cover art by Rafael DeSoto

cover art by Rafael de Soto

November 1944 issue

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~ Merle Constiner, “Killer Stay ‘Way from My Door”, ‘Luther McGavock, private detective; he works Atherton Browne who heads a Memphis-based agency, 7th of 11 of the McG stories; usually rural setting’, 7th of 12 stories in BM

~ Brett Halliday (pseud. of David Dresser), “A Taste for Cognac”, 1st of 2 Mike Shayne stories in BM

~ Julius Long, “Blind Bogey”, 2nd of 17 stories with ’Ben Corbett, D.A.’s chief investigator, 1st -person narrator’, 7th of 23 stories in BM

~ Robert Reeves, “Murder A.W.O.L.”, 8th Cellini Smith, ‘on his induction day, WWII’, 10th of 12 appearances in BM

The Uncomplaining Corpses x 4

1944 Detective Novel Classic digest

cover art by Robert Stanley

Oil on board, 12.625 x 8.75 in. (sight), not signed

Dell #386, 1950.

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1958 Dell reissue

cover art by Paul Rader

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1963 Dell reissue

cover art by Robert McGinnis

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[post updated 10/12/25]