM stories

~ Paul Cain, “Parlor Trick”, ‘criminal narrator’, later released as one of the Seven Slayers (1950 Avon), reprinted in The Arbor House Treasury of Detective & Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps (1983), reprinted in The Complete Slayers (2011 Centipede Press), 5^th of 17 stories in BM

~ Carroll John Daly, “The Amateur Murderer”, 46^th of 53 with Race Williams, part 4 of 4, published as a novel in 1933, 58th of 71 appearances in BM

~ Ramon Decolta (Raoul Whitfield), “Climbing Death”, aviation plays a roll, 21st of 24 Jo Gar stories in BM, reprinted in West of Guam: The Complete Cases of Jo Bar (Altus Press, 2013)

~ Nels Leroy Jorgensen, “New Boss”, 18^th of 32 with Stuart “Black” Burton, ‘square-shooting gambler from the Southwest, often entangled with the law’, 25th of 39 stories in BM, reprinted Sept ’50 with different title, “Patsy in Slaughterland”]

~ J.J. Des Ormeaux, “The Devil Suit”, 2^nd and last ‘Jack McGuire, Federal dick, 1^st-person narrator, reprinted in The Hard-Boiled Omnibus (1946)’, 4th of 5 stories in BM (pseudonym of Forrest Rosaire)

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Rough Stuff”, 45th of 73 Ed Jenkins stories, 62nd of 99 stories in BM

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