January 1936 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1936 issue

cover art by John Drew

~ Dwight V. Babcock, “G-man Chuck Thompson”, 3rd of 7 CT stories, 8th of 21 stories in BM

~ W.T. Ballard, “Numbers with Lead”, 13th of 27 stories with ‘Bill Lennox, troubleshooter for Consolidated Films’, 17th of 43 stories in BM

~ Paul Cain, “Death Song”, ‘Pat Nolan, film studio trouble-shooter’, reprinted in The Complete Slayers (2011 Centipede Press), 15th of 17 stories in BM

~ Raymond Chandler, “Guns at Cyrano’s”, Ted Malvern, included in the collection The Simple Art of Murder (1950), then Pickup on Noon Street, 7th of 11 stories in BM

~ Frederick L. Nebel, “Fan Dance”, 33rd of 37 with Captain Steve MacBride and local reporter Kennedy, reprinted in Winter Kill: Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy, v.4 (Altus, 2013), 62 of 67 stories in BM

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January 1936 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

January 1936 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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Carroll John Daly, “The Mark of the Raven” (Vee Brown)

Frederick Nebel, “Blood in the Dark” (Cardigan)

John K. Butler, “Seven Years Dead” (Tricky Enright)

Frederick C. Davis, “The Case of the Crazy Witness” (Carter Cole, MD)

Leo Stalnaker, “Black Widow’s Night”

January 1930 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

January 1930 issue

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cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Double or Quit”, 31th of 73 with Ed Jenkins, ‘last episode in his fight with Ramsey: Arthur Hemington also around’, 48th of 99 stories in BM

~ Dashiell Hammett, “The Maltese Falcon”, part last of 5 serialized parts before hardcover publication (1931), 39th of 45 stories in BM

~ Horace McCoy, “The Little Black Book”, 4th of 14 Frost stories with ‘Capt. Jerry Frost, Texas (Air) Ranger’, 5th of 17 stories in BM

~ Frederick L. Nebel, “Tough Treatment”, 8th of 37 with Captain Steve MacBride and local reporter Kennedy, ‘but not in Richmond City’, reprinted in Winter Kill: Complete Cases of MacBride & Kenney, v.1 (Altus, 2013), 20 of 67 stories in BM

~ Henry Wallace Phillips, “A Chance Shot”, ‘Western mystery’, 4th of 8 with Red Saunders, 8th of 12 stories in BM

~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “Red Smoke”, ‘Mal Ourney; part 2 (of 5), ‘The Crime Breeders’, presented as separate stories rather than conventional serial’, published in hardcover in 1930 by Knopf as Green Ice, 36th of 67 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]

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May 1, 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

May 1, 1933 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

T.T. Flynn, “The House of Vanishing Men” (Jerry Prince)

Frederick Nebel, “Dead Man’s Folly” (Cardigan)

George Allan Moffatt, “The Crimson Heart Murders” (Jim Finn)

Westmoreland Gray, “The Cowled Horror” (Colin Windsor)

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March 1, 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

March 1, 1933 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

T.T. Flynn, “The Black Phantom” (Det. Dan O’Shea)

Frederick Nebel, “Doorway to Danger” (Cardigan)

John Lawrence, “The Corpse in Cage Two” (Sam Beckett)

MacKinlay Kantor, “The Shadow Point”

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August 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

August 1935 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Frederick Nebel, “The Dead Die Twice” (Cardigan)

James P. Olsen, “Island of Skulls”

Frederick C. Davis, “The Case of the Crimson Claws” (Carter Cole, MD)

Charles Alexander, “The Half-Corpse Horrors”

William E. Barrett, “The Tattooed Cobra” (Needle Mark)

[Nebel story mis-titled on cover – correct is “Die”, not “Died”]

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December 15, 1934 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

December 15, 1934 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Frederick Nebel, “Leave it to Cardigan”

Erle Stanley Gardner, “Suicide House” (Small, Weston & Burke)

T.T. Flynn, “The Red Wizard” (Izzy O’Shea)

Carroll John Daly, “Excuse to Kill” (Clay Holt)

Donald Barr Chidsey, “Model T”

W.W. Van Dale, “Old Alibi” (Dave Anderson)

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