cover art by John A. Coughlin
Tag: hollywood fiction
September 1936 issue ~ cover art by John Drew
cover art by John Drew
~ Dwight V. Babcock, “Men of the FBI”, 6th of 7 with LA FBI agent Chuck Thompson, 11th of 21 stories in BM
~ W.T. Ballard, “There’s No Excuses for Murder”, 15th of 27 stories with ‘Bill Lennox, troubleshooter for Consolidated Films’, ‘LaBrea Tar Pits figure into the story’, 21st of 43 stories in BM
~ Raymond Chandler, “The Curtain”, PI Carmody #3 of 4, reprinted in the anthology Killer in the Rain, 1963 Hamish Hamilton UK hardcover, first book appearance, 10th of 11 stories in BM
~ George Harmon Coxe, “Too Many Women”, 18th of 27 with Flashgun Casey, 21st of 31 stories in BM
~ Theodore A. Tinsley, “Murder Maze”, ‘17th (of 25) Jerry Tracy capers, columnist on the (NYC) Planet, ‘mixer with poor and rich, the crooked and the straight, trailer of trouble and happiness’, ‘Tracy meets a Coney Island “Hindu”, reprinted in Murder Maze: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Jerry Tracy, vol.2 (Steeger 2022), 18th of 26 stories in BM
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[cover updated 11/8/25]
December 1934 issue ~ cover art by Fred Craft
cover art by Fred Craft
~ Dwight V. Babcock, “Too Many Slips”, ‘1st Al, bodyguard, story’, 3rd of 21 stories in BM
~ W.T. Ballard, “Murder Isn’t Legal”, 11th of 27 stories with ‘Bill Lennox, troubleshooter for Consolidated Films’, 11th of 43 stories in BM
~ Eugene Cunningham, “An Old Spanish Custom”, 2nd of 2 with Western with Pony Kerr, 12th of 14 stories in BM
~ Hugh Lundie, “A Farewell to Strife”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ H.H. Stinson, “Trivial, Like Murder”, 2nd of 14 with ‘Ken O’Hara, fighting reporter on Los Angeles Tribune’, 2nd of 27 stories in BM
March 1935 issue
1959 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis
August 1959 Dell reissue, first printing
completed by Ed McBain after Rice’s death
cover painting by Robert McGinnis
better image than previously posted
January 1936 issue ~ cover art by Blaine
March 1936 issue ~ cover art by Blaine
May, 1939 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes
May, 1939
cover art by J. George Janes
better image than previously posted
~ Carroll John Daly, “Murder Made Easy”, ‘Clay Holt’, 68th of 71 appearances in BM
~ Frank Gruber, “Funny Man”, 8th of 10with ‘Oliver Quade, The Human Encyclopedia’, ’Quade in Hollywood; see p. 5 for letter from FG on OG’, 12th of 14 stories in BM
~ H. Randolph Peacock, “Bare Facts”, ‘nudist camp setting; epistolary style’, last of 4 stories in BM
~ Stewart Sterling (pseud. of Prentice Winchell), “Strictly for Suckers”, 1st of 3 stories with Vince Mallie, debut in BM, 1st of 12 stories
~ Emile C. Tepperman, “Death of Sale”, ‘vacuum cleaner salesman’, last of 3 stories in BM
~ K. Webster, “Prison Break”, 2nd of 3 stories in BM
[post updated 4/25/25]
November 1929 issue ~ cover art by J.W. Schlaikjer
November 1929 issue, Joseph T. Shaw, editor
better image than previously posted
cover painting by J.W. Schlaikjer
Frederick Nebel, “Hell-Smoke” (Capt. MacBride novelette)
Dashiell Hammett, “The Maltese Falcon” (part two of the serialized novel before publication as a novel – first appearance of this section- not even mentioned on the cover)
Earl and Marion Scott, “The Second Spartan”
Carroll John Daly, “The Silver Eagle” (Race Williams novelette)
Erle Stanley Gardner, “Brass Tacks” (Ed Jenkins novelette)
Tom Curry, “The Man from Headquarters”
Henry Wallace Phillips, “The Demon in the Canyon”
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[image updated 9/13/24]
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