Tag: merle constiner

March 1945 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

March 1945 issue

cover art by Gloria Stoll

~ D.L. Champion, “Dead As in Blonde”, 17th of 26 with Rex Sackler, reprinted in Murder Costs Money: The Complete Black Mask Stories of Rex Sackler (Steeger, 2020), 19th of 30 stories in BM

~ Dale Clark, “Murder Had a Little Lamb”, 20th of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna story, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 23rd of 32 stories in BM

~ Merle Constiner, “Until the Undertaker Comes”, ‘Luther McGavock, private detective; he works Atherton Browne who heads a Memphis-based agency, 8th of 11 of the McG stories; usually rural setting’, reprinted in Let the Dead Alone: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Luther McGavock (Steeger, 2020), 8th of 12 stories in BM

~ Julius Long, “Goon My Way?”, 4th of 17 stories with ‘Ben Corbett, D.A.’s chief investigator, 1st -person narrator’, 9th of 23 stories in BM

~ H.H. Stinson, “Get Your Own Corpse”, 12th of 14 with ‘Ken O’Hara, fighting reporter on Los Angeles Tribune’, 19th of 27 stories in BM

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August 12, 2015

December 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

December 1940 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Carroll John Daly, “The Strange Case of Iva Grey” (Connelly)

Cleve F. Adams, “Murder While You Wait” (Conner O’Melveny)

John Lawrence, “Nothing for Christmas” (Marquis of Broadway)

Merle Costiner, “You’re in My Way (The Dean)

Fletcher D. Slater, “Red Light” (Eddie West)

August 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1941 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Merle Constiner, “The Puzzle of the Terrified Dummy” (The Dean)

T.T. Flynn, “Post-Mortem at Pimlico” (Mr. Maddox)

Hugh B. Cave, “Ding Dong Belle” (Peter Kane)

Jan Dana, “Death in the Center” (Acme Insurance Op)

C.P. Donnel, Jr., “Fraulein Judas”

September 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

September 1944 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

D.L. Champion, “Mexican Slayride” (Mariano Mercado)

Dale Clark, “False Colors” (Plates O’Rion)

Merle Constiner, “The Affair of the Four Skeletons” (The Dean)

Mel Watt, “Killer Come Back to Me” (Sam Coad)

Bruno Fischer, “I’ll Slay You in My Dreams”

Ken Lewis, “Parlor, Bedroom and Death”

June 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

June 1942 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Peter Paige, “A Corpse for Cinderella” (Cash Wale)

Merle Constiner, “The Riddle of the Bashful Ghost” (The Dean)

Robert Reeves, “Murder Without Death” (Bookie Barnes)

Jan Dana, “The Case of the Meek Millionaire” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Richard Dermody, “Hello, Sucker!” (Doc Pierce)

December 1943 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

December 1943 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Merle Constiner, “Parade of Empty Shoes” (The Dean)

Norbert Davis, “Take It From Me” (Bail-Bond Dodd)

Day Keene, “The Female is More Deadly” (P.I. Case)

Tom Marvin, “The Ghost Wore His Hat” (Shag Kyper)

D.L. Champion, “Imperfect Alibi”

January 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

January 1944 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Merle Constiner, “The Affair of the Pharmacist’s Fudge” (The Dean)

Dale Clark, “Sing fro Your Shroud” (Plates O’Rion & Sal)

Francis K. Allan, “Death in Fool’s Disguise”

C.P. Donnel, Jr., The Flyin’ Icebox” (Colonel Kapir)

Richard Dermody, “The Doctor’s Treatment” (Doc Pierce)

April 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1944 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

“The Arm of Mother Manzoli” by Merle Constiner (with The Dean)

“The Big Four” by C.P. Donnel, Jr. (with Colonel Kaspir)

“Send Coffins for Seven” by Julius Long

“No Haunting Allowed” by G.T. Fleming-Roberts

[updated 5/14/25]