May 1949 issue

May 1949 issue

cover art attributed to both Norman Saunders and Peter Stevens

~ Ed Barcelo, “Suicidal Slay Ride”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Bruno Fischer, “Five O’Clock Menace”, ‘1st-person narrator in barber’s chair, reprinted, The Hard-Boiled Detective (1977)’, 4th of 5 stories in BM

~ John P. Foran, “Copper, Come Back to Me”, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ John D. MacDonald, “Murder in One Syllable”, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (Vintage, 2010), 4th of 6 stories in BM

~ Robert Martin, “Death’s Glass Slipper”, 2nd of 6 stories with ‘Dr. Clint Colby, medical detective’, 4th of 8 stories in BM

~ Marian O’Hearn, “Diary of a Deadly Dame”, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Fergus Truslow, “Pardon My Poison Platters”, ‘the record business’, last of 6 stories in BM

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[updated 3/1/26]

March 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

March 1950 issue

better image than previously posted

cover art by Norman Saunders

~ Frederick C. Davis, “Swing Low, Sweet Casket”, 15th of 16 stories in BM

~ Dean Evans, “Hot-Rod Homicide”, 2nd of 3 stories in BM

~ John P. Foran, “Epitaph for an Eager Beaver”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Fred Lane, “Slayer at Sea”, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Hank Searls, “Drop Dead Twice”, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Walter Snow, “Boozer Take All”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Bryce Walton, “Skid-Row Slaughter”, author’s sole appearance in BM