August 1936 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

August 1936 issue

cover art by John Drew

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~ W.T. Ballard, “Fugitive for Justice”, 4th of 7 with ‘Red Drake, undercover investigator for the State Racing Commission, 1st-person narrator’, 20th of 43 stories in BM

~ John K. Butler, “You Can’t Bribe Bullets”, ‘Marty Lewis, 1st person-narrator, & shady local politics’, 4th of 11 stories in BM

~ James Duncan, “Heir to Murder”, ‘Jerry Blaze’, 4th of 10 stories in BM

~ Nels Leroy Jorgensen, “Homicide Cue”, 27th of 32 with Stuart “Black” Burton, ‘square-shooting gambler from the Southwest, often entangled with the law’, 34th of 39 stories in BM

~ Frederick L. Nebel, “Deep Red”, last of 37 with Captain Steve MacBride and local reporter Kennedy, reprinted in Winter Kill: Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy, v.4 (Altus, 2013), last of 66 original stories in BM (plus reprints from outside BM)

~ Roger Torrey, “Border Blockade”, ‘4th (of 5) of George Killeen, private ‘tec in L.A., & 1st-person narrator; with Lieutenant McFee, Homicide’, ‘California, i.e., Mexican border’, 20th of 50 appearances in BM

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November 1937 issue

November 1937 issue

cover art by Malvin Singer?

Leslie T. White, “Corpse Crazy” (Duke Martindel)

Raymond Chandler, “Mandarin’s Jade” (John Dalmas)

John K. Butler, “The Pied Piper of Frisco” (Rex Lonergan)

Hugh B. Cave, “Twenty After Murder” (Jitters Johnson)

Jan Dana, “Dead Failure”

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August 1936 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

August 1936 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

William E. Barrett, “The Tattooed Chinamen” (Needle Mike)

Leslie T. White, “The Bullet That Took Its Time” (Duke Martindel)

John K. Butler, “Parole for the Dead” (Tricky Enright)

Fred MacIsaac, “Blond Cargo” (Rambler Murphy)

Denslow M. Dade, “The Came On”

November 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

November 1935 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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Carroll John Daly, “Dead Hands Reaching” (Race Williams)

John K. Butler, “The Stairway to Hell” (Rex Lonergan)

Oscar Schisgall, “Island of Fear”

Norbert Davis, “The Devil’s Scalpel” (Bill Ray)

Wyatt Blassingame, “3+1 = Murder”

February 1939 issue ~ cover art by John Fleming Gould

February 1939 issue

cover art by John Fleming Gould

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John K. Butler, “County Cleanup” (Tricky Enright)

Warren E. Barrett, “The Mad Mayor” (Blue Barrel)

Leslie T. White, “Dangerous But Passable!”

Erle Pierce, Jr., “Mum’s the Word for Murder”

Jan Dana, “Single Indemnity” (Acme Insurance Op)

May 1936 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

May 1936 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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Leslie T. White, “Eyewitness” (Tod Naughton, arson dick)

Donald G. Cooley, “Brood of the Green Bowman”

John Lawrence, “Murder by Magic” (Drago of Headquarters Squad)

John K. Butler, “Blood on the Buddha” (Rex Lonergan)

September 1937 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

September 1937 issue

cover art by Malvin Singer

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John K. Butler, “The Secret of the Wax Lady” (Tricky Enright)

Edward S. Williams, “Money in the Trees” (Paul Dana)

J.A.L. Chambliss, “A Corpse in the Rough” (Sid Harrison)

William Edward Hayes, “The Strip-Tease Murders” (Pete Niles)

Thorp McClusky, “Phantom Fingerprint”

O.B. Myers, “Death Takes the Winner”