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Fall 1948 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders
Femme Fatale x 2

cover art attributed to Milton Luros
better images than previously posted
cover art repurposed for January 1957 Crime and Justice issue

March 1939 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Scott
March 1953 issue

this issue contained Elmore Leonard’s novella “Three-Ten to Yuma”, adapted twice into movies: 1957 with Van Heflin and Glenn Ford; 2007 with Christian Bale and Russell Crowe
September 1946 UK issue
August 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto
February 15, 1924 ~ cover art by L.L. Balcom & Harry Fisk

cover art by Julius Erbit
better image than previously posted
~ Eustace Hale Ball, “A Vengeance of Death”, ‘A Black Mask Fantasy’
~ Harold De Polo, “Salted”, 3rd of 6 stories in BM
~ Dashiell Hammett, “The New Racket”, ‘billed as a ‘tip for judges and lawyers’, 7th of 45 stories in BM
~ C.S. Montanye (Carleton Stevens), “The Lady in Handcuffs”, 6th of 10 with ‘Captain Valentine, that ‘attractive European scalawag’, adventurer and rascal’ 22th of 29 stories in BM
~ Herman Petersen, “That Yellow Devil”, 2nd of 2 parts, ‘Madame Pinar, Eurasian’, 17th of 20 stories in BM
~ Edith Lyle Ragsdale, “The Curse of Indra”, ‘daytime story’, author’s only appearance in BM
~ R.T.M. Scott (Reginald Thomas Maitland), “Esses Pip Seven”, ‘billed as a “novelty for veterans”’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
~ Charles Somerville, “The Aeroplane Burglar” 25th of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series
~ Herbert Elisha Stover, “Fangs”, last of 3 pieces in BM
~ Merlin Moore Taylor, “Chains That Bind”, ‘billed as “A gripping detective novelette”’, 5th of 8 appearances in BM
~ Edwin Goodenow Wood, “Devil’s Bowl”, ‘Advertised as “A Novelette of Strangeness and Swiftness”’, 1st of 2 stories in BM
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Prison Break #4 (Avon, 1952) ~ cover art by Everett Raymond Kinstler

Prison Break #4 (Avon, 1952) cover art by Everett Raymond Kinstler








