Tag: frank gruber

March 1939 issue ~ cover art by Edgar A. Whitney

March 1939 issue

cover art by Edgar A. Whitney

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~ Dwight V. Babcock, “Renegade in Rio”, 4th of 7 Beeker stories, ‘see p. 31 for note on “Beek”’, 18th of 21 stories in BM

~ William E. Brandon, “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”, ‘actually has sympathetic black character’, 2nd of 7 stories in BM

~ Kenneth A. Fowler, “Escape”, ‘short-short’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Take It or Leave It”, ‘3rd and last Pete Wennick story’, 93rd of 100 appearances in BM

~ Frank Gruber, “The Sad Serbian”, ‘small-time con man in Chi.’, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (Vintage, 2007), 11th of 14 stories in BM

~ Elmer E. Meadows, “Alias Mr. Fate”, ‘Jewish boy in NYC’s ghetto’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ H.H. Stinson, “You Gotta Live Right”, ‘Arizona’, 11th of 27 stories in BM

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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, 2nd of 32 stories in BM

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

~ Steve Fisher, “Flight to Paris”, 8th 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’, 1st of 3 stories in BM

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

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Swing Low Swing Dead x 3

April 1964 Belmont paperback original

13th with Johnny Fletcher and Sam Cragg

cover art by Victor Kalin

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1969 Belmont reissue

1972 Five Star reissue

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