February 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1942 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

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~ W.T. Ballard, “The Colt and the Killer”, 26th of 27 stories with ‘Bill Lennox, troubleshooter for Consolidated Films’, 39th of 43 stories in BM

~ William E. Brandon, “Wake Up and Give!”, ‘skullduggery & a college bequest’, 4th of 7 stories in BM

~ John Lawrence, “Murder, Maestro, Please”, ‘Jamie Harrod, ‘Maestro of Swing’, 1st -person narrator, framed for murder; set in Detroit’, 11th of 14 stories in BM

~ Peter Paige, “The Night You Shot Hitler”, ’Murder of an RAF pilot in NYC’, 10th of 12 stories in BM

~ C.G. Tahney, [pseud of Charles Green, not to be confused with Charles M. Green], “And a Little Child Shall Bleed Them”, Nickie and Uncle Pat, 3rd of 5 stories in BM

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October 1937 issue ~ cover art by Malvin Singer

October 1937 issue

cover art by Malvin Singer

Carroll John Daly, “Anyone’s Corpse” (Race Williams)

T.T. Flynn, “Burning Ice”

Fred MacIsaac, “Fall-Guy” (Rambler Murphy)

John Lawrence, “Escape Mechanism (Marquis of Broadway)

Cornell Woolrich, “Stuck with Murder”

Donald S. Aitken, “Two Heels Too Many” (Det. Pope)

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March 1, 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

March 1, 1933 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

T.T. Flynn, “The Black Phantom” (Det. Dan O’Shea)

Frederick Nebel, “Doorway to Danger” (Cardigan)

John Lawrence, “The Corpse in Cage Two” (Sam Beckett)

MacKinlay Kantor, “The Shadow Point”

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June 1, 1934 issue ~ cover art by John Howitt

June 1, 1934 issue

cover art by John Howitt

T.T. Flynn, “Murder in the Mud” (Rance Duane)

John Lawrence, “The Corpse Control” (Cass Blue)

Fred MacIsaac, “Go-Between” (Rambler Murphy)

R.D. Torrey, “A Death in the Family” (Johnny Carr)

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June 1, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Frederick Nebel, “A Couple of Quick Ones” (Cardigan)

Preston Grady, “Dead Man’s Chest” (Ross Paget)

John K. Butler, “The Corpse Parade” (Rex Lonergran)

John Lawrence, “Dangerous Dollars” (Cass Blue)

Richard Howells Watkins, “Hell’s Half Mile”