March 1, 1933 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

March 1, 1933 issue

cover art by William Reusswig

T.T. Flynn, “The Black Phantom” (Det. Dan O’Shea)

Frederick Nebel, “Doorway to Danger” (Cardigan)

John Lawrence, “The Corpse in Cage Two” (Sam Beckett)

MacKinlay Kantor, “The Shadow Point”

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March 1935 issue ~ cover art by Fred Craft

March 1935

cover art by Fred Craft

~ Jack Bertin, “Rider in the Night”, last of 5 with Chip Huard, last of 6 stories in BM

~ George Harmon Coxe, “Earned Reward”, 10th of 27 with Flashgun Casey, 10th of 31 stories in BM

~ James Duncan, “Crook Bait”, 2nd of 3 with ‘fat man’/investigator Ivor Small

~ Frederick L. Nebel, “Ghost of a Chance”, last of 15 stories with ‘tough dick Donahue of Interstate’, reprinted in Tough as Nails (2012, Altus), 58 of 67 stories in BM

~ Theodore A. Tinsley, “Death By Arrangement”, “Max Ward, ‘the famous little Broadway ticket broker’, erroneously titled ‘Death by Appointment’ on table of contents”, only non-Jerry Tracy story, 10th of 26 stories in BM

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February 1936 issue ~ cover art by Tom Lovell

February 1936 issue

cover art by Tom Lovell

Carroll John Daly, “Corpse & Co.” (Race Williams)

William E. Barrett, “The Tattooed Cop” (Needle Mike)

T.T. Flynn, “The Bride of the Beast” (Steve Waring)

Donald S. Aitken, “Postlude to Murder”

Robert Sidney Bowen, “The Flying Coffin” (Kip Lacey of Central Airways)

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September 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

September 1935 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

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Carroll John Daly, “Some Die Hard” (Race Williams)

Erle Stanley Gardner, “Crimson Jade”

O.B. Myers, “The White Mask”

Norvell W. Page, “Satan’s Sideshow”

Cornell Woolrich, “The Corpse and the Kid”

[updated 11/15/25]

May 1948 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

May 1948 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

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Frederick C. Davis, “Dicks Die Hard”

H.H. Stinson, “That’s Murder for You” (PI Mack Spain)

Robert Martin, “No Haven for Homicide”

Richard Dermody, “Doc Pierce’s Corny Caper” (Doc Pierce)

Don James, “Hearse for a Homicide”

Wyatt Blassingame, “The Reluctant Corpse”

[updated 5/12/25]