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February 1940 issue ~ cover art by J. George Janes

February 1940 issue

cover art by J. George Janes

better image than previously posted

~ Maurice Beam, “The White Lie”, ‘see p. 29 for letter from BM about story’, (thought to be possibly a pseud. of Robert Leslie Bellem), 5th of 7 stories under this name in BM

~ H.W. Guernsey, “The Last Pin”, ‘short-short’, last of 4 stories in BM

~ H.F. Howard, “The Corpse Takes a Wife”, see 12/1940 for Harvey Howard: Hagemann says ‘entirely possible HH and HFH one and the same’

~ Baynard H(ardwick) Kendrick, “Fisherman’s Luck”, 13th of 14 stories with Mikes Standish (Stan) Rice, ‘The Hungry’[?], all set in Florida, ‘Rice in South Florida’

~ Peter Paige, “Blackout!”, ‘spy story; set in Paris, early WWII‘, 4th of 12 stories in BM

~ William Tanquery, “Getting Maizie”, ‘Mac MacGrath & Jennie Komorawski, rival reporters’, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Roger Torrey, “Murder for Your Money”, ‘last (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’, 42nd of 50 appearances in BM

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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)

April 1941 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1941 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

T.T. Flynn, “Trot Out Your Murder” (Mr. Maddox)

Peter Paige, “The Bullet From Nowhere” (Cash Wale)

D.L. Champion, “Coffee for a Killer” (Insp. Allhoff)

Jan Dana, “Cheese it – The Corpse” (Acme Indemnity Op)

John Earl Davis, “Try This on Your Knife”

January 1946 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

January 1946 issue

cover art by Samuel Cherry

better image than previously posted

Peter Paige, “Twelve Dead Mice” (Cash Wale)

H.H. Stinson, “Start with Murder (Sam Fisk)

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

William R. Cox, “Vacation – With Slay” (Malachi Manatee)

Robert C. Dennis, “They’re Coming Through the Door!” (Hank O’Neill)

December 1946 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

December 1946 issue

cover art by Samuel Cherry

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Peter Paige, “A Little Corpse Who Wasn’t There”

John Whiting, “Death Sends Orchids”

H.H. Stinson, “Rancho el Maniac”

D.L. Champion, “A Hound for Murder” (Mariano Mercado)

January 1940 issue ~ cover art by Edgar A. Whitney

January 1940 issue

cover art by Edgar A. Whitney

better image than previously posted

~Robert Arthur, “Too Much Static”, ‘patrol cop’, 1st of 2 appearances in BM but only original story to appear

~Maurice Beam, “Ham Strung”, small-town hardware store owner, 1st-person narrator (thought to be possibly a pseud. of Robert Leslie Bellem), 4th of 7 under this name in BM

~ Wyatt Blassingame, “Some Call It Murder”, 1st with Bishop, pegged-legged political writer for a Southern newspaper, 1st of 6 in series, 2nd of 8 stories in BM

~ Peter Paige, “Voodoo Frame”, ‘Cash Wale, 1st person narrator, employee in Moonglow, an amusement park’, 3rd of 12 stories in BM

~ William B. Rainey, “The Garden of Violent Death”, ‘Philip Dumaine, New Orleans private gumshoe & Negro sidekick, Ben Bolt’, pseudonym of Wyatt Blassingame, only appearance in BM under this name

~ H.H. Stinson, “This Murder’s On Me”, ‘Van Hogan, Worldwide Agency dick, 1st -person narrator’, 13th of 27 stories in BM

~ Roger Torrey, “Death Calls the Hand”, ‘13th (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’, ‘ see p. 81 for letter from RT on story’, 41st of 50 appearances in BM

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April 1942 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

April 1942 issue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

T.T. Flynn, “Happy Murder to You!” (Mr. Maddox)

Peter Paige, “Death is From Hunger” (Cash Wale)

Jan Dana, “All Those Men are Dead” (Acme Indemnity Op)

Dale Clark “The Killer and the Cop” (Detective Ed Owen)

Don James, “Lockout”