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June 1939 issue ~ cover art by Edgar A. Whitney

June 1939 issue

cover art by Edgar A. Whitney

better image than previously posted

~ Dwight V. Babcock, “Reward Chaser”, 5th of 7, Beeker at SF World’s Fair, 19th of 21 stories in BM

~ Tiah Devitt, “For a Million Dollars”, ‘Joey narrates a crime to the Warden’, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Baynard H(ardwick) Kendrick, “Death Plays Seventeen”, 10th of 14 stories with Mikes Standish (Stan) Rice, ‘The Hungry’[?], all set in Florida

~ Theodore A. Tinsley, “Guide to Murder”, ‘24th (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’, ‘murder at the World’s Fair’, reprinted in Station K-I-L-L: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Jerry Tracy, vol.3 (Steeger, 2024), 25th of 26 stories in BM

~ Lawrence Treat, “Sing a Song of Murder”, ‘G-man’, 3rd of 5 stories in BM

~ Ralph Winnett, “Poison Gloves”, ‘boxing’, author’s only appearance in BM

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August 1939 issue ~ cover art by Edgar A. Whitney

August 1939 issue

cover art by Edgar A. Whitney

better image than previously posted

~ Frederick C. Davis, “All Roads Closed”, ‘kidnapping & amnesia’, 9th of 16 stories in BM

~ Mindret Lord, “The Tattooed Tramp”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Roger Torrey, “Hay Time”, ‘11th (of 14) in Pat McCarthy series, with Marge Chalmers often his “sidekick”; he is ex-NYC cop, ex-agency man (Chicago & St. Louis) who dislikes cops’, 38th of 50 appearances in BM

~ Lawrence Treat, “Swampers’ Gold”, ‘pirate treasure’, 4th of 5 stories in BM

~ Edward S. Williams, “Bloody Answers”, ‘Corporal John Harmon, State Trooper, narrator’, 5th of 8 appearances in BM

~ Cornell Woolrich, “Men Must Die”, 12th of 24 (22 original) stories to appear in BM

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November 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

November 1944 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Dale Clark, “Stay, Fido, Stay” (Highland Park “High” Price)

Lawrence Treat, “Death on the Palette”

G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Dig a Grave for Me”

Alan Farley, “A Mouse in the Hand”

Julius Long, “C.D. for Corpus Delicti” (Clarence Darrow Mort)

Henry Norton, “No Tears for the Lady”

[updated 11/15/25]

February 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

February 1944 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

D.L. Champion, “The Day Nobody Died” (Inspector Allhoff)

Lawrence Treat, “Death’s Old Sweet Song” (Edward Asa Scott)

Julius Long, “The Corpse Belongs to Daddy”

Alan Farley, “Man’s Best Friend is His Murder”

Clyde Morehead, “The Remembering Skull”

Berna Morris, “Winter Violets”

June 1938 issue

June 1938 issue

cover art by James Lunnon

~ Leslie Charteris, “The Invisible Millionaire”, 1st of 2 Saint stories in BM, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps (Vintage, 2007)

~ Joseph Csida, “Strike Three”, ‘baseball player killed in the field’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Steve Fisher, “Hollywood Party”, last of 2 stories with Tony Key in Hollywood, 6th of 9 stories in BM

~ Baynard H(ardwick) Kendrick, “Venom”, 6th of 14 stories with Mikes Standish (Stan) Rice, ‘The Hungry’[?], all set in Florida

~ Lawrence Treat, “A Night’s Work”, 2nd of 5 stories in BM

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