
cover art by Norman Saunders
better image than previously posted


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

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
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop

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