September 1945 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

September 1945

cover art by Gloria Stoll

better image than previously posted

~ Dale Clark, “Heir in the Air”, 22nd of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna story, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 25th of 32 stories in BM

~ Brett Halliday (pseud. of David Dresser), “Dead Man’s Diary”, 2nd of 2 Mike Shayne stories in BM

~ Julius Long, “Over My Dead Body”, 7th of 17 stories with ’Ben Corbett, D.A.’s chief investigator, 1st -person narrator’, 12th of 23 stories in BM

~ Robert Reeves, “Alcoholics Calamitous”, last of 10 Cellini Smith appearances, last of 12 appearances in BM

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March 1949 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

March 1949 issue

cover art by Gloria Stoll

~ Frederick C. Davis, “Flaming Angel”, ‘1st-person narrator; psychopathic murderer’, 13th of 16 stories in BM

~ Dean Evans, “Frame for a Dame”, 1st of 3 stories in BM

~ G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Something Dead Has Been Added”, ‘John Anthony Gwinn, Indianapolis reporter’, 7th of 8 stories in BM

~ Marvin J. Jones, “Sing a Song of Murder”, ‘Jimmy Bell, cop’, author’s only appearance in BM

~ John D. MacDonald, “Killing All Men”, 3rd of 6 stories in BM

~ Robert Martin, “Let’s All Swing Together”, 1st of 6 with ’debut of Dr. Clint Colby, medical detective’, 3rd of 8 stories in BM

~ Scott O’Hara, “Kiss the Corpse Good-By”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Edward van der Rhoer, “The High Cost of Dying”, 1st of 2 stories in BM

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[cover updated 1/29/26, original art added 3/1/26]

January 1946 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

January 1946 issue

cover art by Gloria Stoll

better image than previously posted

~ Dale Clark, “I Ain’t Got No Body”, 23rd of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 26th of 32 stories in BM

~ Merle Constiner, “Hand Me Down My Thirty-Eight”, ‘Luther McGavock, private detective; he works Atherton Browne who heads a Memphis-based agency, 9th of 11 of the McG stories; usually rural setting’ 10th of 12 stories in BM

~ Julius Long, “Date with Dynamite”, 9th of 17 stories with ’Ben Corbett, D.A.’s chief investigator, 1st -person narrator’, 14th of 23 stories in BM

~ C.G. Tahney, [pseud of Charles Green, not to be confused with Charles M. Green], “There’s Dough in Murder”, Nickie, aka ‘Sherlock in short pants’, last of 5 stories in BM

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May 1944 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

May 1944  issue

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cover art by Gloria Stoll

Bruno Fischer, “Fatally Yours— “

F. Orlin Tremaine, “The Dagger from Singapore”

Frederick C. Davis, “Death Marks the Spot”

J. F. Hutton, “Three Days to Howl”

James MacCreigh, “No End to Murder”

Lee & Ben Nelson, “Strange Trails to Murder”

Frank Brock, “Hello, Sucker!“

Robert W. Sneddon, “Tickets to the Death Cell”

Zeta Rothschild, “Come Home to Die!“

July 1945 ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

July 1945 issue 

cover art by Gloria Stoll

G.T. Fleming -Roberts, “Lady Killer!“  

D.L. Champion, “Yuma Appointment”

Frances Beck, “The Last, Long Ride”

Cyril Plunkett, “Second Kill”

Henry Norton, “Cadaver Wanted—Dead or Alive!“

Frances M. Deegan, “Torch Song”

Robert C. Dennis, “Crabtree’s Favorite Corpse”

Francis K. Allan, “Stand-in for Death”

Day Keene, “Murder on My Mind”