1957 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by George Mayers

1957 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by George Mayers

3rd with Det. Pete Shelby of Manhattan’s Sixth Precinct

pseudonym of Frank E. Smith

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March 1928 issue ~ cover art by Fred Craft

March 1928 issue

cover art by Fred Craft

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~ Tom Curry, “The Gang”, DeVrite, NYPD undercover ‘secret agent’, 2nd of 7, 21st of 39 stories in BM

~ Carroll John Daly, “The Egyptian Lure”, 22nd of 53 with RW,‘The Name Race Williams Stand for Service’, 31st of 71 appearances in BM

~ Bob Du Soe, “All Over a Pup”, ‘waterfront bum takes on hijackers because of a dog’, 2nd of 3 stories in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Whispering Feet”, 20th of 73 with Ed Jenkins, with Soo Hoo Duck & Ngat T’oy, ‘see endnote, p.73, for data on series’, 30th of 99 stories in BM

~ Henry Leverage, “The Clue Upstairs”, ‘Big Scar, yegg, just out of stir‘, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Anderson McCully, “The Masked Trail”, ‘story of the Far North’, 1st of 2 stories in BM

~ Bentley B. MacCay, “Bullfrogs”, ‘Louisiana tale’, author’s only appearance in BM

~ Everett H. Tipton, “Killers Should Run”, ‘Western’, 3rd of 7 stories in BM

~ Wilber Wheeler [see Riblew Reelhew, Mar & May ’27], “The Trail of Sudden Death”, ‘Western’, 2nd of 2 under this name in BM

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May 1928 issue ~ cover art by Fred Craft

May 1928 issue

cover art by Fred Craft

~ Tom Curry, “The System”, DeVrite, NYPD undercover ‘secret agent’, 4th of 7, subtitled ‘The Receiver’, 23rd of 39 stories in BM

~ Carroll John Daly, “The Law of Silence”, ‘pt. 2 Crime story (subtitled “The Show-Down”) with Charlie, 1st -person narrator’

~ Carroll John Daly, “Wrong Street”, 2nd story in the issue, last Satan Hall story in BM, 33rd and 34th appearances in BM

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Out of the Shadows”, 22nd of 73 with Ed Jenkins, in Chinatown with Soo Hoo Duck, Ngat T’oy and Helen Chadwick, 32nd of 99 stories in BM

~ W.H.B. Kent, “The Killer Finds a Horseshoe”, 3rd of 6 Westerns with Killer Blake, deputy sheriff & agent of the Stock Association

~ Henry Leverage, “The Gopher”, “Tony Fishera, alias ‘The Crawler, aka ‘The Gopher’ – gangster”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ Marion Scott, “Fools Rush In”, ‘Steve Burke, tenderfoot lumberjack, 1st-person narrator’, 2nd of 3 by herself, 17 stories with Earl Scott in BM as a couple

~ Everett H. Tipton, “Hunted”, ‘Western’, 5th of 7 stories in BM

~ Raoul [Fauconnier] Whitfield, “Black Murder”, ‘Verner, Federal man, & greyhound racing; Black Murder = dog’, 20th of 68 stories in BM [see also 24 stories as Ramon Decolta]

~ Clee Woods, “Hoofprints of Law”, ‘Western; subtitled, “A Neck in a Noose”’, author’s sole appearance in BM

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February 15, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

February 15, 1935 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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Frederick C. Davis, “Blood from the Parrot” (Oke Oakley)

John  Lawrence, “The Barking Body” (Cass Blue)

T.T. Flynn, “House of Dread” (Jerry Prince)

William Edward Hayes, “Murder in the Private Car” (Det. Dan Howell)

Edward S. Williams, “Call It Suicide” (Det. Haldane)