Tag: private eye

January 1942 – debut issue, cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1942

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all stories were reissues from other magazines, 1935-37

cover art would be repurposed for January 1945 issue of Super-Detective

Vahalla Press hardcover, 1936

Vahalla Press hardcover, 1936

Killer’s Caress is especially alluring thanks to this full-page ad than ran in all the Spicy mags back in 1936. I mean , who can resist a hero whose motto is Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their thighs?

May 1948 issue ~ cover art by Peter Stevens

May 1948

cover art by Peter Stevens

~ Curtis Cliff, “You’ll Never Die Rich”, 2nd of 3 with Honolulu PI Johnny Ford, 1st person-narrator, 2nd of 4 stories in BM

~ Richard Deming, “The Man Who Chose the Devil”, Manville “Manny” Moon, 1st person narrator, private eye with an artificial right leg due to WWII, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (Vintage, 2010), 1st of 6 stories

~ G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Pattern for Shrouds”, ‘Red Morgan, newspaper editor; politics & murder’, 5th of 8 stories in BM

~ W. Lee Herrington, [also published in BM as Alan Farley], “Your Funeral – Not Mine”, 2nd of 4 stories under this name in BM

~ Day Keene, “No Match for Murder”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

~ George F. Kull, “Death Is No Bargain”, Eddie Gates, private eye wearing glasses, 1st person narrator, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

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May 1936 issue ~ cover art by John Drew

May 1936 issue

cover art by John Drew

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~ W.T. Ballard, “Blackmailers Die Hard”, 14th of 27 stories with ‘Bill Lennox, troubleshooter for Consolidated Films’, 19th of 43 stories in BM

~ John K. Butler, “Dark Return”, ‘Mark Dana, ex-G-man’, 3rd of 11 stories in BM

~ George Harmon Coxe, “Murder Mixup”, 16th of 27 with Flashgun Casey, 18th of 31 stories in BM, reprinted in The Hard-Boiled Omnibus (1946)

~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Beating the Bulls”, 63th of 73 Ed Jenkins stories, ‘The Phantom Crook’, 88th of 99 stories in BM

~ Eric Taylor, “Murder to Music”, ‘Jess Arno, private eye’, 6th of 7 stories in BM

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February 1925 issue

February 1925 issue

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cover art by Francis H. Harbaugh

~ Carroll John Daly, “The Face Behind the Mask”, 6th of 53 with Race Williams, reprinted in Them That Lives By Their Guns: The Collected Hard-Boiled Stories of Race Williams, Vol. 1 (Altus Press, 2015) 14th the of 71 appearances in BM

~ James Parker Long, “Twice to Make Sure”, “‘Cautious, conservative business man’ as sleuth”, author’s sole appearance in BM

~ Harold Freeman Miners, “Topango Takes a Long Shot”, last of 4 ‘Topanga John, ancient desert rat’, last of 5 stories in BM

~ William Rollins, Jr., “Treasures That Dead Men Guard”, part 1 of 3, last of 3 stories with Jack Darrow, 10 of 23 stories in BM

~ Charles Somerville, “The Death Ship”, ‘schooner Mary Beatrice & Chinese, see important headnote (p. 118) and editorial note (p.125) relating to series’, 37th of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series, 38th of 49 total articles in BM

~ J. Paul Suter, “The Loud Voice of Time”, 3rd of 15 stories with The Reverend McGregor Daunt, ‘clergyman by profession and detective by choice’, ‘Daunt & one of his problems’, 6th of 19 appearances in BM

~ Kenneth Duane Whipple, “Tainted”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM

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June 1, 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

June 1, 1935 issue

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cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Frederick Nebel, “A Couple of Quick Ones” (Cardigan)

Preston Grady, “Dead Man’s Chest” (Ross Paget)

John K. Butler, “The Corpse Parade” (Rex Lonergran)

John Lawrence, “Dangerous Dollars” (Cass Blue)

Richard Howells Watkins, “Hell’s Half Mile”

December 1935 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

December 1935

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cover art by Walter Baumhofer

“The Curse of Cardigan” (PI Cardigan), Frederick Nebel

“Rapped in Cellophane” (Mark Hall), J. Allan Dunn

“Murder on the Mississippi” (Rambler Murphy), Fred MacIsaac

“The House of Sudden Sleep” (Leon Pell), Hugh B. Cave

“Dead on her Feet” (Det. Smith), Cornell Woolrich

“Blood Orchids” (Dade), O.B. Myers