Tag: harold de polo

February 1921 issue

February 1921 issue

cover art by William Grotz?

better image than previously posted

features image of cover from June 1920 issue – which was by Grotz

~ John Baer, “An Omen of Ill-Luck”, 2nd of 24 stories in BM

~ Walter Deffenbaugh, “The Lizard”, 1st of 14 stories in BM

~ Harold De Polo, “There’s Always Something Lacking”, 1st of 6 stories in BM

~ Alexis Dolman, “An Admirable Man”, ‘short-short’, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Carl Glick, “The Shot in the Dark”, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ H.W. Haward, “Who Challoner?”, ‘the name may be Harward; in any case, possibly a pseud. of Harold Ward’, only appearance by this name in BM

~ Harry C. Hervey, Jr., “Can This Thing Be?”, 6th of 8 appearances in BM

~ Chauncey C. Hotchkiss, “ The Wrong Box”, author’s only story in BM

~ J.C. Kofoed, “Fear”, 7th of 9 stories in BM

~ J.J. Stagg, “The Mystery of the Stains”, author’s debut and 1st of 11 stories in BM

~ Ward Sterling, “The Letter in Pedro’s Skull”, 1st of 2 stories in this issue (see Ward), 5th of stories under this name in BM

~ Arthur Tuckerman, “Cross-Channel”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Trego Circus Mystery”, 2nd story in this issue, 11th of 29 stories under this name in BM [15th and 16th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

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March 1921 issue ~ cover art by William Grotz

March 1921 issue

cover art by William Grotz

better image than previously posted

~ John Baer, “The Great Fur Robberies”, 3rd of 24 stories in BM

~ Hamilton Craigie, “A Question of Temperature”, 6th of 7 solo stories in BM

~ Harold De Polo, “The Bass Lake Murder”, 2nd of 6 stories in BM

~ Harry C. Hervey, Jr., “Mr. Sin”, ‘A Complete Novelette’, 7th of 8 appearances in BM

~ J.C. Kofoed, “The Odd Case of Mr. Hanka”, ‘Hanka, forger’, 8th of 9 stories in BM

~ William R. Randall, “If the Coat Fits”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Vincent Starrett, “The Open Window, 2nd of 4 stories in BM

~ Ward Sterling, “The Golden Slipper Mystery”, 1st of 2 stories in this issue (see Ward), 6th of 16 stories under this name in BM

~ Harold Ward, “The Man in the Trunk”, 2nd story in this issue, 12th of 29 stories under this name in BM [17th and 18th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]

~ Arthur Seymour Witt, “The Recoil”, ‘”Duffy, The Soup”, old-time yegg’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Cynthia Woolford, “The Pink Nails of Marylin Hart”, author’s sole appearance in BM

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April 15, 1924 issue

April 15, 1924 issue

better image than previously posted

~ Carroll John Daly, “One Night of Frenzy”, 10th of 71 appearances in BM

~ Harold De Polo, “Mr. Dugan’s Vocation”, 5th of 6 stories in BM

~ Marjory Stoneman Douglas, “White Midnight”, last of 4 parts, ‘South Seas setting’, author’s only story in BM

~ Edward Ettinger, “The Mystery of Perkins Farm”, 2nd and last story in BM

~ Arthur S. Garbett, “The Times Speeder”, ‘amateur sleuth, 1st-person narrator, novelette’, last of 4 stories in BM

~ Dashiell Hammett, “The House in Turk Street”, the Op [9th of 25], see sequel “The Girl with the Silver Eyes”, (6/1924), reprinted in The Big Book of the Continental Op (Vintage, 2017), reprinted in Zigzags of Treachery: The Complete Black Mask Cases of the Continental Op, Vol. 1 (Steeger, 2023), 15th of 51 stories in BM

~ L.M. Lish, “Poker”, ‘short-short’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ C.S. Montanye (Carleton Stevens), “The Seven Gold Figures”, 7th of 10 with ‘Captain Valentine, that ‘attractive European scalawag’, adventurer and rascal’, ‘see p.127 for letter from CSM‘, 23rd of 29 stories in BM

~ Charles Somerville, “A Reporter’s Clue”, 28th of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 29th of 49 total articles in BM

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February 15, 1924 ~ cover art by L.L. Balcom & Harry Fisk

February 15, 1924 issue

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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