May 1943 issue
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
Cornell Woolrich, “Mind over Murder”
W.T. Ballard, “A Heel of the First Water”
Dale Clark, “Death is from Taxes” (Plates O’Rion)
Duane Yarnell, “Murder is My Meat”
Frederick C. Davis, “Home Sweet Homicide” (Bill Brant)
Henry Norton, “Bait”
[updated 5/14/25]
Oil on canvas, 21 x 15 in.
Not signed
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
better image than previously posted
~ Dale Clark, “The Early Corpse Gets the Worm”, 25th of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna story, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 28th of 32 stories in BM
~ Harry Epstein, “The Case of the Mind-Reading Seal”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Julius Long, “Murder By the Carton”, 12th of 17 stories with ’Ben Corbett, D.A.’s chief investigator, 1st -person narrator’, 17th of 23 stories in BM
~ James R. McKenna, “Caliente”, short-short, horse racing, 1st person narrator, author’s only appearance in BM
~ Robert Martin, “Rat Race in Foxtown”, ‘Foxtown is 45 miles SW of Cleveland’, 1st of 8 stories in BM
~ Jim T. Pearce, “Always Leave ‘Em Dying”, author’s sold appearance in BM
~ William Rough, “My Gun Hires Legitimate”, ‘Ben Slabbe, p.i., who has his own agency; 3rd of 5 capers’ in BM
~ H.H. Stinson, “Unholy Matrimony”, 23rd of 27 stories in BM
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[US cover updated 1/29/26]
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