November 1938 issue ~ cover art by James Lunnon

November 1938 issue

cover art by James Lunnon

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~ W.T. Ballard, “Mobster Guns”, 20th of 27 stories with ‘Bill Lennox, troubleshooter for Consolidated Films’, 30th of 43 stories in BM

~ Hugh B. Cave, “Curtain Call”, 4th of 9 stories in BM

~ Eric Howard, “Fifty Grand Frail”, ‘Tim Ryan, private snoop, 1st person narrator’, 5th of 6 stories in BM

~ Edgar Pangborn, “Bullet Song”, ‘Tom Paradine, music critic’, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Theodore A. Tinsley, “Station K-I-L-L”, ‘23rd (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’, 24th of 26 stories in BM

~ Donald Wandrei, “Tick, Tock”, ‘time bomb’, 5th of 6 stories in BM

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[cover updated 1/28/26]

December 1934 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Zirm

December 1934

cover art by Rudolph Zirm

better image than previously posted

cover art repurposed for Popular Detective, August 1940 issue

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

August 1936 issue

cover art by Tom Lovell

better image than previously posted

Arthur Leo Zagat, “Satan’s Bedchamber”
Wyatt Blassingame, “My Love Is Accursed”
Mindret Lord, “Curse of the Golden Cobra”
Hugh B. Cave, “Modern Nero”
John H. Knox, “Children of the Black God”
B.B. Fowler, “School for Madness”

[cover updated 11/17/25]

April 1934 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

April 1934

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

better image than previously posted

Hugh B. Cave, “Unholy Night!”

William B. Rainey, “When the Rats Fed”

Wyatt Blassingame, “The Tongueless Horror”

G. T. Fleming-Roberts, “The Restless Corpse”

Mindret Lord, “Give Me Your Soul!”

Arthur Leo Zagat, “Death Dancers”